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Worship at the junctions
of time - SandhyopasanaSandhyopasana
literally means - worship at the junctions of time. - It is a prayer and
worship offered to the Lord at the junction (Sandhi) of night and morning, forenoon and
afternoon and at the junction of evening and night. The Arghyapradana to the
sun and the meditation on and recitation of Gayatri, form the heart of the
worship. Properly understood, the whole Sandhya is an earnest prayer addressed
to the Lord to forgive all ones sins committed during ones routine, daily
activities and to bestow illumination and grace.
Excerpt from
All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda
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DURGA
The Saviour from all Sorrows and Dangers
The
Durga Puja is celebrated in various parts of India in different styles. But the
one basic aim of this celebration is to propitiate Shakti, the Goddess in Her
aspect as Power, to bestow upon man all wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity,
knowledge (both sacred and secular), and all other potent powers. Whatever be
the particular or special request that everyone may put before the Goddess is
being effected consciously or unconsciously. Everyone is blessed with Her
loving mercy and is protected by Her.
From " Hindu Fasts & Festivals " by Sri Swami
Sivananda.
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Bhakti Yoga Dictionary on Mantra
Mantra - a mystical sloka composed of the names of Sri Bhagavan which addresses any individual deity. Mantras are given to a disciple by a guru at the time of diksa. The question may be raised that since bhagavan-nama is independent, how can mantras, which are composed of the names of the Lord (bhagavan-nama) , be dependent upon diksa? Srila Jiva Gosvami has discussed this question in Bhakti-sandarbha (Anuccheda 284). He says that mantras are bhagavannamatmika. This means that mantras are composed of the names of Bhagavan. The difference is that mantras also contain some special words like nama, svaha, and klim. Sri Bhagavan and the rsis have invested mantras with special power by which those mantras reveal one’s own specific relationship with Krsna. Therefore it may seem that mantras are endowed with some special potencies that are not invested in nama. A contradiction arises because if bhagavan-nama (which is lacking these special attributes) is able to bestow the supreme object of attainment (parama-purusartha) without any need for diksa, how is it that mantras are dependent on diksa when they are even more powerful than nama? Srila Jiva Gosvami analyzes that by the constitutional nature of mantras, they are not dependent on diksa. Nonetheless, people in general are influenced by the bodily conception and their hearts are polluted with abominable desires. In order to curb these tendencies, the rsis have established regulations to be followed in the arcana-marga. Otherwise, by constitutional nature, there is no difference between nama and mantra in the matter of their independence of any formalities. Nama, being non-different from nami, or Bhagavan Himself, is already invested with all potencies. Therefore in actuality, the glory of nama is superior to that of mantras. Yet Jiva Gosvami says that the diksa-mantras are invested with the power to reveal the sadhakas’ specific relationship with the Lord - sri bhagavata samam atmasambandha- visesa-pratipadakas ca (Bhakti-sandarbha, Anuccheda 284). The same thing is stated in Anuccheda 283: divyam-jnanam hy atra srimati mantre bhagavat-svarupa-jnanam tena bhagavata sambandha-visesa-jnanam ca (see diksa). This means that when a guru who is situated on the platform of bhava gives diksa, the mantras are invested with the knowledge of Bhagavan’s svarupa and knowledge of one’s specific relationship with Him. Therefore, those who are desiring to attain the prema-seva of Sri Krsna in Vraja in one of the four relationships of dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, or madhura should accept diksa-mantras from a guru who is established in one of these moods.
(See also:
Mantra , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind
and Soul)
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Spiritual Theosophical
Dictionary on
Trees of Life
Trees of Life. From the highest antiquity trees were connected with the gods and mystical forces in nature. Every nation had its sacred tree, with its peculiar characteristics and attributes based on natural, and also occasionally on occult properties, as expounded in the esoteric teachings. Thus the peepul or Ashvattha of India, the abode of Pitris (elementals in fact) of a lower order, became the Bo-tree or ficus religiosa of the Buddhists the world over, since Gautama Buddha reached the highest knowledge and Nirvana under such a tree. The ash tree, Yggdrasil, is the world-tree of the Norsemen or Scandinavians. The banyan tree is the symbol of spirit and matter, descending to the earth, striking root, and then re-ascending heavenward again. The triple-leaved palasa is a symbol of the triple essence in the Universe - Spirit, Soul, Matter. The dark cypress was the world-tree of Mexico, and is now with the Christians and Mahomedans the emblem of death, of peace and rest. The fir was held sacred in Egypt, and its cone was carried in religious processions, though now it has almost disappeared from the land of the mummies; so also was the sycamore, the tamarisk, the palm and the vine. The sycamore was the Tree of Life in Egypt, and also in Assyria. It was sacred to Hathor at Heliopolis; and is now sacred in the same place to the Virgin Mary. Its juice was precious by virtue of its occult powers, as the Soma is with Brahmans, and Haoma with the Parsis. " The fruit and sap of the Tree of Life bestow immortality." A large volume might be written upon these sacred trees of antiquity, the reverence for some of which has survived to this day, without exhausting the subject.
(See also: Trees of Life , Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul,
Spiritual Dictionary,)
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Hindu Worship - RamnavmiRamnavmi
Lord
Rama, an Incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is measureless, who is of the nature
of pure Consciousness and bliss, who is the consort of Sita, Master of Sri
Hanuman, and the Lord of the three worlds, who took His birth at His own will
in order to establish righteousness, destroy the wicked and protect His
devotees.
Ramnavami
or the birthday of Lord Rama falls on the 9th day of the bright fortnight of
the month of Chaitra (March-April).
From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.
