13. Q. When He is the Universal Donor and we are the recipients why all these Aacharyas or Gurus as mediators?

A. This is a good Question. Lord himself recommended Guru to reveal the secrets of Truth. In Bhagavad Geetha 4th Chapter, Lord Krishna said-

thadwiddhi prani patena

pari prasnena sevayaa

upadekhyanthi te gnanam

gnanina sthatwa darsinah.

"0 Arjuna:; note down this point- Gnanis & Tatvadarsees will reveal the secrets to you."

We have eyes and face with us but still we need a mirror as a mediator to look at our own face, similarly we need a Guru. When we are thirsty we cannot drink water from the sea. We need water from Megham (cloud). Similarly we need a Guru. We lost a vessel in the well.  We can't always jump in the well and retrieve it.  We need a mediator, an instrument for retrieval.  So we need a Guru.  We can give any number of examples like this.

The Lord and Guru can be found in two forms. One is Vapu and the other is Vaani. Vapu is bodv & Vaani is voice. Vapu is limited by time and place. Vaani has no such limitations. It is present all the time in the past, present and future. We cannot find Krishna as vapu now, but we can find His Vaani through Bhagvadgeetha even now. It is impossible to find Acharyas Vapu all the time but their Vaani is omnipresent and everlasting. God blessed us with ears that cannot be shut unless we choose to do it. So let the vaani of our Acharyas and Lord Krishna ring in our ears.