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**Ifroham4** · 03-14-2006, 05:33 PM

I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done?

**doctorzlo** · 03-14-2006, 05:47 PM

Hmm....well I wudn't nec. think pujas wud, bingle.......I've lately lost faith tat they determine the spirituality/holiness of a person, young or old!
I wud take Swami Vivekananda's saying tat to judge the character of a gr8 person look at ther most ordinary/routine actions/behaviour

Well, pujas ! Guess u think that as a simple to do ritual ! but pujas are not as what u explained here as ! U take ur mind n body n soul together as in one place n on one mind(today we call this state as meditation) and recite the holy manthrams(coz the manthrams create the vibrations! Some ppl meditate and bring this state, n some ppl choose one single objective in mind(ONE GOD) and do the puja .... So here view that as MEDITATION ! Puja is one state of meditation !

meditation does not mean just closing ur eyes n sitting in one place !It means a lot more !

Ya, i do abide with Swamis sayings ! This puja punniyam cannot be viewed outside .... when he is able to bring his mind into a single state then his character is visible outside ..... as his real character !

That s why i quoted pujas too ! Hope this clarifies

**Ifroham4** · 03-14-2006, 05:53 PM

I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done?

Indians make an offering of food to the Lord and later partake of it as prasaada - a holy gift from the Lord. In our daily ritualistic worship (pooja) too we offer naivedyam (food) to the Lord.

The Lord is omnipotent and omniscient. Man is a part, while the Lord is the totality. All that we do is by His strength and knowledge alone. Hence what we receive in life as a result of our actions is really His alone. We acknowledge this through the act of offering food to Him. This is exemplified by the Hindi words "tera tujko arpan"– I offer what is Yours to You. Thereafter it is akin to His gift to us, graced by His divine touch.

Knowing this, our entire attitude to food and the act of eating changes. The food offered will naturally be pure and the best. We share what we get with others before consuming it. We do not demand, complain or criticise the quality of the food we get. We eat it with cheerful acceptance (prasaada buddhi).

Before we partake of our daily meals we first sprinkle water around the plate as an act of purification. Five morsels of food are placed on the side of the plate acknowledging the debt owed by us to the Divine forces (devta runa) for their benign grace and protection, our ancestors (pitru runa) for giving us their lineage and a family culture, the sages (rishi runa) as our religion and culture have been "realised", aintained and handed down to us by them, our fellow beings (manushya runa) who constitute society without the support of which we could not live as we do and other living beings (bhuta runa) for serving us selflessly.

Thereafter the Lord, the life force, who is also within us as the five life-giving physiological functions, is offered the food. This is done with the chant

praanaaya swaahaa,
apaanaaya swaahaa,
vyaanaaya swaahaa,
udaanaaya swaahaa,
samaanaaya swaahaa,
brahmane swaahaa

After offering the food thus, it is eaten as prasaada - blessed food.

**softy54534** · 03-14-2006, 05:55 PM

Why do we do Abishekam?
In 1 view its all wasting food...
I want to know the actuall meaning behind this

**Drugmachine** · 03-14-2006, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by bingleguy As per certain rules, we are not supposed to touch their feet when u do namaskaram, except the feet of ur parents or grand parents ... for all others we shld not touch their feet !

Why it is so? Is there any reason behind this?
Why am asking this is, whenver I obeisance my GURUJI I touch his feet! ( Kannula Othippen) It depends Aarthi ! As a guru you are prostrating ! U must have heard the saying Maatha, Pitha, Guru, Deivam ! So he is at par with all !
He my guess is, you must be quoting ur Master as ur GURU, right ?

But spiritual gurus mostly will not allow ppl to touch their feet !

One reason is called MADI(this is generally prevailent in brahmin houses) a state where after bath, someone else is not allowed to touch you !

Another is ...... there is a kind of state where ur paavam is transferred to the person who is taking ur prostration ... ie when u touch their feet ! The person to whom u r prostrating shld have that energy to digest ur paavams (our parents n grand parents have that ... coz we are their blood) .....The other person who has that energy is GOD !

**Lillie_Steins** · 03-14-2006, 06:06 PM

[quote="Arthi"][tscii]

I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done?

