Spiritual Renaissance ..

Seventh verse of Guru Paduka Stothram goes like this

शमादिषट्क प्रदवैभवाभ्यां समाधि दान व्रत दीक्षिताभ्यां।

रमाधवांघ्रि स्थिरभक्तिदाभ्यां नमो नमः श्री गुरु पादुकाभ्यां॥७॥

Shaamadhi Shadga Pradavaibhavabyam  Samadhi Dhana Vratha Deekshidhabyam

Ramadha Vangris Sthira Bakthi Dhabyam  Namo Namaha  Shree Guru Padukabhyam

Reading the explanation from various sites, I understand this as

"I prostrate before the feet of my Guru - 

One that provides me with the six necessary qualities starting with Shama - 

One that helps me attain state Samadhi and

the One that  makes me eternally devoted to Rama - Lord Vishnu"

This couplet is very apt to me, as an abhyasi of Sahaj Marg.  In our path of meditation, of the four means for realization - Sadhana Chatustaya, we start with the first step, Sham of the third means - Sat Sampatti .  Through that we experience a state of Samadhi  and finally aspire to be in state of constant remembrance.    What is even more striking is that the name all our Gurus too fit in perfectly with the last line of description 

• Shri Ram Chandra of Fategarh
• Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur
• Shri Parthasarathi  - Sarathi of  Partha, referring to Krishna during Mahabharata War
• Shri Kamlesh - Lord of Lotus - referring to Vishnu

With this auspicious beginning, I would like to restart my blogging, having been dormant for almost six years.