Guru Purnima is celebrated with full enthusiasm on the full moon day (Purnima) in the Hindu month of Ashadha by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains.
Guru Purnima is considered to be one of the most auspicious days in the Hindu calendar. The festival is dedicated to one’s guru, mentor or teacher. This year, India is celebrating Guru Purnima on 13 July 2022.
It is widely believed that on Guru Purnima, Lord Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, after weeks of attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. This day also has significance in Mahabharata and other holy texts of Hindus.
Guru Purnima Quotes For Parents
Worshipping the feet of the Guru is the ultimate of all worships – Sri Guru Pranam
I am so fortunate that I always had so much clarity in my life. Wishing a very Happy Guru Purnima to my parents who are the reason for this clarity.
Worshipping the feet of the Guru is the ultimate of all worships. – Sri Guru Pranam
The two gurus of my life who have always been there whenever I have needed them since the time I was born, I wish my dearest parents a very Happy Guru Purnima.
Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a guru, no one can crossover. – Guru Nanak
Dearest mom and dad, you two have been my role models for life. Thank you for filling my life with inspiration and so many things to learn. Happy Guru Purnima to you.
Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a guru, no one can crossover – Guru Nanak
Dearest mom and dad, you two have been my role models for life. Thank you for filling my life with inspiration and so many things to learn. Happy Guru Purnima to you.
Guru Purnima Quotes for Teachers
A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations — Patricia Neal
The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. — Marva Collins
May you realize the true purpose and potential of life. On this Guru Purnima, my Grace is upon you. – Sadhguru
You are the inspiration, Made me win with a spirit. It wouldn’t have been possible without you, Happy Guru Purnima!
A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others —Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Guru Purnima Quotes
Guru Purnima celebrates the human ability to rise beyond physical nature, and the greatness of Adiyogi, who made this possible – Sadhguru
May you realize the true purpose and potential of life. On this Guru Purnima, my grace is upon you – Sadhguru
The job of a Guru is not to interpret the scriptures but to take you to another dimension of life – Sadhguru
A Guru is a doorway to the beyond. The Guru is only important because what is beyond him is important – Sadhguru
A Guru is not someone who holds the torch for you, he is the torch – Sadhguru
The guru is not a teacher, the guru is an awakener – Osho
The more you become surrendered to the guru, the more you feel that you have the freedom you never had before – Osho
Find the teacher, serve him as a child, open your heart to his influence, see in him God manifested – Swami Vivekananda
Guru-Bhakti is the foundation of all spiritual development – Swami Vivekananda
Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved – Swami Vivekananda
The disciple must worship the Guru as God Himself – Swami Vivekananda
The Guru is the means of realization. “There is no knowledge without a teacher.”- Swami Vivekananda
A real Guru is one who is born from time to time as a repository of spiritual force which he transmits to future generations through successive links of Guru and Shishya (disciple) – Swami Vivekananda
When a devotee prays intensely to God to know the truth, God sends him a true guru to guide him. This divine grace comes to the devotee when he demonstrates his desire for liberation by sincere constancy in supplication to God – Paramhansa Yogananda
The guru serves as this mirror. He holds up to the devotee a reflection of his perfect soul-image over which is superimposed the flaws of the ego that yet mar perfection – Paramhansa Yogananda
Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru, none can cross over to the other shore – Guru Nanak
The Guru is one who dwells in the Light and the Light dwells in him – Dada J.P.Vaswani
Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding, and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path – Swami Sivananda
I have never said that there is no need for a guru. It all depends on what you call a guru. He need not be in a human form – Ramana Maharishi
At certain stages in the spiritual journey, there is a quickening of the spirit which is brought about through the grace of the Guru – Ram Das
The Guru is the ladder, the dinghy, the raft by means of which one reaches God; The Guru is the lake, the ocean, the boat, the sacred place of pilgrimage, the river. Without the Guru, there can be no bhakti, no love – Guru Nanak
Consider the teacher your god – Taittiriya Upanishad
One’s body may be handsome, wife beautiful, fame, excellent and varied, and wealth like unto Mount Meru; but if one’s mind not be attached to the lotus feet of the Guru, what thence, what thence, what thence, what thence? – Adi Shankaracharya
The human Guru whispers the sacred formula (mantra) in the ear; the Divine guru breathes the spirit into the soul – Ramakrishna Paramahansa