Wishing u A Happy & Prosperous Ganesh Chaturthi- 2013

Wishing  u  A Happy & Prosperous Ganesh Chaturthi- 2013 Shree Ganesha...  Ganapati bappa Morya. !!!!!!! Ohm Vighneswaraya Namah ! Vinayakaya Namah ! Ganapathaye Namah ! Gajamughaya Namah ! Parvati nandanaya Namah ! Mushika vahanaya Namah ! Kailasa Putraya Namah ! Om Shri Vigneshwaraya Namaha ! About Ganesh Chaturthi    Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the birthday of Lord Ganesh (Ganesha), the god of wisdom and prosperity on the fourth day of the moons bright fortnight, or period from new moon in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi continue for five, seven, or ten days. Some even stretch it to twenty one days, but ten the most popularly celebrated. In the tradition of the right hand path the first day is the most important. In the left hand path tradition the final day is most important.                                      Ganesha is the god of wisdom and prosperity and is invoked before the beginning of any auspicious work by the Hindus. It is believed that for the fulfillment of one's desires, his blessing is absolutely necessary. According to the mythology, he is the son of Shiva and Parvati, brother of Kartikeya - the general of the gods, Lakshmi - the goddess of wealth and Saraswati-the goddess of learning. There are numerous stories in Hindu mythology, associated with the birth of this elephant-headed god, whose vehicle is the Mooshak or rat and who loves Modaks (droplet shaped Indian sweet).                                                  Legend has it that Parvati created Ganesha out of the sandalwood dough that she used for her bath and breathed life into him. Letting him stand guard at the door she went to have her bath. When her husband, Shiva returned, the child who had never seen him stopped him. Shiva severed the head of the child and entered his house. Parvati, learning that her son was dead, was distraught and asked Shiva to revive him. Shiva cut off the head of an elephant and fixed it on the body of Ganesha.                                                            Another tale tells of how one day the Gods decided to choose their leader and a race was to be held between the brothers- Kartikeya and Ganesh. Whoever took three rounds of the earth first would be made the Ganaadhipati or the leader. Kartikeya seated on a peacock as his vehicle, started off for the test. Ganesh was given a rat, which moved swiftly. Ganesh realised that the test was not easy, but he would not disobey his father. He reverently paid obeisance to his parents and went around them three times and thus completed the test before Kartikeya. He said, " my parents pervade the whole universe and going around them, is more than going round the earth." Everybody was pleasantly surprised to hear Ganesha's logic and intelligence and hence he came to be known as the Ganaadhipati or leader, now referred to as Ganpati.                                           There is also a story behind the symbolic snake, rat and the singular tusk. During one of his birthdays, His mother, Parvati, cooked for him twenty-one types of delicious food and a lot of sweet porridge. Ganesha ate so much that even his big belly could not contain it. Mounting his little mouse, he embarked on his nightly rounds. His mouse suddenly stumbled upon seeing a huge snake. To adjust His belly, Ganesha put the snake on as a belt around his stomach. All of a sudden, he heard laughter emanating form the sky.                                      He looked up and saw the moon mocking him. Ganesha infuriated, broke off one of his tusks and hurled it at the moon. Parvati, seeing this, immediately cursed the moon that whoever looks at it on Ganesh Chaturthi will be accused of a wrong doing. The symbology behind the mouse and snake and Ganesha's big belly and its relationship to the moon on his birthday is highly philosophic. The whole cosmos is known to be the belly of Ganesha. Parvati is the primordial energy. The seven realms above, seven realms below and seven oceans, are inside the cosmic belly of Ganesha, held together by the cosmic energy (kundalini ) symbolized as a huge snake which Ganesha ties around Him. The mouse is nothing but our ego... Ganesha, using the mouse as a vehicle, exemplifies the need to control our ego. One who has controlled the ego has Ganesha consciousness or God-consciousness.                                  Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations    The festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and many other parts of India. Started by Chatrapati Shiva Maharaja, the great Maratha ruler, to promote culture and nationalism, the festival was revived by Lokmanya Tilak (a freedom fighter) to spread the message of freedom struggle and to defy the British who had banned public assemblies. The festival gave the Indians a feeling of unity and revived their patriotic spirit and faith. This public festival formed the background for political leaders who delivered speeches to inspire people against the Western rule. The festival is so popular that the preparations begin months in advance.                                                    Ganesha statues installed in street corners and in homes, and elaborate arrangements are made for lighting, decoration, mirrors and the most common of flowers. Poojas (prayer services) are performed daily. The artists who make the idols of Ganesh compete with each other to make bigger and more magnificent and elegant idols. The relevantly larger ones are anything from 10 meters to 30 meters in height. These statues are then carried on decorated floats to be immersed in the sea after one, three, five, seven and ten days. Thousands of processions converge on the beaches to immerse the holy idols in the sea. This procession and immersion is accompanied by drum- beats, devotional songs and dancing.                                                                         It is still forbidden to look at the moon on that day as the moon had laughed at Ganesha when he fell from his vehicle, the rat. With the immersion of the idol amidst the chanting of "Ganesh Maharaja Ki Jai!" (Hail Lord Ganesh). The festival ends with pleas to Ganesha to return the next year with chants of "Ganpati bappa morya, pudcha varshi laukar ya" (Hail Lord Ganesh, return again soon next year.   <>      Below is given lord Ganesh's Aarthi.      Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh, Jai Ganesh deva Mata jaki Parvati, Pita Mahadeva. Ek dant dayavant, char bhuja dhari  Mathe sindur sohai, muse ki savari, Jai Ganesh... Andhan ko ankh det, kodhin ko kaya  Banjhan ko putra det, nirdhan ko maya, Jai Ganesh....  Pan chadhe, phul chadhe, aur chadhe meva Ladduan ka bhog lage, saht kare seva, ,Jai Ganesh....  Jai Ganesh, Jai Ganesh, Jai Ganesh deva, Mata jaki Parvati, Pita Mahadeva    Translation  Salutations to you , O Lord Ganesha, born of Parvati, the daughter of the Mountain King, Himalaya, and the great Lord Shiva. O Lord of compassion, you have a single tusk, four arms, a bright mark of vermilion on your forehead, and for conveyance the mouse. Glory, glory, all glory to you O Lord Ganesha You bestow vision on the blind, chastened bodies on the leprous, sons on barren women and wealth on the impecunious. Glory, glory, all glory to you O Lord Ganesha People offer you betel leaves, blossoms, dry fruits and laddus, while throngs of saints and seers attend you. Glory, glory, all glory to you O Lord Ganesha.     Om Ganesaya Namaha  Regards, R.Ramnath&Fly

