Blessed One!
Hari Om!
i³yte naray[Sm&it>,
We
are glad to inform you that Vyasa Pooja
was celebrated very well in a traditional manner at Sri Gnanananda Niketan on Guru
Purnima, Sunday, 9th July 2017.
Vyasa
Pooja marks the
commencement of the two months’ retreat, Chaturmasya for Sannyasins. The elaborate pooja was performed by Swami Nityananda
Giri. One Yajur Veda Pundit and two Rig Veda pundits performed preliminary poojas like Sri Ganapathi Pooja, Punyaha Vacana etc. and chanted Vedic
hyms wherever required. Special archana
was performed to pictures of Sri Veda Vyasa, Sri Sankaracharya, Sri
Dakshinamoorthi and Sri Sadguru Gnanananda.
Dr. Srinivasan, an eminent Sanskrit scholar
and retired principal of Vivekananda College, Chennai, helped Swamiji in the performance
of pooja of the six Guru Panchakams.
During the pooja of every Panchaka, after the archana a stotra was chanted and kirthana was sung pertaining to it.
Dravidacharya
Panchaka archana was offered with chanting of Guru Stuti with special verses
from Guru Gita recited in the Pada puja.
Ashtottara
sata nama archanas were offered to Sri Krishna, Sri Vedavyasa, Sri Sankara Bhagavadpadacharya,
Sri Daskshinamoorti and Sadguru Swami
Gnanananda in their respective panchakas.
Nirguna Ashtottara sata nama archana
was offered to Suddha Chaitanya.
Swamini Prabhavananda Saraswati, Swamini
Atmatatvananda Saraswati and Swami Amriteshwarananda Saraswati were present
during the performance of the Pooja and participated
in the commencement and in the special
mantra pushpa along with Swami Nityananda Giri.
Devotees chanted Stotras and rendered Keertanas
in respect of each Guru Panchakam.
Smt. Renganayaki and Smt. Abhiramasundari
sang a keertana on Sri Veda Vyasa
composed by Sri V.G.Parthasarathy. Smt. Indumati sang the very famous Pada of Sri Purandarasa “Varaguru Upadesa’.
There was a good attendance of the devotees
and Vyasa Akshata and fruits were
distributed as Prasad.
Following Vyasa Pooja, the parayana of Rig Veda Samhita, was performed
by four qualified Vedic pundits guided by Brahmasri Krishna Bhat from the 10th
July 2017 to 13th July 2017.
We are sending with this letter the Vyasa Pooja Prasad (“Akshata”) with our prayers that Sadgurudev’s
special Grace may be showered on you on this especially auspicious occasion and
you may be blessed with ever increasing devotion to His lotus feet of
Sadgurudev, Sampradaya Nishta, Viveka, Vairagya and Gnana.
May all the members of your family, be blessed with Sowbhagya (prosperity) and Sreyas
(the highest good) !
With love and Narayanasmriti again,
Swami Nityananda Giri
