Meaning of Jai Guru Dev
February 14, 2008
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…