This year Gurupournima is on 3rd July 2012
Gurupournima will be celebrated on behalf of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) at many places all over the country. The day of 'Gurupournima' is an important day in Hindu culture and the day to offer gratitude to one's Guru.
Arjuna with the blessings of Sree Krushna, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with the blessings of Saint Tukaram and Samartha Ramdas Swami re-established and built righteous kingdom. This shows the significance of the tradition of Guru-Disciple (Guru-Shishya Paramparaa). It was a tradition in Hindu Dharma to go to 'Gurukula (Guru's Ashram)' and seek his guidance for attaining various goals in life like moral values, knowledge of various subjects, 'Dharmacharan', war-maneuvers and God realization; but the Government adopted 'Macaulay's English education system discarding this tradition.
It has, however, become necessary today to once again nurture 'Guru-Disciple' tradition and 'Gurupournima' is the right occasion to remember and follow this tradition. It has become imperative for Hindus to unite under the blessings of Guru (Saints) to fight back constant attacks on Nation and Dharma. HJS has organized Gurupournima and gatherings of Hindus with this purpose. You are requested to participate and be a part of 'Guru-Disciple' tradition.
Guidance will be given on various burning issues like the grave condition of Nation and Dharma, 'jihadi' terrorism, naxalism, distortion of true history of Hindu Kings through NCERT's history text books, corruption and inflation, denigration of Deities and Saints, conversion of Hindus to other religions, pathetic condition of Hindu temples, reasons behind attacks on Nation and Dharma, efforts to be made for 'Dharmaprasar', efforts to prevent harm caused to Hindu Dharma and Hindu unity etc.
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Meaning: Only by the grace of the Guru can the disciple attain his ultimate benefaction, that is spiritual progress.
Gurupournima is the pure full moon day of the Hindu calendar month
of ashadh (usually coincides with July of the English calender). This day is
celebrated every year to express gratitude unto the Guru Principle. The ArchGuru,
Sage Vyas (founder of the Guru-disciple lineage), is worshipped on this day.
This festival is the greatest festival in the life of a seeker. Of course, even
this celebration in gratitude to the Guru is done for the seeker's spiritual
progress, since the Guru is a manifest form of The Lord Himself. The Guru Principle
is a thousand times more active on this day than on any other through out the
year. Under the pretext of this celebration, the festival provides an unmatchable
opportunity to progress spiritually through service and sacrifice unto the Truth.
That is why seekers and Disciple participate in this mission for the Truth with
all their body, wealth and mind.
The Guru's energy of initiation (anugraha) itself is the universal energy of the Guru principle. This energy is transmitted from the Guru to the disciple. This energy originates from the God principle, gets transmitted through the Guru-disciple lineage, and culminates in God-realization by the disciples in the lineage. To augment a disciple's faith in his Guru, the Sadguru and Paratpar Guru of the Guru guide that disciple, using the Guru as the medium.
It is the day that the Guru Principle or the Teaching Principle of God is thousand times more active than on any other day of the year.
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A seeker, by definition, is one who makes daily efforts with the motivation of spiritual progress and with spiritual progress occurring, irrespective of his religion of birth and path of spiritual practice. |
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Participating in Gurupournima preparations and celebrations provides seekers unmatchable opportunities to serve the Guru Principle and thus, progress spiritually. |
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Thus, Gurupournima holds equal importance to every seeker, regardless of his religion or spiritual path. |
The real disciple remembers his Guru every moment and strives to do spiritual practice regularly. Even so, this day is especially celebrated for the following reasons:
Seekers celebrate Gurupournima to express gratitude to
the Guru.
On Gurupournima day, the grace, blessings and non-verbal (subtle) knowledge
endowed by the Guru principle is a thousand times more than that on any other
day.
1. Importance of Shri Guru : Shri Guru is an embodiment of God on earth. Just as a tiger never lets go of a prey in its jaws, whoever is graced by Shri Guru is never let go by Him unless he/she attains Moksha (Final Liberation). The Guru lets His grace flow towards His disciple through His eyes, words or touch. To derive complete benefit of the grace of the Guru, a disciple must strive consistently (to perform spiritual practice). - Sri Raman Maharshi
2. Objective in celebrating Gurupournima : To express gratitude unto Shri Guru.
3. Importance of Gurupournima :
A. Gurutattva (Guru or God Principle) is active a 1000 times more on Gurupournima day than on other days. Therefore, seva or tyag done for Gurupournima celebration also yield benefits 1000 times more; hence, it is an invaluable occasion for attaining God’s grace.
B. Guru-disciple tradition of Hindus is the Chaitanya charged culture spread over millions of years. However, with time, this great Guru-disciple tradition has been neglected because of influence of a Raja-Tama-predominant culture. On account of Gurupournima, we are able to worship Shri Guru and convey the importance of Guru-disciple tradition to the society. In short, we get a golden opportunity to preserve the Guru-disciple tradition.
4. Gurupournima from the perspective of Shri Guru : For Shri Guru, celebration of Gurupournima does not carry much importance; however, Shri Guru celebrates it for the pleasure of His disciples. At times, it is even at the cost of His own suffering. For example, when H.H. Bhaktaraj Maharaj (Source of Inspiration for Sanatan Sanstha) was offered special earrings, He not just got His ears pierced to be able to wear them, though unwell He even sat calmly for two hours at a stretch for puja, Rudrabhishek etc. that was offered unto Him. (Ref. : Sanatan’s Holy texts ‘Gurukrupayoga’ and ‘The Disciple’.)
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