The Guru cannot be considered only as a professor of teaching spirituality, because the role of a Guru is not just teaching but also helping his disciples realize God and attain self-realization.
The bond which a disciple holds with his Guru is complete more at a subtle level, beyond material ties.
The Guru takes care of the worldly needs of the disciple. He takes into account the disciple's financial status. He allays the disciple's problems.
Since the Guru is a saviour He never feels like punishing a disciple for any fault or for not doing spiritual practice. Most of the time he takes care of his disciples.
The maximum punishment that He can give is by ignoring the disciple. Once a Guru ignores a disciple, all Gurus follow suit as finally there is only one Guru principle. Then the disciple’s progress itself gets hampered.
Thus, let's celebrate this Guru Purnima thanking Guru and making efforts to make the Guru happy!
