In the word Guru, “gu” means darkness or ignorance, “ru” stands for remover of that darkness. Purnima is the occasion or the day of full moon on the month of July or Ashadha month of the Hindu Calendar.[1] On this day, followers observe a festival that honors those teachers who have contributed greatly to one’s material and inner or spiritual knowledge. There are many Sanskrit prayers honoring and seeking the knowledge of a Guru. The Guru Stuthi[2] sums up the knowledge seeker’s desire to learn and humbly seek the knowledge, material or spiritual, by the grace of the teacher: akhand-mandalakaram,…
Author: Sai Santosh Kolluru
Sai Santosh Kolluru
Sai Kolluru is currently a rising third year law student at Emory University School of Law. He is the Chief of Staff and Assistant Managing Editor for Peer Review for the Journal of Law and Religion at Emory. He is also the President of the immigration law society at Emory. Sai holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His interests include studying various schools of thought in Sanatana Dharma and human rights issues of native populations and traditions around the world.