Hartalika (Vrat) हरितालिका तीज व्रत :--8thSEPTEMBER2013

Hartalika (Vrat) हरितालिका तीज व्रत :--8thSEPTEMBER2013

Sankalp shakti ka pratik aur akhand saubhagya ki kamna ka param pavan vrat Haritalik Teej Hindu panchang ke anusar Bhadrapad maas ke Shukl paksh ki tritiya tithi ko manaya jata hai. Nari ke saubhagya ki raksha karnewale is vrat ko saubhagyavati striyan apne akshay saubhagya aur such ki lalsa hetu shraddha, lagan aur vishwas ke sath manati hain. Kunvari ladkiyan bhi apne man ke anuroop pati prapt karne ke liye is pavitra pavan vrat ko shraddha aur nishtha purvak manati hain. Har Bhagvan Bholenath ka hi ek naam hai aur chuki Shiv ko pati roop me prapt karne ke liye Maa Parvati ne is vrat ko rakha tha, isliye is pavan vrat ka naam Haritalika Teej rakha gaya. Is vrat ke suavsar par saubhagyavati striya naye laal vastra pahankar, mehandi lagakar, solah shringar karti hai aur shubh muhurt me Bhagvan Shiv aur Maa Parvati Ji ki pooja aarambh karti hai. Is pooja me Shiv-Parvati ki murtiyo ka vidhivat poojan kiya jata hai aur fir Harita

 lika Teej ki katha ko suna jata hai. Mata Parvati par suhag ka sara saman chadhaya jata hai. Bhakto me manyat hai ki jo sabhi paapo aur sansarik tapo ko harnewale Haritalika vrat ko vidhi purvak karta hai, uske saubhagya ki raksha svayam Bhagvan Shiv karte hain.
Pauranik kathanusa is pavan vrat ko sabse pahle Raja Himvaan ki putrid Mata Parvati ne Bhagvan Shiv ko pati roop me prapt karne ke liye kiya gaya tha aur unke tap aur aradhana se khush hokar Bhagvan Shiv ne Mata ko patni roop me sveekar kiya tha.

