MILK to HUNGRY

MILK TO KIDS & HUNGRY

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HUMBLE REQUEST TO ALL FOLLOWERS OF LORD SHIVA ACCORDING TO HINDU CALENDAR:

please give 100s n 1000s liters of milk to kids and hungry people around you, Lord Shiva is always satisfied with just ONE DROP OF MILK AND WATER WITH ALL YOUR PURE HEART.

Milk, Water and many other edible things are a necessary part of rituals but I don’t think it has anything to do with measure. Hope this is as clear as crystal. Hope to see the beginning of changes in the world for the same. People with real brains will understand this just with a couple of words, rest enjoy wasting precious things for which you might regret later.

May Lord Shiva bless you for all your good wishes! : Om Namah Shivai :

Thank you all!

Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi

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Loudly and with full happiness repeat this: “Ganpati Bapa Moriya!”

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! Great god Ganesh will arrive at my place on this coming Monday i.e. 9th September 2013. He will stay for 10 days. Once again all friends, relatives and neighbours will get together at my place to spend good time with this wonderful guest. For those who cannot visit my place, you all can join us spiritually in all prayers and chanting.

A golden opportunity to make your wish come true. Whisper your wish into the ears of Lord Ganesh.

Technique is as follows:

> Offer his favourite food item “Modak” or any other foms of Laddu (sweet balls). If you cannot get it, there is another way to prepare laddu at home with three things only. Take Regular Indian Chapati (Roti), jaggery and ghee.
Crush chapati with hands as fine as possible (not like fine powder) and jaggery. Mix crushed chapati, jaggery and ghee very nicely and prepare balls of it.

> Flowers of his favourite color “Red”.

> Dhruva or Durva Grass is another most favourite thing to offer. Bermuda or Bahama Grass in English.

> Sanku Pushpam or Conch flower both flower and leaf is offered.

> Use Red Sandalwood paste on his forehead “Tilak”.
If you want to do the Puja at your premises:

> First clean the house and take a bath.
> A Clay image of Lord Ganesh is installed in a raised platform.
> Pray to Lord Ganesh and you can recite mantras or bhajans dedicated to Lord Ganesh.
> Next step is to invoke Ganesh into the image. This is known as pran-prathishta. The Pran Prathista mantra (Invocation) in Sanskrit is found in the Rig Veda and is part of Ganesh Suktha.

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Invocation in Sanskrit: (Sorry if there is any mistake in sanskrit invocation)

ganananh tva ganapatim havamahe kavim kavinam – upamashravastamam |
jyeshhtharajam brahmanan.h brahmanaspata A nah shrivnvannutibhih sida sadanam || (Rig Veda 2.23.1)

ni shhu sida ganapate ganeshhu tvamahurvipratamam kavinam |
na rite tvat.h kriyate kinchanare mahamarkam maghavan.h chitramarcha || (Rig Veda 10.112.9)

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Invocation in English:

We invoke You, O Ganapati of the ganas (Lord Shiva attendants), Who are Brahmana-spati of the brahmas (prayers), the wisest among the wise, Who abound in treasure beyond all measure, the most brilliant one. Do listen to our prayers, come with Your blessings and assurances of protection into our home, and be seated. (Rig Veda 2.23.1)

Sit down among the worshippers, O Ganapati, the best sage among the sages. Without You nothing can be done here or far. Accept with honour, O wealthy One, our great and variegated hymns of praise. (Rig Veda 10.112.9)

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After this, pray to god ganesh – Oh Lord Ganesh, Oh Ganpati Bapa, I have tried my best to do all this process and offerings. Please forgive me if there is any mistake done while doing this religious work. Please stay with me and my family and bless us with your divine love, light, power, health, knowledge, happiness, prosperity, wisdom. We all thank you for your priceless blessings. Thank you in full faith.

Ganesh Puja is bit flexible, our beloved god ganesh generally don’t get upset if a person does any mistake. In fact, god ganesh guides that person and makes him work as god ganesh wants. So don’t worry while doing puja. Just keep your mind and body and place as clean as possible, all the rest will be managed by God Ganesh himself.

Oh Ganpati Bapa, please shower your blessings on all of us and protect us from any evils of life. Thank you so much and we love you forever. Thank you.

Loudly and with full happiness repeat this: “Ganpati Bapa Moriya!”

Guru Purnima

Guru Purnima

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Generally, Hindus and Buddhists traditionally celebrate ‘Guru Purnima’ as a festival to thank teachers. It falls on the full moon day of June – July month (Ashad Month according to Hindu calendar). All the guidance and teachings of Guru is most powerful on the day of Guru Purnima. Teachers are always believed to be the most necessary part of anyone’s life. They are the remover of the darkness. Buddhists celebrate this festival in order to pay respect and gratitude to Lord Buddha. For Hindus, they celebrate to give respect to Sage Vyasa who not only born on this day but also finished writing Brahma Sutras on ashadha sudha padyami.

