Published: July 01, 2011
Op-Ed Contributor
Hindus Celebrate Guru Purnima
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed today sent his early greetings to one billion Hindus worldwide on the upcoming Guru Purnima, which falls on July 15 this year.
Zed urged all Hindus to pay ther respects and express gratitude on this auspicious day to the guru/gurus to honor their sacred relationship.
Rajan Zed said a guru is a highly revered spiritual teacher in Hinduism, who helps remove the ignorance of the seeker and who leads one from darkness to light.
The guru-sishya relationship lies at the heart of traditional Hinduism. A Guru is often allied with the divine. Even Arjuna formally asked Lord Krishna to be his guru in the ancient Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita.
The day is also held sacred to the memory of the celebrated rishi Vyasa, arranger of Vedas, and the compiler of Puranas and Mahabharata.
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