Indian
traditions stress greatly on the importance of the guru
or the teacher, especially in the realm of spirituality.
Adi guru Shankaracharia begins his Gurustotram or Verses
to the Guru with the following Sanskrit Sloka.
Mantra:
Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwara
Guru Sakshath Parambrahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha
Meaning: Guru is the creator Brahma, Guru is the preserver
Vishnu, Guru is the destroyer shiva. Guru is directly the
supreme spirit — I offer my salutations to this Guru.
Kabir Das, a poet in 15th century India, wrote in one of
his Dohas
"Guru Govind dou khade, kaake laagoon paye
Balihari guru aapki, Govind diyo milaye."
Translated: A famous poem by Kabir illustrating the meaning
of this mantra goes like "Guru and God both appeared before
me. Whom should I bow to first? I bow to my guru for it
is he who introduced me to God."
September 5, which is celebrated as Teacher’s Day in India.
5th September is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvapalli
Radhakrishnan. When Dr. Radhakrishnan became the (second)
president of India in 1962, some of his students and friends
approached him and requested him to allow them to celebrate
5th September, his “birthday”. In reply, Dr, Radhakrishnan
said, “instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it
would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as
Teachers’ day”. The request showed Dr.Radhakrishnan’s love
for the teaching profession. From then onwards, the day
has been observed as Teachers’ Day in India.
I love and admire my teachers because I taught by their
talents, Equipped by their efficiency, Assisted by their
advice, Cared by their concern, Helped by their humility,
Encouraged by their efforts, and Raised by their reasoning.
Today is teacher’s day the day which makes us realize that
whatever we are today is all because of our teachers. If
we get a chance to meet our old teachers then it is something
so special feelings and experience. Today we are like this
because of our teachers. So say a small wish and prayer
for them. On this teacher's day and always I thank my teachers,
without them I am nothing that includes my loving Mother
and my loving father who guided me as parents as well as
those days in the school as teachers. Happy Teacher's day.
Ashish Sawhney
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Teachers
Day Celebration at our School
04th Sept 2010.
Two Blue Star Water Dispensers (Hot & Cold) were given to
our school for the teachers, as a gift from the ex-students
on Teacher's Day.
Around 500 books were also handed over to the head boy &
girl, for the school library.
Three members of CENTAFS, for both (Dispenser & Books):
Mr.Jawahar Singh (1982) , Ms.Pooja Sadanand (1988) & Mr.Sunil
Makhijani (1976), represented the ex-students.
