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Guru Poornima - 10 Jul 2006
- Ashram, Bangalore
On 11 July '06, Guru Poornima was celebrated world over in all the Nithyananda Meditation Academies with great devotion, and most grandly at the ashram in Bangalore in the presence of the Master himself.
Swamiji during his Guru Poornuma address said, 'Just like how you celebrate Father's Day, Mother's day, Lover's Day and so on, the Vedic Masters have created Master's Day for us to celebrate. That is Guru Poornima. We celebrate the Master's Day simply because he happened in our lives. It is very rare that a Master happens in the life of a person. It is the ultimate gift, the ultimate experience for any human being. The Master is the ultimate luxury.
Only because of great Masters, our culture is still alive; life still exists on planet Earth. Otherwise it would have been wiped out by power-hungry politicians and other extremists. Because they preached spirituality and created solid systems, planet Earth has been saved from being wiped out. This is the time to pay our deep gratitude to all the great Masters who have come and gone and who are here today for being there for us.
The Master is the ultimate thing in your being. He demands the ultimate luxury that is your ego; your being. When the Master happens in our lives, nothing else is needed. If he does not happen, nothing else is of use...'
Swamiji conducted the following initiations this Guru Poornima
Naishtika Brahmacharya initiation - Brahmacharya initiation was given to 21 chosen boys and girls of the ashram who desired to choose the path of sannyas. Vaanaprastha Dheeksha - Sannyas initiation that was given to 7 chosen married people of the ashram who desired to choose the path of sannyas. Ashramite Dheeksha - An initiation that was given to 11 people who wished to be initiated as ashramites to be at the feet of the Master and learn and offer service to humanity. Acharya Dheeksha - An initiation that was given to 13 acharyas (teachers) trained by Swamiji himself to spread his teachings to the world at large.
GMA (Guru Homa-Mantra-Arati) acharyas - An initiation that was given to those who trained to perform the Guru homa, chant the appropriate mantras and offer arati as per the tradition of Dhyanapeetam. These people, Swamiji referred to as 'Oduvaar', the name used in yester years to refer to those who chanted from ancient lore.
Vidyaarthi - An initiation that was given to one 9-year-old boy to mark the start of the spiritual learning at the feet of the Master. Medium initiation - An initiation that was given to 16 disciples who Swamiji deemed to to be his mediums to give ananda darshan to the public at large.
Following are pictures taken during Guru Poornima day:
Swamiji is taken in procession to the sacred banyan tree early in the morning with great love and devotion by disciples and devotees.
Swamiji offers arati to Lord Anandeshwar and the sacred banyan.
In the picture can be seen 108 Guru homas being conducted simultaneously. The Guru homa is offered as a mark of deep gratitude to all the Masters who have touched and transformed millions of lives till date.
A close-up view of the homa...
The gathering for the homa...
A senior Brahmachari of the ashram offers arati.
Swamiji offers arati and concludes the homa.
Swamiji walks back to the Ananda Sabha in procession after the homa
