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Festivals in July 2025:– 2- Aani Uthira Dharisanam; 6-Muharram Festival; 10 – Guru Purnima; 28-Aadippooram; 29 -Nag Panchami.
Amavasai -24-Jul-2025 Thursday; Pournami-10-Jul-2025 Thursday; Karthigai- 20-Jul-2025 Sunday ; Ekadhasi- 06,21.
Wedding Days- 02-Jul-2025 Wednesday; 07-Jul-2025 Monday; 13-Jul-2025 Sunday; 14-Jul-2025 Monday; 16-Jul-2025 Wednesday
Previously I published quotes on Guru in June 2014
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July 1 Tuesday
Guru is the ‘Bright Mask which God Wears’ in order to come to us.
Swami Vivekananda
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July 2 Wednesday
8. Therefore the man of learning should strive his best for Liberation, having renounced his desire for pleasures from external objects, duly approaching a good and generous preceptor, and fixing his mind on the truth inculcated by him. – Viveka Chudamani of Adi Sankara
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July 3 Thursday
“The power that can transform life in a moment can be found only in the living illuminated souls, those shining light who appear among us from time to time”. –Swami Vivekananda
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July 4 Friday
The one who has the power of transmitting this current is called a guru. –Swami Vivekananda
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July 5 Saturday
The guru is the conveyance in which the spiritual influence is brought to you. –Swami Vivekananda
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July 6 Sunday
Nothing, I say, can be done without the chain of discipleship, that is, the power that is transmitted from the guru to the disciple, and from him to his disciple, and so on.- –Swami Vivekananda
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July 7 Monday
“The father and mother gave me this body; but the guru gives me rebirth in the soul. Gurubhakti is the foundation of all spiritual development. Mind you, the Gurubhakta will conquer the world- this is the one evidence of history”. –Swami Vivekananda
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July 8 Tuesday
Though blessed with numberless allies, a king perishes by the wrath of the men of severe penance(GURUs)—Kural 900
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July 9 Wednesday
If men of stern austerities were to frown even the king of the gods- Indra-
Willltumble down from the summit of his glory- 899
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July 10 Thursday
The tornado of the fury of the stages, majestic as the hoary hills, shakes to the very foundation even the well wrought fortune of a king and sweeps him and his kinsmen- Kural 898
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July 11 Friday
All the glory ad the fabulous wealth of a king fade into nothingness before the frown of the sages, who dwell in the strength of their spirit. Kural 897
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July 12 Saturday
The weak who insult and offend mighty men of wisdom only invite death with their own hands– Kural 894
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July 13 Sunday
“The letter ‘Gu’ means darkness and ‘Ru’ stands for its remover. Guru is so called because he destroys darkness (of ignorance).” (1:33)
“The letter ‘Gu’ refers to attaining the state beyond Gunas (the three Gunas of Satva, Rajas and Tamas). The letter ‘Ru’ denotes the state beyond forms (Rupa). Guru is so called because he is devoid of Gunas and Rupa (attributes and forms). (1:34)
“The first letter ‘Gu’ explains the attributes of Maya etc. The letter ‘Ru’ is the Supreme Brahman, which removes delusion of Maya.” (1:35) Guru Gita
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July 14 Monday
Guru is a tatva, an element, a quality; inside you. It is not limited to a body or a form.”–Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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July 15 Tuesday
The root of meditation is the form of the Guru; the root of worship is the feet of the Guru; the source of prayer is the words of the Guru; the root of salvation is the grace of the Guru.—Guru Gita
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July 16 Wednesday
The Guru is the same as the Self, the same as Consciousness itself. This is the truth, the absolute truth and those who seek wisdom should make every effort to find their Guru.—Guru Gita
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July 17 Thursday
The 1st Guru is Mother Earth. Have you observed Mother Earth. She is so compassionate, people trample the earth, they hurt her, plough the earth, they destroy the earth, cut the trees and the same time she sees that she is not partial towards anyone. She gives freely and unconditionally to everyone- Dattatreya in Bhagavata Purana
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July 18 Friday
Wind: The 2nd Guru is the Wind. If you observe the air, the wind it is pure. It doesn’t have any odour or any smell and its impartial. The wind will blow anywhere it blows in a valley, garden or even a garbage place. It doesn’t have any preference and it doesn’t get shaken even though it blows somewhere where the smell is not good, it may carry the smell for some time. It doesn’t get tainted. Any sadhak or spiritual speaker should be like the air. – Dattatreya in Bhagavata Purana
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July 19 Saturday
