= Contents Vol. 28, No. 6 The Guru's Advice 5 IsJust Meditation Enough? 8 Swami Paramatmananda Puri Parking-lot Meditation 16 Daya Alayne Cramer, U.S.A. Diminutive, Yet Colossal 23 Br. Chandrasekhar, India Some articles use the Komalikudi—Village of Change 26 eraser prartoaiechend Rta (Rita Sutcliffe), U.S.A. referring to God, in keeping with convention and to avoid Lilas Around Amma 32 the clumsiness of constructions such as ‘He or News 37 She’ or ‘Him or Her’ Printed and Published by Swami Jnanamritananda Puri on behalf of M.A. Mission eae Kollam, Kerala 690 546, India. Printed at Amrita OffsetPrinters, Kerala 690 546, India. Publ ieee itapWUleSNy els svtely| The Guru's Advice he Guru advises a person according to his or her samskara.' He might give different advice to different people in the same situation. It is foolish for the disciple to wonder why the Guru did not advise her in the same way He advised the other disciple. More than the disciple, the Guru knows how best to guide her in every circumstance. There- fore, the easiest way for the disciple to reach the Goal is to obey the Guru totally. Two people were working in an ashram. One of them wanted to smoke. His friend said, “You cannot smoke here. It is wrong.” The other person said, “There is nothing wrong with smoking. One may even smoke while praying.” “Let us ask the Guru about this!” Saying so, the first man set off to ask the Guru. When he returned, he told his friend that not only was it wrong to 1 The totality of one’s personality tratts that one has acquired as a reault of conditioning over many lifetimes. This can also be taken to mean ol rel of inner refinement or character. January 2017