In India, the full moon of the month of Ashada (July-August) is honored as the most auspicious and important of the entire year. This moon's luminous brilliance and perfect form are seen as expressions of the Guru's gift of grace …

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The anniversary of a great being's passing. The two parts of this term are punya, meaning “spiritual merit,” and tithi, meaning “observance, remembrance.” The observance of a saint’s punyatithi brings great merit.

The bestowal of divine initiation, shaktipat.

1) A realized yogi's conscious departure from the physical body at death. 2) A celebration on the anniversary of a great being's departure from the physical body. 3) A shrine erected at the place where a yogi has taken mahasamadhi.

Happy New Year! On this day January 7, 1972, Baba Muktananda inaugurated the daily recitation of Shri Guru Gita as a morning practice in the Ashram Daily Schedule. You can read more about this in an exposition by Swami Shantananda …

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