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Then my Guru showed me Brahman [Ultimate Reality, God], within my heart. Wherever I go, I find only water and stones, But Brahman is in everything. I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puranas, You go there, only if Brahman were not here. I am a sacrifice to You, O True Guru. You have dispelled all my confusion and doubt.
Ayyavu Swamikal was an adept in 'Siva Raja Yoga,' an ancient technique practiced by Tamil Saiva Yogis such as Agasthyar, Bhogar, and their lineage. He was one of the great teachers of Siva Raja Yoga in modern times and belonged to the line of Tamil Siddhas, including Agasthyar, Bogar, Tirumular, Tirujnana Sambhandhar, and Manikka Vachakar. [6]
Gnanananda (Nia-na-nan-da) was an Indian guru, referred to by followers as Swami Sri Gnanananda Giri. He was the Chief Disciple of the Sri Sivaratna Giri Swamigal and one of the leaders (Peetathipathis) of the Jyotir Math, one of the four Maths established by Adi Sankara.
The Advaita Guru-Paramparā ("Lineage of Gurus in Non-dualism") is the traditional lineage of divine, Vedic and historical teachers of Advaita Vedanta.It begins with the Daiva-paramparā, the gods; followed by the Ṛṣi-paramparā, the Vedic seers; and then the Mānava-paramparā, with the historical teachers Gaudapada and Adi Shankara, and four of Shankara's pupils. [1]
In these books, Pamban Swami provided quotations from all 108 Upanishads. He is the only saint who composed 50 poems on Murugan in pure Tamil, without using words from other languages, out of his love for Tamil. Pamban Swami once said that anyone who speaks ill of either Sanskrit or Tamil is his enemy. He believed that these two sacred ...
The Guru cannot be equated in importance to formal learning, pilgrimage or divinity. No other is more worthy of respect. The Guru is the embodiment of what the Vedanta teaches – the individual self (the Atman) is one and the same as the cosmic self (Paramatman or Brahman). A Sadguru never curses anyone. Even his anger helps the disciple.
A guru is regarded as one which has not only mastered the words of the tradition, but one that with which the student has an intense personal relationship; thus, devotion is seen as the proper attitude toward the guru. [19] The Dalai Lama, speaking of the importance of the guru, said: "Rely on the teachings to evaluate a guru: Do not have blind ...
The word guru (Sanskrit: गुरु), a noun, connotes "teacher" in Sanskrit, but in ancient Indian traditions it has contextual meanings with significance beyond what teacher means in English. [2] The guru is more than someone who teaches a specific type of knowledge, and included in the term's scope is someone who is also a "counselor, a ...