Meaning of Jai Guru Dev
February 14, 2008 at 8:56 am guruvaani 56 comments
Weekly Knowledge #16 Bangalore Ashram 27 Sep 1995 India
BIG MIND
You know there is a Big Mind and a small mind. Sometimes the Big Mind wins over the small mind and sometimes it is the other way around.
When the small mind wins over, it is misery and when the Big Mind wins, it is joy.
Small mind promises joy and leaves your hand empty. Big Mind may bring resistance in the beginning but fills you with joy.
The word Guru means great. Jaya means victory. Deva means one who is fun-loving, playful, light. One who is playful is often not dignified and when one is dignified, he is often not playful.
Jai Guru Dev is victory to the Big Mind in you that is both dignified and playful. That is what Jai Guru Dev means: “Victory to the Greatness in you.”
You do not say victory or hail to the Master as he has won over already. You say victory to your own Self, your own Mind, which is being veiled by the small mind.
Jai Guru Dev
Entry filed under: Knowledge Sheets. Tags: Guru, Gurudev, H.H.SriSriRaviShankar, Knowledge, Satsang, SriSri, Wisdom.
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Ramalingam Vasudevan | February 14, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Jai Guru Dev. I really liked this interpretation of the phrase ” Jai Guru Dev.
Thanks.
R.Vasudevan.
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Jai Guru Dev! | October 18, 2008 at 11:46 pm
i like saying Jai Guru Dev. thanks for posting its real meaning here.
Jai Guru Dev!
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Diego | December 4, 2008 at 8:50 am
Thanks for taking your time to post this.
Jai Guru Dev.
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Savita | December 8, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Very nice. Thank you for posting.
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soo | March 17, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Thank you for posting this! I heard the phrase in the Art of Living retreat and I understand and appreciate it.
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Romana Markovic | March 19, 2009 at 6:51 am
JAI SRI GURU DEV
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Steven Arndt | March 19, 2009 at 8:06 am
Thanks that was really great, Jai Guru Dev
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Pothi | March 25, 2009 at 8:00 am
Thanks for sharing. Please keep posting more knowledge.
Jai Guru Dev!
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Shekhar | May 23, 2009 at 1:23 am
I just love uttering Jai Gurudev, it gives me confidence, brings me luck, brings me success, happiness, above all gives me a sense of non doing which reduces ego. I also do it as an exercise to remmeber the Almighty The Guru of Gurus, to remind myself of The Devine Ultimate Being who/which does everything through us.
Jai Gurudev.
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Prashant Jadhav | July 26, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Thank you for sharing the meaning of this phrase. Now I know the the meaning of this phrase which is uttered day in day out.
JAI GURUDEV!
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onkar | August 1, 2009 at 2:54 am
jai gurudev to all . please let me know the advance course in ashram
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Vidya | August 29, 2009 at 11:26 am
adv crs happens every thursday in ashram…
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Shesh narayan pal | November 1, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I feel very lucky when i got the darson of swamy ji
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Hege Stenberg | November 16, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Deva is the root word of both Devil and Divine… wonderful for contemplation…
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Brajesh Kumar Singh | November 29, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Wow Nice ,
My Comment
~:JAI GURU DEV:~
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neetha | December 9, 2009 at 1:44 am
jai gurudev
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bharat singh shekhawat | January 12, 2010 at 4:50 am
Thanks that was really great, Jai Guru Dev
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mona | January 21, 2010 at 5:06 am
i love to read such deep knowledge points said wid such simplicity thanx for posting it for us
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guruvaani | January 21, 2010 at 10:24 am
Glad you liked it. Please share the good around !
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Nirmala | February 1, 2010 at 12:42 am
Hi all, The true meaning of Guru is “one who dispels darkness of ignorance”. “Gu” means “darkness of ignorance” and “Ru” means “one who removes”. Guru is a position higher than dev. devans comes in a lower stand that the guru. so I can we join the word guru and dev? No one person can be the boss and employee,
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govind | February 28, 2010 at 1:37 pm
thamx to put this
Jai Gurudev
Jai Gurudev
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CT | March 1, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Thank you for this – what is the proper pronunciation?
