Guru purnima 2009 - Tulabhaaram

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

As many of you know Sri Swamiji gracefully gave permission to offer Tulabhaaram

during this year Guru Purnima day in Dallas, Texas. Here is what

Prof.K.V.Krishna Murthy, the Chairman & Managing Trustee of I-SERVE and

Dattapeetham Vidyadikari had to say about Tulabhaaram and its significance.

 

" Jaya Guru Datta. Some of the devotees who are involved in the process of

conducting the " Sadguru Tulaa Bhaara " on the Guru Purnima day (7th July) this

year have approached me to explain the significance of this ceremony. Here is a

brief attempt. Wishing you all a good reading - Jaya Guru Datta.

 

" TULA " means, " balance " : The Western balance was said to be invented by

Archimedes of 3rd Century B.C. But three thousand years prior to that, we have

the story of SRIKRISHNA TULABHAARA in our Purana's. Thousands of year's prior to

that, MANU SMRITI clearly mentions the instrument of Balance, the weighing

stones and governmental control over them. So ancient is our Indian culture and

heritage.

 

In the story of Sri Krishna Tulabhaara, Satyabhama tries to weigh Lord Sri

Krishna with her wealth of Gold and fails miserably. It was so because Lord Sri

Krishna is Jagatguru, the teacher of the whole world. KRISHNAM VANDE JAGAD GURUM

say the Puranas. The word " Guru " means " heavy " also. " Guru " is the heaviest of

all the contemporary beings, in the sense that he excels every body in very

respect.

 

" Bhaara " also means heavy. But this word is not capable of indicating a SADGURU,

because it actually implies " SIN " . In anyone's life, the most unbearable thing

is sorrow. Its cause is sin. Hence, both sorrow and sin are heavy (BHAARA).

 

To get rid of this " Bhaara " our sages have prescribed " Tula Bhaara " as a method

of " Prayas Chitta " (ceremony of repentance). In this, one has to weigh himself

in a balance with Gold, Silver, Jaggery, or some such things and then he has to

donate the same to the worthy. This is one of the best methods for reducing

" PAAPA BHAARA " (The weight of sin) of oneself.

 

This, again, is very difficult, and many people cannot afford this. So, the

Maharshis, out of their compassion, have given a simpler method.

 

Since there is some similarity between the words " Bhaara " and " Guru " and since

Guru has an intrinsic property of reducing the " PAAPA BHAARA " of people around

him, the sages said " Weigh collectively your SADGURU in a balance with Gold,

Silver etc and present the Gold etc to the SADGURU himself, so that all the

people involved in the process will equally get rid of their PAAPA BHAARA

simultaneously "

 

The main problem in conducting this " Praayasachitta Karma " (act of repentance)

is that the Sadguru should give his consent for this. Since the Guru, who

accepts this gift, has to bear the sins of the devotees involved in the process,

many a Guru do not generally concede to this proposal. Lucky are those when the

Sadguru accepts it.

 

This time such luck is descending down on the devotees of USA, that too on the

Guru Purnima day. The Guru Purnima is a special day on which the power of the

Sadguru attains fullness (Purnatva) and is ready to bestow fullness on the

devotees, if properly approached.

 

The fortune of doing TULA BHAARA on a GURUPURNIMA DAY with gold is a rare

opportunity on many counts. To be brief -

 

i) The day is astronomically poised to yield full fledged results for the deeds

(good or bad) performed on that day.

 

ii) The Sadguru is in a natural mood of blessing His devotees that day.

 

iii) Gold is a special metal whose presiding deities are AGNI (fire God) and

Lakshmi (Goddess of wealth) so it has a natural quality of purifying individuals

both internally and externally and enriching their wealth.

 

iv) Gold has also the character of attraction and hence its TULABHAARA develops

friendship and fraternity in the families of the devotees involved.

 

v) Gold is the heaviest of all the natural metals and as such it is most

suitable for the process of TULABHAARA, which involves the principle of weight.

 

However, there is one aspect in the process of TULABHAARA, which can spoil the

whole ceremony, if it is not properly understood.

 

The Tulabhaara process involves weighing the Sadguru in a balance. That means we

are equating him with something finite, which is totally absurd, impossible and

undeserving. This was the very point missed by Satya bhaama in the story of " Sri

Krishna Tulabhaara " . We know how miserably she was punished for that. So, the

devotees should never forget the crucial point; that it is because of the mercy

of the Sadguru that we are able to weigh him in a balance (TULA) and that too

only physically.

 

The word TULA also means, frequating, which can never match with the Sadguru. He

cannot be equated even to Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva. So, the devotees involved in

this process should never miss the point that they are not even remotely

intending to weigh (or equate) the Sadguru " even physically " but are only trying

to utilize the physical presence and mercy of the Sadguru to wash off their

Paapa Bhaaras.

 

If the devotees do not miss this point and perform the SADGURU TULABHAARA, with

whatever material possible for them, the Guru's grace will see to it that the

sins of the devotees are warded off and many more things as listed above are

gifted to the devotees.

 

I congratulate the US devotees who are having the fortune of conducting Sadguru

Tulaabhaara on the Guru Purnima day this year, and wish them all fullness in

health, wealth, wisdom and Guru Krupa.

 

Jaya Guru Datta to all. "

 

Please follow the link below to participate in this rare opportunity that our

Sadguru blessed us with.

 

http://gurupurnima. dallashanuman. org/specialevent s/index.php

 

Sri Guru Datta,

-Jagan