Guru Purnima 2024 Photos

Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!

On July 19th we celebrated Guru Purnima at Iraivan Temple. While there was a live stream, we though it would still be nice to share some belated photos of the event.

"Upon the connection between Guru and shishya, the spirit of parampara travels, the spirit of sampradaya travels. It causes the words that are said to sink deep. They don't just bounce off the intellect, the message goes into the individual. Spiritual force doesn't just happen." - Gurudeva

Kularnava Tantra: \"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.\"

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