This document discusses the differences between saints and swindlers. It defines a saint as someone who serves God unconditionally without expectations of reward. Saints are described as living detached lives according to sacred texts, serving all people impartially and without ego. In contrast, swindlers use deception to deprive others of money and possessions by distorting spiritual teachings for personal gain. They pretend to have saintly qualities like mystical powers but lack true virtues. The document advises that when seeking help, one should look for a genuine spiritual master who can guide them towards God, rather than swindlers who wish to be worshipped themselves. A real guru teaches devotion to God alone and how to serve God and all people.

1. Saints & Swindlers

2. Saint
A bizarre-looking old fellow with a long, stringy
beard and flowing robes, meditating on
distant, esoteric truths.
From Oxford Dictionary
A person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and
regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven
after death.

3. Swindler
From Oxford Dictionary
Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or
possessions.

4. How we came to know….
…Who is a saint?
….Is it the one who wears saffron clothes?
….Is it the one with long beard and locks of matted hair?
Or, is it the one who can do some magical acts?
All these qualities don‟t necessarily make a saint.
A Perfect Definition of Saint…
“A saint is one who serves God with devotion, beyond the call of duty.
Real devotion is unconditional and unmotivated service without
any expectations.”

5. Some Characteristics of Saints
• A saintly person lives a life of detachment according to
injunctions of sacred texts, knowing that everything belongs
to God and must be used in the service of God and
humanity.
• Saintly people are impartial, serving for everyone‟s welfare.
In their hearts they do not reject anyone.
….To be Continued

6. ….. Some Characteristics of Saints
• Spiritually evolved people don‟t consider themselves
superior to anyone.
• Out of compassion saints go out of their way, taking
many risks just to help others.
• Very Humble ….They are always in the mood of being
the servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord.

7. And Swindlers
• They use deception to deprive some money or possession. By doing
modification in the message of Scriptures and show which is not true.
• They only show themselves like a Saint… but don‟t have the qualities.
• They show some mystic powers to innocent people & out of ignorance
people accept them as God.
• They cheat people & commit sinful activities on the strength of holy
name of God.

8. They two become The
Spiritual Master
(GURU). But people in
Ignorance accept
Swindlers as a Guru.

9. When we realize that we are in need for help
or need of a Spiritual Master
• We learn how to pray and cry out for help.
• We start looking for a master of the situation.
• We look for the answer to find the root of our problem.
• We are ready to accept some discipline to prepare us to understand
the solution.
• We become ready to accept to be a student

10. Countless evident life gives us to prove that fact.
• In all materials fields of knowledge masters appear who know the
inside of their subject.
• We learn practically everything in life from some kind of master.
• Even those who try to rely on their own capacity cannot avoid to use
the instruments they received from previous masters in the language,
home, school and life etc.

11. Countless questions of this nature come towards
all of us almost every day
• But where is the answer?
• Schools and Universities and even science simply deny to talk about it
or give some wild speculation as an answer.
• Being insecure, those without any answer create thousands of
pretexts to justify their ignorance towards this inquiry.

12. In the Scriptures…
• The Guru is described as Good as God ..
But Guru never says,
„I am God.‟ The disciple‟s duty is to offer respect to the Guru just as he
offers respect to God, but Guru never thinks,
“My disciples are offering me the same respect they offer to God;
therefore I have become God.” As soon as he thinks like this, he
becomes a Dog.

13. What is business of a Guru?
Guru‟s business is to rescue his disciple from this ignorance.
Guru take the torch light of knowledge and present it
before the living entity enveloped in darkness.
….To be Continued

14. From the Scriptures it is described as
• The Guru is one because he comes in disciple‟s succession.
• The genuine Guru has only one opinion and that is opinion expressed
by God in the Bhagavad-Gita or other religious scripture.
• Guru is god‟s representative, he speaks about God and nothing else.

15. …..
Christian, Muhammad, hindu – It doesn‟t matter. If he is
simply speaking on behalf of god, he is a Guru.
Lord Jesus Christ, for instance. He canvassed
people, saying ,” Just try to love God.”
Any one– it doesn‟t matter who – be he Hindu, Muslim or
Christian, is a Guru if he convinces people to love God.
The real Guru says , “I am a servant of God and I will make
you a servant of God also.”

16. So, What the Guru teaches his disciple
• How to meditate from the core of his heart.
• How to serve God and his devotees.
• How to understand Vedanta the conclusion of Vedic knowledge.
• How to become humble and harmonious.
• How to do all activities by surrendering his heart to the sweet will of
the Supreme Lord.

17. “Life without a
Guru is like a
house without
a Roof.”

18. Thank You all

For your patience