All World
Gayatri Pariwar

  It is a rare phenomenon when a revolutionary Spiritual Master (a Sadguru) incarnates in human form. Blessed is the age in which such an illumined soul assumes human embodiment and blessed are the human beings who are privileged to totally offer themselves (soul-mind-body) to be his students, servitors and disciples. According to Sant Kabir a Sadguru appears on the darkened, depressed human scene like a shaft of light. In our Sanatan- Vedic tradition, Yogeshwar Sri Krishna has been hailed as the greatest of Sadgurus – ‘Krishnam vande jagadgurum’ – whose teachings condensed in 700 verses of The Gita have been universally acclaimed as the deepest, loftiest and the most integrative spiritual insights of all times and are as fresh and relevant for individual and collective spiritual upliftment today as they were 5000 years ago, when originally imparted to Arjuna.

Our own Gurudev’s life, work, teachings and mission have been in the tradition of divine teachers of yore – Krishna, Buddha, Adishankar, Kabir, Ramakrishna Paramhans, etc. Although during his lifespan of nearly fourscore years he performed Avatar-like tasks in terms of laying the foundation of an upward paradigm shift in human consciousness, his apparent life-sketch can be summed up in few words:

Born on Ashwin Krishna Chaturdashi in 1911; given Yagyopveet – Mantra Deeksha at the tender age of 8 years at Varanasi by Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya; was revealed the purpose and mission of his incarnation by his own immortal Gurusatta, who appeared in His Body of Light, before the 15 year old teenager in his Pooja-room in early hours of Basant Parva – January 18, 1926.The Divine Teacher also simultaneously awakened, through Shaktipat, the young teenager to his spiritual identity as an Avatar-like emanation with a specific mission. It is thus that Basant Parva of 1926 became the foundation day of Gayatri Mission and Yug Nirman Yojana. On completion of the assigned tasks of the physical sheath, he withdrew into the Invisible Realm of Light on Gayatri Jayanti – June 2, 1990, to give manifold momentum to the realization of his Vision on Earth.

We the parijans, who are torchbearers of Gurusatta’s mission of Era Transformation, have to properly understand and internalize the real significance of his incarnation. He clearly saw and proclaimed that human consciousness was on the verge of an imminent revolutionary transition into a new Era – a paradigm shift from divisive darkness into integrative Radiant Light; and for this to happen glad and ready cooperation of core groups of human souls across the globe was essential. Our Gayatri Pariwar is one such core group.

During the last two years of his sojourn on earth (1988-90) Gurudev had condensed the essence of his teachings and mission in about 20 booklets (each of 32-40 pages) in Hindi. Some of these have since been translated into English also. The main thrust of these divinely inspired words is to arouse ‘Bhavsamvedana’ – an intuitive perception of inter-connectedness of all that exists – which in turn will spontaneously fill human hearts with feelings of sharing and caring – compassion and loving kindness. Two of these booklets need special mention: ‘Satyug ki wapsi’ and ‘Parivartan ke mahan kshan’.

Let us resolve on this Guru Parva to make intensive and extensive efforts during one-month period between Guru Poornima (July 11) and Shravani Parva (August 9) to distribute these booklets amongst as many aspiring persons as we can and encourage them to assimilate the teachings and ‘live them’. This will be an ideal homage to Gurudev on this Vyas Poornima.
Sri Aurobindo has defined a Divine Teacher thus in his synthesis of Yoga:

“Teaching, Example and Influence are the three instruments of the Guru ----. He will seek to awaken much more than Instruct----. The Example is much more powerful than instruction. What will most stimulate aspiration in others is the central fact of the Realization within him governing his whole life----. Influence is still more important than example – the power of his contact, of his presence, of the nearness of his soul to the soul of another----. The greatest Master is much less a teacher than a Presence, pouring the divine consciousness and its constituting light and power and purity and bliss into all who are receptive around him----.”
Such a Sadguru has been our Gurudev. Let us prove ourselves his worthy children.

With Guru Poornima and Shravani Parva Greetings,