The real teacher belongs only to God || Acharya Prashant, on JesusChrist (2016)

The Authority of Jesus

And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

~ The Sermon on the Mount

Acharya Prashant: “And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes”.

The Real guru would always speak from an inner sureness. He would not act as an agent of the crowd, not as a social pleaser. He is not looking to get his authority from somewhere else. He is not looking to gain applause from the crowd. When he speaks it is very clear that it is not the gathering that gives him strength, his strength comes from somewhere within. And that display of inner strength is what really convinces the listeners.

The words never convince, for what are words; words are just social constructs, they can never convince anybody.

It is the manifestation of the inner authority that convinces anybody.

If you have a guru who just looks a social construct, out to please, coming from a tradition, following a method that has already been in…