Daily Assembly- Guru Purnima

GURU PURNIMA

Hello Readers! This blog deals with basic information of Guru Purnima and a presentation which was presented in a Daily Assembly.

Guru Purnima (Poornima) is a tradition dedicated to all the spiritual and academic Gurus, who are evolved or enlightened humans, ready to share their wisdom, based on Karma Yoga. It is celebrated as a festival in India, Nepal and Bhutan by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists . This festival is traditionally observed to honor one's chosen spiritual teachers or leaders. It is observed on the Full Moon day (Purnima) in the Hindu month of Ashadha (June–July) as it is known in the Hindu Calendar. The festival was revived by Gandhi to pay tribute to his spiritual guru, Shrimad Rajchandra. It is also known as Vyasa Purnima, for it marks the birthday of Veda Vyas , the sage who authored the Mahabharata and compiled the Vedas.

Guru Purnima from Jheel Barad

This presentation talks about how this auspicious day is celebrated in various ways in different religions. 

On this auspicious day in daily assembly we discussed about Dattatreya, who is famous or known for Self Education, he declared nature as his Guru and gave 24 elements of nature. Today is also an era where self- education is possible and is done through internet. There seems no need of spiritual or academic Guru for education. Also a veer like Eklavya who only with the idol's help became a great archer.

This was the article on Guru Purnima 2022 in 'Shatdal' weekly paper of Gujarat Samachar said that all the wars and violence in this 21st century is result of Technology. While this can be criticised by saying that in the periods of wars like Kurukshetra, WWI and WWII there was no technology no internet. This article was also discussed in class.

We also came across an article of Martin Haigh 'Sri Dattatreya’s 24 Gurus: Learning from the World in Hindu Tradition' CLICK HERE TO READ IT

This is a wonderful Bollywood song which was also discussed in the class criticizing the idea of India as a 'Vishwa Guru'. Humne Suna Tha Ek Hai Bharat Hindi Lyrics from movie Didi (1959) sung by Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, lyrics writing by Sahir Ludhianvi, music composed by N. Dutta. Starring Sunil Dutt, Feroz Khan, Lalita Pawar, Shubha Khote.