* Guru Purnima or Vyasa Purnima falls this year on July 21st (written in 1986). The sacred occasion serves to remind us of the massive contribution of the myriad-minded Vyasa to our philosophy and literature. He edited and classified the Vedas, composed the Brahmasutras, wrote the Mahabharata with its crest jewel of the Gita, and gave us the innumerable Puranas crowned by Srimad Bhagavata. To Vyasa, we owe everything in our culture.
* ....today 'varna' is wrongly interpreted as caste. The Gita clearly defines 'varna' as determined by Guna and Karma.
* The excellence of a person depends on the perfection with which he does his job. It does not depend on the nature of the job as long as it is socially useful.
* That which takes us from our present state to the transcendent state is comprehensively called Dharma. The word means that which sustains, that which nourishes, that which protects, and that which gives us the beautitude. (C.S.Ramakrishnan).
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