3. GururBrahma GururVishnuh,GururDevoMaheswarah! Guruhsakshat Parabrahma,Tasmai sri gurave namah !! “Guru is creator Brahma; Guru is preserver Vishnu; Guru is also the destroyer Siva and he is the source of the Absolute. I offer all my salutations to the Guru” Teacher worshipped before God

4. Guru Purnima  The full moon day in the Hindu month of Ashad (July-August) is observed as the auspicious day of Guru Purnima.  A day sacred to the memory of the great sage Vyasa. All Hindus are indebted to this ancient saint who edited the four Vedas, wrote the 18 Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata. Vyasa even taught Dattatreya, who is regarded as the Guru of Gurus.

5. Guru Purnima The auspicious day of Ashadha Poornima or Guru Poornima is also called Vyas Poornima because Adi-Guru Maharsi Ved Vyas.  Compiled the Vedas into four heads: Rig, Yajur, Saam, and Atharv.  Other woks of Ved Vyas were Brahma-sootras – Background of Vedas Eighteen Puranas – Stories of great heroes Mahabharat – Greatest epic of all times Bhagavad Gita – Essence of Upanishads Bhagavatam – Devotional story of Lord Krishna

6. Guru Student Relationship Great Gurus and Their Great Disciples  Samartha Ramdas- Chhatrapati Shivaji  Chanakya- Chandragupta  Swami Vidyaranya - Hukka-Bukka  Vishwamitra- Rama-Laxman  Krishna - Arjuna  Dhronacharya - Arjuna  Yama - Nachiketa  Ramakrishna- Vivekananda

7. There is another very inspiring story from the Mahabharat. When Ekalavya’s guru, Shri Dronacharya asked for his right thumb in Guru Dakshina, the great archer, Ekalavya, cut off his thumb without any hesitation and gave it to his guru. Even though he knew that he wouldn’t remain a great archer afterwards, he had no hesitation before giving up his thumb Story From Mahabharat

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