To Linda ~ a question about Thursday as Guru Day

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Linda said>

> I have read (I don't remember where) that every

> Thursday is Guru Day. It is beyond my physical capability to chant the

entire

> Guru Gita each Thursday, which was the first way I could think of to

thank

> and honor Shree Maa and Swamiji. Is there some part of the Guru Gita,

a

> section of verses, that could be recited for this purpose. Or is there

some other

> mantra you know of. What do the devotees at the Mandir do? One thing I

just

> thought of as a way to acknowledge and honor Shree Maa and Swamiji

would be to

> go to their website and listen to one of Swamiji's classes and to

Shree Maa

> singing. One thing I am going to do tomorrow, both to honor our gurus

and for

> the sake of the Mother Earth sankalpa is go to that bead store and buy

one of

> the rudraksha malas. Does anyone else have any suggestions?

 

 

My dear Linda,

I cant tell you how much your post touched me. I love that you want to

go listen to one of Swamiji's classes or Shree Maa singing as a way to

acknowledge and honor them.

 

If chanting the entire Guru Gita is too much for you , perhaps you could

start at the beginning , chant as many verses as you can this thursday,

continue from where you left off the next thursday. And continue in the

same vein the all the following thursdays too. Perhaps you could say

divide the Guru Gita into four portions and finish the text in 4

thursdays , ie within a month. Just a thought ...

 

Another option would be identify those verses that specially call out to

you and chant those verses only each Thursday. For example, I like the

verse "Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu ...Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah" - Verse 32

of the Guru Gita.

 

Hope this helps! Please do post and let us know how your Guru Gita

chanting went ... And chanting even one verse counts !!!!

 

Love

Nanda