Guru Purnima is celebrated by Buddhists, Hindus and Jains
every year on the full moon day of the Shakha Samavat in the Hindu calendar.
This festival commemorates the goodness of spiritual gurus and teachers as
thousands of devotees worship and thank their gurus for enlightenment.
This festival has a deep and interesting history and this
year it falls on July 27, Friday. Guru Purnima in itself is a paradoxical term,
with ‘Gu’ meaning darkness and ‘ru’ standing for the removal of darkness. Thus,
a guru is believed to be someone who removes all darkness from our lives. From
spiritual gurus to secular ones, people pay respect to teachers all over the
country. In Nepal, it is celebrated as Teacher’s Day.
It is believed that Lord Buddha gave his first sermon on this day. After five weeks of achieving enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, Buddha went from Bodhgaya to Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh where he gave the sermon on the full moon day. The followers of Buddha thus celebrate this day to worship him
The celebration is marked by spiritual activities and may
include a ritualistic event in honor of the Guru;that is, the teachers which is
called Guru Pooja. The Guru Principle is said to be a thousand times more
active on the day of Guru Purnima than on any other day. The word Guru is
derived from two words, gu and ru. The Sanskrit root gu means darkness or
ignorance, and ru denotes the remover of that darkness. Therefore, a Guru is
one who removes the darkness of our ignorance. Gurus are believed by many to be
the most necessary part of life. On this day, disciples offer pooja (worship)
or pay respect to their Guru (spiritual guide). In addition to having religious
importance, this festival has great importance for Indian academics and
scholars. Indian academics celebrate this day by thanking their teachers as
well as remembering past teachers and scholars.
Traditionally the festival is celebrated by Buddhists in honor of the Lord Buddha who gave His first sermon on this day at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India. In the yogic tradition, the day is celebrated as the occasion when Shiva became the first Guru, as he began the transmission of yoga to the Saptarishis. Many Hindus celebrate the day in honor of the great sage Vyasa, who is seen as one of the greatest Gurus in ancient Hindu traditions and a symbol of the Guru-shishya tradition. Vyasa was not only believed to have been born on this day, but also to have started writing the Brahma Sutras on ashadha sudha padyami, which ends on this day. Their recitations are a dedication to him, and are organised on this day, which is also known as Vyasa Purnima.The festival is common to all spiritual traditions in Hinduism, where it is an expression of gratitude toward the teacher by his/her disciple.[14] Hindu ascetics and wandering monks (sanyasis), observe this day by offering puja to their Guru, during the Chaturmas, a four-month period during the rainy season, when they choose seclusion and stay at one chosen place; some also give discourses to the local public. Students of Indian classical music and Indian classical dance, which also follow the Guru shishya parampara, celebrate this holy festival around the world.According to the Puranas, Lord Shiva is considered the first Guru.
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Human beings are just flesh and bones without an enlightened mind and soul. It is the guru who imbibes good qualities and his teachings to make a human being a sophisticated individual. The first guru or teacher of a person is the mother, who makes him understand the true value of life and guide him on how to differentiate between the right and the wrong. She instills in him the moral values in the childhood which later gets taken over by the bonafide gurus in the form of teachers. So the celebration of this day by honoring our gurus becomes essential. Only the proper teachings and blessings of our gurus-parents, teachers, and our well-wishers can make us a cultured and refined individual.
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