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

 

Gracious Sai ! Let no trial erase 'Shraddha' and 'Saburi' of your

children.

 

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all