Acharya Prashant: The text says that the Guru is the one who gives freedom from coming and going. ‘Gu’ indicates the whole process, the whole cycle, the whole game of coming and going and ‘ru’ indicates the cessation of that game.
Let us talk about this coming and going. What is it? What is meant by coming and going?
L1: Here (in the text) it is written life and death, but what does it mean?
AP: So, you say coming and going means life and death. Can you put it in more daily terms?
L2: Thoughts?
AP: Hmm (Yes).
Coming and going in a more immediate way, in a more practical way, relates to all that which rises and falls, all that which moves, all that which changes. All change indicates coming and going. All change indicates movement; something that takes a peak and then dips, right? Before we say that Guru is the one who gives freedom from this rise and fall, you must understand why any freedom from this is required at all? Why freedom from this is required?
