ॐSurdas Bhajan by Jagjit Singh - Tum Meri Rakho Laaj Hari

A soulful rendition by "Ghazal King" Jagjit Singh with pictures of Krishna Bhagwan and Vaisnava Gurus (Spiritual Masters)
The day of full moon, Purnima, in the month of Ashadh is traditionally celebrated as Guru Purnima by Hindus. Also known as Vyas Purnima, the day is celebrated in remembrance and veneration to sage Ved Vyas. He is the Adi (original) Guru of the Hindu Dharma, who classified the Vedas, wrote the eighteen Puranas and the Mahabharat. On this day, the Guru is offered Pujan (worship)by the disciples.

Surdas
Surdas was born blind and hence received harsh treatment from his family during his early childhood. One day at age 6, when he heard a group of devotional singers passing by his home, he simply followed them, and left home forever.

At age eighteen, Surdas met his future guru, the saint Sri Vallabhacharya on the banks of river Yamuna. Vallabhacharya took him under his tutelage and thus began Surdas's teaching in prevalent Bhakti Shuddha advaita (Non-dualism philosophy), as Vallabhacharya was the founder of the Pushti sect (Pushtimarg) in India.

Soon Surdas memorized the entire Shrimad Bhagvatam and started reciting it to throngs of people, and immersed himself into deep devotion to Krishna.Subsequently he went on to write some of greatest works in Hindu philosophy and Bhakti literature, the "Sur Sagar" (Ocean of Melody), Sur Saravali and Sahitya Lahiri.

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