Hariprasad Chaurasia Quote

It's very difficult to make them understand the importance of a Guruji. In India, it's kind of more than gods and goddesses. We revere our Gurujis more than our parents, more than our family members, more than gods and goddesses. But they'll never understand. Never understand who a Guru is. There are so many differences. But when I am teaching at Rotterdam in Netherlands (He heads the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory), I tell each and every student- keep your shoe out, you have to sit down. If you want to learn Indian music, you have to treat me- not like your teacher, not like your Guru, you treat me as a friend and we share our willing.

On Guru-Shishya Parampara (tradition of Teacher and Student) and Modern world. - Melodies of Brindavan: Pandit Hariprasad Chourasia