 

हरितालिका तीज व्रत :-
संकल्प शक्ति का प्रतीक और अखंड सौभाग्य की कामना का परम पावन व्रत हरितालिका तीज हिन्दू पंचांग के अनुसार भाद्रपद मास के शुक्ल पक्ष की तृतीया तिथि को मनाया जाता है. नारी के सौभाग्य की रक्षा करनेवाले इस व्रत को सौभाग्यवती स्त्रियां अपने अक्षय सौभाग्य और सुख की लालसा हेतु श्रद्धा, लगन और विश्वास के साथ मानती हैं. कुवांरी लड़कियां भी अपने मन के अनुरूप पति प्राप्त करने के लिए इस पवित्र पावन व्रत को श्रद्धा और निष्ठा पूर्वक करती है. हर भगवान भोलेनाथ का ही एक नाम है और चूँकि शिव को पति रूप में प्राप्त करने के लिए माँ पार्वती ने इस व्रत को रखा था, इसलिए इस पावन व्रत का नाम हरितालिका तीज रखा गया. इस व्रत के सुअवसर पर सौभाग्यवती स्त्रियां नए लाल वस्त्र पहनकर, मेहंदी लगाकर, सोलह श्रृंगार करती है और शुभ मुहूर्त में भगवान शिव और मां पार्वती जी की पूजा आरम्भ करती है. इस पूजा में शिव-पार्वती की मूर्तियों का विधिवत पूजन किया जाता है और फिर हरितालिका तीज की कथा को सुना जाता है. माता पार्वती पर सुहाग का सारा सामान चढ़ाया जाता है. भक्तों में मान्यता है कि जो सभी पापों और सांसारिक तापों को हरनेवाले हरितालिका व्रत को विधि पूर्वक करता है, उसके सौभाग्य की रक्षा स्वयं भगवान शिव करते हैं.
पौराणिक कथानुसार इस पावन व्रत को सबसे पहले राजा हिमवान की पुत्री माता पार्वती ने भगवान शिव को पति रूप में प्राप्त करने के लिए किया था और उनके तप और अराधना से खुश होकर भगवान शिव ने माता को पत्नी के रूप में स्वीकार किया था.

 

THE STORY

This is a three-day festival, celebrated by women also in honor of Parvati, in the month of Bhadrapad. By praying to Parvati on these three days, unmarried girls hope to get a husband like Shiva. Married women pray to her for marital bliss. According to Hindu mythology, Parvati was in love with Shiva. Being an ascetic however, Shiva was not aware of her. Parvati performed penance on the Himalayas for many years before Shiva finally noticed her.

Realizing the depth of her love and devotion, he agreed to marry her .Since then Parvati has been worshipped as Haritalika. Women and young girls maintain nirjala vrata on these three days, and keep awake all three nights. This is symbolic of the penance which Parvati undertook to get Shiva as her husband. They offer food to Brahmins and young girls. In Maharashtra, women wear green bangles, green clothes, golden bindis and kajal for luck. They distribute beautifully painted coconuts to their female relatives and friends and offer fresh fruit and green vegetables to the goddess as thanks giving. When the rituals are over, they eat a feast of jaggery and rice patolis steamed in banana leaves, a sweet made from coconut milk and rice, and mixed vegetables cooked with spices and coconut milk. Tender coconut water is the treat of this day.

YOU MAY VISIT & FWD TO YOUR FRIENDS PLEASE GO THROUGH THE POSTS
 ramajayam.rediffiland.com

ramajayamgomati.blogspot.com

JAYA RAMNATH

How to Live Well.......worth framing and keeping!

worth framing and keeping!  

  
How to Live Well 

'Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.' ~Seneca
Post written by Leo Babauta  .

I'm not a rich man, nor do I fly around the world and drink champagne with famous people in exotic locales, nor do I own a sports car or SUV or a yacht.
And yet, I'm very happy.
Much happier than seven years ago when I ate fried foods and sweets all time time and felt unhealthy and overweight, when I watched television and was out of shape, when I shopped a lot and was in debt, when I worked a job that paid fairly well and had no time for myself or my loved ones.
How have I accomplished this? With small tricks. The truth is, you don't need a lot to live well - you just need the right mindset.
Here's what I've learned about living well on little:

1. You need very little to be happy. Some simple plant food, modest shelter, a couple changes of clothes, a good book, a notebook, some meaningful work, and some loved ones. 

