Shri Radhe Maa - Bhakti Sandhya

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Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Gyan Amrut

If you wish to enjoy a position, find ways of being useful, hard working and cooperative with the people whose favor has given you the position.

- Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa

You have to be relevant in the world to survive and prosper. Why should the boss employ you if you are not useful? Why should he give you more responsibilities if you are not hard working. Why should others help you enjoy the fruits of the world if you never cooperate with them and only think of yourself. He who abandons the idea of seva and starts thinking of himself is sure to fail because he who does not give does not get. Such is the law of the universe.

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Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Gyan Amrut - If you won't improve yourself, who will?

If you won't improve yourself, who will?

- Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa

It is thanks to good deeds in the past that one gets the service of the guru. However, the best doctor cannot treat you if you do not take the medicine. Bitter or sweet, how will you cure yourself of this fever of maya, if you do not take the medicine. Follow the guru's instructions and act on it. This is the only way out.

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Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Gyan Amrut

Do not desire a long life or an early death. 

- Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa 

Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Spiritual Quotes

Life is beautiful. God is fair. The law of karma is perfect. You are responsible for all the good and bad in your life. Think not whether life has been fair in giving you what you deserve. Think instead of what you can make of what you have been given. 

Birth is a fact, so is death. Be good, do good. Do not worry about when Lord Yama will come. Just perform good deeds and live your life according to the dicatates of the shastras. You will not be disappointed when Yama comes. 

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Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Gyan Amrut

Shri Radhe Guru Maa - Spiritual Quotes

We are souls who have assumed bodies to receive the fruits of karmas performed over several births. It is true that once we are born we have to address issues connected with money and relationships. However, we should remember that if we do not surrender to a guru and start our journey towards God, even if we become richer, famous or more powerful, we cannot release ourselves from our slavery of our five senses. The closer we are to Guru and God, the richer we are. All other riches come and go.

- Shri Radhe Guru Maa 

Shri Radhe Maa - Divya Darshan

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The Significance of Chhath Puja

 

Chhath also known as Dala Chhath is an important festival celebrated in Bihar and many other parts of India in which the setting of the sun (dawn) is worshipped. This festival is also celebrated in neighbouring areas such as Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Trai areas of Nepal with a little difference.

Chhath Puja is observed during the 6^thday (sashthi) lunar fortnight of the Karthik month. (Karthik month occurs from last October to mid November). This festival is celebrated to thank the Sun God for offering energy to earth, continuously enabling the environment suitable for the people to live.

Devotees assemble at rivers and ponds including Ganges and take a holy dip before preparing the offerings (Prasad). The main constituent of the offerings are Thekua, which is a wheat based cake. Offerings are preferably cooked on earthen Chulha (oven). Some traditions are exercised with little difference varying from region to region and across the families with basic similarity.

During the puja, offerings are put in small, semicircular pans woven out of bamboo strips called soop. Chhath is a Hindu festival but many muslim families also participate in this holy festival.                        

 

So lets celebrate the festival of Chhath together and offer prayers to the sun. 

 

The Significance of Bhai Dooj

Diwali, the festival of lights, is a five day long celebrations.

The 5th or the last day of diwali is Bhaiya Dooj, popularly known as Bhai Dooj. The reason why this festival is known as bhai dooj is that it falls on the second day after the new moon that is the ‘Dooj’ day. And it is a day to pray for the long life of the brother, which is referred as “bhayya or bhai”.

According to religious scriptures, Yamaraj, the God of death, went to visit his sister's house after a long period of separation. His sister, Yami was very happy to see him and welcomed him by putting an auspicious mark on his forehead for his welfare. Yami and Yamraj then shared a meal. He was so pleased with his sister's reception, he proclaimed that every year, on the dooj day, if a sister puts a tilak on her brother's forehead, then no one can harm her brother. Till date, this tradition is followed. Sisters perform puja for their brother’s safety and well being. Brothers in return give gifts to their sisters as a token of love.

The festival of Diwali is incomplete without bhai dooj. It is referred as “Bhaiyya-Duj” in the Hindi-speaking belt, “Bhav--Bij” in the Marathi-speaking communities, "Bhai fota" in Bengal and "Bhai-Tika" in Nepal.

The Significance of Govardhan-Puja

Govardhan-Puja is also performed in the North on this day. Govardhan is a small hillock in Braj, near Mathura and on this day of Diwali people of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar build cowdung, hillocks, decorate them with flowers and then worship them. This festival is in commemoration of the lifting of Mount Govardhan by Krishna. As per Vishnu-Puran the people of Gokul used to celebrate a festival in honor of Lord Indra and worshiped him after the end of every monsoon season but one particular year the young Krishna stopped them from offering prayers to Lord Indra who in terrific anger sent a deluge to submerge Gokul.

People were afraid that the downpour was a result of their neglect of Indra. But Krishna assured them that no harm would befall them. He lifted Mount Govardhan with his little finger and sheltered men and beasts from the rain. This gave him the epithet Govardhandhari. After this, Indra accepted the supremacy of Krishna.

