Guru Purnima infuses the Jiva, who has been wandering for countless lives, with the blessedness of Knowledge, Bhakti and Yaga. Through the preceptors, God and the scriptures ands through the Jiva own experience and makes him capable of saving himself from the agony he has been suffering in mothers’ wombs as entitles him to attain to the supreme state. Guru Purnima is the day of making one’s mind holy by recalling the memory of God realized Gurus like Maharshi Veda vyasji who mark one capable of attaining to the supreme state. This is the day of practicing penance and thanking pious vows. It is the day when one should undertake some new resolve assorting to the guidance of the preceptor. ‘These are the shortcomings in my mind; these are the shortcomings in my conduct; these are the shortcomings in my life…’After such introspection, one should take a resolve to undertake some observance, Japa or anushthana which one is capable of so as to weed out the shortcomings ands them one should resolve to move ahead in one’s spiritual journey. It is the day when one should take stock to he spiritual endeavors made by him in the past year and the spiritual experiences had thereby ands should took to the Guru forties for making further progress. After the Vyas Purnima,. Schools of spirituality open ad new lessons saare taught. In summer the land becomes parched; the rain comes around Vyas purnima and the rareh in infused with a new life a are the trees Similarly, Vyas radiance, new joy and new vigor in the sadhaka’s life and inspires him to move forward to a new life. Inspired by tins pious festival, the Jiva can endeavor to realize God. Maharsi Veda Vyasji commenced wrting the words fist ever spirtuall treatise, ‘Brahman sutra’ on this day. The Mahabharata was completed writing the world’s first ever spiritual treatise, Brahman sutra on this day. The Mahabharata was completed on the Guru-Purnima day and gods blessed this day saying, The Sahara, who worships his Guru on this day’s who propitiates his Guru and determines his spiritual path with his Guru guidance, will earn the religious merit of doing all virtuous deeds throughout the year. Sine then man has been celebrating the pious festival of Guru Purima with great zeal and enthusiasm. Not only Indian but demigods and the Yogis living in the heavens too celebrate Guru Purima with great zeal and enthusiasm. This in not the occasion for longish tales; it is the occasion for sting neat the lotus feet of Sat guru. It is not the occasion for discourses; is the occasion for coming back to and reposing in the Transcendent True Self, the Bliss absolute where all discourses emanate form and roll back to. It is an utsava. Utsava is made form the syllable at and Sava. Theyajna of realizing by the True self, the Bliss Absolute, the nearest of the near, is the utsava of Vyas Purnima. Other unsaved we celebrate but the utsava of Vyas Purnima like a mother cajoles us. A mother cajoles her child saying, “Come here my child! You have been Playing in the dirt quit some time and have thereby become dirty. Now take a bath and clam yourself. I will give you butter and sugar candy,” Similarly Vyas Purnima says,”O Jiva! You have been wandering or several lives. Now came back to your real nature of pure Consciousness, to Self Knowledge, to the Lord the Giver life. Another cajoles the child and thereby claims and nourishes him. Vyas purnima cajoles us and thereby purifies our mind, imbues it with virtues like humility, Modesty etc. and very kindly endows us with the capability to assimilate stager’s experience of omnipresence through worshipping Him our minds are invaded by violent winds o fall kinds. Now we are plagued by doubt and now by fear or other such feeling. If the mind gets restive or gets derailed form the path of sadhana and Bhakti became of bad company the sabhakas make new resolutions and resume third journey with renewed vigor After the Vyas purnima the wandering, self realized saints stay at on emplace. There, they study Braham suture and other spiritual books. At times people in a society slide down towards degeneration. Demonic nature, dualistic thoughts casteism and feeling of mine and thine spread through the society. Divorced from the non dual reality people are plagued by dualistic feelings which make them unit. The result is narrow-mindedness, strife and unrest in society. But when self realized gurus disseminate their Knowledge in the society, people’s minds are imbued with virtues like oneness, peace, love magnanimity forgiveness, rectitude and purity act. Sadhaka is filled with the Prasad of the supreme Consciousness Man either makes progress or