[Advaita-l] purpose of celebrating Jayanti of our gurus / acharyas

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 10:53 PM Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste,
>
> Few months back, Sri.Mani Dravida Sastrigal came to Hyderabad and I had a
> good fortune of meeting this great scholar. He was giving discourse on
> vedanta
> chintana, dharmAnuSTana and karma kANDa.
>
> In the middle of the discourse, he mentioned that we should perform
> the jayanthi / aaraadhana of our AchAryAs / gurus with devotion and pointed
> out the reason by mentioning the 37th sUtra of samAdhi pAda from Patanjali
> Yoga Sutra.
>

Thanks Sriram ji for the message. The Mundaka Upanishad 3.2.1 says:

If one worships the Jnāni with no desire for any worldly goals, can gain
liberation itself:

स वेदैतत्परमं ब्रह्म धाम यत्र विश्वं निहितं भाति शुभ्रम् ।
उपासते पुरुषं ये ह्यकामास्ते शुक्रमेतदतिवर्तन्ति धीराः ॥ १

Shankara says:

यस्मात् स वेद जानाति एतत् यथोक्तलक्षणं ब्रह्म परमं प्रकृष्टं धाम
सर्वकामानामाश्रयमास्पदम् , यत्र यस्मिन्ब्रह्मणि धाम्नि विश्वं समस्तं जगत्
निहितम् अर्पितम् , यच्च स्वेन ज्योतिषा भाति शुभ्रं शुद्धम् ,
तमप्येवंविधमात्मज्ञं पुरुषं ये हि अकामाः विभूतितृष्णावर्जिता मुमुक्षवः
सन्तः उपासते परमिव देवम् , ते शुक्रं नृबीजं यदेतत्प्रसिद्धं
शरीरोपादानकारणम् अतिवर्तन्ति अतिगच्छन्ति धीराः बुद्धिमन्तः, न पुनर्योनिं
प्रसर्पन्ति । ‘न पुनः क्व रतिं करोति’ ( ? ) इति श्रुतेः । अतस्तं
पूजयेदित्यभिप्रायः ॥

The Jnani is the one who has realized his oneness with the Brahman that is
the abode of the entire creation and which is the abode of all desires. So,
he is the one who has transcended creation, samsara and is the pūrṇa kāma.
Worshiping him also is by the same means as described by Shankara above.
The fruit of such worship by such a seeker  is liberation from samsara.

See here for a full article:
https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/the-enlightened-guru-as-jagatkara%E1%B9%87am/

regards
subbu




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> वीतरागविषयं वा चित्तम् ॥ ३७ ॥
>
> Hindi Commentary:
>
>
> वीतरागता को जो उपलब्ध हो चुका है, उसका ध्यान करो। वीतराग वह है, जिसके सभी
> राग, आसक्तियाँ, आकांक्षाएँ शान्त हो चुके हैं।
> जो इन सभी के पार व परे जा चुका है, ऐसे व्यक्ति का ध्यान।
>
> English Commentary:
>
> Contemplate on the enlightened / divine personalities who are free from
> desires, attachments, calm & tranquil.  When we focus our mind who is
> peaceful, virtuous, our mind also gets stabilised, becomes calm & tranquil
> and becomes identical with theirs.
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> rgs,
> sriram
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