Significance of Gurupurnima

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Om Sri Sai Ram

Om Sai Jai Sai Jai Jai Sai

 

Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devoh Maheshwara.

Guru Sakshat Parabrahmah Tasmai Shree Guru Veh Nama

 

Guru Poornima is an occasion for cleansing the mind to

make it absolutely pure. We should purify our hearts

to let the Divine live in it. Guru Poornima signifies

eliminating all darkness and evil

from our minds.

 

We must meditate upon the names of all those in the

Guru Parampara to obtain their grace. We should shed

our ego at the lotus feet of our Sadguru Sainath

Maharaj and follow His teachings.

 

Guru the Creator: The Guru gives us a new birth in the

world of knowledge and in the world of the Self. He

opens our eyes to knowledge and changes our mental

outlook, moulds it anew. Changing or giving another

shape means creating or giving another birth.

Since the Guru creates the birth of knowledge in us,

he qualifies to be called Brahma, the Creator.

 

Guru the Protector: Several good things keep happening

to us, as if on their own, without our knowledge,

through the agency of our Guru.

Suddenly, we wonder about how they happened. How was

our task accomplished? " We will recognize in a flash

that it was Guru Kripa, the compassion of our Guru

that made things happen in our favor. The

Guru takes care of us and removes all our difficulties

in this world. His chief function is to take care of

our Atman. The Guru protects us by giving us Upadesha

and by showing us the path of

Sadhana to foster the Atman. Instead of finding bliss

for Himself in Samadhi, He sacrifices His happiness

for our sake and does all He can to liberate us from

Samsara. Just like the spring brings blessings to the

world without expecting anything in return. In this

way, the Guru is like Vasanta (spring season), which

brings benefits to the world without any reason or

motive. In this way, He is like Vishnu, the protector.

 

Guru the Destructor: There are evil forces that

constantly drag us down into the mire and prevent us

from obtaining the light of knowledge. The Guru

battles with them patiently and destroys them.

When a crop is grown, the weeds must be removed.

Similarly, it is as important to remove our intense

ignorance as it is to give us knowledge, it is indeed

more difficult to destroy our ignorance than

to impart Jnaana. The Guru as Maheswara dispels the

darkness of ignorance.

 

The definition of the word " Guru " itself is 'he who

dispels darkness'. Gu stands for darkness, Ru stands

for dispelling.

 

Three three functions performed by the Guru encompass

the functions of creation, protection and destruction.

In this way, our Guru becomes Trimurthi.

 

The Guru takes us to the goal beyond which there is

nothing. He transforms us into the Parabrahman. He

tells us that it is the Parabrahman who has taken our

guise ( " you are indeed the Parabrahman " ). The Guru

helps us to discard our guises and reveal ourselves as

the Parabrahman. So, the declaration is pt : " Guruh

Saakshaat Parambrahma " .

 

So Guru is like the Trimurti. A god who is the

Trimurti conjoint is Dattatreya who had brought the

holy tradition of the Gurus (Guru Parampara) to this

mortal world. All Gurus are like Dattatreya like

Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara who create the body,

nourish it, and destroy it respectively. We may have

to be born again and again but the Guru will accompany

us throughout and will not give up until we

are united with the Light (become ourselves the

light). Truly, therefore, it is said,

 

Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devoh Maheshwara.

Guru Sakshat Parabrahmah Tasmai Shree Guru Veh Namh

 

Baba Said:- " Meditate always on knowledge incarnate,

consciousness and Bliss

 

Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying `Om Sai Ram' to

whom so ever you meet.

 

OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of

Bhagwan Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all,

to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!