Lakshmi Puja on Diwali

The third day of Diwali festival is the most important for Lakshmi puja and is entirely devoted to the propitiation of Goddess Lakshmi. On this very day sun enters his second course and passes Libra which is represented by the balance or scale. Hence, this design of Libra is believed to have suggested the balancing of account books and their closing. Despite the fact that this day falls on an amavasya day it is regarded as the most auspicious.

The day of Lakshmi-Puja falls on the dark night of Amavasya. The strains of joyous sounds of bells and drums float from the temples as man is invoking Goddess Laxmi in a wondrous holy "pouring-in" of his heart. All of a sudden that impenetrable darkness is pierced by innumerable rays of light for just a moment and the next moment a blaze of light descends down to earth from heaven as golden-footed Deep-Lakshmi alights on earth in all her celestial glory amidst chantings of Vedic hymns. 

Lakshmi Puja consists of a combined puja of five deities: Ganesha is worshiped at the beginning of every auspicious act as Vighnaharta; Goddess Lakshmi is worshiped in her three forms - Mahalakshmi (the goddess of wealth and money), Mahasaraswati (the goddess of books and learning), and Mahakali; Kuber (the treasurer of the gods) is also worshiped.

The Significance of Chhoti Diwali

The day before Diwali is celebrated as Chhoti Diwali / Narak Chaturdasi or 'small Diwali'. It is Diwali on a smaller scale, with fewer lights lit and fewer crackers burst. The morning after Choti Diwali, the women of the house make beautiful, colored rangoli in the doorway and courtyard. Tiny footprints made out of rice paste are a special feature of the rangolis made for Diwali. In Hindu homes, Chhoti Diwali celebrations involve a ritual puja to Goddess Lakshmi and also to Rama in the evening. Songs in honor of the god are sung and aarti is performed.

In South India that victory of the divine over the mundane is celebrated in a very peculiar way. People wake up before sunrise prepare a paste by mixing Kumkum in oil, symbolizing blood and after breaking a bitter fruit that represents the head of the demon King that was smashed by Krishna, apply that mixture on their foreheads. Then they have an oil bath using sandalwood paste.

In Maharashtra also, traditional early baths with oil and "Uptan" (paste) of gram flour and fragrant powders are a `must'. All through the ritual of baths, deafening sounds of crackers and fireworks are there in order that the children enjoy bathing. Afterward steamed vermicelli with milk and sugar or puffed rice with curd is served.

Dhanteras

- Dhanteras - 

Dhanteras marks the first day of five-days-long Diwali

Festival.  Dhanteras Festival, also known as Dhantrayodashi or Dhanwantari Triodasi, falls on the auspicious thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Kartik (October/November). 

In the word Dhanteras, "Dhan" stands for wealth. On Dhanteras Goddess Laxmi is worshiped to provide prosperity and well being. Hence Dhan Teras holds a lot more significance for the business community.

Dhanteras Celebrations 

 
Dhanteras is celebrated with gusto and enthusiasm. "Lakshmi-Puja" is performed in the evenings when tiny diyas of clay are lighted to drive away the shadows of evil spirits. Bhajans ir devotional songs- in praise of Goddess Laxmi are sung and "Naivedya" of traditional sweets is offered to the Goddess. There is a peculiar custom in Maharashtra to lightly pound dry coriander seeds with jaggery and offer as Naivedya.

In villages cattle are adorned and worshiped by farmers as they form the main source of their income. In south cows are offered special veneration as they are supposed to be the incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi and therefore they are adorned and worshiped on this day. 

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The Gupta family holds a 'Bhakti Sandhya' every 15 days, which is open to all devotees free of cost.

It is a religious gathering at Radhe Maa Bhavan, organised to worship Maa Jagdambe. Load Shiva and other deities are honored with prayers and bhajans. It involves ritual worship (puja), bhajan (singing of devotional hymns), prasad (grace in the form of a gift from Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa) and langer (communal meal) followed by darshan of Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa.

All are welcome to attend Next Bhakti Sandhya and to take divine darshan of Mamtamai Shri Radhe Guru Maa, which is on November 17 , 2012 from 8pm onwards (IST). For more details call on +91 982 096 9020

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF "KARWA CHAUTH"

Karwa Chauth is a Hindu custom of fasting observed by women seeking the well-being and prosperity of their husbands. This tradition is very popular amongst married women in the northern and western parts of India like Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and many more.

‘Chauth’ refers to the fourth day and the term ‘Karwa’ is an earthen pot with a spout symbolizing peace and prosperity; hence the name Karva Chauth. This festival falls in the ‘Karthik’ month of the Hindu calendar (October - November).

It is considered as the most important and difficult fast observed by Indian women. The fast begins at sunrise and ends only after offering prayers and worshiping the moon. The pooja preparations start a day in advance. Married women buy ‘shringar’ or traditional adornments and other pooja items like the karwa, matthi, heena etc.

Once the moon rises, the women see its reflection in a thali of water, or through a dupatta or a sieve. They offer water to the moon and seek its blessings. They pray for the safety, prosperity and long life of their husbands. This marks the end of the day long fast.