Guru Gita Verses [Tenth and last installment]

[Guest guest]

For Amma's darling children,

 

I'm off tomorrow to spend five heavenly days in San Ramon with Amma. So here

are the final verses that I want share with you all. Please keep in mind that

the Guru Gita contains 182 verses. I have shared just a few of my favorites.

There are many precious gems that I have not included.

 

(verse 110) One should perceive the inner Self through the gift of the Guru's

grace. By this path of the Guru, knowledge of one's Self arises.

 

(verse 111) I bow to (the Guru, who is) the highest being and who is of the

form of this world, from Brahmã to a blade of grass, (everything) movable and

immovable.

 

(verse 112) I always bow to the Guru, who is Sacchidananda, who transcends

all differences, who is eternal, perfect, without form, and without

attributes, and who is established in her own Self.

 

(verse 113) The Guru, who is higher than the highest, who always bestows

bliss, and who is seated in the center of the space of the heart, (shining)

like a pure crystal, should be meditated upon.

 

(verse 182) I bow to the Gururaja mantra (the Guru Gitã), which removes the

great fear (of transmigration). It is the only mantra that rescues one from

the ocean of the world. It is the perfected mantra worshipped by sages and

gods, such as Brahmä and others. It is the mantra that puts an end to

privations, miseries, and the disease of mundane existence.

 

(verse 182) Thus ends the Guru Gitã which occurs in the dialog between Shiva

and Parvati in the latter portion of Shri Skanda Purãna,

 

This is offered at the feet of Shri Gurudeva.

 

 

Your sister in Amma,

vaishnavi