Guru - the person who enlightens our mind and soul
The mother is
considered to be the first guru of a child. She teaches him the
first lesson of life which is mainly focused on to cope with it.
But it is the teacher or guru who imparts knowledge and wisdom
to the child and charges his spirits. In India we have many
occasions in which we feel obliged and pay our gratitude. Guru
Purnima is one such occasion in which we thanks and feel proud
of our teachers and pay them respect. Because its him who taught
us to lead our life and how to get maximum out of it. In ancient
times the meaning of education was mostly spiritual and it was
considered to be the path which can lead you to reach god which
was the ultimate goal of life. But the situation has changed
completely in this modern era, so called 'kalyuga'. Now teaching
is just another profession and students are considered customers
whose need has to be taken care of. Schools are more concerned
in making profits and education has become a commodity which can
be purchased with the money. The ultimate goal is to make
ourselves more professionally successful after completing the
education. The so called valued relation has deteriorated and
the special bonding between teacher and students is no longer
observed. We should not get disheartened by present situation.
Even today the teachers are the only person responsible for our
knowledge. We must shed all our egos and surrender ourselves
before him if we want to get true knowledge. The regards and
respect should not diminish for our teachers and the real
tribute for them will be only if we use our knowledge to serve
the community.