Happy Guru Purnima!

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Namaste Friends,

 

Wishing everyone a Happy Guru Purnima on July 13th!

 

Bountiful blessings & good cheer,

Sy

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http://www.dalsabzi.com/Language_Festivals/guru_purnima.htm

 

Gur-Poornima is the day on which one expresses ones gratitude to ones

Guru.

 

The syllable 'Gu' means darkness, the syllable 'Ru' means 'Dispeller--

So the word 'Guru' would mean 'the one who dispels the darkness of

ignorance.' According to another interpretation 'Guru' means

the 'weighty one', thereby denoting the spiritual quality in terms of

quantity. He/She is heavy with wisdom and learning and ever ready to

pour to the thirsty. He/She is like a mature ripe fruit which is

ready to fall upon the hungry and deserving.

 

Since the Guru becomes the means by which one aspires to attain the

Lord, it is not uncommon for the Hindu to treat God and the Guru as

one. It is said that one ought to have implicit faith in ones Guru,

one must serve him/her with 'Tan-man-dhan' (Body, mind and wealth).

The above is difficult to do today, the world being as commercialized

and corrupt.

 

One must remember that the Scriptures urge, to use ones mind and

intellect before making any commitment, even if it is to ones Guru.

One can also be ones own 'Guru' but that would be difficult. It would

be like finding ones way through a jungle without the help of a

guide.

 

http://www.dalsabzi.com/Language_Festivals/guru_purnima.htm