Ys Viggop ... Aarthi's quote was true for Neivedhyam ! The reason u offer to crows are - they are considered to be the messengers of ur dead ancestors .... Even during Shraardham (a ritual performed for dead ancestor) this practice is followed

Aarthi.... the practice which u said is practiced till date ! That is called parseshanam ! Also after parseshanam we keep some food (preferrably the main food, for us rice) outside the plate n beyond the water that u have sprinkled ... this was basically tht due to the water we indirectly prevent ants n other insects to come near our plate ... which shld not be added to ur paavams ... so u keep some food outside tht water for them to eat !

**9mm_fan** · 03-14-2006, 06:08 PM

hi bingleguy
I was referring to my Spiritual GURUJi only

Do our parents/grandparents have energy to digest our pavams... though we are their blood.

**Ifroham4** · 03-14-2006, 06:11 PM

[quote="bingleguy"]

[tscii] Originally Posted by viggop I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done?

Ys Viggop ... Aarthi's quote was true for Neivedhyam ! The reason u offer to crows are - they are considered to be the messengers of ur dead ancestors .... Even during Shraardham (a ritual performed for dead ancestor) this practice is followed

Aarthi.... the practice which u said is practiced till date ! That is called parseshanam ! Also after parseshanam we keep some food (preferrably the main food, for us rice) outside the plate n beyond the water that u have sprinkled ... this was basically tht due to the water we indirectly prevent ants n other insects to come near our plate ... which shld not be added to ur paavams ... so u keep some food outside tht water for them to eat ! Great, How meaniful our ritual is!!!...

**NeroASERCH** · 03-14-2006, 06:18 PM

Why do we do Abishekam?
In 1 view its all wasting food...
I want to know the actuall meaning behind this

Abhishekam is performed basically with Jhalam(water) to cool the lord ! The lord in the temple and the deities take a lot of heat(we can say today as kaliyug happennings) that he has to be cooled n brought back to normal ! Else there would be pralayam (The destiny)

Mainly Water and Milk are the prime coolants ! coz Water has the rich n greatest ability of cooling anything (its very property) which is also used to cool the lord ! Many other contents are used with some purpose, for instance,Oil is used to keep the property of the body of the lord (uruvam) the statue has to be maintained from external forces na ...... Also chandan to give a sense of perfume to the lord .... Panneer n Coconut water is also used as the same !

**PhillipHer** · 03-14-2006, 06:24 PM

hi bingleguy
I was referring to my Spiritual GURUJi only

Do our parents/grandparents have energy to digest our pavams... though we are their blood.

That was Great ! Then he is a real GURU !who wishes to purify u by digesting !

Ys, our parents have that capacity .... only to digest their blood ...n not others

But i would suggest, even during prostration to ur parents, tis better not to touch their feet ! The very prostration habit of urs will kill ur paavams .... ! Tis said that when ur head bows .... u lose ur mamadhai ! (The "I" ness in you )

The best example quoted for this is the Great Sage Vishwamitra !

He had that mentality ! He got the title from Sage Vasishta as "Bhrama Rishi" only when he bowed n killed that "I" ness in him !

**PhillipHer** · 03-14-2006, 06:34 PM

Every time i lick my parents legs during prostration now what to do?

**9mm_fan** · 03-14-2006, 06:40 PM

Rest all fine,What about panchamirtham? Why do we perform with this???

Pancha Amritham !
Vaazhaipazham, nei, then, vellam, perichchambazham ! They have some distinguishing properties that is preethi for the lord !

Scientifically the five can be different combinations ... where the above mentioned one is the base combination !

**softy54534** · 03-14-2006, 06:56 PM

Every time i lick my parents legs during prostration now what to do?

**Slonopotam845** · 03-14-2006, 07:44 PM

why should not we eat @ the time of day immediately following sunset?

My MOM used to say "SANDHI VELAYIL" sapidakkoodadhu.. why it is so?

**PhillipHer** · 03-14-2006, 08:12 PM

why should not we eat @ the time of day immediately following sunset?

My MOM used to say "SANDHI VELAYIL" sapidakkoodadhu.. why it is so?

