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What is the Carana?

A spiritual discourse on the auspicious invocation of the Guru's holy feet.

"Maṅgala Caraṇa means the first step. Or Caraṇa means the Holy Lotus Feet."

"Nothing is holiest and highest than the dust of the Gurudev's lotus feet, if you realize you are the Gurū."

Swami Avatarpuri continues the explanation of Maṅgala Caraṇam, focusing on the reverence for the Guru's feet as the foundation of blessing and joy. He chants and translates devotional bhajans in multiple languages, invoking the presence of the Satguru and emphasizing that divine bliss (ānanda) resides wherever the Guru's feet rest.

Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer Workshop

Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān kī jaya! Śrī Devpurījī Mahādeva kī jaya! Dharmasamrāṭ Satgurū Swāmī Mādhavānandajī Gurudeva kī jaya! Sanātana Dharma kī jaya! Aura Brahmā, Gurū Viṣṇu, Gurū Devo Maheśvara, Gurū Sākṣāt Paraṁ Brahma, Tasmai Śrī Gurūve Namah. Dhyānamūlaṁ gurur mūrtiḥ, pūjāmūlaṁ gurur padam, mantramūlaṁ gurur vākyam, mokṣamūlaṁ gurur kṛpā. Siddhapūrī Samādhi Vākīl. Yesterday I explained to you about Maṅgala Caraṇam. Maṅgala Caraṇa means the first step. Or Caraṇa means the Holy Lotus Feet. Like we sing a bhajan: "Gurusvāmījī, āj to yahīṁ śyām ānanda karo, caraṇa kā māl pād āṅganīye, mātā caraṇa kā pad āṅganīye, āṅganīye dhāro, dīna yugyoṣa karo." So, "Satgurū Sahāyam, O my Satgurū Dev, O my Lord, please rest today here, stay today here. O Gurudevam, O Uram, kérlek maradj itt ma." Stay here, step your holy feet in my house. Caraṇa, Kamala. Caraṇa is feet, Kamala is like lotus. So, like we sing one bhajan from Śrī Lālā Nanjī, "Nothing is holiest and highest than the dust of the Gurudev's lotus feet, if you realize you are the Gurū." Otherwise, for you, it's nothing. What a great day the sun has risen today. It's the divine day, golden day, holiest day, happiest day today that you come and step in my house. "Satgurū Swāmījī, āj to sāheb āte ānanda karo." O my Lord, Satgurū Dev, please rest here today. Please make ānanda here, because wherever Gurudev is, there is ānanda, maṅgalam. "O Satgurudevam, kérlek pihenj meg itt, mert ahol Te vagy, ott ānanda van. O Moj Satgurudev, zastani danas ovde malo, unesi svoju ānandu, jer de godhe Gurudev, tuje ānanda." Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer Workshop

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