Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshvarah
Guru Saakshaat Param Brahma Tasmai Sri Gurave Namah.
Guru indeed is creator Brahma, protector Vishnu and liberator Mahadeva,
Guru is one with the transcendental Brahman that is my Atman;
Salutations to the supreme Gurudeva.
Guru is the remover of darkness, our watchful eyes, the all illuminating sun of the world.
Guru is light and love and leads us to our inner soul.
Guru is a metaphor for our journey that begins when all else ends.
In a foggy morning, in the middle of Ganga, in a rocking boat, energy and experience united in passionate love.
The spring air danced in joy.
Fireflies wove golden fabric in excited anticipation.
The blue sky closed its million eyes in coy shyness.
The Guru was being born.
The dawn of wisdom.
The mantras remained hidden in the hearts of the Rishis.
Wisdom buried in the mantras.
World lost in darkness.
Sage Vyasa cast his net, like his fisher folk ancestors did for generations, but now for pearls of wisdom.
The Vedas came to light.
Then the high noon of Vedic culture.
We live in a world of metaphors.
Guru is our metaphor for life.
Vyasa is our metaphor for Guru.
Love is our metaphor for Vyasa.
A love that bloomed in a rocking boat, on a wavy Ganga in a spring morning.
Sent by email on 6 July 2009, San Francisco