Guru Gita verses continued

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                                       Jaya Guru Datta

 

                                    Shree  GuruBhyo Namaha

 

Shubh  Deepavali to everyone.

 

from last week...The only Light that can remove the Illusion and Delusion is the

one called Guru. (what a co-incidence at this time of the year, the season of

the Festival of Lights) 

 

Preamble: In the form of the praise of Guru,Pujya Sri Swamiji defines Guru:

 

" Yadanghri kamala dvandwam dvandva taapa vivaarakam

 Taarakam bhava sindhoshca  tam Gurum pranamaam-yaham "

 

Obeisance to such Guru whose pair of lotus feet can wipe out the passions caused

by dualities of joys and sorrows,cold and heat,and which can ferry us across the

ocean of life.

 

One definition of Guru is,One who by the mere touch of the pair of His

lotus-like feet,the passions roused and caused by the dualities become far

removed.

 

( Question:is this a physical removal or is it a form of psychological space

created here )

 

This detachment and desire express themselves in our life in a quite peculiar

way.For some,detachment gives rise to desire.As for instance a person builds a

big temple with the sacrifice of all he possesses.But he will be attached to

that temple ever looking at it.Another does a big charity and proclaims it

several times.These are desires invested with detachment. 

In case of some,they are afraid that after their death,their funeral rites might

not be performed.So they wear gold ornaments and declare that those who perform

their funeral rites will get them.Is this detachment ? Is this sacrifice?

Desire ?

 

This is also a desire coupled with detachment.

 

Then there is the sinful desire.On account of this,one wants to get anything

that one sees.He does not wish to give anything to anyone under any

circumstances.This is a sinful desire and nothing but passion.It is caused on

account of dualities.It is also called the ocean of life.

 

The feet of the Guru alone,have the capacity to let the being pass through the

ocean of life separated from the dualities,sorrows and desires.

 

Sri Guru Datta 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                                                 Jaya Guru Datta

                                                            Shree  GuruBhyo

Namaha

 

from last week:

 

" Akandam para-maartham sadaikyam ca..

 ............................................................. "

 

Guru alone has the capacity to teach this

            TAT + TVAM = ASI 

Teaching is not the same as mere telling.

It inspires the heart.Obeisance to such a Guru.

 

this week:

 

Pujya Sri Swamiji particularly says as to what one should do for the

fulfillment of the initiation in the form of Intuition and Experience

to be felt in one's heart.

 

" Sarva shruti shiro-ratna niraajita padaam-bujam

 Vedaataam-buja Suryaabham Shri Gurum sharanam vrajet "

 

Obeisance to Sadguru to whose Feet the Vedas hold the holy

camphor light and who is like the sun for the lotuses of Vedanta

or the Upanishads.

 

It is a figurative expression in which the Guru is described as receiving

the venerable low-bow of all the Vedas,the gems of whose diadems (Crowns)

spread their lustre over the Feet of the Guru,as if the Vedas ever hold the Holy

camphor lights (Nirajanam) to Him.

 

In other words,the greatness of the Guru has been acknowledged in all the Vedas.

Again he is as the sun to the lotuses--like the Vedantas or Upanishads.

He is as friendly to the Upanishads as the sun to the lotuses.It also means that

he is

equally held in esteem by all the Upanishads.Hence for the accomplishment of the

knowledge divine,there is no other way except taking refuge in a Guru.

So says Lord Shiva to Mata Parvati.

 

Again Guru's glory is sung.

" Caitanyam shaa-shvatam shantam maayaa-titam niranjam

 Naada bindu kalaatitam tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha "

 

The dynamic spirit is eternal,serene,beyond all illusion,and unaffected by

anything.

It is beyond the celestial sound : the primordial Male and even his Mind (Nada

Binu

Kalalu)

 

Obeisance to such a Guru who is personification of such a dynamic spirit.

 

Obeisance to Sadguru Parama Pujya Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji.

 

Sri Guru Datta