Guru Purnima

Gurur Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwara
Guru Sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah

Guru is Brahma (Lord Creator), Guru is Vishnu (Lord Preserver), and Guru is Maheswar (Lord of Destruction).
Guru is the incarnation of Parabrahman (The Absolute). I offer my salutations to such Sadguru.

The sacred Guru Purnima Celebrations 2011 will be held in Frisco, TX on Sun, July 17th in the presence of Avadhoota Sadguru Parama Pujya Sri Sri Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji. Guru gives Atma Jnana. Guru is a powerful word. Purnima or full moon means fulfillment. If you surrender to Sadguru, he will give fulfillment i.e. Ananda. Full moon means Ananda.

There is dark moon and full moon. Disciples journey from dark moon day to full moon day i.e on path to enlightenment. That is the meaning of Guru Purnima. This custom of Guru Purnima started with the Sage Vyasa.

Sadguru Dattatreya took form on Purnima day (full moon day). The Shloka Guru Brahma says that Guru has the three qualities of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. Create, maintain and destroy. If you keep on chanting Sadguru Mantra, you will get anything. Finally you get Ananda. If you surrender, he will destroy your sins, confusions, suffering births and free the soul. He gives freedom to the Atma which merges in Paramatma.

Parama Pujya Sri Swamiji says: "Disciples have to remember their Sadguru on this day. Dattatreya was the first Sadguru. He took form because we all are Karma Jeevis. We suffer because of our Karma and our own mistakes. It takes different forms and torments you. Who gave us this Human Birth? Why should we suffer? Why this struggle? And, why this struggle to search for peace? We don't understand these worldly affairs. We get tempted by them and then we realize and we look for Sadguru to give us Ananda. We must surrender to a Sadguru first and then he gives us good vibration, protection and Happiness.

We perform Mothers day, father's day and now we do Guru Day. The other forms of Days are more and more Karma adding days. Because we get more attached to the worldly bondage and Karma grows. But on Guru Purnima day our Karmas vanish".