Amma spoke about the love Christ's disciples had for their
master, explaining how the bond between the guru and disciple is
essential for spiritual progress. "Before the guru, a spiritual
aspirant may take the attitude of a disciple, a devotee, a child
or even of a Vedantin. Whatever the attitude may be, for one to
attain spiritual progress, love born out a bond with the Guru's
external form is necessary. That devotion should be based upon
the fundamental principles of spirituality. However, we get an
immediate, tangible experience of those principles through the
guru's physical body. That is why the guru's physical form is so
important."
Amma ended her satsang by reminding everyone that, regardless of
the path, the experience of Self-realization is one. "Sri
Krishna, Sri Buddha, Jesus Christ and any one else who attained
Self-realization all had the same inner experience," Amma said.
"There is no difference in that because Truth, the ultimate
reality, is one."