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| Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Guru Purnima |
Guru
Purnima is a day to honor our Gurus because it is also the day that Lord
Mahavira, Lord Buddha, Veda Vyasa and the Adi Guru Lord Shiva first assumed the
responsibility of imparting the knowledge of liberation
The Guru opens the
door to the kingdom of liberation to the seeker. The guru is the master
physician who possesses the magical ointment that opens the seekers eye to the
truth. Service to the guru’s feet turns the desire of the seeker for liberation
into a raging fire that burns away all attachments that bind him to the
material world. The Guru is verily Parabrahman – the Supreme Soul.
In the Hindu
tradition, the Guru Poornima is a day of honouring Veda Vyasa, the author of
Mahabharata, who is among the greatest teachers of mankind. It also marks the
day on which Shiva, the Adi Guru, imparted the secret of Yoga to his disciples
the Sapta Rishis or the ‘Seven Wise Ones’. The day is important because it is
through this knowledge that humans though bound by virtue of being embodied,
can through walking the path of Yoga, become free from the Samsara, which is
the state of being tied to the binary of pleasure-pain. Such a person who is
drawn to that which brings pleasure and avoids that which brings pain is forever
deluded that he is the body. The Guru is the one who rids one of this illusion.
Guru Poornima marks the day this transcendental knowledge was handed to
mankind. The day also commemorates the day on which the Buddha gave his first
sermon, as it does the day Lord Mahavira accepted his first disciple after
attaining Kaivalya.
Mamtamai Shri Radhe
Guru Maa is honoured as a guru by lakhs of her followers. For the most part
Guru Maa follows the path of the silent masters who instruct and guide without
speaking a word. She does, however, speak on some occasions. And on one such
occasion she has said that an imparter of knowledge – a Guru – should be
worshipped as God Himself.
May the Adi Guru Shiva
bless us with the desire for service to the Guru’s feet that have been
described as the ‘nauka’ or boat that helps the disciple cross the ‘samsaar
sagar’ or ocean of suffering.
A very happy Guru
Purnima to you.
To
know more about Guru Maa’s teachings follow her on her account on Twitter and
Facebook accounts or log on to www.radhemaa.com. These social pages are handled by her
devoteed sevadars. To experience her divine grace, a Bhakti Sandhya and Shri
Radhe Guru Maa Ji’s Divya Darshan are conducted every 15 days at Shri Radhe Maa
Bhavan in Borivali, Mumbai. The darshans are free and open to everyone.
One
may also volunteer in Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa’s ongoing social
initiatives that include book donation drives, blood donation camps,
heart-check ups. Contact Shri Radhe Maa’s sevadar on +91 98200 82849 or email
on admin@radhemaa.com to
participate in these charitable activities. END
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