The following is a quick report about Gurudev’s Birth centenary celebrations held at Chinmaya Mission Boston.
What a day of celebration May 8th 2016 has been as we revel in our memories and teachings of Gurudev! Four centers of Chinmaya Mission Boston chapter came together bright and early at 8:00am this morning to start the celebration with Guru Paduka Puja to our dear Gurudev. More than 200 people gathered in the Mandir where the vibrations could be felt as the entire congregation chanted and sang with fervor. Throughout the day students and teachers of Balavihar performed several songs, dances, stotrams and skits all of which were connected to Gurudev: whether it was a dance to “Salangai katti Odi Odi Va”, one of Gurudev’s favorite songs, or chanting of the Ganga Stuti or a session where senior members of Chinmaya Mission Boston reminisced about their personal encounters with Gurudev, or a skit about a US Presidential debate, where Gurudev happened to be one of the candidates, or yet another skit where we saw flashbacks into Gurudev’s life as a questioning child and heard the significance of the proportion of the three Gunas through the famous coffee, milk & sugar example!
At the height of the day-long celebration over 700 people were in attendance. With true yagna spirit, the culinary experts amongst our members made and served fresh, delicious masala dosas and sizzling hot puris to everyone present!
We were fortunate to have Swami Tyaganandaji of Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston as our Guest of honor. In his address to the audience, he spoke about what a profound and inspiring teacher Gurudev was, and how Gurudev would be happiest if we, as Chinmaya Mission members, applied his teachings in our daily lives.
