[Advaita-l] GURU TRAYAM

[KAMESWARARAO MULA]

71.Chid-Guru: Guru who is an embodiment of knowledge or consciousness.

72.Chidghana-Guru: Guru who is an embodiment of knowledge or consciousness as it were, a solid mass of knowledge.

73.Chinmaya-Guru: Preceptor who is identical with the Supreme Consciousness.

74.Mauna-Guru: Preceptor who remains speechless—serene and self-composed.

75.Jaya-Guru: Victory to the preceptor.

76.Guru-guna-guna: A number of noble qualities of a preceptor.

77.Guru-parampara: The infinite succession of Gurus.

78.Gurorangri: The feet of the preceptor.

79.Guru ashtottara sata namavali: A list of 108 epithets of the preceptor.

80.Guru-ashtottara sahasra namavali: A list of 1008 epithets of the preceptor.

81.Guru-Raja: The king among preceptors—highly qualified.

82.Guru Pradakshina: Circumambulation of the preceptor.

83.Guru-Bhakti Yoga: The unification or identification of the finite soul with the infinite Spirit achieved through devotion to the preceptor.

84.Guru-Seva Yoga: The unification or identification of the finite soul with the infinite Spirit achieved through service to the preceptor.

85.Guru-nivedhana: Self-surrender to the preceptor.

86.Gurunatha: Lord Guru—Preceptor who is the support or the lord to his followers.

87.Guru-dakshina: Offering of anything (as, fruits, cloths, etc.) to the Guru as a token of one’s gratitude & love.

88.Guru-upasana: Meditation on or the worship of the preceptor.

89.Guru-upasaka: One who meditates on or worship the preceptor.

90.Brahma nishtha-Guru: A preceptor who is established in the Consciousness of the all-pervading Reality.

91.Guru-upadesha: Instructions of a preceptor.

92.Guru-seva-tatpara: Devoted to the service of the preceptor’s feet.

93.Guru-peetham: The raised seat on which the Guru sits.

94.Guru-Bhakti prabhava: The mighty power manifesting itself (in the disciple) as a result of devotion to preceptor.

95.Guru-padambuja: The Lotus-Feet of the preceptor.

96.Guru-seva magna: Immersed in the service of the preceptor.

97.Guru-seva kushala: Efficient in waiting on the preceptor.

98.Guru-seva vrata dhari: One who has endowed or pledged himself to the service of the preceptor.

99.Guru-bhakti-ratna: A pearl (the best) among those devoted to Guru.

100.Guru-devata-archana: Worship of the Divine Preceptor.

101.Guru sesha vastra: The used clothes of the preceptor.



Sri Guru Padaravindarpana Mastu




Kameswara