Happy Guru Purnima!

Today we celebrate Guru Purnima, basking in the blessings of our beloved satguru.
Thank you, Bodhinatha!
As our fluctuating lives ensnare us, move us and uplift us,
You, as the Self, remain constant and free.
The Ocean to which all our rivers flow, and the humble depths by which all of them are guided.

"Driven by the guru parampara, we will all reach Siva's feet. Guided by the guru parampara, we will unfold the secrets of the Vedas and Agamas. To be merely touched by the guru parampara, is to inherit the universe. Illumined by the guru parampara, our path will be joyous and our dharmic missions fulfilled."

An Excerpt From the Kularnava Tantra:
When the entire universe is looked on as pervaded by the
Sivaguru, what mantra can fail to achieve its purpose for the sishya?
When the Satguru is present, no tapas is necessary, neither by fasting nor
observances, neither pilgrimage nor purificatory bath. What he speaks is as
scripture.
Feel one with your guru and not separate from him, and do good to all as your
own. Whatever is beneficial to yourself, term that beneficial to him.
Whether moving or standing, sleeping or waking, performing japa or making
offerings, carry out only the injunctions of your guru with your inner being
dwelling in him.
As in the vicinity of fire, butter gets melted, so in the proximity of the holy
Sivaguru all bad karmas dissolve. As lighted fire burns up all fuel, dry and
moist, so the glance of the Sivaguru burns up in a moment the karmas of the
sishya. As the heap of cotton blown up by a great storm scatters in all the ten
directions, so the heap of negative karmas is blown away by the compassion of
the Sivaguru. As darkness is destroyed at the very sight of the lamp, so is
ignorance destroyed at the sight of the holy Sivaguru.
I tell you now that there can be no Liberation without diksha, initiation. Nor
can there be initiation without a preceptor. Hence the dharma, the sakti and the
tradition come down the line of masters, called parampara.
Without a Satguru all philosophy, knowledge and mantras are fruitless. Him alone
the Gods praise who is the Satguru, keeping active what is handed down to him by
tradition. Therefore, one should seek with all effort to obtain a preceptor of
the unbroken tradition, born of Supreme Siva.

Jai Satguru Bodhinatha!!!

Bodhinatha is paraded down San Marga by monks and devotees

It rained heavily the night before, making for a fresh and pleasant morning

Tha rain also made for some big puddles. Good thing Bodinatha is up so high.

The parade makes three circles around the Svayambhu Lingam

The sun rises over Iraivan Temple as we prepare to worship our satguru

Right at the hight of this arati the monks chanting sri rudram where chanting "Sivaya Namah"

The milk abhishekam

The two natyams perform the wonderful padapuja

Bodhinatha enters deep samadhi

Vibhuti

After chanting Bodhinatha\

s 108 names, devotees offer flowers '

Final arati

Bodhinatha then blesses devotees and monks

Om Namah Sivaya

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