Guru Purnima Guru Purnima is celebrated for paying gratitude toward Guru Every year, Guru Purnima is celebrated on the full Moon day in the Hindu month of Ashadh, which corresponds with the Gregorian month July. ▶ What is Guru Purnima? Let us first understand the significance of Guru Purnima while celebrating this great festival. In Indian culture, Gurus are considered as the people of highest priority in one’s life. Hindus initiate everything with blessings of their Guru (mentor). Relation of a mentor (Guru) and disciple is of great importance in India. That is why day of Guru Purnima is exclusively dedicated to the pay gratitude toward the mentors and teachers by disciples. Everybody has mentors in life and the life of a person is incomplete without a teacher and a mentor. ▶ About Guru Purnima ‘Guru’ is a Sanskrit word, which literally means the dispeller of darkness. Word Guru is formed conjoining two syllables ‘Gu’ and ‘Ru’. ‘Gu’ means darkness or useless stuff and ‘Ru’ means remover. Therefore, Guru is someone who takes his disciples from the darkness of lies to the light of truth and enlightenment. Day of Guru Purnima is also known as Guru Charan Pujan day. There is a famous prose in India from Skand Purana’s Guru Gita – “Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara | Guru Sakshaat Param Brahman, Tasmaishree Guruve Namah ||” In English, it means – Guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. He is the personification of supreme power. Hence, we venerate him with great honor. Before honoring and accepting one as Guru we need to be very cautious too because a wrong Guru can ruin your life. Ramakrishna Paramhansa has described the glory of guru like this – Bees get attracted toward a full blown flower when breeze spreads its fragrance all around. Ants also reach the places where sweets are kept. Nobody has to invite the bees or ants. Similarly, when a person is pure, his sweetness wafts in the environment and everybody can feel it. Hence, everybody approaches him naturally to seek the truth of his character. Such a person needs not to approach people, as everybody is already keen to hear him. One cannot define a Guru from his look, as ancient Gurus used to clad themselves in saffrons or whites. A Guru can be anyone, a book, a child, an incident or anything that teaches you something. You can consider a person as a personified form of Guru but it is not always important. ▶ Significance of Guru Purnima On this day, all spiritual aspirants and devotees worship Vyasa in honor of his divine personage and all disciples perform a puja of their respective spiritual preceptor or Gurudevs. This day is of deep significance to the farmers, for it heralds the setting in of the much-needed rains, as the advent of cool showers usher in fresh life in the fields. It is a good time to begin your spiritual lessons. Traditionally, spiritual seekers commence to intensify their spiritual sadhana from this day. The period Chaturmas (four months) begins from this day. In the past, wandering spiritual masters and their disciples used to settle down at a place to study and discourse on the Brahma Sutras composed by Vyasa, and engage themselves in Vedantic discussions. ▶ Glory of the Guru The Hindu shastras have hailed such a Guru immeasurably: Skanda Purana - Guru Gita A famous verse known by heart by all Hindu children glorifies the Guru: Gurubrahma Guruvishnu Gururdevo Maheshwaraha | Guruhu sakshaat Parambrahman tasmai Shrigurave namaha || The guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva), veneration to the Guru who is Parabrahman manifest. The second line of the couplet does not literally mean that the Guru becomes Parabrahman - God, rather he is venerated as if God is manifesting through him. This is subtly illustrated by another famous verse known to all Hindus: Guru Govind donu khade, kisko laagu paay, Balihari Gurudevaki jinhe Govind diyo bataay. The Guru and Govind -God, are present before me, to whom shall I bow down first? Glory to the Guru since he showed me Govind. Apart from guiding the aspirant on the path to God-realization, the Guru throws light on the profound meanings of the vast array of scriptural knowledge. Hence the Mundaka Upanishad calls such a Guru Shrotriya - knower of the true meanings of the scriptures. Adi Shankaracharya forbids an aspirant in endeavoring to decipher the meanings without a Guru. In his commentary on a Mantra (1/2/13) of the Mundaka Upanishad, he says: Even if one possesses knowledge of the scriptures, he should not attempt to delve into their meanings by himself. He should obtain the knowledge of Brahman only through the Guru. In their treatises, other Acharyas, such as Ramanuj and Nimbark have considered the Guru mandatory in God-realization. Guru Purnima has a very special significance. Celebrating Guru Purnima also enchants Almighty and helps us fetching his blessings. With this, we hope you will make the best out of this day. Please SHARE :) Visit : www,lalkitab,pw ( #Om #Onkar #Omkar #Shiva #Shiv #God #LalKitab #Astrology #Future #Horoscope #Gemstone #Astro #Rudraksha #Jyotish #Hindu #Hinduism #Vedic #Mantra #Yantra #Astrologer #Tantra #Free #Yoga #Indian #India #LIfe #Happy #Future #Ratna #Yogi #SanatanDharma #Religion #Bharat #Hindustan #Money #Remedy #Shiv #Shiva ) https://facebook/photo.php?fbid=678880928792848&set=a.678878958793045.1073741842.320678847946393&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-frc3%2Ft1.0-9%2F1075623_678880928792848_972816474_n.jpg&size=722%2C597
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