{"id":571,"date":"2016-07-18T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T15:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogacurious.com\/blog\/?p=571"},"modified":"2023-07-21T06:32:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T06:32:33","slug":"guru-purnima-the-day-to-express-gratitude-for-our-guru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogacurious.com\/blog\/guru-purnima-the-day-to-express-gratitude-for-our-guru","title":{"rendered":"Guru Purnima \u2013 The Day to Express Gratitude for Our Guru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920172\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg?_i=AA\"><img width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-public-id=\"guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-post-571 wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/w_600,h_450,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920172\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg?_i=AA\" alt=\"Guru Punima Celebration\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto,q_auto\" data-version=\"1435920172\" data-seo=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920172\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg?_i=AA 600w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/w_300,h_225,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920172\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/w_210,h_158,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920172\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg?_i=AA 210w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/w_176,h_133,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920172\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn\/guru-shishya_nnjlfn.jpg?_i=AA 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Hindu religion, we give great admiration and honor to our Guru (academic and spiritual teacher). <em>Guru Purnima<\/em> is the day, when all students (<em>shishya<\/em>) tribute their Guru for their blessing, kindness and support. As today is <em>Guru Purnima<\/em>, I heartily thank all my teachers, mentor, coach, trainer, and everyone who played a small or big part towards the development of my personal and professional life.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e\u093e<\/em><em> \u00a0<\/em><em>\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941 \u0930\u094d\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0947\u0935\u094b<\/em> <em>\u092e\u0939\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0930\u0903<\/em> \u0964<br \/>\n\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941: \u0938\u094d\u0938\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092a\u0930\u092c\u094d\u0930\u0939\u094d\u092e \u00a0\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092e\u0948 \u00a0\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0935\u0947 \u0928\u092e\u0903 \u0964\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Guru Brahma Gurur Vishnu<br \/>\nGuru Devo Maheshwaraha \u0964<br \/>\nGuru Saakshat Para Brahma<br \/>\nTasmai Sree Gurave Namaha \u0964\u0964<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Meaning<\/strong>: Guru is verily the representative of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. He creates, sustains knowledge and destroys the weeds of ignorance. I salute such a Guru.<\/p>\n<p>I just recalled verve sung by <em>Sant Kabira<\/em> to describe the glory of Guru.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Guru Govind dono khade kake lagu paay<br \/>\nBalihari Guru aapki Govind diyo batay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> If God in form of Govind and my guru were to appear in front of me at the same time, whose feet should I worship first? He (kabir)<em> answered:<\/em> It has to be my guru&#8217;s feet to worship first, because; without Guru how would I recognize the God? !<\/p>\n<p>Do you have such guru in your life? Share, how your guru played an important role to built your life.<\/p>\n<p>Namaste!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Hindu religion, we give great admiration and honor to our Guru (academic and spiritual teacher). Guru Purnima is the day, when all students (shishya) tribute their Guru for their blessing, kindness and support. 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