2. Want little, and you are not poor. You can have a lot of money and possessions, but if you always want more, you are poorer than the guy who has little and wants nothing. 

3. Focus on the present. Stop worrying about the future and holding onto the past. How much of your day is spent thinking about things other than where you are and what you're doing, physically, at this moment? How often are we living as opposed to stuck thinking about other things? Live now and you live fully. 

4. Be happy with what you have and where you are. Too often we want to be somewhere else, doing something else, with other people than whoever we're with right now, getting things other than what we already have. But where we are is great! Who we're with (including just ourselves) is already perfect. What we have is enough. What we're doing already is amazing. 

5. Be grateful for the small pleasures in life. Berries, a square of dark chocolate, tea - simple pleasures that are so much better than rich desserts, sugary drinks, fried foods if you learn to enjoy them fully. A good book borrowed from the library, a walk with a loved one in the park, the fine exertion of a short hard workout, the crazy things your child says, the smile of a stranger, walking barefoot on grass, a moment of quiet as the morning wakens and the world still rests. These little pleasures are living well, without needing much. 

6. Be driven by joy and not fear. People are driven by the fear of missing out, or the fear of change, or the fear of losing something. These are not good reasons to do things. Instead, do things because they give you or others joy. Let your work be driven not because you need to support a lifestyle and are afraid of changing it, but by the joy of doing something creative, meaningful, valuable. 

7. Practice compassion. Compassion for others creates loving, rewarding relationships. Compassion for yourself means forgiving yourself for past mistakes, treating yourself well (including eating well and exercising), loving yourself as you are. 

8. Forget about productivity and numbers. They matter not at all. If you are driven to do things to reach certain numbers (goals), you have probably lost sight of what's important. If you are striving to be productive, you are filling your days with things just to be productive, which is a waste of a day. This day is a gift, and shouldn't be crammed with every possible thing - spend time enjoying it and what you're doing.

       

 

VISIT BLOG &FWD TO YOUR FRIENDS

GO THROUGH THE I LAND POSTS

          

 ramajayam.rediffiland.com

ramajayamgomati.blogspot.com

RAMNATH

A Journey Called Life.....

Enjoy

 

 

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall 

to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

"What food might this contain?", the mouse wondered.
He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

  

Retreating to the farmyard,

the mouse proclaimed this warning :

 "There is a mousetrap in the house! 

There is a mousetrap in the house!"

 

The chicken clucked and scratched,

raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse,

I can tell this is a grave concern to you,

but it is of no consequence to me. 

I cannot be bothered by it."

The mouse turned to the pig and told him,

"There is a mousetrap in the house! 

There is a mousetrap in the house!"

 

The pig sympathized, but said,

"I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse,

but there is nothing I can do about it

but pray..

Be assured you are in my prayers."

   

 

The mouse turned to the cow and said,

"There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!"

             

The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you,

but it's no skin off my nose."

>  So, the mouse returned to the house,

head down and dejected,

to face the farmer's mousetrap

. . Alone.. .. .

  

That very night

a sound was heard throughout the house

-- the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

  

The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. 

In the darkness, she did not see it. 

It was a venomous snake

whose tail was caught in the trap.

 

The snake bit the farmer's wife.

 The farmer rushed her to the hospital.   

When she returned home she still had a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever

with fresh chicken soup.

So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard

for the soup's main ingredient:

But his wife's sickness continued. 

Friends and neighbors came to sit  with her

around the clock. 

 To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

                  

But, alas, the farmer's wife did not get well...

She died.

                   

So many people came for her funeral

that the farmer had the cow slaughtered

to provide enough meat for all of them

for the funeral luncheon.

 

And the mouse looked upon it all

from his crack in the wall

with great sadness.

 

So, the next time you hear

someone is facing a problem

and you think it doesn't concern you,

remember ---

When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life.

We must keep an eye out for one another

and make an extra effort

to encourage one another.

                  

YOU MAY WANT TO SEND THIS

TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER

HELPED YOU OUT... 

           

AND LET THEM KNOW

HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.

 

- REMEMBER -

 

EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD

IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY.

 

OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER

FOR A REASON.

             

One of the best things to hold onto

In this world is a FRIEND.

 

 

 

YOU MAY VISIT & FWD TO YOUR FRIENDS PLEASE GO THROUGH THE POSTS
 ramajayam.rediffiland.com

ramajayamgomati.blogspot.com

  


SMILE WITH
RAMNATH