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Mysticism
Magick Dictionary
on
SISYPHUS
SISYPHUS In his The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus gives us a vision of Sisyphus that he claims is heroic: "... at that brief moment, before the stone begins to roll back downhill, Sisyphus triumphs again and again over the gods." I suggest that such a "triumph" is hardly worth mentioning. Indeed, it is no triumph at all, but a pathetic underscoring of Camus' own chronic spiritual depression. For these and other crimes against the human psyche, Camus stands forever indicted. There is, in fact, a far more satisfying and useful meaning to the story of Sisyphus than Camus was ever brave enough to reach out for. Nor was Camus able to encompass the obvious truth that mortals who incur the wrath of the gods, become themselves semi-divine. For to be touched by the gods, even to be tormented by their cruelties, is to lose one's mortality and partake of the higher life. Several versions of the story exist, but briefly what happens is that Sisyphus betrays a secret of Zeus in exchange for favors of a less important god. Apparently, even this brief encounter is sufficient to bestow upon him the ability to lock up Death as soon as Zeus hurls him into the underworld. He even manages to wangle permission from Pluto to return briefly to earth in order to conclude some personal business. Once back in life, however, Sisyphus will have nothing to do with the suggestion that he return to Hades. So Hermes is sent to drag him by the scruff of his neck back to his old moldering grave -- once there to spend forever pushing a stone up to the top of a tall hill. Once reaching the top, the stone would roll down again and he would have to push it up the hill again, ad aeternitatem. Now what is really happening is quite obvious. In wresting the power from Death, Sisyphus acquires the ability to see what it is that the gods in their mercy have tried to spare us. The mercy of death is forgetfulness, so that we are not obligated to re-experience, to no real purpose, the futility of remembering over and over again the tedium of being born, living and dying. In other words, Sisyphus becomes nothing less than the unwilling turner of the Karmic Wheel of Samsaric Life and Death, from which Buddha would deliver us. Since he refuses to die, Sisyphus is condemned to live forever -- that is, to remember everything. It isn't just that he wants to survive, but that he wants to survive at any cost, and so his punishment is to be granted only the mechanical side of life, stripped of its meaning.
(See
also: SISYPHUS , Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind
and Soul,)
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Kundalini Yoga - Mudras and BandhasMudras and Bandhas are certain postures of
the body by which Kundalini is successfully awakened. In Gheranda Samhita, the
description of 25 Mudras and Bandhas, is given. The following 12 are the most
important:-,, 1. Mula Bandha, 2. Jalandhara Bandha, 3. Uddiyana Bandha, 4.
Maha Mudra, 5. Maha Bandha, 6. Maha Vedha, 7. Yoga Mudra, 8. Viparitakarani
Mudra, 9. Khechari Mudra, 10. Vajroli Mudra, 11. Shakti Chalana Mudra, 12. Yoni
Mudra.
From "Kundalini
Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda
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Purnima:
THE
FULL moon day in the month of Ashad (July-August) is an extremely auspicious
and holy day of Guru Purnima. On this day, sacred to the memory of the great
sage, Bhagavan Sri Vyasa, Sannyasins settle at some place to study and
discourse on the thrice-blessed Brahma Sutras composed by Maharishi Vyasa, and engage
themselves in Vedantic, philosophical investigation.
From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.
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Shaktis of the NakshatrasThe Shaktis of the Nakshatras
Each Nakshatra has its particular
power or Shakti. These are also the powers of the Devatas or the deities ruling
the Nakshatras. Each of these Shaktis has its effect above and its effect
below, and the final result of these three factors. The imagery is of common
factors of plants, healing, worship, marriage and death.
Includes: Ashwini, Bharani, Krittika, Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Ardra, Punarvasu, Pushya, Aslesha, Magha, Purva
Phalguni, Uttara
Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Vishakha, Anuradha, Jyeshta, Mula, Purvashadha, Uttarashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhishak, Purva
Bhadra, Uttara
Bhadra and Revati.
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Soil Of IndiaIndia is the sacred land which has given birth to
countless sages, Rishis, Yogins, saints and prophets. India is the land that
has produced many Acharyas or spiritual preceptors like Sri Sankara and Sri
Ramanuja; many saints like Kabir, Ramdas, Tukaram and Gauranga Mahaprabhu; many
Yogins like Jnana Dev, Dattatreya and Sadasiva Brahman; and many prophets like
Buddha and Nanak. Buddha is our flesh and blood.
Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami
Sivananda
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Idol-WorshipThere
is no reference to worship of idols in the Vedas. The Puranas and the Agamas
give descriptions of idol-worship both in the houses and in the temples.
Idol-worship is not peculiar to Hinduism. Christians worship the Cross. They
have the image of the Cross in their mind. The Mohammedans keep the image of
the Kaba stone when they kneel and do prayers. The people of the whole world,
save a few Yogis and Vedantins, are all worshippers of idols. They keep some image
or the other in the mind.
The
mental image also is a form of idol. The difference is not one of kind, but
only one of degree. All worshippers, however intellectual they may be, generate
a form in the mind and make the mind dwell on that image.
Excerpt
from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda
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Worship: The Philosophy And Significance Of
Idol-Worship |
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Surrender and ServiceMost of our
ideas about surrender are just ideas, not lived sacrifice. Those who do not
know surrender can only talk about surrender, intuit surrender, and pray for
surrender. They certainly should not assume that they are surrendered
simply because they can speak about it elegantly, or because they once had an
insight about it.
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Karma-Mimamsa is an enquiry into the earlier portion of the Vedas, an enquiry
into the ritual of the Vedas or that portion of the Vedas which is concerned
with the Mantras and the Brahmanas only. The Purva Mimamsa is so called,
because it is earlier (Purva) than the Uttara Mimamsa, not so much in the
chronological as in the logical sense.
Excerpt from
All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda
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