2022 Guru Purnima
Early this morning the aadheenam celebrated Guru Purnima with an early morning parade and puja honoring Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami. Following the chariot parade down San Marga, our monks and devotees sat down for a pada puja as Satguru entered deep meditation. After the puja, satguru gave blessings to all present.
Kularnava Tantra:
GURU devotion
Lord Siva: "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."
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July 11th, 2022 at 6:56 pm
Jai Nandi Natha Kailasa Paramparai ! So wonderful to see the Kulnarva Tantra etiquette come to life each and every Guru Purnima at Kauai Aadheenam!
July 13th, 2022 at 7:24 am
Jai Gurudeva! Jai Bodhinatha!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
July 13th, 2022 at 4:41 pm
“”AUM GURAVE NAMAHA “!.
July 14th, 2022 at 8:43 am
Aum Namasivaya
Jai Satguru Bodhinatha! Jai Kailasa Paramparai!
Thank you for making aptly and abundantly clear the path for spiritual progress.
Sivayanama Aum
July 15th, 2022 at 2:24 pm
Jai Kailasa Parampara! Jai Gurudeva! Jai Bodhinatha!
Aum Namasivaya!