One participant of my early Art of Living course raised these questions which I thought is worthwhile to answer here so that it can be helpful to others too. Q. 1. What's the difference between a Guru, Yogi, and a Swami? Guru: First of all I feel this space is too small to talk about Guru and the glory of Guru. Just one advice if you are walking on this path don't see Guru as physical identity. Guru is one who makes you realize there is no difference between Guru and you. Like Guruji (Sri Sri) says Guru, God and Self are synonymous. Now since God is one who is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient and We as ' self ' don't realize that omnipresence, omnipotence and omniscience BECAUSE we are asleep. The Guru is one who wake us up and give us this realization that there is no difference between God, Guru & Your own Self :-) Guru doesn't make the follower rather he brings us up to realize our true ' self ' Yogi: Yogi is one who is practicing any kind ...
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