Today is Guru Purnima day – the day of full moon dedicated to the worship of Guru. On this day, the moon shines effulgently with all his 16 kalas (aspects). On your part you have to shed 16 aspects that are undesirable to man. These 16 comprise the following; eight types of pride (pride of physical strength, of birth, of scholarship, wealth, penance, beauty, youth and power), six kinds of enemies desire, anger, greed, infatuation, arrogance and envy), and the Rajo and Tamo gunas (passionate and slothful traits). It is only when these sixteen evil traits are eliminated that man will achieve fullness. These evil traits are preventing man from his realising his essential divinity. (SSS Vol.20, p. 116)