Guru Govind donu khade, kisko laagu paay,
Balihari Gurudevaki jinhe Govind diyo bataay.
The Guru and Govind -God, are present before me, to whom shall I bow down first? Glory to the Guru since he showed me Govind.

Purnima means full moon day. Guru Purnima is a day for celebration and worship - a day on which the disciples remember and express their gratitude to the lineage of Gurus. A Guru is necessary to make you understand the formless and attributeless Divinity. God, who is attributeless and formless, is the true Guru. In the word 'Bhagavan', the letter 'Bha' stands for effulgence. God who is all pervasive illuminates the entire creation.  Read More

The full moon day in the vedic calendar of Ashad is observed as the auspicious day of Guru Purnima, a day sacred to the memory of the great sage Vyasa, who edited the four Vedas, wrote the 18 Puranas, and the Srimad Bhagavata.

Guru - The Parambrahman

Gurubrahma Guruvishnu Gururdevo Maheshwaraha |
Guruhu sakshaat Parambrahman tasmai Shrigurave namaha ||
The guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva), veneration to the Guru who is Parabrahman manifest.

Who is a Guru? 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. Only he who removes our ultimate darkness, known as Maya, and who inspires and guides us on to the path of God-realization is the true Guru. A spiritual aspirant, no matter how brilliant, can never attain such knowledge by his own endeavor. This is stipulated in the Shrimad Bhagwatam in which Jadbharat reveals to king Rahugan:
"O Rahugan! One cannot attain knowledge of Atma and Paramatma by performing penance, sacrifices, renunciation, Vedic study or worshipping deities of water, fire or the sun. But when the dust from the feet of a satpurush (God-realized Guru) sprinkles on our heads, then we can surely attain this knowledge."

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• All aspirants awake at Brahmamuhurta, at 4 o'clock. They meditate on the Guru and chant his prayers.

• Later in the day, the sacred worship of the Guru's Feet is performed. Of this worship it is said in the Guru Gita:
  Dhyaana moolam guror murtih; Pooja moolam guror padam;
  Mantra moolam guror vakyam; Moksha moolam guror kripa
  "The Guru's form should be meditated upon; the feet of the Guru should be worshipped; his words are to be treated as a sacred Mantra; his Grace ensures final liberation".

• There is continuous Satsang during which discourses are held on the glory of devotion to the Guru in particular, and on spiritual topics in general.

• Devout disciples fast and spend the whole day in prayer. They also take fresh resolves for spiritual progress.