Scientifically u are supposed to utilize ur energy and take in fresh energy from the evening sun ! Taking food at that time would be a hindrance to the process ! So refrain from having heavy food that time
U can also hear them saying dont sleep during that time ... this s the reason for the same !

Also particularly that evening time, at six , when they light the vilakku , tis the time when Lakshmi enters the house to give subiksham n eating at that time is not the right choice !

**Ifroham4** · 03-25-2006, 12:14 AM

I can look at it this way (I do agree with bg's scientific view of lesser digestion )

1. Early to bed is a nice habit. So eating during evenings would stuff ur tummy not wanting to eat early dinner.

finishing early dinner is MANDATORY in those days cause ELECTRICITY was unheard off. So they tend ot finish off their duties early and retire to bed.

So sleeping or eating during eve is not necessary or unwanted, cause IN FEW HOURS IT WOULD BE DARK, AND TIME TO EAT AND RETIRE TO SLEEP.

**Ifroham4** · 03-25-2006, 01:06 AM

my perception is...
we should think about GOD also & recite some slokas which helps one to get stilled his/her mind for that we need to devote sometime. so our ancestors might have thought of this idea.

GURUJI.. urs is also a valid point...
I want to just know why are we following RITUALS/ what is the reason behind that
Most importantly it should not be a superstitious belief
This is not my way of looking @ religion

**NeroASERCH** · 06-14-2006, 08:00 AM

My First Question & Answer

1. Why do we light a lamp?

In almost every Indian home a lamp is lit daily before the altar of the Lord. In some houses it is lit at dawn, in some, twice a day – at dawn and dusk – and in a few it is maintained continuously (Akhanda Deepa). All auspicious functions commence with the lighting of the lamp, which is often maintained right through the occasion.

Light symbolizes knowledge, and darkness, ignorance. The Lord is the "Knowledge Principle" (Chaitanya) who is the source, the enlivener and the illuminator of all knowledge. Hence light is worshiped as the Lord himself.

Knowledge removes ignorance just as light removes darkness. Also knowledge is a lasting inner wealth by which all outer achievement can be accomplished. Hence we light the lamp to bow down to knowledge as the greatest of all forms of wealth.

Why not light a bulb or tube light? That too would remove darkness. But the traditional oil lamp has a further spiritual significance. The oil or ghee in the lamp symbolizes our vaasanas or negative tendencies and the wick, the ego. When lit by spiritual knowledge, the vaasanas get slowly exhausted and the ego too finally perishes. The flame of a lamp always burns upwards. Similarly we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals.

Whilst lighting the lamp we thus pray:
Deepajyothi parabrahma
Deepa sarva tamopahaha
Deepena saadhyate saram
Sandhyaa deepo namostute

I prostrate to the dawn/dusk lamp; whose light is the Knowledge Principle (the Supreme Lord), which removes the darkness of ignorance and by which all can be achieved in life.

**tgs** · 07-05-2006, 08:00 AM

Rest all fine,What about panchamirtham? Why do we perform with this???

**Lt_Apple** · 07-15-2006, 08:00 AM

As per certain rules, we are not supposed to touch their feet when u do namaskaram, except the feet of ur parents or grand parents ... for all others we shld not touch their feet !

Why it is so? Is there any reason behind this?
Why am asking this is, whenver I obeisance my GURUJI I touch his feet! ( Kannula Othippen)

