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Role of Abhyasi
most part influenced by the effect of environment and the geographical conditions of the places where they were composed. For example if any of the shastras had been written in the polar region, surely there would have been no insistence on daily bath or restriction on meat diet. As a matter of fact they offer general rules of conduct and discipline, based on the personal experiences of the Rishis who composed them, in close collaboration with the environment and conditions of the place.
Now to return to my point: as for the relative position of the guru and God I may say that this question crops up only when one means to aspire for the realisation of God through the help and guidance of the guru. When such is the case it is evident that the two, God and guru are both in his view. In that case the third one (i.e. the self of the devotee) also can by no means be ignored. Thus it comes to a trinity like that of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. He thus remains fixed in this trinity which may otherwise mean multiplicity. But so far as spirituality is concerned, our real purpose is to march
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