“Guru”这个词是“老师”的意思。但是这个词的含义实际上很深，远不是一般意义上的老师概念。Guru由两个词组成。

GU- means darkness GU代表黑暗
RU- means Light. RU代表光明

    "Guru" is the Light that dispels all darkness. It is called JOT (Divine Light). Ancient Indian time the students called his teacher "Guru ji" because this word have great and very deep meaning, Guru means the guider or the great soul who lead you from the darkness towards the light. This word have much more deeper meaning than simple teacher.

“Guru”代表光明，驱散所有的黑暗。它被称为JOT（神圣之光）。古印度时代学生称老师为"Guru ji"，因为这个词有着伟大和很深远的意义，Guru代表导师或者伟大的灵魂，指引你从黑暗走向光明。所以这个词比一般意义的教师要涵义深。

"Guru" describes a spiritual teacher or master. A Guru has the power and wisdom to dissolve spiritual ignorance in a disciple. A true Guru has attained a extreme high degree of spiritual development before acting as a Guru. A traditional Guru has achieved God-realization before starting to teach. Exceptions are, when a Guru starts to teach while his Guru has still a physical body and spiritually supervises and guides him. In this case he often refers to his Guru when teaching to his disciples.

"Guru"代表了一位精神导师。一位"Guru"可以用他的力量和智慧消除弟子精神上的愚昧无知。一位真正的Guru在他做Guru之前就已经达到了一个非常高的精神境界。传统意义上的Guru在开始授课前就已经证得了神的正知。一些特殊的情况是，当一位Guru开始授课时，他的老师仍然保持着物质身体，给他以精神上的指导。在这种情况下，当他一边教学生时，一边经常向他的老师去请教。

Having a physical Guru is a very old tradition in many Asian countries and spiritual traditions, particularly in India. It certainly is of great benefit to each God-seeker to have a physical Guru, as it saves lot's of time and efforts, if you exactly follow his advice. In addition the Divine Love between a Guru and his Chela (disciple or student) dissolves most of the obstacles during the learning process and makes spiritual progress much easier and faster than going your way home on your own.

在很多亚洲国家尤其是印度，有一位精神上的导师是非常古老的传统。对于每一位有精神追求的人来说，有一位导师是非常有益的。如果你确实遵循他的教导，可以节省很多的时间和精力。在传统中，老师和学生之间神圣的爱，可以消除学习过程中的大多数障碍，使得你的精神探索之路变得更简单和快捷。

Hope you can find a right Guru and can enjoy your practice..

希望你们都能找到一位真正的导师，享受你们的练习。

Thanks Anna for translation…

Namaste Ji,

 Manu