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Chapter 38

           ThewordGuruiscomposedoftwoSanskritsyllables.Thefirstmeans"darkness,"thesecondmeans"light."Outofthedarknessandintothelight.Whatpassesfromthemasterintothediscipleissomethingcalledmantravirya:"Thepotencyoftheenlightenedconsciousness."YoucometoyourGuru,then,notonlytoreceivelessons,asfromanyteacher,buttoactuallyreceivetheGuru’sstateofgrace.

           Suchtransfersofgracecanoccurineventhemostfleetingofencounterswithagreatbeing.IoncewenttoseethegreatVietnamesemonk,poetandpeacemakerThichNhatHanhspeakinNewYork.Itwasacharacteristicallyhecticweeknightinthecity,andasthecrowdpushedandshoveditswayintotheauditorium,theveryairintheplacewaswhiskedintoanerve-rackingurgencyofeveryone’scollectivestress.Thenthemonkcameonstage.Hesatinstillnessforagoodwhilebeforehebegantospeak,andtheaudience-youcouldfeelithappening,onerowofhigh-strungNewYorkersatatime-becamecolonizedbyhisstillness.Soon,therewasnotaflutterintheplace.Inthespaceofmaybetenminutes,thissmallVietnamesemanhaddrawneverysingleoneofusintohissilence.Ormaybeit’smoreaccuratetosaythathedrewuseachintoourownsilence,intothatpeacewhichweeachinherentlypossessed,buthadnotyetdiscoveredorclaimed.Hisabilitytobringforththisstateinallofus,merelybyhispresenceintheroom-thisisdivinepower.AndthisiswhyyoucometoaGuru:withthehopethatthemeritsofyourmasterwillrevealtoyouyourownhiddengreatness.

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