Guru Purnimah

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From Milen Shah

on Guru Purnimah.....

 

 

" Hari Om Shri Gurubhyo Namah " - (Salutations to all Spiritual Teachers...)

 

Namaste friends,

 

This Sunday 16th will mark the auspicious day of " Guru Purnima " .

 

Hindu Scripture states:

 

" Na guror adhikam tattvam, na guror adhikam tapah;

Tattva-jnaanaat param naasti, tasma Shree Gurave namah. "

 

" Salutations to that Teacher! There is no principle higher than the

Teacher; there is no greater austerity than service to the Teacher; greater

than true wisdom, there exists not anything... "

 

 

We owe our lives to all those that have been our Guru; right from our

parents and elders, to our secular teachers, and above all, our true

spiritual teachers... I hope we all have a chance to spend a brief moment

and pay homage to all Gurus on the day of Guru Purnima.

 

Below are two quotations: one of what H.H. Swami Vivekananda has said on

this topic, and one of H.H. Swami Chinmayananda's message for the new

generation.

 

Hari OM

 

milen....

 

 

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The preaching of sermons by brooks and stones may be true as a poetical

figure, but no one can preach a single grain of truth until he has it in

himself... This eye-opener of religion is the spiritual teacher... There is

nothing higher and holier than the knowledge which comes to the soul

transmitted by a spiritual teacher. Serve all such teachers like a child,

open your heart to their influence, and see in them God manifested...

When the teacher is the spiritual ancestor and the disciple is the

spiritual descendant, then there alone to gigantic spiritual souls grow...

Such teachers are few in number, no doubt, in this world, but the world is

never altogether without them. They are the fair flowers of human life, and

keep the world going; it is the strength that is manifested from these

hearts of life that keeps the bonds of society intact...

 

- Swami Vivekananda

(excerpts of Complete Works....)

 

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" India has always been the guru of the world. This generation has been

called upon to lead and guide the world. The time has come, not in killing,

not in destroying, not in warfare, but in learning and understanding how to

face the problems of the outer world. It is absolutely necessary to study

the scriptures and learn to practice the teachings in our everyday lives... "

 

- Swami Chinmayananda

 

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