Guru Purnima
Celebrations
It is a great joy to
invite everyone to this year's Guru Purnima celebrations on Friday,
July 18th, in the Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome.
The historic feature
of the afternoon celebration will be the live performance of 121
Maharishi Vedic Pandits performing Guru Puja and Maha Rudra Abhishek
(1:00-4:30 pm).
The evening
celebration (8:15-9:30 pm), led by Raja John Hagelin, Raja of
Invincible America, will include Maharishi's address at the 2007
Guru Purnima, Maharaja Adhiraj Raja Raam's address at this year's Guru
Purnima, and the presentation of achievements to Guru
Dev.
Due to the special
nature of the afternoon celebration, there are certain points that the
Vedic Pandits have requested be made:
Afternoon
Celebration
Program
badges:
A current program
badge will be required for entrance to the Dome. Young people without
badges should enter with their parents.
Arrival
time:
Everyone should
be seated in the Dome by 12:45 pm. At this time the Vedic Pandits
will enter the Dome and take their places on stage. Anyone who
arrives after 12:45 pm will need to wait in the lobby until the doors
open again at approximately 1:45 pm (when there is a brief break
between portions of the performances).
Before the
performances begin, it is best to sit in silence or
meditate.
Offerings:
Everyone is invited
to bring 2-3 whole washed organic fruits that will be offered by the
Vedic Pandits (and which they will enjoy afterwards as gifts from our
community).
Everyone is also
invited to bring flowers as is our tradition--but this year only the
blossoms should be brought, with the stems and leaves removed ahead of
time.
The fruit and
flowers will be collected upon entering the Dome to be given to the
Vedic Pandits for the offerings.
Dress:
In keeping with the
special character of Guru Purnima in the Vedic calendar, everyone
should wear their most dignified dress.
Ladies should wear
saris or long dresses or long skirts (no pants or punjabis) and
completely cover their heads and shoulders with the sari or
shawls/scarves in the Dome--to be dressed properly for a Vedic
performance.
Men should wear coat
and tie or a dress kurta with nice pants.
No one should wear
anything made of leather into the Dome (after removing shoes as usual
in the shoe areas) such as belts, wallets, watchbands, or
purses.
Length of
celebration:
The celebration will
last approximately 3 hours. Once the celebration has begun, we have
been asked that people only enter and leave the Dome during the break
around 1:45 pm or at the end.
Children:
We have been asked
that young children not attend. Youths and young adults who can
comfortably sit and enjoy this extended Yagya performance are very
welcome.
Ladies'
consideration:
As is the Vedic
tradition, ladies who are pregnant or having their monthly cycle
should not attend.
We look forward to
seeing you on Friday, and celebrating this very special Guru Purnima
together as one family.
Jai Guru
Dev
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