Wishing You a Blessed Guru Jayanti!
Aum Namah Sivaya
Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!
Today is Satguru's 74th Jayanati! Today we shower Satguru with gifts and our love for the infinite love and blessings he brings into our lives every day. Tonight the monks will make a special meal for Satguru and have a dinner in his honor.
From the Kularnava Tantra:
And Lord Siva said: 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.
It is these feet, when remembered, that protect in times of distress, danger or calamity. Study, remembrance, knowledge, donations, sacrifices and worship are truly done by him who ever remembers the Satguru's feet.
Look toward the direction in which the lotus feet of the Satguru lie and bow down to them every day with devotion.
There is no mantram higher than that of his feet, no merit higher than his worship.
At the root of meditation is the form of the Satguru. At the root of puja are the feet of the Satguru. At the root of mantra is the word of the Satguru. At the root of Liberation is the grace of the Satguru. In this world all holy actions are rooted in the Satguru. Therefore, the Satguru is to be constantly served with devotion for fulfillment.
17 Responses to “Wishing You a Blessed Guru Jayanti!”
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October 15th, 2016 at 2:02 pm
Aum! Panchamuga Ganapathi Thunnai!
Aum ! Nalluraan Vetri Vel Thunnai!
Aum Namasivaya!
Vanakkam Satguru Bodhinatha Veylan Swami!
Happy Jayanthi Day Wishes to Satguru!
Satguru Thiruvaddi Potri!
Siva, Siva Potri!
Guru Parampara Potri!
Long live Satguru & his Noble Sivathondu!
Aum Siva, Siva,
Mikka Nanri. (Thank you)
Anpudan, (with Love)
Thillaichelvan, Rukmani & Sivayogapathy,
Toronto.
October 15th, 2016 at 3:03 pm
Happy Birthday!
Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami
October 15th, 2016 at 4:28 pm
Happy Birthday Bodhinatha !
Thank you for all the guidance and blessings showered upon my love ones and I.
Om Sivaya
October 15th, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Happy Jayanti to the revered One who illuminate and guide our path. Aum Namasivaya!
October 15th, 2016 at 6:33 pm
RT @KauaiMonastery: New blog post: Wishing You a Blessed Guru Jayanti! https://t.co/hwon30Tsme
October 15th, 2016 at 6:49 pm
Happy Birthday Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!
Thank you so, so much for being our guru and sharing all your many blessings/teachings with us. Namaskar. _/\_
Much peace and blessings to you, and may you enjoy your dinner this evening very much. 🙂
Aum
October 15th, 2016 at 6:54 pm
@KauaiMonastery Happy Birthday Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami! _/\_ Much love and peace to you! Aum
October 15th, 2016 at 10:30 pm
Blessed oh people of the World to have The Supreme among us, mixing and mingling with us. If not The Supreme Truth itself, who else can reveal the Supreme Truth?
Om OM Om
October 15th, 2016 at 11:57 pm
We are really blessed to have such a Satguru like Beloved Bodhinatha! Happy Guru Jayanthi!
October 16th, 2016 at 12:30 am
on 15th october thirunavukkarasu nayanar gurukulam and children join with prayers and dedicate their heartfelt wishes on this day hoping to have vision of our satguru jai satguru
aum namasivaya
October 16th, 2016 at 12:52 am
Happy Birthday Satgurunatha!
HAPPY 74th JAYANTHI Satgurunatha Bodhinatha Veylanswami
THANK YOU….THANK YOU….THANK YOU
we had a beautiful pada puja…..chant….and nice. Shum…..
Thank you again Satgurunatha
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Balu
Parimala
Hiranyavaha
October 16th, 2016 at 4:18 am
@KauaiMonastery can you a book ?
October 16th, 2016 at 7:14 am
Jai Jai Shree Maha Ganesh!
Aum Namasivaya!
Dear Satguru Bodhinatha:
Wishing you a blissful Guru Jayanti and thank you for everything you do for all of us on this earth. Your spiritual guidance is beyond words or thoughts!
Jai Satuguru Bodhinatha and Kailasa Paramparai!
October 16th, 2016 at 7:58 am
Happy Guru Jayanti to our beloved Satguru Bodhinathaswami, ‘Engal Gurunathan ingum angum engum piragaasan’. Jai Satguru!
October 17th, 2016 at 5:51 am
Jai Bodhinatha Jayanthi Jai !
October 18th, 2016 at 3:14 am
Happy Birhday dear Satguru. Much love and gratitude _/\_
Aum Namasivaya
October 31st, 2016 at 11:52 am
Aum Sivaya.
All the glory to the feet of my great Satguru.
Thanks to him, I obtained a lot of advance in the spiritual path.
Happy Jayanti to our beloved Guru.
Jai Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami!