The Upanishads
declared -
Na karmanaa, na prajyaa dhanena tyaagenaike
amritatwamaanashuh.
It is not through actions, progeny or wealth but through
renunciation alone that immortality is attained. Needless to say, it
is not the physical abandonment of these aspects of human life that
is advocated here. It is mental detachment and a spirit of
considering his family life, his wealth and all his actions as so
many means of worshipping God in the form of society that is set
forth as the ideal. It is this unique philosophical trait of
renunciation and service which can form the basis for the highest
evolution of the individual combined with the happiness, harmony and
progress of the society as a whole.
The Bhagawa
Dhwaj is the most resplendent emblem of this sublime philosophy.
And, worship of this holy flag on this Guru Poornima Day is
intended to instil in us this positive Hindu attitude towards life.
The ceremonial worship of the flag through flowers accompanied by
monetary offering is just an external expression of this attitude of
surrender to the ideal. Real worship, for a Hindu, lies in becoming
an image of the idea himself. Shivo bhootwa shivam yajet -
one has to become Shiva Himself if one has to worship Shiva.
The annual
function of Sri Guru Pooja presents a moment of introspection
for us to check up how far we have progressed in this path over the
last one year, and take lessons from it and resolve to march faster
in the current year.
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