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Margazhi -1

Dear Friends,

namaste.

Here the month of margazhi has come. These days are very auspicious.  full moon light.. enjoy the beauty. moon like faced ones common on. start now. sing in praise of Sri Krishna… Dear girls you live comfortably here with the thinking of Sri Narayana and you are all wearing all beautiful ornaments which adds beauty to your natural beauty.

First we have to sing the praise of time.. kala.. kal which is more powerful than anything.   In the Bhagavat Gita Sri Krishna declares that  among the moths He Himself is Margazhi.. it is brahma muhurtha and dawn is the time of and the primary tendency of sattva or purity to enjoy the Atman, the pure God-consciousness.

Margazhi  is called Margasirsa.. marga means a way, sirsa means to attain God..God is attained through karmayoga ie action without expecting reward (nirkamakarma), Jananayoga  ie realisation of self and bhaktiyoga devotion to God.  But i tell you none of these ways can bring the God closer to us.  In fact, God along should come close to us. Margasirsa insists us to have faith  that God alone is the means to attain God.

listen the glory of Sri Krishna..

i am going to narrate about Sri Krishna,  Sri Krishna is the son of Nandagopa, who loves his son ever keeps alert .. Sri Krishnas mother is Yasodha whose bhakti is not understood by great sages like Narada, her lion cub son is Sri Krishna.

now let us enjoy the beauty of Sri Krishna son of Yasodha and Nandagopa. Sri Krishna ‘s body is like the dark of dark cloud, His eyes bright as red lotua petals, His face radiating divine charm, who is none but Narayana Himself.

His work is to give us what we needed, whatever we have it is HIS PRASAD. He is the giver and fulfillers of all our wishes.

Suitable time to do ritual….

by whom the ritual to be sone..

what should they do..

what they should obtain as the fruit of this ritual…

Now we need to do Durga pooja for which we need the ancient musical instrument parai and we will request Sri Krishna, giver of anything to His pure devotees…

Parai is  a drum, played by hands, keeping near the heart and by singing  and dancing.

it is an important instrument for this ritual, which is the means of highest end.

Parai signifies the three important activities of the mind, tongue and body.

parai is kept near the heart. We sing and dance which playing the parai.

Bath is merging with Sri Krishna because all the jeevathmas are river and Sri Krishna is the Ocean..

Sri Krishna is Nadhi , river we are all drops of water.. Sri Krishna is water we must purify ourselves by uttering the name of Sri Krishna always.

All of you join now to take holy bath and will do Durga Pooja to attain the LORD OF LORDS SRI KRISHNA..

OM SRI KRISHNAYA NAMAHA..

 

 

 

 

YOGA

YOGA

Swami Satyananda Saraswathi says that Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion.  It is the most valuable  inheritance of the present.  It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow.

Lord Shiva is considered to be the symbol or embodiment of supreme consciousness.  Parvati represents supreme knowledge, will and action. They are responsible for all creation.

swami Sivananda Saraswathi explains Yoga as  an “integration and harmony between thought, feeling and deed, or integration between head, heart and hand”. When a persons practices yoga regularly, he can develop awareness develops of the interrelation between the emotional, mental and physical level,and how a disturbance in any of these effects the others and how he easily manages the problems.

Yoga of many types and of course with many names:

Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti yoga, mantra yoga, Kundalini Yoga and laya yoga, Nada yoga etc.,

Yoga means, unity or oneness and is derived from the sanskrit word yuj, which means ” to join”.   This is the union of the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness.  In simple words, yoga is an act if  balancing and harmonizing the body, mind and emotions with the help of regular practice of asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, shatkarma and meditation.

Yoga is also a type of tantra. tantra is a combination of two words, tanoti and trayati, which mean expansion and liberation.  In earlier days, yoga techniques were kept secret as it was a tantra form of keeping the body and mind in clear and healthy way.

  1. Asana:

Prior to everything, asana is spoken of as the first part of hatha Yoga.

Having done asana, one attains steadiness of body and mind, freedom from disease and lightness of the limbs.

therefore Asana means a state of being in which one can remain physically and mentally steady, calm, quiet and comfortable.  In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali there is a definition for yogasana, which says that the position which is comfortable and steady.

In the Raja yoga, asana refers to the sitting position, in hatha yoga it means something more. asana is a specific body positions which open the energy channels and psychic centres.  Asasans are used as tools to higher awareness and provide the stable foundation for further exploration of the body, breath, mind and beyond.

…. to be continued.

V.MEENAKSHI JAYAKUMAR.