Guru Mantra study

Question 0

What is the meaning of the mantra.

Answer 0

Our creation is that guru,
the duration of our lives is that guru,
our trials, illnesses, calamities and the death of the body is that guru.
There is a guru that is nearby and a guru that is beyond the beyond.
I offer on my efforts to the guru, the remover of darkness.

Question 1

Can you call the guru mantra chant from the

“Guru- Stotram”

Answer 1

Om gurur Brahma gurur Vishnur
gurur devo Maheshwara
guruh sakshat param brahma
tasmai shri gurave namah

Question 2

What is the meaning of the seed roots of the Sanskrit .

Answer 2

Gu = sticky, that which inhibits fluidity,
causes obscuration and darkness.
Ru = remove
Brahma = The force of creation
Vishnu = The force of preservation
Devo Maheshwar = The force of transformation, Shiva
Sri = beautiful, divine, inclusive, interconnected
Guru Sakshat = the teacher nearby beyond the disguise we create from our own ego and ignorance, the guru is always right in front of us.
Param Brahma = the guru is beyond forms and is an invisible force that can only be accessed by the participant or is a dormant force to the one who doesn’t participate in its awakening through faith and confidence that the guru is always everywhere beyond the explainable.
Tas mai shri = May I have the good sense not to be so arrogance that I don’t acknowledge to guru in my life because I miss it.
(you make the Guru appear.)

Question 3

Of the 3 Jivamukti lineage Gurus,

Which one is Brahma, the unseen and beyond the forms.

Answer 3

Sri Brahmananda Saraswati

Question 4

Of the 3 Jivamukti lineage Gurus,

Which one is Vishnu, the maintainer, the approachable and the guru in all daily simplicity and events.

Answer 4

Swami Nirmalanda

Question 5

Of the 3 Jivamukti lineage Gurus,
Which one is Shiva, the force of destruction or transformation, that is making us feel discouraged and yet carries the key to our truthfulness and humility on the path.

Answer 5

Sri k Pattabhi Jois