Teachings of Gurudev

Most of the people are very sensitive about cleanliness when the issue of being religious or spiritual comes. Let us see what our Gurudev have said about it. Once a disciple who wanted to be initiated was present in front of Sri Sri Thakur who immediately asked him to take Sri Naam at that very moment!! But the devotee was in a little hesitation and pleaded that he should first take a bath and wear on clean cloths and after that only he can accept the diksha by Gurudev!! Sri Sri Thakur smiled at this and remarked in His style Ho Jan Gu er Bosta ta Dhuiya Niya Ashen!! (yes go & get washed the shit bag properly)!! Another incident happened where in the same situation the devotee pleaded that he hasn't taken bath for 2 days and he is wearing the same dress for the last 2-3 days and had even attended the nature's call with the same dress worn and so his body and clothes are very dirty to which Sri Sri Thakur said that yes inded they are dirty, but there is one thing that if one takes Sri Naam his endless births sins and dirts are washed off then is it not possible that your body's and clothe's dirt would also be get washed after taking the Sri Naam??   There are two things called Achar & Vichar and it seems people are much more busy with Achar instead of Vichar!! There was an incident where our Gurudev's dear disciple Sri Indubhushan Banerjee, the man behind the compilation of Vedvani had a deep desire to spend few days in a Ashram in his vacations to enjoy the spiritual bliss and so he instructed his family people to not to disturb him in those days!! Accordingly, he went to the ashram to spend some days there!! The very first day he narrates that he was forcefully waken up from his deep sleep at around 3 a.m. and asked to take bath!! Very reluctantly and with great pain somehow he completed the difficult task since those were winter days!! When he sat to take the morning prasad called Balyabhog, he was reminded of various types of rituals while eating and has to be very careful about them for ex. no sound while eating, not to use left hand, to start with another dish one has to wash his hands first etc. like these many rules were there!! Indu babu somehow started eating the prasad but within a few seconds the brahamacharis of the ashram cried foul as he had breaked some rule which would attract some sins!! The first day itself was so painful and torturing for him that he ran out of the ashram and came to his own house and heaved a sigh of relief!! Jai Ram!!