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Saturday, 29 October 2016

How to Perform Lakshmi Pooja on Diwali

Lakshmi puja is one of the important rituals performed during the festival of Diwali. This ritual is performed to invite Goddess Lakshmi at home. Prayers are offered to the Goddess, so that the New Year (Hindu New Year) is filled with peace, wealth and prosperity. How to do Diwali Puja describes step by step instructions to perform a simple Diwali puja process at home.

Purify your house. Clean your house properly. Sprinkle Gangajal or water from Ganga river to purify the surrounding.

Set up the platform.Spread the red cloth on a raised platform and keep a handful of grains in the center.

Place the kalash. Place the kalash in the middle. Fill it with 75% of water and put one supari, one marigold flower, a coin and some rice grains. Put 5 mango leaves in the kalash and arrange them in a circular design on the neck of the kalash.

Place Goddess Lakshmi. Keep a small Puja thali on the kalash and make a small flat mountain of rice grains. Draw a lotus with haldi over it and place the idol or Goddess Lakshmi in the center. Place some coins in front of it.

Place Lord Ganesha's idol. Lord Ganesha is given first importance in every puja. Therefore, on the right side (South-West direction) of the kalash, place the idol of Ganesha. Apply a tilak of haldi and kumkum. Put some rice grains on the idol.

Place books/wealth related items.Now place some books or anything related to your business or wealth besides the arrangement.

Light diya. Light diya and place it in a thali along with some haldi, kumkum and rice grains. (sandalwood paste, saffron paste, abeer and gulal are optional)

Start the puja/aarti. Start the puja by applying tilak to the kalash. Apply the same to the lota that is filled with water. Now offer some flowers to each of them.

Recite Diwali Puja mantra. Take some rice and flowers. Join your hands together and close your eyes. Recite the Diwali puja mantra of goddess Lakshmi or just chant her name and meditate for few minutes to invoke her.

1. Mantra for Worship

Lakshmi Vinayaka Mantra (लक्ष्मी विनायक मन्त्र)
ॐ श्रीं गं सौम्याय गणपतये वर वरद सर्वजनं मे वशमानय स्वाहा॥
Om Shreem Gam Saumyaya Ganpataye Vara Varada
Sarvajanam Me Vashamanaya Svaha॥

2. Mantra for worship 2

Lakshmi Ganesha Dhyana Mantra (लक्ष्मी गणेश ध्यान मन्त्र)

दन्ताभये चक्रवरौ दधानं, कराग्रगं स्वर्णघटं त्रिनेत्रम्।
धृताब्जयालिङ्गितमाब्धि पुत्र्या-लक्ष्मी गणेशं कनकाभमीडे॥

Dantabhaye Chakravarau Dadhanam, Karagragam Swarnghatam Trinetram।
Dhritabjayalingitamabdhi Putrya-Lakshmi Ganesham Kanakabhamide॥

Offer flower. Offer the flower and rice grains to the Goddess after the prayer.

Bathe the idol of Lakshmi. Now pick up the idol of Lakshmi and place it in a thali. Bathe it with water followed by panchamrita. Clean it with water again. Wipe the idol and place it back on the kalash.

Put the garland. Now apply haldi and kumkum (sandal paste, saffron paste, abeer or gulal) along with rice to the idol. Place the garland cotton beads around the neck of the Goddess. Place some marigold flower and some Bel leaves. Burn few agarbatti and dhoop.

Offer sweets & coconut. Offer coconut and place a supari on a supari leaf. Now put some haldi, kumkum and rice over it. Pour some puffed rice, coriander seeds and cumin seeds over the idol. Place some mithai, Diwali sweets, fruits and money or gold ornaments in front of it.

Perform aarti. Worship the idol by performing the lakshmi puja aarti.

Wish you all a Happy Diwali.

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Narada Samhita in Bengali (downloadable pdf)

Narada Samhita in Bengali

The Complete book can be downloaded from the link below.

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Sunday, 28 August 2016

Guided Meditation for Chakra Balancing

Press the play button to listen to the Guided Meditation for Chakra Balancing and Healing.
I recommend you use a good quality headphone in a quiet environment.
You may download the file here: https://www.4shared.com/mp3/-CGgB1rH/chakra_balancing__healing_-_gu.html

Guided Meditation for Awakening the Third Eye

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You can download the file here: https://www.4shared.com/mp3/jrv8vt__/awakeningthethirdeyepracticalm.html

Guided Meditation for Astral Projection

Please use quality headphones and listen to the 45 minute meditation session.

You may download the mp3 file and listen in mp3 player while laying on your bed.

