Spiritual Homework for March 2010
This month began with the March 7 anniversary of our Guru’s mahasamadhi—conscious ecstatic exit from his body into omnipresence. In Bro. Satyananda’s Sunday lecture on that day, he talked about the unconditional love which our Guru offers each disciple. Our Master has expressed these sentiments throughout his teachings in both prose and verse, but never more beautifully than in his "Prayer for SRF Disciples." A prayer and a pledge made directly to God.
Two-thousand years ago, Jesus Christ also expressed these very same sentiments in a prayer recorded in the book of John, chapter 17. It is an amazing experience to carefully read these two prayers, one right after the other.
Homework Assignment
So the spiritual homework for this month of March is simple, yet devotionally profound: Study our Guru’s prayer for his disciples, found in the published booklet “Prayers of a Master for his Disciples,” then read carefully the prayer of Jesus for his disciples, found in the New Testament, John 17. Side-by-side these two prayers demonstrate the intimate relationship a true guru has with God, and the powerful feelings of commitment which a guru has for each disciple. Those wishing to study this more deeply can find the verses along with our Guru’s commentary in Discourse 72 of The Second Coming of Christ.
Jai Guru, Bro. Satyananda
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To view past spiritual homework assignments, please visit our Spiritual Homework Archive!
Prayers of a Master for His Disciples and The Second Coming of Christ are available for purchase in our Glendale Temple Bookroom or online from Self-Realization Fellowship's online bookstore.
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