Events

1,000 Names of Dattatreya Puja (Vedic Spiritual Ceremony)
Date: Mar 26, 2010 • 7:30pm to 9:30 pm
Lead by:  Namadeva Acharya (Thomas Ashley-Farrand) •
Location: The Yoga Space • Keene
Contact: Gretchen Carmel (Rajeshwari) • Tel: 603.352.2686 • theyogaspace@gmail.com •

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Dattatreya Puja

The first guru written about in the Vedic tradition was called Dattatreya, reputed to be the Guru of all the gurus. Although there are stories and legends describing this figure, it is not clear whether they are real or apocryphal.

The true teacher is within. Outer teachers and the Masters on the inner planes guide us ever closer to our divine nature. To the extent that any teacher is a clear and true reflection of our own nature, that teacher aligns us within. Hence, by any road, the true teacher lies within.

In that spirit, the Dattatreya Puja is a ceremonial propitiation of any teacher, either within or without. This ceremony has been used by certain groups of devotees to propitiate their specific teacher or guru either in the body or out. For other groups, the service has been used to propitiate the universal inner teacher that leads us on life upon life. Dattatreya puja is done to propitiate the spiritual teacher and preceptor, either as principle or to honor a specific teacher or guru.

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