THE HOLY TRADITION

Invocation

Apavitrah Pavitro Va Sarva Vasthan Gatopi Va Yah Smaret Pundari-Kaksham Sa Bahya-Bhyantarah Shuchih

Avahanam

Narayanam Padma-Bhavam Vashishtham Shaktim Cha Tat Putra Parasharam Cha Vyasam Shukam Gauda-Padam Mahantam Govinda Yogindram Athasya Shishyam Shri Shankara Charyam Athasya Padma Padam Cha Hastamalakam Cha Shishyam Tam Trotakam Vartika Karam Anyan Asmad Gurun Santata Manatosmi Shruti Smriti Pura-Na-Nam Alayam Karuna-Layam Namami Bhagavat Padam Shankaram Loka Shankaram Shankaram Shankaracharyam Keshavam Badarayanam Sutra Bhashya Kritau Vande Bhagavaktau Punah Punah Yad-Dvare Nikhila Nilimpa Parishad Siddhim Vidhatte-Nisham Shrimat Shri Lasitam Jagadguru-Padam Natvatma Triptin Gatah Loka-Gyana Payoda Patana Dhuram Shri Shankaram Sharmadam Brahmhananda Sarasvatim Gurwvaram Dhyayami Jyotir-Mayam 



  

 Avahanam         Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Asanam            Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Snanam            Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah
 

  Vastram           Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Chandanam         Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah
 

  Akshatan          Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah
 

  Pushpam           Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah
 

  Dhupam            Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah
 

  Dipam             Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah
 

  Achamaniyam       Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Naivedyam         Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Achamaniyam       Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Tambulam          Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  Shri Phalam       Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 





 Arartikyam 


 Karpura-Gauram Karuna-Vataram    Samsara-Saram Bhujagendraharam 
    Sada Vasantam Hridaya Ravinde    Bhavam Bhavani Sahitam Namami 


  Arartikyam    Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 

  Achamaniyam    Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


              Pushpanjalim 

           Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnur   Gururdevo Maheshvarah 
           Guruh Sakshat Param Brahma   Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah 
                 Akhanda Mandalakaram   Vyaptam Yena Characharam 
             Tat Padam Darshitam Yena   Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah 
     Shri Brahmanandam Param Sukhadam   Kevalam Gyanamurtim 
        Vishva-Titam Gagana Sadrisham   Tat-Tvam-Asyadi Lakshyam 
           Ekam Nityam Vimalamachalam   Sarvadhi Sakshi Bhutam 
          Bhava-Titam Triguna Sahitam   Sadgurum Tam Namami 
                Agyana Timirandhashya   Gyananjana Shalakaya 
              Chakshur Unmilitam Yena   Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah 


 Pushpanjalim    Samarpayami Shri Guru Charana Kamalebhyo Namah 


  


 Invocation 





 Whether pure or impure, whether purity or impurity is permeating everywhere, whoever opens himself to the
 expanded vision of unbounded awareness gains inner and outer purity. 




 Invocation 





 To Lord Narayana, To Lotus-Born Brahma The Creator, To Vashishtha To Shakti And His Son,
 Parashar, 
 To Vyasa, To Shukadeva, To The Great Gaudapada, To Govinda, Ruler Among The Yogis, To His Disciple,
 Shri Shankaracharya, To His Disciples Padma-Pada And Hasta-Malaka,
 And Trotakacharya And Vartika-Kara, To Others, To The Tradition Of Our Masters, I Bow Down. 

 To The Abode Of The Wisdom Of The Shrutis, Smritis And Puranas, To The Abode Of Kindness, To The
 Personified Glory Of The Lord, To Shankara, Emancipator Of The World, I Bow Down. 

 To Shankaracharya, The Redeemer, Hailed As Krishna And Badarayana, To The Commentator Of The
 Brahma Sutras, I Bow Down.
 To The Glory Of The Lord I Bow Down Again And Again, At Whose Door The Whole Galaxy Of Gods Pray For Perfection
 Day And Night.

 Adorned With Immeasurable Glory, Preceptor Of The Whole World, Having Bowed Down To Him We Gain Fulfillment.

 Skilled In Dispelling The Cloud Of Ignorance Of The People, The Gentle Emancipator, Brahmananda Sarasvati,
 The Supreme Teacher, Full Of Brilliance, Him I Bring To My Awareness.


  



Offering The Invocation  To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering A Seat          To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering An Ablution     To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down. 


Offering Cloth           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down. 


 Offering Sandalpaste     To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering Full Rice       To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

 Offering A Flower        To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering Incense         To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

 Offering Light           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering Water           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering Fruit           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering Water           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down. 


Offering A Betel Leaf    To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 

Offering A Coconut       To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
 



 
Offering Camphor Light


 White As Camphor, Kindness Incarnate, The Essence Of Creation Garlanded With Brahman, 
 Ever Dwelling In The Lotus Of My Heart, The Creative Impulse Of Cosmic Life, To That,
 In The Form Of Guru Dev, I Bow Down.
   

Offering Light           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down. 

Offering Water           To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.


 Offering A Handful Of Flowers


 Guru In The Glory Of Brahma, Guru In The Glory Of Vishnu, Guru In The Glory Of The Great Lord
 Shiva, Guru In The Glory Of The Personified Transcendental Fullness Of Brahman, To Him, To Shri Guru
 Dev Adorned With Glory, I Bow Down. 


 The Unbounded, Like The Endless Canopy Of The Sky, The Omnipresent In All Creation, By Whom The Sign Of That Has
 Been Revealed, To Him, To Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down. 


 Guru Dev, Shri Brahmananda, Bliss Of The Absolute, Transcendental Joy, The Self-Sufficient, The
 Embodiment Of Pure Knowledge Which Is Beyond And Above The Universe Like The Sky, The Aim Of "Thou Art That" And
 Other Such Expressions Which Unfold Eternal Truth, The One, The Eternal, The Pure, The Immoveable, The Witness Of All
 Intellects, Whose Status Transcends Thought, The Transcendent Along With The Three Gunas, The True Preceptor, To
 Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.

 The Blinding Darkness Of Ignorance Has Been Removed By Applying The Balm Of Knowledge. The Eye Of Knowledge
 Has Been Opened By Him And Therefore, To Him, To Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down. Offering A Handful Of Flowers
 To The Lotus Feet Of Shri Guru Dev, I Bow Down.







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