Re: [HarshaSatsangh - Ramana Guru] Guru Purnima

07-21-2005, 07:41 AM

Thanks Dirk-ji...

A little more on Guru Purnima below...

Jai Gurudev!!!

Love,

Joyce
----- Original Message -----
From: Dirk Haueter
To: HarshaSatsangh (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: [HarshaSatsangh - Ramana Guru] Guru Purnima
Dear friends,
Today is the full moon day celebrated as Guru Purnima in honor of the
fullness of the teacher. This is the rememberence that a long
journey is made easier by asking directions from someone that knows
the way. Wishing you all a great Guru Purnima day.
Love,
Dirk
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Significance of The Holy Guru-Purnima DayBySwami Sivananda
http://www.divyajivan.org/articles/s...nima_signi.htm
Sankaram Sankaracharyam Kesavam Badarayanam;Sutra-Bhashya-Kritau Vande Bhagavantau Punah Punah
I adore Lord Siva, Lord Vishnu, Bhagavan Vyasa and Sri Sankaracharya.
I again and again prostrate to Sri Vyasa who wrote the Vedanta
Sutras, and to Sri Sankaracharya who wrote the commentaries thereon
(Guru Vandanam).
The full-moon day in the month of Ashada is the extremely auspicious
and holy day of Guru-Purnima. On this Ashada Purnima Day, sacred to
the memory of the great sage Sri Vyasa Bhagavan or Sri Krishna
Dvaipayana, Sannyasins settle at some place to study, do Vedantic
Vichara, and discourse on the thrice-blessed Brahma Sutras composed
by Maharshi Vyasa. Sri Veda-Vyasa has done unforgettable service to
all humanity for all time by editing the four Vedas, writing the
eighteen Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata. We can attempt
to repay this deep debt of gratitude we owe him only by constant
study of his works and practice of his teachings imparted for the
regeneration of humanity in the iron age or Kali Yuga. In honour of
this divine personage, all Sadhakas and devotees perform Vyasa Puja
on this day; aspirants worship their Guru. Mahatmas and Sadhus are
honoured and entertained, and acts of charity done by all Grihastis
with deep faith and sincerity. Chaturmasa for Sannyasins begins from
this day. Sannyasins stay in one place during the rainy season for
four months, study the Brahma Sutras, and practise meditation.
Significance Of The Guru-Purnima Day
Mark fully the deep significance of this great day. Ashada Purnima
heralds the Chaturmasa, or the setting in of the eagerly awaited
rains. The water, drawn up and stored as clouds in the hot summer,
now manifests in plentiful showers that usher in the advent of fresh
life everywhere. Even so do you all begin seriously to put into
actual working all the theory and philosophy that you have stored up
in you through patient study. Commence practical spiritual Sadhana
right from this day. Generate fresh waves of spirituality. Let all
that you have read, heard, seen and learnt become, through Sadhana,
transformed into a continuous outpouring of universal love, ceaseless
loving service and continuous prayer and worship of the Lord seated in
all beings.
Live on milk and fruits on this day and practise rigorous Japa and
Dhyana. Study the Brahma Sutras and do some lakhs of Japa (Anushthana
or Purascharana) of your Guru Mantra or Ishta Mantra, during the
Chaturmasa. You will be highly benefited.
As the day of Guru-Puja or worship of one’s preceptor this is a day of
pure joy to the sincere aspirant. Thrilled by the expectation of
offering his reverent homage to the beloved Guru, aspirant awaits
this occasion with eagerness and devotion. It is the Guru alone that
breaks the binding cords of attachment and releases the aspirant from
the trammels of earthly existence. The Sruti says: “To that
high-souled aspirant, whose devotion to the Lord is great and whose
devotion to his Guru is as great as that to the Lord, these secrets
explained, become illuminated.” Guru is Brahman or Isvara Himself. He
guides and inspires you from the innermost core of your being. He is
everywhere.
Behold The Entire Universe As Guru-Svarupa
Have a new angle of vision. Behold the entire universe as
Guru-Svarupa. See the guiding hand, the awakening voice, the
illumining touch of the Guru in every object in this Creation. The
whole world will now stand transformed before your changed vision.
The Virat Guru will reveal all the precious secrets of life and
bestow wisdom. The Supreme Guru, manifest in visible Nature, will
teach you the most valuable lessons of life. Worship daily this Guru
of Gurus, the Guru who taught even Avadhuta Dattatreya. The silent
all-enduring earth with its lofty forbearance, the shady
fruit-bearing tree with its willing self-sacrifice, the mighty Banyan
tree (Pipal) reposing with patience in the tiny seed, the dripping
drops whose persistence wears away the rocks, the planets and the
seasons with their orderly punctuality and regularity are divine
Gurus to him who will look, listen and receive.
Purify And Progress
Become a personification of receptivity. Empty yourself of your petty
ego-sense. All the treasures locked up in the bosom of Nature will
become yours! You will have progress and perfection in an amazingly
short time. Become pure and unattached as the mountain breeze. As the
river flows continuously, steadily and constantly towards its goal,
the ocean, by moving every moment of your life towards the Supreme
State of Existence-Knowledge-Bliss, let all your thoughts, all your
words, all your actions be directed only towards the Goal.
The moon shines by reflecting the dazzling light of the sun. It is the
full-moon of Purnima-Day that reflects in full splendour the glorious
light of the sun. It glorifies the sun. Purify yourself through the
fire of service and Sadhana, and like the full moon, reflect the
glorious Light of the Atman. Become the full reflectors of Brahmic
splendour, the Light of lights. Make this your goal, to become a
