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One who has attained a Uttama Guru will be totally free from worries because he will exhibit steadfast faith in the Guru. He would say, “Even if I am the worst kind of sinner in this world my Guru will certainly uplift me.” If, on the contrary, someone has a great Guru but does not have such faith in Him it only means that he has not really surrendered unto the Guru.

Once, while Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was bathing in the Holy Ganges, his ardent devotee Girish Chandra Gosh was standing on the banks of the river. Sri Ramakrishna asked him to bathe in the Ganges and Girish Chandra Gosh refused to do so. Sri Ramakrishna said to him, “If you don’t observe such dharma then who else would?” Hearing the words of his Guru, Girish immediately took a dip in the Ganges. From then on he used to bathe in the Ganges quite frequently. At such times he would think, “It is said that when normal people bathe in the Ganges she cleanses them of their sins. But when a Mahãn bathes in the Ganges, He cleanses the Ganges and enhances the purifying potential of the Ganges. My Guru, out of immense compassion, has taken away all my sins. So if I bathe here, the power of Ganges to cleanse and purify will increase hundredfold.”

Since he was a fervent and superior Guru Bhakta, his Bhavam was also lofty.

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