Guru Purnima Puja & Yagya

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Guru Purnima Puja & Yagya

 

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Guru Purnima is traditionally held to be Bhagawan Vyasa's birthday. According to

the Indian calendar IT falls on the 15th of the month of Ashada. Bhagawan Vyasa

is called Veda Vyasa - or the Compiler of the Vedas. Bhagawan Vyasa saw that, in

the coming yugas, men would be of grosser mind and would lack the ability to

learn and retain all of the Vedas. So he compiled the Vedas into four parts -

the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Veda.

 

Furthermore he wrote the Puranas so that the common people could also benefit

from the knowledge of the Vedas - he conveyed the same spiritual principles

through the medium of stories and parables. He is also the author of the Brahma

Sutras - the quintessence of Vedanta. So it is but fitting that his birthday is

celebrated as Guru Purnima.

 

What is it that you are supposed to know on this day of Guru Purnima?

You must understand that God is in you, with you, around you, above you, below

you. In fact, you are God. Recognise this truth in the first instance. Do not

entertain excessive desires and become beggars. Do your duty sincerely. That is

the true Sadhana. When you are in office, do office work only; do not think of

your family matters. Likewise, when you are at home, take care of the needs of

your wife and children. Do not make your home an office. But today because of

too much work in office, people take office-papers to their homes to complete

their work. They are thus facing difficulties because they mix up their office

work, household work, business and spiritual matters.

 

 

Right from this day, try to reduce your attachment to the world to the extent

possible. Be happy and make others happy. Do not hurt anybody. Consider

difficulties as passing clouds. You have developed family relationships and

there are bound to be some worries. But do not be perturbed by them. When you

look at the vast sky, you find many clouds. Likewise, in the sky of your heart

there are clouds of attachment. They just come and go. Do not worry about them.

What is the shape of worry? It is a mentally created fear. It is the result of

your imagination. Every man is bound to encounter difficulties and losses. We

should face them with courage.

 

From this day of Guru Purnima, make your hearts sacred. Just as you wave away

the mosquitoes that bite you, brush aside any difficulties that assail you. Do

not be depressed by sorrow nor be elated by happiness. Develop equanimity and

strive to attain Divinity.

 

Today is described as Guru Purnima Day. This is not quite correct.

The day got its name because of some gurus who wanted to have an occasion for

receiving offerings from their disciples. The right name for this day is Vyasa

Purnima.

 

 

Vyaasa was born on this full moon day. He completed the codification of the four

Vedas on this day. He completed the writing of the eighteen puranas on this day.

Owing to the passage of time Vyasa Purnima came to be called Guru Purnima.

 

Serving the Guru

According to Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6/23) :

Yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau |

Tasyaite kathitaa hi arthaaha prakashante mahatmanaha ||

Translation:Guru be worshipped in the same manner as the deity - God, to attain

all there is to attain on the path of God-realization:

 

 

When this Self is within you where is the need to search for someone to teach

you?

A teacher who teaches others has had a teacher himself. The one who has no Guru

above him is the true Guru. The Sanskrit stanza which hails the Guru as Brahma,

Vishnu and Maheswara and as Parabrahman is misinterpreted. The right approach is

to consider Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara as the Guru. These three are symbolised

by the three gunas: Brahma is Rajas, Vishnu is Sathva and Siva is Thamas. The

whole cosmos is constituted by the three gunas. The three gunas are present in

man. The trinity are present in the form of the three gunas in every human

heart.

 

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