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Damara Tantra in Bengali ( downloadable pdf )

Damara Tantra

Download Here:
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Complete Mahabharata in English (downloadable pdf)

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Mahabharata (English)
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The Complete Bhagavad Gita - All Chapters

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

How to please Lord Shiva by offering leaves

Shiva, the three-eyed Lord of Destruction or Transformation is the most innocent of all. Religiously offering him your true devotion and prayers will not only yields desirable results, but also relieve you of your suffering, poverty, and negativity.

Unlike other Gods, to whom you offer flowers and incense sticks to please them, Lord Shiva can be pleased if you offer him leaves.

It is advised to offer Bilva leaves along with Dhatura and cold milk on Shivlinga, which are considered auspiciously important for his worshipping. But, did you know that Lord Shiva also accepts offering of these 6 different leaves.

1. Peepal

As mentioned in Skanda Purana, the trinity- Lord Brahma (in the roots), Lord Vishnu (in the trunk) and Lord Shiva (in the leave) reside in the peepal tree; each of them holding a sacred place. Hence, offering leaves from Peepal tree to Shivaling is also considered equally auspicious as Bilva. In order to reduce the ill-effects of the ‘Shani dosha’ and other planetary conflicts, it is advised to offer peepal leaves to Lord Shiva regularly.

2. Banyan

In many Hindu scriptures it is mentioned that Banyan tree is a symbol of immortality, but does not signify birth or renewal. Hence, it is refrained from being included in rituals related to fertility and marriage. Lord Shiva symbolically sits under the Banyan, the botanical embodiment of the universal soul, facing the terror of death. So, if one offer leaves from Banyan tree to Lord Shiva, they are blessed with long-life and misfortunes stay at bay.

3. Ashoka

One of the most sacred trees in Hinduism, Ashoka, is considered pious. These leaves are religiously used in almost every auspicious occasion to attract positive energy. Religiously offering Asoka leaves to Lord Shiva would ward off issues related to infertility and help one gain immense fame in society.

4. Mango

Leaves of Mango trees are often used to adorn entrances at home to signify good fortune. Its holy significance has mention in Indian legends, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Offering Mango leaves to Lord Shiva would make him bless us with immense wealth and prosperity.

5. Aak

The fruit of Aak tree is one of the favorites of Lord Shiva and is offered to him on religious occasions. The leaves however, are offered to Shivling, in order to get relief from any kind of mental illness or distress.

6. Anar

Leaves of pomegranate tree are offered to Lord Shiva, with the sole purpose of seeking his blessings and asking him to ward of pain and grief.

What not to offer to Lord Shiva?

According to Hindu culture, it is advised to not keep a ‘Shivlinga’ in a place where it is not regularly worshipped with proper rituals. As showing disrespect to his symbol may anger the lord. It is said that Lord Shiva or Bholenath is very innocent and may get pleased in no time. But, his anger too is well-renowned. Lord Shiva should also not be worshipped with the offerings of some flowers and leaves.

1. Ketaki Flowers

One day, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma ensued in a battled to prove their supremacy among the ‘Divine Trinity’, and just when they were about to use the deadly weapons against each other, Lord Shiva appeared in the form of Jyotirlinga. He ordered them to find the origin and end of him. Lord Vishnu headed for the end, but failed to find it, and while Lord Brahma was going up he asked the flower of Ketaki to lie along with him. Upon their respective returns, Lord Vishnu accepted his defeat; Lord Brahma lied that he found the origin and Ketaki flower sided him. Angered by their lie, Lord Shiva cut of one of Lord Brahma’s head and diminished him from ever being worshipped as a Lord. He then turned to Ketaki flower and cursed it to never be used in worshipping his symbol, Shivlinga.

2. Tulsi

According to legends in Shivpurana, an Asura named Jalandhar was killed and burned to ashes by Lord Shiva. Jalandhar was blessed with a boon (that depended on his wife’s chastity) to remain undefeated by gods. So, Lord Vishnu had to breach Jalandhar’s wife Tulsi’s chastity. Upset over her husband’s death and angered by this betrayal, Tulsi banished Lord Shiva from being worshipped by her divine leaves.

3. Coconut Water

Though one can offer coconuts to Lord Shiva, but must never worship Shivlinga with coconut water. Everything offered on Shivlinga is considered as nirmalaya, thus forbidden from being consumed. And, as consuming coconut water after being offered on deities is considered as mandatory to drink, it is thus not offered on Shivlinga.

4. Haldi

The sacred Turmeric powder must never be offered to Shivlinga, as the former is considered to enhance the beauty of females. And, Shivlinga is a symbol of Lord Shiva.

5. Kumkum

Sindoor or kumkum is believed to be sacred for married Indian women; as they apply it to seek the long life of their spouse. But, as Lord Shiva is the supreme destroyer, worshipping his symbol with KumKum is not considered auspicious.

These are the basic dos and donts for the offerings to Lord Shiva. May his blessings bless us all. Om Namah Shivay.

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