The 3rd Guru is the Sky. The Sky symbolizes the qualities of our soul our self/consciousness which is also omnipresent. The sky or the space is everywhere and it is untouched by whatever happens in the space. Sometimes there may be smoke, dust, pollution but the space itself does not get polluted- Dattatreya in Bhagavata Purana
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July 20 Sunday
The 4th Guru was the water. If you see the water quenches the thirst and gives life to everyone. Even the plants, trees, flowers they are alive because there is water in the ground. Water serves everyone, makes life possible on this planet. Yet if you look at the water it is so humble, it is never proud of itself- – Dattatreya in Bhagavata Purana
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July 21 Monday
The 5th Guru was the fire. If you notice, fire is present in everything, in latent form. Whatever you put in the fire it will burn and yet even though the fire can burn everything, it doesn’t get affected. You put something pure clean or impure. The fire itself remains pure- Dattatreya in Bhagavata Purana
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July 22 Tuesday
“One who rends asunder the eightfold bond with the sword of compassion and delivers the baby of Supreme Bliss is called Sadguru.” (2:21)- Guru Gita
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July 23 Wednesday
“Guru is Brahma; Guru is Vishnu; Guru is Siva Maheswara; Guru is indeed the Supreme Brahman. Obeisance to Guru.” (1:46)
“Obeisance to Guru, by whom the eye of the one blinded in dense darkness is opened with the stick of collyrium of Gnana.” (1:47)Guru Gita
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July 24 Thursday
“Obeisance to Guru, who burns away the bonds of karma acquired in many births with the power of the fire of knowledge.” (1:63)
“Obeisance to Guru, higher than whom there is no truth, no austerity nor knowledge.” (1:65) – Guru Gita
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July 25 Friday
“Guru is the spiritual protector of lineages till their last end, whom he blesses in just a second. Hence one should respect that Sadguru and prostrate to him all three times (morning, noon and evening).” (1:83)- Guru Gita
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July 26 Saturday
“Gurus are free from all impurities, full of peace, virtuous, economical in speech, totally free from desire and anger, of upright conduct and have sense organs under control.” (3:36)
“The seven crores of Mahamantras act to delude the mind. This two-lettered mantra ‘Guru’ is the only Mahamantra.” (3:63) Guru Gita
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July 27 Sunday
Sun: The 7th Guru was the sun. If you see the sun is only one, but then it gets reflected in so many objects. It may be reflected in a puddle, lake stream, in a mirror It looks like there are many, but in the end there is only one. And it is this one sun that gives life to everything on this planet. At the same time whatever happens to the earth does not affect the sun -Dattareya in Bhagavata Purana
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July 28 Monday
Pigeon: The 8th Guru was the pigeon. Once there lived 2 pigeons and there was a nest with a baby pigeon. The parent pigeons had gone to fetch some food for the children. A hunter came, he put a net over the nest and caught those baby pigeons .Just that moment the parents they came back, the mother and the father. The mother she flew into the net as she didn’t want to be separate from her young ones. Father pigeon realizing that they are all there, he also flew into the net. That is all they all got caught and died. The attachment for worldly relationships can become an obstacle for liberation. So he said I learned not to get too stuck with these worldly relationships because that can become a downfall and obstacle on the path.
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July 29 Tuesday
Python: The 9th Guru was a Python. The python if you see is very lazy and peaceful. It does not hunt, doesn’t go around looking for a prey. Its just sitting in one place waiting patiently for some prey to come near it and then it will swallow it. So in a way he is very dispassionate, he waits for whatever food comes his way. He is very contented. In the same way a wise person, a sadhak should not run after all the worldly pleasures , He should be contented—Dattareya
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July 30 Wednesday
Honey Bee: 10th Guru Honey Bee. If you notice the bee gathers honey from so many flowers, but it does it very skillfully. It knows which flower to go, it takes only little honey carefully so it knows it doesn’t hurt the flower. In the same way a wise person should be able to take the wisdom from the different sources of knowledge , different scriptures.
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July 31 Thursday
Ocean: The 13th Guru was the Ocean. If you see the ocean is self contained .The ocean doesn’t flow into the river, it doesn’t cross its own boundaries. At the same time the ocean is very quite, the deeper the ocean , the more settled it is. There maybe a little disturbance, of ripples of waves in the surface but inside it is totally quite.
(For all the 24 Gurus of Dattatreya , please go to Bhagavata Purana. For all the 330++ hymns in Guru Gita, please go to the book Guru Gita)
Om Sri Gurubhyo Nama:
—subham—
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