Art of Living celebrates Guru Purnima with much fervour in Steel city

Jamshedpur, July 31: The �Art of Living� family of Jamshedpur celebrated the festival of Guru Purnima with great splendour at Maharashtra Mandal in Bistupur.

The day began with Sri Sri Ravishankar�s message to all to save the environment, plant trees and conserve our natural resources.

Art of Living volunteers planted trees in many different places across Jamshedpur.

�Guru Purnima is not the day of Guru but a day for devotees� preached the guru. He further explained the significance of this day by saying that when we are thankful to the nature, the nature gives you more and more. He added,�Guru can be in form or formless. Parents, teacher, friend, any experience, a spiritual master, a book, a story can be your Guru.

The evening at Maharashtra Mandal started with the sacred �Guru Puja�. Art of Living teachers chanted the Vedic mantras. Guru Puja is a ceremony of gratitude. The Sanskrit word �puja� means �fullness�. Pujas done out of a feeling of fullness and in turn it also brings a feeling of fullness. The Guru Puja honors the lineage of spiritual masters of the Vedic tradition.

Chanting the Guru Puja unites one�s mind with the tradition of spiritual masters. Guru Pooja is not about offering a flower, a fruit, and a coconut � this is a subtle process to create an invitation to the Divine.

Art of Living Jamshedpur Teacher Coordinator Mrs Baby Singh announced the 4 day silence program – Art of Silence which is scheduled from 13th-16th August 2015 in Jamshedpur.