Happy Guru Poornima !- Sankalpa Update

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Namaste Brothers and Sisters,

 

I would like to share my interesting journey with Guru Gita

recitation on auspicious Guru Poornima . The fruit of sankalpa of

this sadhana I dedicated to the holy feet all the teachers that I

have known(that means all of you as well) . I tried applying

navarna mantra while inhaling and exhaling a verse of Guru Gita per

breath sitting in one asana (sukasana )

 

 

Being in my temple room 10 minutes before the 9.00 pm allocated for me

and my mind kept thinking about other family members all over the

world completing the sacred sankalpa at that very moment . Swamiji

picture was glowing with bewitching smile as if he is telling me this

is a group sankalpa and you must complete it successfully ………

 

It took 45 minute for this effort and I got to admit the legs just

could not wait to be stretched ( strange, sitting 2 to 3 hours for

puja did not seem to pain this much !!! ) During this small yet

grueling session. I just kept thinking of my sankalpa to Latha and

other family members here and it gave me strength to carry on without

breaking the asana. Of course tears flowed thinking about all (I

suppose it was the collective bhava from other family members that

overwhelmed my heart at that moment) .Thank for all for this group

sankalpa....................................

 

Now for some silly questions ;

 

1) Verse 32 states

 

gurubrahma guruvisnurgururdevo mahesvarah

gurureva parabrahma tasmai srigurave namah

 

The Guru is Brahma , the Guru is Visnu , the Guru is Lord Maheswara .

The Guru is actually the Supreme Divinity and therefore we bow down

to the respected Guru .

 

Therefore what does this mantra mean then ;

 

gurubrahma guruvisnurgururdevo mahesvarah

gurursakshat parabrahma tasmai srigurave namah

 

2) Verse 52 states

 

We bow to the circle which surrounds the Guru, to the Supreme

Lord ,our Guru and the three other Gurus(Param, Parampara,Paramesthi)

to Ganapati,to the three places of worship of bhairava (the gross

body, subtle body and causal bodies), to the number of attained

beings, to the three children, to the two feet, to the order of

ambassadors to the circle , to the heroes sixteen sixty four and

nine , to the five heroes that sacrificed, to the respected makers of

garlands , by means of the king of mantras , the Guru Gita .

 

Q1 – Who is refer to by Param , Parampara and Paramesthi as the

Supreme Lord and our own guru is already cover earlier ?

Q2- Who are the three children ?

Q3 – Who are the heroes 16, 64 and 9?

Q4 – Why the 5 heroes sacrificed?

 

 

3) Verse 92 talks about meditation of guru at lotus of the heart

whereas verse 95 talks about meditating on the guru in the lotus of

the head . Which is the ideal place ( head or heart) and time to

meditate on Guru(verse 95 seems to say in the morning) I was under

the impression heart for istha devata and Gurudeva in the lotus of

the sahasra on the crown of the head.......

 

4) Verse 138 refers to different type of asana as below ;

 

Black deer skin – attainment of wisdom

Tiger skin- self-realization

Kusha grass – attainment of wisdom

Blanket - attainment of all but beware verse 137 states sitting on

just any piece of cloth ( not set aside specifically for praying)

has negative impact as well.

 

Verse 139 states the kusha (or durva too) mat should covered in white blanket

 

Is ok to just sit on kusha grass mat or need to put white blanket on

them as well while doing ordinary puja or only for Guru Gita

recitation? What is relevance of sheepskin used in Devi Mandir

tradition if I may ask?

 

I realize for person who heart is overwhelming in devotion this would

not be a barrier at all but for those us who are still a child this

basic preliminaries might be a good help………………………

 

Any answer or suggestion from all are welcome ………………………………….

Jai Maa!!!Latha Nanda <lathananda > wrote:

Happy Guru Poornima !As Swamiji blessed us , may we all be blessed

with the joy of having found the Guru.What a beautiful day this is -

our joint sankalpa, and then I gathered all our thanks and requested

Shree Maa and Swamiji to accept them as the representatives of all of

our Gurus .Hope the sankalpas are going well and people can write in

to share their bhava.