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The ideal Guru is great alright, but an ideal disciple is equally great, imho.
There has been cases where great gurus came , but the disciples were not able to properly understand the import of her teachings, and if they did, failed to put it into application. And if they did put it into application, failed to do so in adverse circumstances or situations.
I would say that it is only a quality disciple endowed with good study habits, work habits and courage who can take advantage of the presence and teachings of an ideal guru or spiritual teacher and earn grace and merit for himself.
A spiritual seeker must have excellent study and work habits along with courage to attain enlightenment, as seen in the case of Siddhartha who attained Nirvana.
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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. ~ Swami Satchidananda
Wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.~ Buddha AN 10.1
If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the (turbulent) mind. ~ Rajini Menon
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