We all have passed under our teacher’s hands in one or the other way. Sometimes we fail to notice that teachers come in any form and we never know what that teacher is trying to teach us. From infant to aged teacher can be right there near you. If you notice, infants can teach us how to stay calm, peaceful throughout the day like you are in deep meditation. Kids below 4 years teach us how to dance freely like who cares, enjoy each and every moment of life they way they want, for them time is divided only in two i.e. day and night, eat when they are hungry and sleep whenever they are sleepy. After passing 4 year, they will teach us how to see the world in a whole new way, get surprises every minute, enjoy like you have never before just by seeing moving leaves and branches of tree by wind. From 7-8 years they can teach us how to satisfy your curiosity, learn to choose your interesting field, learn new things, follow what teachers said. So this way you never know who is your teacher for any particular thing, you must try to notice their presence throughout your life. Above all these, your parents are your best teachers, good or bad but they will make you best.

 

Try to imagine what would have happen if there were no teachers? You cannot even stand on your feet if there was no one to teach you. Teachers play very important role in our lives. They always help us climb steps. Once I’ve read somewhere that “Teachers call themselves the ladder”, they behave like a ladder step for their students. They ask their students to put their feet on them and go on higher levels.

We should respect them forever because if they were not there, we might be living like zombies. Everyday you should pray to them, you can do sharanagathi (like Hanuman did to Lord Rama) to get help remove every obstacles.

The very famous sloka on guru prayer is :

Guru Brahma Gurur Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshat Para Brahma
Tasmai Sree Gurave Namaha

Meaning: Guru is verily the representative of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. He creates, sustains knowledge and destroys the weeds of ignorance. I salute such a Guru.

Enjoy teachings of your Guru and all gurus. Respect them in all ways, help them if they need your help at any stage of your life. Sit in their feets and feel like heaven.

I salute the guru and respect my guru with full faith. I was, I am and I will be always thankful to you till my last breath. Thank you so much.

Lord Ganesha

Lord Ganesha (Elephant Head God)

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Asian culture is full of religious and spiritual stuff wherein you can find varied god and their respective sotries. Lord Ganesha, son of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati.

Similar to other god even Ganesha has many names, very famous amongst them are: Ganpati, Vinayak, Pillaiyar, Vighneshwara, Dvaimatura (one who has two mothers), Lambodara (one who has a pot belly, or, literally, one who has a hanging belly), Gajanana (having the face of an elephant), etc. List of 108 names of Ganesha is shown at the end of this article.

Ganesha is widely worshiped for many purposes like removing of obstacles, knowledge, wealth, power, etc. as he is the elder son of the creator, the destroyer Lord Shiva. He is worshiped in many different parts of the world like India, Nepal, United States, Canada, Mauritius, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma and Fiji.

Apart from Indians and specially Hindus, the story behind the elephant head is rarely known to others. Let us go through a quick short part of it. Mother of Lord Ganesha, Devi Parvati set him to stand guard at her door while she bathed. Lord Shiva returned and, as Ganesha didn’t know him, he didn’t allow him to enter. Lord Shiva became enraged, severed the head of the child and entered his house. Parvati got angry on Lord Shiva and asked him give her son back alive. Lord Shiva promised her and said that he will fix the head of any one who will come first on the way, suddenly an elephant came on the way and Lord Shiva fixed the head of an elephant in place of Ganesha’s head. In this way, Lord Ganesha came to be depicted as the elephant-headed God.

During Ganesh Chaturthi festival people buy Lord Ganesha idols to make them sit in their particular premises or nearby house/office with an open invitation to all. Prayers and offerings are given to all during the rituals everyday untill the date of Ganesh Visarjan (Ganesh Visarjan – People carry Ganesh idol to the water resources i.e. river, sea, etc. and put it in the water). Ganesh Visarjan ceremony is very glamours, full of traditional music, dance, joy & happiness all around. During Ganesh Visarjan you can also find feeling of losing someone you love the most, people request to the god to come back soon.

In the field of spiritual practices, it is said that Ganesh resides in the first chakra called Muladhar Chakra (Basic Chakra). Muladhar chakra is the chakra for manifestation or outward expansion and in other teachings it is also believed that muladhar chakra is for prosperity and will to live.

