Guru Purnima

Purandaradasa said "Guruvina Gulamanaguva thanaka dorayadanna mukuti ..Paripari shastrava odidarenu, vyartha vayithu bhakuthi..." Today is celebrated as Guru Purnima. In Sanskrit , the word 'Guru' means the remover of the darkness. (Gu means darkness and Ru means the remover ). By translating the above line in English , the meaning gets somewhat distorted. Sanskrit is a complete language and no other language can provide an equivalent or apt translation. However , the above line in general means that until one is a gulama or dasa (servant ) of the Guru ( spiritual teacher ) , he cannot attain mukuthi ( in general, becoming one with the supreme God or attaining liberation from the cycle of life and death )


Guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara as is evident from the shloka "Guru Brahma , Guru Vishnu , Guru Devo Maheshwara. Guru Sakshaat , parabrahma , tasmai shri guruve namah " I salute to my Guru who is God manifested in human form.

Guru Purnima is the day of eradicating ignorance and illuminating our lives with knowledge. On this Full Moon, the Guru can inspire us to overcome our limitations , lethargy and conjure a life of wonderful possibilities.

Wishing all a very happy Guru Purnima !!

Abbur Mutt - Shri Brahmanya Thirtharu

This monday , I had gone to Abbur to visit the Mutt. Abbur is a small village near Channapatna on way from Bangalore to Mysore. This place is very quiet and serene , amidst greenery and on bank of river Kanva. The mutt  has the Mula-Brindavan of Shri Brahmanya Thirtharu and other saints of Vaishnava seers. We were lucky to see the pooja performed by the Swami of the mutt. As there were hardly 15-20 people on that day , we really got a very close look at some of the idols worshipped in the mutt.

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