Wishing You a Blessed Guru Jayanti!

Aum Namah Sivaya
Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!

Today is Satguru's 74th Jayanati! Today we shower Satguru with gifts and our love for the infinite love and blessings he brings into our lives every day. Tonight the monks will make a special meal for Satguru and have a dinner in his honor.

From the Kularnava Tantra:

And Lord Siva said: There is One Real. Call it Siva. This Parabrahman is formless, stainless, one without a second, changeless, beyond the highest. This Mahesvara is all-knowing, all-doing, sovereign of all, self-luminous, without beginning or end. All embodied souls, jivas, all the born creatures, are portions of Me, like sparks of the fire. But human birth is the most important, for it is then that one becomes awake, aware of his state of bondage and the necessity of release. It is then that one is in a position to take steps for his liberation from bondage's hold.
Humans have a self-will and are not totally subject to the impulses and drives of nature as are other creatures. It is only on this earth--and that too in a human body endowed with a soul--that one can choose one's path for spiritual progress. But not all are aware of the precious opportunity afforded by human birth, which is truly the ladder to Liberation. The Self is to be realized only here in this life. If here you do not find it and work out the means for your Liberation, where else is it possible? It is possible nowhere else. It has to be worked out by yourself from within yourself.
The world you reach after the physical body is shed is determined by the level of consciousness reached while in the body. So, as long as the body lasts, exert yourself towards the goal of Liberation.
Remember, the physical body does not last forever. Age prowls like a leopard; diseases attack like an enemy. Death waits not to see what is done or not done. Before the limbs lose their vitality, before adversities crowd in upon you, take to the auspicious path.
Therefore, choose, then worship a Satguru. Worship his feet. Cherish the very sandals (paduka) which hold his feet. All knowledge is founded on those paduka. Remember and cherish those paduka, which yield infinitely more merit than any number of observances, gifts, sacrifices, pilgrimages, mantra-japa and rituals of worship.
It is these feet, when remembered, that protect in times of distress, danger or calamity. Study, remembrance, knowledge, donations, sacrifices and worship are truly done by him who ever remembers the Satguru's feet.
Look toward the direction in which the lotus feet of the Satguru lie and bow down to them every day with devotion.
There is no mantram higher than that of his feet, no merit higher than his worship.
At the root of meditation is the form of the Satguru. At the root of puja are the feet of the Satguru. At the root of mantra is the word of the Satguru. At the root of Liberation is the grace of the Satguru. In this world all holy actions are rooted in the Satguru. Therefore, the Satguru is to be constantly served with devotion for fulfillment.

Kularnava Tantra: Because I have no binding form that is perceived by the human eye, I protect the sishya, revealing the dharma in the form of the guru. Therefore, the Satguru is none other than the Supreme Siva enclosed in a human form.

Within Him I walk the earth concealed.

To the jivas, embodied souls laden with beclouding karmas, the Satguru appears to be merely human. But to them whose karmas are auspicious, meritful, the Satguru appears as Lord Siva Himself.

The less fortunate do not recognize the Satguru as the embodiment of Supreme Truth even when face to face with him, like the blind before the arisen sun. But verily, the Satguru is none other than Sadasiva. This is the truth.

I Myself am the Truth. Otherwise, who is it who gives fulfillment and Liberation?

There is no difference between God Siva and Satsivaguru. It is ignorance to make such a distinction.

There are many who, without instructions from a Satguru, but smitten by vanity, read the Vedas and other shastras; but those who are possessed of a knowledge of scripture\

s true meaning are very rare.'

As a ladle does not know the taste of the liquid which it serves, and as the head carries flowers but their fragrance is smelled by the nose, so while these people read the shastras, the Truth they reveal is known by good sadhakas only

Neither the Vedas nor the philosophies are causes of Liberation. Realization alone is the cause of Liberation.

Better it is to bear even a single life-inspiring great mantra taught by a Satguru than to carry a load of lifeless blocks of wood which are various forms of worldly knowledge. Only from the mouth of a Satguru can a jiva realize the one immutable Brahman which has been taught by Siva Himself. Such knowledge cannot be attained through the study of even ten million shastras.

Many are the gurus who, like lamps, offer light in a house. But rare is the Satguru who illumines the village like the sun.

Many are the gurus who are proficient to the utmost in the Vedas and shastras. But rare is the Satguru who has attained Parasivam.

Many are the gurus on earth who give what is other than the Self. But rare is the Satguru who brings the atma to light.

Many are the gurus who rob sishyas of their wealth. But rare is the Satguru who removes the afflictions of the sishya.

He is the Satguru in whose very presence there flows the supreme bliss called ananda.

The intelligent person will choose such a one as Satguru and none other.

And Lord Siva said: How can My subtle perfection, which is one, omnipresent, attributeless, indifferent, undecaying, unattached like space, unbeginning and unending, be an object of worship for the dualistic mind?

Hence it is that I as the Supreme Guru have entered into the bodies of human Satgurus.

Even My gross aspect, being full of light and energy, is imperceptible to human eyes. For this reason I have assumed the form of the Satguru in the world, and thus protect the race of sishyas.

As Mahesvara, in human body I secretly wander on the Earth in order to favor sishyas. As Sadasiva, I assume the modest and merciful form for the protection of sadhakas.

Though remaining above samsara, I appear and act in this world as though I were a man of samsara.

When the fruits of sin predominate, Satguru is seen as a person. And when the fruits of virtuous acts prevail, Satguru is seen as Siva.

It is undoubtedly true that Satguru is Deva Sadasiva Himself, for who is it that grants Liberation to seekers if Satguru be not Siva Himself?

O Beloved, there is not the least difference between Deva Sadasiva and Sriguru.

By assuming the form of a preceptor, the Gurudeva severs the multitude of bonds which bind jivas to the state of pasu and enables them to attain the Self, Parasivam.

Aum Namah Sivaya, Sivaya Namah.

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