[Advaita-l] GURU TRAYAM

[KAMESWARARAO MULA]

Guru also represents Devi  which is Matrika Devata i.e the Supreme Mother Godess as the Shruti say " Devim Mantra Rupinam'. She is also the power of sound. Matrika's comes from the Matrix of cosmos which are manifested as alphabets.  Sri Suktam Says: " Suvarna Rajata Srajaam" which caleary says that Devi is adorned with Garland of Matrika i.e the Garland of letters (alphabets) with vowels  i.e. A, E , I, O, U (Suvarna) and consonants (Rajata).The Matrika deities are associated with every letter of the sanskrit alphabets and there by representing certain energy  and various characteristics of all human beings (living beings) are assoicated with those enrgies

Sri Vidya is also termed as " Natha Vidya" as it comes from the roots of Sri Guru Maha Paduka:Guru paduka is nothing but the Mantra which brings the grace of the Guru on the Inititate. This is once for all. During the Process of Initiation or Deeksha Swikara ceremony, The names of the three generation of Guru are revealted to the disiciple. 
Guru Trayam: The Three Guru are worshipped in the Guru Paduka Mantra are ones' Own Guru (your preceptor), Guru's Guru (Param Guru) i.e your Guru's Preceptor and that Guru's Guru (Parameshti Guru).
Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham also mentios about the Parapara Guru i.e Guru of that Parameshtic Guru
One's Own Guru Enlightens the Disciple about the nature of the Self. The Parama Guru make one to relect on the teaching of the Guru and realizes its glory. The Parameshti Guru will enable the Diciple to experience the divine bliss of the self while the Disciple is still being in his body.
As there are different mantra for the Guru , the Parama Guru & Parameshti Guru and at the time of Initiation, The Guru gives the Guru Paduka Mantra apart from the mantra of the particular devata.

Source: Sri Vidya Shodasha Maha Mantramulu by Dr. Krovi Parthasarathy ( VIjayawada-2020)
More details can be found in this blog which I found inerestinghttps://sreenivasaraos.com/category/sri-vidya/

Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu
Kameswara 

    On Thursday, 21 April, 2022, 07:28:20 am GMT+5:45, KAMESWARARAO MULA via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 Dear members,                        Toaday's TOI speaking tree article speaks about something related to 'Guru' by Author Charan Singh
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/the-guru-who-taught-us-to-fear-none-scare-none/

In his messages ,Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh 9th Guru) menioned in  the Guru Grantha Sahib (GGS) can be summarised thus: Human birth is precious, so don’t waste it; shun bad company; treat pain/pleasures equal and keep your emotional self above joy/sorrow; God dwells inside you like image within a mirror; life is seeping away like water from a pitcher; what is the point of going on a pilgrimage when the mind is not in control, it’s like a stone that is kept immersed in water and still the water does not penetrate it; this world is like smoke, nothing permanent or everlasting; nothing will go beyond this life except meditation; body is like a hailstone, it quickly melts away, so shed all delusions; why worry when nothing is permanent in this world; why this false pride when knowing that this world is like a dream and nothing is yours; and as a pet dog does not leave the house of master, stay steadfast in meditation.


Earlier, Guru Nanak had started holding inter-faith dialogues while interacting with spiritual masters of different faiths and their compositions later became part of the GGS. The supreme sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur upholds the same principle, to accept diversity of belief and respect plurality in society. The sacrifice also reveals that strong social bonds get established with inter-faith dialogues. Kashmiri Pandits, for example, chose to come to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who reciprocated happily and even gave his life for the cause.The lesson to be drawn from the sacrifice is that the freedom to practise faith of one’s choice is a matter of human rights, individual conscience, for which no force or allurements should be used.
MEANINGS OF SOME IMPORTANT SANSKRIT WORDS ON GURU CAN BE FOUND IN THE LINK

http://3pointgroup.blogspot.com/2012/06/meanings-of-important-sanskrit-words.html

I will be writing about the role of guru, parama guru, paramesti guru in the followups of this thread with my understandings.
Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu
Kameswara

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