Celebrating Guru Purnima: How Do You Honor the Teachers and Guides in Your Life?

07 July 2009 , Tuesday , Full Moon Day
Guru PoorNima Day , Vyaasa PoorNima Day.
A Day to pay tribute to all Rishis , Saints,
Teachers , Priests , Philosophers and Guides.
A Day to remember all those Great Souls
Who heard ( Sruthi )The Primordial Knowledge – Veda
Who remembered ( Smruthi ) The Veda they heard
And those who passed on Veda by word of mouth.
Guru is Brahma , who creates an environment
conducive to learning and plants the seed of knowledge.
Guru is Vishnu , who nurtures and sustains the tree of knowledge.
Guru is Siva , who destroys ignorance .
Guru is The Absolute Truth.
Guru is Hayagreeva , Datthaathreya , Medha DakshiNamoorthy , Krishna
Guru is Aathreya , Vasishtta , Viswaamithra and Veda Vyaasa
Guru is Mother , Father and Teacher .
Hence let us all pay obeisance to Guru – Thasmai Sri Gurubhyo Namah .

Yeah Nithya... It's a great day to tender our gratitude to our Gurus.

There is a shloka in Sanskrit:

Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu,
Gurur Devo Mahesh Varah.
Guru Sakshat Para Brahma,
Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah.

This means the teacher is like Lord Brahma as he generates knowledge within us, like Lord Vishnu as he drives ideas and knowledge into our mind unto the right path, and like Lord Mahesha (Shiva) as he destroys the ill-conceived ideas that come from our knowledge, while enlightening us and helping us stay on the right path.

Thus, the teacher is like our ultimate God, and we should pray and give respect to our teacher.