Episode Topics

• Guru Purnima, Wednesday July 13, 2022
• Guru Purnima is the full moon dedicated to the teacher
• Calendar-wise, it is associated with the Vedic month of Ashadha, the fourth lunar month, usually occurring somewhere around June - July
• Guru etymologically has the same origin as the Latin word gravis 'heavy; grave, serious' and the Greek word βαρύς, again 'heavy, serious'
• Sanskrit, Latin and Greek are derived from the same Proto-Indo-European language
• Another popular interpretation is that gu means ignorance, and ru means dispeller, with guru then meaning "the one who dispels ignorance"
• Purnima, in Sanskrit means full moon
• Swami Vivekanada, the late 19th century Indian monk once said: "You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can mak ...