The Guru Gita is a Hindu scripture

Hindu scripture

The Literature regarded as central to the Vedic and Hindu literary tradition was originally predominantly composed in Sanskrit. Indeed, much of the morphology inherent in the learning of Sanskrit is inextricably linked to study of the Vedas and other early texts....

 authored by the sage, Vyasa

Vyasa

Vyasa is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa , or Krishna Dvaipayana...

. It is a part of the larger Skanda Purana

Skanda Purana

The Skanda Purana is the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text is devoted mainly to the lilas of Kartikeya , a son of Shiva and Parvati. It also contains a number of legends about Shiva, and the holy places associated with him...

. It describes a conversation between the Hindu God, Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 and his wife, the Hindu Goddess Parvati

Parvati

Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...

, in which she asks him to teach her about the Guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

. Shiva answers her by describing the Guru principle, the proper ways of worshiping the Guru and the methods and benefits of repeating the Guru Gita.

Further reading

• The Nectar of chanting: Sacred texts and mantras sung in the ashrams of Swami Muktananda
  Muktananda
  Swami Muktananda is the monastic name of an Indian Hindu guru and disciple of Bhagavan Nityananda. Swami Muktananda was the founder of Siddha Yoga...
  
  : Sanskrit transliteration with English translations SYDA Foundation
  Siddha Yoga
  Siddha Yoga is a spiritual path based on the Hindu spiritual traditions of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism. The Siddha Yoga path was founded by Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa . The present spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path is Gurumayi Chidvilasananda...
  
   Rev. ed edition (1978) ISBN 978-0914602163
• Paramhansa Pranavadarshan, Shri Guru Gita, Pranava, Inc. May 12, 2001 ISBN 978-0970779106
• Swami Shivom Tirthm, Shri Guru Gita - The Divine Song of the Guru Swami Shivom Tirth Ashram Inc February 25, 2006 ISBN 978-0967630656
• Swami Narayanananda, Sri Guru Gita, Divine Life Society
  Divine Life Society
  The Divine Life Society is a religious organization and an ashram, founded by Swami Sivananda Saraswati in 1936, at Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, India...
  
  October 11, 2005 ISBN 978-8170520924

External links

• Shri Guru Gita in English, Hindi, and MP3