Guru purnima brings with it the message to surrender yourself to God, says Rajyogi Bhramakumar Nikunj
Gurur Brahmaa Gurur Vishnu… Gurur Devo Maheshwarah… Guru Saakshaata Parabrahma… Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah!
The above guru mantra has been a part of our education curriculum since ages. In childhood, majority of us were required to recite this as a prayer for invoking ‘supreme’ who is our ‘guru’ — the teacher. In India, the tradition of following a guru dates back to 1000 years.
In fact, in the Hindu society it is believed that a person who dies without a guru has led a useless life. Right from the time of birth, a baby is taken to receive blessings from the family guru and then as he grows up and starts his education, work, marital life etc, he is expected to seek the latter’s advice & blessing at each step. It is indeed quite a reverential tradition and gives a mutual sense of security to both parties. The guru shares the wisdom that he has gained from studying scriptures and various practices with the average house–holders, who themselves do not have time to study such details. The family people look upon their guru with the most profound sense of respect. However, this cordial relation tends to become unrealistic when the ‘guru’ begins to take the seat of the almighty lord. It is then that there is a dire need felt for drawing the line of difference between the two subjects, that is the human guru and the ‘satguru’ — the ultimate supreme.
We must understand a fact that founders of all the religions had many times mentioned in their teachings that they were not God. But, unfortunately most of the religious — followers today, worship their founder fathers and even gurus, as the ‘supreme father’. Hence in order to save ourselves from such misleading situation, we need to first understand the functions of a guru that is primarily to guide his followers on the path of liberation and to establish communion with Almighty.
Other than this, the claims that are made about guru being capable of abolishing sins or guru being above all the deities etc, can be true only for the one satguru who is supreme almighty and not for any human beings, because all others are only mortal beings like us.
Hence they are bound by the limitations of time and matter. So, they can guide us only to a limited extent. Whether they desire or not, but they have to take rebirth in this world drama after leaving their old body. Secondly, the concept of abolishing another person’s sins is in itself contradictory to the law of karma.
As per the karmic philosophy, every soul receives according to his/her actions and this balancing of individual account is what brings balance in the entire life system. So, if anyone claims to finish or reduce the impact of sins committed by another being then he is only challenging nature’s law.
Therefore, it can only be supreme almighty who can purify the sinners, that too by giving them the knowledge of right and wrong, which again one has to practically follow to absolve their own sins and create their own fortune.
At present, negative vibes and feelings seem to be ruling everyone’s mind, as a result of which souls are unable to find a permanent refuge in religion. The learned souls are themselves confessing to the lack of power and are internally looking for a hopeful sign from above.
Hence, all these symptoms are pointing towards that auspicious time when he the supreme himself plays the role of a ‘guide’ and leads all the souls on the true path of ‘liberation in life’ (jeevan mukti).
Connect with one satguru who alone can show us the real light, leaving aside all other mediums.