Guru_twam

 Teacheliness ( can be a crude translation to gurutwam)

It is a concept, not a depiction of functionality of a guru.

In Indian lore, concept-of-concepts were too well developed, and perhaps, formed the “base” of desi spirituality. (Example: wateriness is liberally used to denote the molecular bond between Iron particles of a piece of iron rod, etc. Jala_tatwam is watering. Its functionality stretches to deepening a human potential to become capable of absorbing basic 5 elements (pancha tatwam) to provide water  into one's own body, effortlessly( 😜 this capability may trigger envy in a space-traveler, like astronaut or cosmonaut! )

I liked to look at a real like example.

I had a professor in economics at my college. I used to ask him a few questions, which come closer to core values in a human being, which affects the economics of a society!  Quite a few times he said “let me ‘search’ for an answer and then tell you.” I felt deeply impressed by his mind's courage to say thus in a classroom.

Then one day, the princi told me “do you know….in our 20 years of working together as professors, it is the first time I am seeing Dr.MGB greeting/wishing somebody a “good morning”!😳

I was stunned! Just ½ a minute ago that economist had mumbled a ‘good morning’ at me, which I repeated gracefully too🙏

Then one day, he asked for “psn” ( me), in the class! I used to bunk often to drive my dad's  car out of station,  on his official tours. Professor said"let him come, and then this new chapter”( he didn't  want me to miss that lecture!😰🙏)

Then one day, my dad quipped :”who's this dr.mgb?” ( I felt worried! Dad never bothered about my college life, education, literacy, whatever. He merely gave me my fees for the ensuing terms, nothing more)

I answered “any complaints against me? 🥺…he's my eckonomix/ economics professor “

Dad “don't know why, he sent word through our prof.rao “tell his dad, to ask psn to do a PhD in economics “

I felt inquisitive to know about Dr.mgb now! What a man! Why did he alone bother to treat me as his “blue eyed child?”? 

Over the decades, I got insight about Dr.mgb, in installments.

He authored a globally acclaimed book “Hindu economis”( he was a staunch communist at heart😜).

He retired as a VC of the university ( Nagpur).

Etc…..

The subtle aspect…..it just struck me🙏

Gurutwam. Teacherliness.

This man had learnt economics at the feet of a staunch Hindu, dattopant thengdi.  Obviously, the “Hindu_ness” would have permeated a “little” into Dr Mgb…. inevitably!😰😭

This hindutwa/hinduness, might have caused a little teacherliness/gurutwam to seep-into Dr.mgb😰🙏😜

( i could decipher no other better-reason, for him to “identify” the “potential-in-me” when I was just 19 yrs old, and a stupid-average-student🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...  I am confident about the prevalence of this-potential in me, only now, at 70+.... 😰 gurus look for potential, not what a student is, right now! )

I was myself hunting for this gurutwam( the ability to identify a potential candidate, to pass on what I learnt thus-far), so that I don't “miss” my victims for my spiritual bla-bla 😜🙏…  I did acquire a “few” tricks of the trade😜…. 

Blabbering_ly, yours….

psn(2 nov 2024)