One can chant the following mantra as prayer:

• Vakra-Tunndda Maha-Kaaya Surya-Kotti Samaprabha Nirvighnam Kuru Me Deva Sarva-Kaaryessu Sarvadaa.
• Om Gum Ganpataye Namah Om
• Om Shree Ganashai Namah Om

Chanting can also be done on any one of the names of Lord Ganesh, here is the list of 108 names:

Akhurath – One who has Mouse as His Charioteer
Alampata – Ever Eternal Lord
Amit – Incomparable Lord
Anantachidrupamayam – Infinite and Consciousness Personified
Avaneesh – Lord of the whole World
Avighna – Remover of Obstacles

Balaganapati – Beloved and Lovable Child
Bhalchandra – Moon-Crested Lord
Bheema – Huge and Gigantic
Bhupati – Lord of the Gods
Bhuvanpati – God of the Gods
Buddhinath – God of Wisdom
Buddhipriya – Knowledge
Buddhividhata – God of Knowledge

Chaturbhuj – One who has Four Arms

Devadeva – Lord of All Lords
Devantakanashakarin – Destroyer of Evils and Asuras
Devavrata – One who accepts all Penances
Devendrashika – Protector of All Gods
Dharmik – One who gives Charity
Dhoomravarna – Smoke-Hued Lord
Durja – Invincible Lord
Dvaimatura – One who has two Mothers

Ekaakshara – He of the Single Syllable
Ekadanta – Single-Tusked Lord
Ekadrishta – Single-Tusked Lord
Eshanputra – Lord Shiva’s Son

Gadadhara – One who has The Mace as His Weapon
Gajakarna – One who has Eyes like an Elephant
Gajanana – Elephant-Faced Lord
Gajananeti – Elephant-Faced Lord
Gajavakra – Trunk of The Elephant
Gajavaktra – One who has Mouth like an Elephant
Ganadhakshya – Lord of All Ganas (Gods)
Ganadhyakshina – Leader of All The Celestial Bodies
Ganapati – Lord of All Ganas (Gods)
Gaurisuta – The Son of Gauri (Parvati)
Gunina – One who is The Master of All Virtues

Haridra – One who is Golden Coloured
Heramba – Mother’s Beloved Son

Kapila – Yellowish-Brown Coloured
Kaveesha – Master of Poets
Krti – Lord of Music
Kripalu – Merciful Lord
Krishapingaksha – Yellowish-Brown Eyed
Kshamakaram – The Place of Forgiveness
Kshipra – One who is easy to Appease

Lambakarna – Large-Eared Lord
Lambodara – The Huge Bellied Lord

Mahabala – Enormously Strong Lord
Mahaganapati – Omnipotent and Supreme Lord
Maheshwaram – Lord of The Universe
Mangalamurti – All Auspicious Lord
Manomay – Winner of Hearts
Mrityuanjaya – Conqueror of Death
Mundakarama – Abode of Happiness
Muktidaya – Bestower of Eternal Bliss
Musikvahana – One who has mouse as charioteer

Nadapratithishta – One who Appreciates and Loves Music
Namasthetu – Vanquisher of All Evils & Vices & Sins
Nandana – Lord Shiva’s Son
Nideeshwaram – Giver of Wealth and Treasures

Omkara – One who has the Form Of OM

Pitambara – One who has Yellow-Colored Body
Pramoda – Lord of All Abodes
Prathameshwara – First Among All
Purush – The Omnipotent Personality

Rakta – One who has Red-Colored Body
Rudrapriya – Beloved Of Lord Shiva

Sarvadevatman – Acceptor of All Celestial Offerings
Sarvasiddhanta – Bestower of Skills and Wisdom
Sarvatman – Protector of The Universe
Shambhavi – The Son of Parvati
Shashivarnam – One who has a Moon like Complexion
Shoorpakarna – Large-Eared Lord
Shuban – All Auspicious Lord
Shubhagunakanan – One who is The Master of All Virtues
Shweta – One who is as Pure as the White Color
Siddhidhata – Bestower of Success & Accomplishments
Siddhipriya – Bestower of Wishes and Boons
Siddhivinayaka – Bestower of Success
Skandapurvaja – Elder Brother of Skand (Lord Kartik)
Sumukha – Auspicious Face
Sureshwaram – Lord of All Lords
Swaroop – Lover of Beauty

Tarun – Ageless

Uddanda – Nemesis of Evils and Vices
Umaputra – The Son of Goddess Uma (Parvati)

Vakratunda – Curved Trunk Lord
Varaganapati – Bestower of Boons
Varaprada – Granter of Wishes and Boons
Varadavinayaka – Bestower of Success
Veeraganapati – Heroic Lord
Vidyavaridhi – God of Wisdom
Vighnahara – Remover of Obstacles
Vignaharta – Demolisher of Obstacles
Vighnaraja – Lord of All Hindrances
Vighnarajendra – Lord of All Obstacles
Vighnavinashanaya – Destroyer of All Obstacles & Impediments
Vigneshwara – Lord of All Obstacles
Vikat – Huge and Gigantic
Vinayaka – Lord of All
Vishwamukha – Master of The Universe
Vishwaraja – King of The World

Yagnakaya – Acceptor of All Sacred & Sacrficial Offerings
Yashaskaram – Bestower of Fame and Fortune
Yashvasin – Beloved and Ever Popular Lord
Yogadhipa – The Lord of Meditation