Shri Mataji talking about Her dog , cainele lui Shri Mataji

1981

Dog- the conveyance of guru-

   I'm a Guru myself, and what's the conveyance of Guru?  What is the animal he keeps?-His dog.  And do you know what a dog is, do you know the qualities of a dog? -He loves his master.  He'll give his life for his Master.  He'll not sleep till he sees his master return back.  Any time!

We had a dog and 'every time' I went out, every time he would come and sit at the door waiting for Me.  And some people tried very hard thing on him-some vegetarians and he was about to die.  We put him in the hospital.  When I went there, I sat before him.  He just pulled all his body, put his head on My feet, and died peacefully .... It's a dog  , animal.  When I went away, say, out of My house, he would not eat food till I came back.  To any other country I went, he would not eat food for all these days, he would not eat his food,-till I came back.  He would not disturb Me, but would sleep outside waiting for Me to get home.

That's a disciple.  Unless and until you become good disciples how are you going to become the Gurus?  What's the use of My telling you anything about it?  You don't have any discipline of your own, how are you going to give discipline to others?  You yourself are tempted into all kinds of things, how are you going to make others understand you?  What have you got, to become the Guru?  What can you give?

 from Guru puja 1985