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#192, Difference between God and Guru

Here is a link to a blog post titled "Difference between God and Guru": Click to see: Excerpts from the book: Nithyopanishad -- based on the discourses of Paramahamsa Nithyananda on The Master-Disciple Relationship at the Himalayan Yatra 2005 . I wanted to write a comment there itself, but since they blocked comments, I am compelled to write my comments in a blog post here, for the benefit of my readers. Besides, they claimed copy right on the story quoted by them attributed to Vivekananda, I am unable to reproduce the story here. I have tried to trace and test the originality of the story by searching it in the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, but could not succeed. Hence I am unable to vouchsafe that the incident narrated by Nityananda had actually taken place, unless they provide evidence. Anyway, in the story Vivekananda was arrogant and haughty on the disciple for saying that God was omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. (Present everywhere; knows everything; all