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Guru Purnima- Its Importance and History

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In the Hindu calendar, the Poonam coming in Ashadh is called Guru Purnima . Guru Purnima is on the 13th of July this year. Krishna Dvaipayana i.e. Vyasa ji was born on this day, who wrote the Mahabharata. Today we will know about him and about the importance of Guru Purnima in history. 


The original name of Ved Vyas was Krishna Dvaipayana. Vyasa means to distribute, to separate, etc. and Veda means our four Vedas, he distributes our Vedas in 4 parts from that the name had been given to him as Ved Vyasa. Ved Vyas ji was a Trikaldarshi, many times in the Mahabharata, he is seen warning Dhritarashtra and Duryodhana that what they are doing now will become the cause of death for you in the future. Not only this, when the war of Mahabharata was going on, it was Vyas ji who had given Sanjay ji the divine eye, by which he could tell Dhritarashtra after seeing whatever is happening in the war. Vyas Ji not only distributed the Vedas in four parts, but he had also distributed the Puranas in 18 parts that we have. We consider the festival of Gur Purnima on the birthday of a sage who was a Trikaldarshi, a poet, a theologian, a philosopher, and a social reformer. 


There have been many great characters in history, we consider the birthday of the incarnation of God like Shri Ram, and Shri Krishna to protect the culture and dharma, but we have many such saints, sages, and gurus who have contributed to the culture of this country. Dedicated his whole life to keeping alive Indian culture and spiritual knowledge, today is the day to remember those great characters, there are many characters like Sant Tulsidas, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Ramtirth, Sant Kabir Ji, Sant Nanak Ji, Guru Gobind Ji, Adi Shankaracharya Ji. Those who wanted to work for the salvation of the society by living in the society for the welfare of mankind, they can stay in the forest and meditate there if you don't know Brahmasukh considered the highest form of happiness in this world which can only attain by Brahmagyan, but they thought about the upliftment of the society, today is the day by remembering all of them and thanking them. It's a day to give. 

The importance of Guru has always been there in Indian culture, we must have heard this verse too. 



Guru is considered equivalent to Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva because the importance of Guru was very much in the society of that time. The child used to go to Gurukul from the age of 5-6 years and after getting complete education, he used to return here. Today, on Gurupurnima, the school and colleges celebrate this day by doing pranama(By Touching feet) to the teachers, but the teacher gives knowledge only related to only employment. The real goal of Gurupurnima is being forgotten, I have no objection to it but when there is a teacher's day but why Guru Purnima is celebrated like this? On this Vyas Purnima day, those saints, those sages who dedicated their whole life to the development of human society, for this culture should not be remembered. Teachers only give knowledge of those who are in the curriculum and their wish is limited to the extent that my student can earn well tomorrow, but the wish of a guru is that even if tomorrow my Shishya may not earn well but become a good citizen, he should be happy. Never become a slave to things, so that he can become a good son, a good husband, and a good father, so in our culture, the glory of the guru has been high. 

So let's remember those great saints on this day from Gurupurnima and thank them that because of them not only our culture has survived but because of them we got great characters like Arjuna, Swami Vivekanad, Shivaji, and worked for the betterment of society. 

See you again, thanks for reading today's blog. 

Hari Om.

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