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For a guru, there is only one party - divinity

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Yogi Ashwini is a spiritual teacher and yoga guru. He spoke with Ruchi Kale on whether saintly figures renouncing the material world should get involved in politics, mythological precedents and differences between politicians and gurus:

Who is a yoga guru? Both being leaders, how is a guru different from a politician?
A yoga guru is beyond the clutches of maya. Physical attractions and pleasures don't affect him. Everything in the physical world is at his beck and call. There is nothing he desires and is not able to achieve. A yoga guru reaches this state practically, he doesn't just talk about it. He actually experiences and radiates the glow this state is associated with, he doesn't just talk about this...promising these to others and not exhibiting these signs himself is fraudulent.

A practitioner becomes a guru and then he's beyond the clutches of maya. He desires nothing in the physical world, yet can achieve anything in the physical world by just a thought.

A politician is largely responsible for running the day-to-day affairs of the physical world. A politician gets into yoga just for the purpose of his health and to acquire more in the physical world. All his practices are to do with the dynamics of money and power. The ultimate aim of a politi-cian is to rule the world at all costs, the final frontier is the king's throne. The ultimate aim of a yoga guru is to leave the world, and he never desires the throne.

Do yoga gurus get involved in politics, elections, parties and votes?
No. For a yoga guru, physical power and the throne are of no consequence. For him, all human beings are equals, whichever religion or party they belong to. If he finds a politician corrupt, he makes attempts through his sadhana to correct that person, not ridicule or speak negatively about him. For a guru, there is only one party and that is divinity. All humans are a part of that divinity, a guru should have the ability to change politicians, not let politicians change him.

You say gurus don't think of physical power or thrones. However, India has powerful symbolism in the form of gurus like Parshuram who fought against corrupt people himself. How would you explain that?
Parshuram had immense strength in his body. He was forever youthful, a very strong man with phenomenal abilities...not just him but all the yogis of Vedic times are described like that. Can we compare them with today's so-called yoga gurus? Give me one name from today's so-called sages who are anywhere close to him - not in talking big but in abilities.

A guru is a teacher, a guide and much more. It does not suit him to enter politics, nor speak wrong or crack jokes about normal mortals. Let us first experience the power of a guru - then the debate would die down on its own. Or there would be no debate.
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