Sri Guru Gita – 16 January 2014 – Episode 29

Jaya Guru Datta Sri Appaji_/\_!!

Sri Guru Gita episode 29 – English summary – Jaya Guru Datta (refrain: Listen to Sri Guru Gita, Sachchidananda Sadgurudeva’s discourse on Sri Guru Gita) Note: Observe the parrot/parrots from Shuka Vana. Find out of the species and make a note. Visit sgsbirds.com for photos of parrots and information on the different species. It was a parrot which first listened to the secret knowledge about Guru while Siva was explaining it to Parvati. Later Sage Suka (with a parrot’s head) gave this knowledge to his father Veda Vyasa. It was revealed to humanity by Sage Vyasa through Srimad Bhagavatam and the Skanda Purana.
Jaya Guru Datta. We have learned that Guru is absolutely free. He can completely be in control of himself. He can keep this entire Creation under his control. How is it possible? It is possible because Guru himself has taken form as the Universe. He has the power to permeate this entire Universe and to control it. Because he possesses these attributes, His form itself is bliss. He is a mass of joy. That is why those who follow and worship him obtain pure, unadulterated bliss. Such bliss is the same as goodness which is auspicious, complete, endless, all-pervasive, and eternal. Let us understand this clearly. The scriptures have a phrase to describe this quality. It is “Akhanda chidghanarasam.” That is Guru’s unequivocally true nature. When Guru is contemplated upon with the Guru mantra, he reveals himself in his real principle. Guru mantra is the only means for achieving this. Now, it is being explained why Guru has to be meditated upon.
Verse: Namami sadgurum …
I bow down my head and worship Sadguru who is, ever peaceful, the manifested form of the giver of goodness and bliss (Siva), and fixed on the seat of Yoga, for the attainment of Liberation.
Sadguru is described as the actual manifestation of Siva. Here, Siva does not denote the common meaning. Siva means goodness and bliss. Siva also means liberation. All delusions and illusions get eliminated there. They all simply get extinguished. The karma of all lifetimes gets eradicated there. Such Guru should be contemplated upon. Where should he be seated while he is being contemplated upon? On top of the head, in the lotus of the Sahasrara, the seat of Yoga he should be placed and meditated upon. Why? It should be done to fulfill that one desire. Which desire is it amongst the billions of desires that we entertain? Someday all the desires have to be fulfilled. Someday all desires have to end. How long does one go on generating desires? After the fulfillment of every single desire, it is realized that it is not the end of all desires. Jaya Guru Datta

jaya Guru Datta Appaji