Guru Poornima
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Guru is the dispeller of darkness that is the ignorance in every individual. Guru Poornima is an occasion to offer deep gratitude to the lineage of great Masters for having visited planet Earth and liberated millions of people from the illusion of life called maya and the cycle of rebirth. Huge gatherings throng the ashram on Guru poornima day to offer their humble obeisance to the Master. As in ancient tradition, on this day, disciples approach the Master and offer alms as a way to exhaust their accumulated karma - unfulfilled actions causing the cycle of life and death. Here Paramahamsa is seen accepting bhiksha - alms - from devotees.