living witness to Divinity, the brilliant Sun of suns!
Tat Tvam Asi
Brahman or the Supreme Self alone is real. He is the Soul of all. He
is All in all. He is the Essence of this universe. He is the Unity
that never admits of a duality under all the varieties and
diversities of nature. Thou art this immortal, all-pervading,
all-blissful Brahman. Thou art That—Tat Tvam Asi. Realise this and be
free.
Remember the four important verses of the Brahma Sutras: (i) Atha-Ato
Brahma-Jijnasa—Now, therefore, the enquiry into Brahman. (ii)
Janmadyasya Yatah—From which proceed the origin, etc. (iii)
Sastra-Yonitvat—The scriptures being the means of right knowledge.
(iv) Tat Tu Samanvayat—But that because It is the main support.
Now sing: Jaya Guru Siva Guru Hari Guru Ram, Jagad-Guru
Param Guru Sat-Guru Syam.
Remember and adore Sri Vyasa and the Brahma-Vidya Gurus. May their
blessings be upon you all! May you all cut asunder the knot of Avidya
and shine as blessed Jivanmuktas, shedding peace, joy and light
everywhere!
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And another one which I received in my email box...also by Swami Sivananda...
GURU PURNIMA(H.H. Sri Swami Sivananda)Guru Purnima is a day pregnant
with deep significance and important importfor humanity today. To the
orthodox Hindu, it implies a reverent worship ofthe spiritual
preceptor and the commencement of a serious study of thescriptures.
Guru Purnima falls on the full-moon day of the month of
Ashada.Sannyasins stop their wanderings and take up a fixed abode on
the sacred dayto commence a four-month period of intense study and
meditation.It is a peculiar genius of Hinduism to have made all
personalities, allcelebrations, sacred places and sacred days to
stand for and vividlyrepresent some lofty ideal. Guru Purnima is not
an exception. The very dayis an indication of the ideal which you are
to attain. Purnima or the fullmoon is that stage when the moon
receives to the fullest extent the dazzlinglight of the sun and
reflects it perfectly. It is at the zenith of itsluminosity. Now the
moon is believed to have emanated from the mind portionof the Cosmic
Being or the Purusha-chandrama manaso jathah-thus runs
thePurusha-sukta. The sun is always regarded by the devout Hindu to
be avisible representative of the Deity or the Paramatman. Thus it is
thissupreme ideal of fully reflecting the divine splendor that is
aimed atthrough the surrender to and worship of the spiritual guide
and the study ofand meditation upon the truths of the scripture that
Guru Purnima implies.The human mind, being thoroughly purified
through the service of the Guruand assimilation of scriptures,
becomes perfectly serene and calm and thenfaithfully reflects the
Atman-even as the moon during Purnima. The mind ofman has the closest
interconnection with the moon.Vividly keep before your mind this
spiritual significance of Guru Purnima.Just as the wandering
Sannyasin does, even so let your mind cease it'swandering in the
diverse pathways of this world of delusion. Let it getfixed upon a
single object or Lakshya. Plunge in Sadhana from today.Even as the
individual, the race and the nation too have to put intopractice this
ideal. It is failure to do this that has brought the entirehumanity
today on the verge of self-destruction. To the race the Guru
isrepresented by the entire galaxy of saints and sages, the holy men
and themen of God that have graced and illumined the centuries and
generations pastas well as present. The sum total of these saints and
their spiritualhierarchy is the Guru for the race. The entire range of
their life-redeemingteachings constitutes the Guru Vakya or the Guru
Upadesh for the race. ThisGuru and this Upadesh have been forgotten
by the racial mind, nay; it hasbecome deliberately neglected and set
aside. The saints and their teachingshave been shelved away as
archaic antiquities. Their voice of Truth,universal love, unity and
brotherhood has become drowned by the rush anduproar of a scientific
age. The mind of man is thoroughly agitated andtossed about by the
forces of commercial greed and materialistic power. Sucha mind can
hardly reflect the splendor and radiance of the Atman. The truespirit
of Guru Purnima alone can save the humanity from dangerousperversions
of secular science.The human race must settle down now for a sincere
hearing of and reflectionover the admonitions of the great sages and
the teachers of the world. It isthe Supreme Guru of Gurus, the
Almighty Being that speaks and works throughthese spiritual men of
God. Let the humanity make up for past neglect andhearken with
earnestness and care to this universal Gurupadesh. Then indeedthe
real Divine Purnima will cast its soft radiance of peace and bliss
uponthis earth. Then it is that humanity will attain its Purnima and
perfectlyreflect the radiant dazzling light of the Supreme Divine
Being, who is intruth the Sun of suns.Blessed selves! Study therefore
with diligence and Bhava the lives of thegreat ones. Again and again
recall their spiritual teachings. Try to emulatethem. Walk in their
footsteps. Follow their lofty Upadesh and teachings.Daily read some
elevating scripture without fail. Pray to the Supreme, GuruBhagawan
Veda Vyasa and begin spiritual Sadhana. Do not postpone. Timeflies,
life shortens rapidly. Death may come at any moment. Hasten theadvent
of bright Purnima in your lives. To live in the light of
Guru'steachings, to faithfully become the very embodiment of His
Upadesh is agrand Gurudakshina for him.May this sacred land pay this
homage to its Guru and attain the Purnima ofher spiritual splendor so
that she may once again scatter the soft radianceof Atmic Light upon
all the nations of the world! May the entire humanitysoon be
illuminated with the Jyoti of a Purna Chandrodaya of
Indianspirituality!! All glory to the Brahma Vidya Gurus!!!