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rajendra | March 6, 2010 at 10:26 pm
real god same the jai guru dev
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snehal | March 9, 2010 at 10:49 pm
” victory to greatness in you”
very nice….thnks
JAI GURUDEVA!!!!!
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varsha | March 19, 2010 at 6:54 am
i love the meaning of JGD thanx for sharing!!
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SURESH KUMAR | March 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm
JAI GURU DEV MAI NAMDANI HUN GALTI SE BHAJAN CHHUT GAYA THA FIR SE BHAJAN SHURU KAR DIYA HUN / GURU JI SE AGRAH HAI KI MAF KAR DEN JAI GURU DEV
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Dewakar sharma | April 13, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I am impress from baba jai guru dev ji maharaj
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Aditi Vyas | May 27, 2010 at 10:51 am
its great. I didnt knew it has such a deep meaning
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rcolwell | July 21, 2010 at 1:02 pm
A repeating term in the beautiful 1970′s song by the Beach Boys entitled “All this is that.”
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KAMLESH DWIVEDI | September 18, 2010 at 8:08 am
Jai guru deo naam prabhu ka.
He Prabhu!HAM LOGO KA KALYAN KIJIYE.DAYA KIJIYE.
~R.K.Dwivedi & fmly.FAIZABAD
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Meghana | January 28, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Wow…. nice post…..liked it…….JAI GURUDEVA
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kunal.mehta | May 30, 2011 at 12:09 am
jai guru dev
name parvu kaa
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kunal.mehta | May 30, 2011 at 12:11 am
jai guru dev name parvu kaa hai im kunal raaj
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Inder Singh | June 23, 2011 at 9:33 am
jaiguru dev
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durgesh kumar singh | August 15, 2011 at 11:35 am
gai gurudev naam prabu ka daya kaa sagar prabhu apse binti hai kie mai success ho jau jai gurudev
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pooja kumari | September 22, 2011 at 6:05 pm
jai guru dev
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pooja kumari | September 24, 2011 at 8:19 am
jai guru dev , plz bless me to pass every exam n situation in my life. Jai guru dev.
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pooja kumari | September 30, 2011 at 6:12 am
jai guru dev.plz help me out in this critical situation.
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arun | October 15, 2011 at 4:30 am
thank u so much!!!
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Kiran joshi | November 6, 2011 at 8:40 pm
He guru var,apke payar se to sara sabkuch mil gaya apne to hmko to jholi khali jane nahi di.
KIRAN JOSHI
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satyanarayana rao adiraju | November 25, 2011 at 3:10 am
BEAUTIFULLY EXPLAINED. JAI GURU DEV!!!
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vandana | November 29, 2011 at 5:13 am
baba ji daya karo apke darshan hue muje do sal hone ko ae. am a student of b.d.s. jaigurudev
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vishnu | February 19, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Jai guru dev the name of god
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ASHOK BISWAL | March 6, 2012 at 6:16 am
JGD. Three words but meaning has huge sense. Guruji, always gives us blessing to win from small mind.
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guruvaani | August 10, 2012 at 9:05 am
Ashok – Simple, yet profound. You got it
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Kiran joshi | March 12, 2012 at 10:32 am
He prabhu daya kijiy mujhpr k.joshi (bihar)
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Arvind singh | June 4, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Jaigurudev
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guruvaani | August 10, 2012 at 9:03 am
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Kapoor Rishi | June 15, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Jai Guru Dev and Guru Dev ki Jai
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Chandan kushwaha | June 23, 2012 at 8:02 am
I am very lucky aft taking darshan
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guruvaani | August 10, 2012 at 9:02 am
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Gourilekshmi | July 6, 2012 at 7:05 am
JGD..
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guruvaani | August 10, 2012 at 9:02 am
Glad you liked it. Jai Guru Dev
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JAI JURUDAV Plese help me jai gurudav | October 4, 2012 at 7:05 pm
JAI JURUDAV
Plese help me jai gurudav
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rits | October 27, 2012 at 3:03 am
jai guru dev
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madanan | November 3, 2012 at 12:18 pm
jai guru dev.
nice explanation. when i utter this great manthra,i am relieved from the tensions and ego. quick surrender manthra is this.
Jai Guru Dev