Guest guest Posted July 15, 2000 Report Share Posted July 15, 2000 >From Milen Shah on Guru Purnimah..... "Hari Om Shri Gurubhyo Namah" - (Salutations to all Spiritual Teachers...) Namaste friends, This Sunday 16th will mark the auspicious day of "Guru Purnima". Hindu Scripture states: "Na guror adhikam tattvam, na guror adhikam tapah; Tattva-jnaanaat param naasti, tasma Shree Gurave namah." "Salutations to that Teacher! There is no principle higher than the Teacher; there is no greater austerity than service to the Teacher; greater than true wisdom, there exists not anything..." We owe our lives to all those that have been our Guru; right from our parents and elders, to our secular teachers, and above all, our true spiritual teachers... I hope we all have a chance to spend a brief moment and pay homage to all Gurus on the day of Guru Purnima. Below are two quotations: one of what H.H. Swami Vivekananda has said on this topic, and one of H.H. Swami Chinmayananda's message for the new generation. Hari OM milen.... ---------- The preaching of sermons by brooks and stones may be true as a poetical figure, but no one can preach a single grain of truth until he has it in himself... This eye-opener of religion is the spiritual teacher... There is nothing higher and holier than the knowledge which comes to the soul transmitted by a spiritual teacher. Serve all such teachers like a child, open your heart to their influence, and see in them God manifested... When the teacher is the spiritual ancestor and the disciple is the spiritual descendant, then there alone to gigantic spiritual souls grow... Such teachers are few in number, no doubt, in this world, but the world is never altogether without them. They are the fair flowers of human life, and keep the world going; it is the strength that is manifested from these hearts of life that keeps the bonds of society intact... - Swami Vivekananda (excerpts of Complete Works....) -------------- "India has always been the guru of the world. This generation has been called upon to lead and guide the world. The time has come, not in killing, not in destroying, not in warfare, but in learning and understanding how to face the problems of the outer world. It is absolutely necessary to study the scriptures and learn to practice the teachings in our everyday lives..." - Swami Chinmayananda -------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2000 Report Share Posted July 15, 2000 RamakrishnaVedanta , "Narendra Nath" <claude.laurent@e...> wrote: OM -- GURU PURNIMAH ------------- JAPA PRAYER MEDITATION LOVE SERVICE REALIZE PEACE! SHANTI! NAREN --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2000 Report Share Posted July 15, 2000 The Poornima (Full Moon) Day in the month of Ashadha (July-August) is known as "Guru Poornima". This is a very sacred day on which special worship is performed to the Acharyas, who, through their Infinite Compassion and Supreme Grace, have imparted the Knowledge of the Absolute (Brahma Vidya) through a long and continuous line of Acharyas (Guru Parampara) to all the Seekers of the Self. Among the Acharyas, Sri Veda Vyasa stands the foremost and on this day, special pujas are offered to Vyasa Maharishi. Vyasa is the great grand son of Vasishta, grand son of Shakti, son of Parasara and the father of Suka. He is considered the personification of Maha Vishnu Himself and the abode of all Knowledge. He is also known as Badarayana because he practiced austerities under a Badari tree; as Krishna Dwaipayana because He was black in complexion and was born in an island. He is hailed as Brahma without four heads, as Hari with two hands and Shiva without the third eye! Veda Vyasa compiled the Vedas into four divisions ( 1131 Sakhas or Recensions divided into Rig (21 sakhas), Yajur (101 sakhas), Sama (1000 sakhas) and Atharvana Veda (9 sakhas)). Vyasaji others works include: (1) Brahma Sutras (555 Sutras or Aphorisms integrating the messages of the Upanishads relating to Jiva, the Universe and Brahman); (2) Eighteen Maha Puranas (Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Siva Purana, Skanda Purana, Garuda Purana, Brahmanda Purana etc. Actually, Vishnu Purana was written by Vysacharya's father, Parasaracharya, but was edited and presented by Vyasa.. (3) He narrated the incidents of the Mahabharata to Maha Ganapati who wrote the Mahabharata. Veda Vyasa injected the essence of all Vedas through Bhagavad Gita to establish and preserve human Dharma. In Gita jnAna Sloka, Sage Vyasa is praised as follows: Namostu te VyAsa vishAlabuddhe phullAravindAyatapatranetra; Yena tvayA BhAratatailapoornah prajvAlito gnAnamayah pradeepah. "Salutations to thee, O Vyasa, of profound intellect and with eyes like the petals of a full-blown lotus, by whom the lamp of Knowledge with the oil of the Mahabharata, has been lit!" Traditionally, the Chaturmasya Vratam starts on Guru Poornima day. The term Chaturmasya means a period of four months (which also coincides with the rainy season); however, here a fortnight (Paksha ) is taken as one month and so the Chaturmasya Vrata is observed for two calendar months. During this time Sanyasins stay in one place to meditate on the Absolute. Reference: "Significance of Chaturmasya and Vyasa Puja" : K.K. Sankaran, in Tributes to Guru, Sri Sringeri Math , 1992. Ram Chandran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2000 Report Share Posted July 16, 2000 Ramakrishna_Bruxelles , "Narendra Nath" <claude.laurent@e...> wrote: Ramakrishna , "Vivekananda Centre" <vivekananda@b...> wrote: >From Milen Shah on Guru Purnimah..... "Hari Om Shri Gurubhyo Namah" - (Salutations to all Spiritual Teachers...) Namaste friends, This Sunday 16th will mark the auspicious day of "Guru Purnima". Hindu Scripture states: "Na guror adhikam tattvam, na guror adhikam tapah; Tattva-jnaanaat param naasti, tasma Shree Gurave namah." "Salutations to that Teacher! There is no principle higher than the Teacher; there is no greater austerity than service to the Teacher; greater than true wisdom, there exists not anything..." We owe our lives to all those that have been our Guru; right from our parents and elders, to our secular teachers, and above all, our true spiritual teachers... I hope we all have a chance to spend a brief moment and pay homage to all Gurus on the day of Guru Purnima. Below are two quotations: one of what H.H. Swami Vivekananda has said on this topic, and one of H.H. Swami Chinmayananda's message for the new generation. Hari OM milen.... ---- ------ The preaching of sermons by brooks and stones may be true as a poetical figure, but no one can preach a single grain of truth until he has it in himself... This eye-opener of religion is the spiritual teacher... There is nothing higher and holier than the knowledge which comes to the soul transmitted by a spiritual teacher. Serve all such teachers like a child, open your heart to their influence, and see in them God manifested... When the teacher is the spiritual ancestor and the disciple is the spiritual descendant, then there alone to gigantic spiritual souls grow... Such teachers are few in number, no doubt, in this world, but the world is never altogether without them. They are the fair flowers of human life, and keep the world going; it is the strength that is manifested from these hearts of life that keeps the bonds of society intact... - Swami Vivekananda (excerpts of Complete Works....) -------------- "India has always been the guru of the world. This generation has been called upon to lead and guide the world. The time has come, not in killing, not in destroying, not in warfare, but in learning and understanding how to face the problems of the outer world. It is absolutely necessary to study the scriptures and learn to practice the teachings in our everyday lives..." - Swami Chinmayananda -------------- --- End forwarded message --- --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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