Go a little deeper and you will be blessed

This is a story of the olden days. A wood merchant used to go to the forest early morning, gather some woods and sell it tirelessly the whole day in the adjacent town. He used to barely make his both ends meet after working hard all day long. Tired of his daily routine, he was looking for a way out of his routine miserable life. One day, he took a different route into the forest and found a beautiful hut on the banks of a small river. When he went closer, he saw a Sadhu Baba (monk), who was absorbed in mediation.

He paid his adorations to the Saint, and then revealed to him his tiresome situation of life. The Saint looked at his face with bright eyes filled with affection and said, “Son, go a little deeper and you will be blessed.” After saying these words, the Saint closed his eyes and went back to meditation.

Significance of Guru-Purnima

Saints are like cloud, who grasp the wisdom from the ocean of Vedanta and holy scriptures; and shower the same wisdom upon the seekers with love and affection by giving examples from day to day life. Such Saints are the clouds that shower the Truth, the love and the bliss in the heart of the seekers. Such Saints pull us out of the darkness (of me and mine, worldly desires, ignorance and the agonies) and introduce us to the ever glowing light of pure wisdom, supreme peace and blissfulness within. The word Guru is derived from two words, 'Gu' and 'Ru' . The Sanskrit root "Gu" means darkness or ignorance. "Ru" denotes the remover of that darkness. Therefore one who removes darkness of our ignorance is a Guru.

In ancient times, the true seekers realized that we have so many festivals throughout the year. However, we still don’t have a day that is devoted to the true Saints and Gurus. Such true seekers, whose life got filled with the wisdom of the Self, divine peace and inner joy after coming in touch with the God loving and Self realized Saints, decided to pay homage to their beloved masters. The seekers decided with unanimity that the most appropriate day to pay homage to their beloved masters cannot be the day better than the birthday of Rishi Ved Vyasa. The 1^st full moon day that falls in the month of Ashadh (June–July) is celebrated as Gurupurnima by the Guru loving seekers around the world.