Guru Purnima (10th July 2025)

Guru Purnima is celebrated on the full-moon day of the Hindu month of Ashadha.

This day is celebrated every year to express gratitude unto the Guru Principle. The Adi Guru, Sage Vyas (Founder of the Guru-disciple lineage), is worshipped on this day. Hence, it is also known as Vyas Purnima. This is the most important Holy festival in the life of a seeker. The Guru is the manifest form of God. Hence, even this celebration in gratitude to the Guru is done for the seeker’s spiritual progress.

The Guru Principle is a thousand times more active on this day than on any other day. This is why, seekers and disciples participate in the mission of serving the Truth with their body, mind and wealth.

Participating in Guru Purnima preparations and celebrations provides seekers unique opportunities to serve the Guru Principle and thus, progress faster spiritually.

Thus, Guru Purnima has equal importance for every seeker, irrespective of his religion or spiritual path.

The Guru Principle is One

All Gurus are the same internally, though externally their physical appearance may differ. Just as the milk oozing from any udder of a cow is equally pure and clean, so also, there is only one Guru Principle in all Gurus and the waves of Anand (Bliss) emanating from all are the same.

Just as sea waves advance towards the shore, the waves of God, that is the Guru, are emitted towards society. The taste of water in all the sea waves is the same. Similarly, the Principle in all the Gurus is the same. If a water tank has many outlets, whether small or large, the same water from the tank flows out from all of them. However varied the shapes of light bulbs maybe, when electricity flows through them, only light is emitted by them. In the same way, though Gurus differ in physical appearance, the Guru Principle, that is, the God Principle, in them is the same.

In the Kaliyug, being blessed by a Guru or with His grace is not as difficult as it was in the three previous Eras. A salient point here is that we cannot attain a Guru without His grace. A Guru is already aware of who His disciple will be. We should perform spiritual practice to attain the Guru’s grace. For this, we should develop the qualities of a disciple.