slides downwards. It is good to make progress but to save him from sliding down, the sliding down, the sabhaka should submit to some sattvik vows. Take some pious vows of daily observance in your life. Write the mind serious in observance of the vows, touch the paper the Barhdada. Ashrams infused with divine potency by or to the reostrum and keep it with you. You can touch the paper to the place where you offer prayers of meditate al your house Take some vow life, “I will do japa for so many counts of the rosary; I will also so many panoramas; I will observe silence for so many hours in the week, I will reserve one, two or five days in month for intensive spiritual recite; I will have in complete solitude for so many days in the year; I will spend so many day n the year for spreading it he messages of dharma; I will employ my time and resources in Gurudev’s divine endeavors in order to propitiate Him and to attain to the supreme state. If the headshake takes some pious vow of this mature on the Vyas purnima day desiring to see Maharshi Veda Vyasji in the form o a God realized saint aborn the throne in his heart, his efforts will be aided by the good wishes of goods and the grace of Gurus and his goal will be accomplished sooner rather then later. There is improvement at time and deterioftion at other in one’s spiritual orientation at others in one’s spiritual soientation; one happens to be in good company at times and Indaba Company at other. The animate beings other than man are subjected to bearing the fruits of lather past actions but God ha given some freedom to man. Man can go up also and he can slide down a swell. He should try to make progress but should definitely strive not to slide down and to that end should observe some pious vows inline. The true and worthy disciples apply themselves whole heartedly in body and mind maintains the Guru. If the disciple, the gift of assimilating “Guru’s spiritualExperiences are bestowed upon him. If the Guru is a true and maintains the attributes of guru he can bless his disciples with the gift of realization. Those who deserve to be shshakas or disciples and those who are capable of granting such gift are Gurus. The congregation of such true disciple and Sat gurus in the festival of Vyas purnima.On this say, the sadhaka take moderate and light food like milk and fruits and with the help of activates like meditation, devotional actuates, like deduction activities, Selfless service, remembrance of God Observing silence etc. make a firm resolve to awaken his latent potencies. By and as he is blessed with the gift of realization with in he become sinless, of being blessed with the gift of realization with in and in dun course of time of bridging the gap between breaking the cycle of birth and death and realizing the supreme Consciousness, of nature.
We shed many tears of sorrow but it is those tears of devotion that are really fruitful. The reins which fall form the sky pale before the tears of devotion which flow from the eyes. Rainwater facilitates the growth of crops on land while the tears which flow from the eyes will increase the crops of devotion on our heart.
Guru is Brahma. Guru is Vishnu, Guru is Shiva, and Though Guru appears to be a human being, Actually He is God. He who is blessed with the Guru’s grace. Needs nothing else to get. One who gets Guru Grace Servs his parent’s life? Ganesh, who served Shiva ands Uma They’ relieved of inferiority complex, Have no trace of anxiety. Though Guru appears to be human being. Actually He is God. All events become auspicious And the milieu is changed completely The copious cycle of birth and death gets over Allachment indecision no longer on obsession Keeps the God not at a distance Miracle lake place with special grace He makes people chant with clapping Done the people of Indian and abroad His living is worthwhile Who has received the blessings of Guru? Though Guru appears to be a human being Actually He is God. K.P.Singh Additional District and Session Magistrate Gwalior (M.P)
What a majestic splendor at Gurudev’s noble court! A wonderful sight to magnanimous Compassion at the august threshold! The depraved and wick are redeened, The ignorant ones are reformed। Repleting their coffers with virtuos Serenity of the Guru’s pious name। Only the beholder can know the truth Indescribable is the charm in His love. Mundane name, Fame, intellect, wealth or prosperity Is easily gained through the Guru’s grace The affable Lord’s ingenuous heart becomes Easily delighted by the seeker’s human emotions.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
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