03-14-2006, 05:33 PM	#21
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 05:47 PM	#22
doctorzlo Join Date Jun 2006 Posts 4,488 Senior Member	Hmm....well I wudn't nec. think pujas wud, bingle.......I've lately lost faith tat they determine the spirituality/holiness of a person, young or old! I wud take Swami Vivekananda's saying tat to judge the character of a gr8 person look at ther most ordinary/routine actions/behaviour Well, pujas ! Guess u think that as a simple to do ritual ! but pujas are not as what u explained here as ! U take ur mind n body n soul together as in one place n on one mind(today we call this state as meditation) and recite the holy manthrams(coz the manthrams create the vibrations! Some ppl meditate and bring this state, n some ppl choose one single objective in mind(ONE GOD) and do the puja .... So here view that as MEDITATION ! Puja is one state of meditation ! meditation does not mean just closing ur eyes n sitting in one place !It means a lot more ! Ya, i do abide with Swamis sayings ! This puja punniyam cannot be viewed outside .... when he is able to bring his mind into a single state then his character is visible outside ..... as his real character ! That s why i quoted pujas too ! Hope this clarifies Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 05:53 PM	#23
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done? Indians make an offering of food to the Lord and later partake of it as prasaada - a holy gift from the Lord. In our daily ritualistic worship (pooja) too we offer naivedyam (food) to the Lord. The Lord is omnipotent and omniscient. Man is a part, while the Lord is the totality. All that we do is by His strength and knowledge alone. Hence what we receive in life as a result of our actions is really His alone. We acknowledge this through the act of offering food to Him. This is exemplified by the Hindi words "tera tujko arpan"– I offer what is Yours to You. Thereafter it is akin to His gift to us, graced by His divine touch. Knowing this, our entire attitude to food and the act of eating changes. The food offered will naturally be pure and the best. We share what we get with others before consuming it. We do not demand, complain or criticise the quality of the food we get. We eat it with cheerful acceptance (prasaada buddhi). Before we partake of our daily meals we first sprinkle water around the plate as an act of purification. Five morsels of food are placed on the side of the plate acknowledging the debt owed by us to the Divine forces (devta runa) for their benign grace and protection, our ancestors (pitru runa) for giving us their lineage and a family culture, the sages (rishi runa) as our religion and culture have been "realised", aintained and handed down to us by them, our fellow beings (manushya runa) who constitute society without the support of which we could not live as we do and other living beings (bhuta runa) for serving us selflessly. Thereafter the Lord, the life force, who is also within us as the five life-giving physiological functions, is offered the food. This is done with the chant praanaaya swaahaa, apaanaaya swaahaa, vyaanaaya swaahaa, udaanaaya swaahaa, samaanaaya swaahaa, brahmane swaahaa After offering the food thus, it is eaten as prasaada - blessed food. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 05:55 PM	#24
softy54534 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,457 Senior Member	Why do we do Abishekam? In 1 view its all wasting food... I want to know the actuall meaning behind this Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 05:56 PM	#25
Drugmachine Join Date Apr 2006 Posts 4,490 Senior Member	Originally Posted by bingleguy As per certain rules, we are not supposed to touch their feet when u do namaskaram, except the feet of ur parents or grand parents ... for all others we shld not touch their feet ! Why it is so? Is there any reason behind this? Why am asking this is, whenver I obeisance my GURUJI I touch his feet! ( Kannula Othippen) It depends Aarthi ! As a guru you are prostrating ! U must have heard the saying Maatha, Pitha, Guru, Deivam ! So he is at par with all ! He my guess is, you must be quoting ur Master as ur GURU, right ? But spiritual gurus mostly will not allow ppl to touch their feet ! One reason is called MADI(this is generally prevailent in brahmin houses) a state where after bath, someone else is not allowed to touch you ! Another is ...... there is a kind of state where ur paavam is transferred to the person who is taking ur prostration ... ie when u touch their feet ! The person to whom u r prostrating shld have that energy to digest ur paavams (our parents n grand parents have that ... coz we are their blood) .....The other person who has that energy is GOD ! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:06 PM	#26
Lillie_Steins Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 4,508 Senior Member	[quote="Arthi"][tscii] I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done? Ys Viggop ... Aarthi's quote was true for Neivedhyam ! The reason u offer to crows are - they are considered to be the messengers of ur dead ancestors .... Even during Shraardham (a ritual performed for dead ancestor) this practice is followed Aarthi.... the practice which u said is practiced till date ! That is called parseshanam ! Also after parseshanam we keep some food (preferrably the main food, for us rice) outside the plate n beyond the water that u have sprinkled ... this was basically tht due to the water we indirectly prevent ants n other insects to come near our plate ... which shld not be added to ur paavams ... so u keep some food outside tht water for them to eat ! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:08 PM	#27
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 53 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	hi bingleguy I was referring to my Spiritual GURUJi only Do our parents/grandparents have energy to digest our pavams... though we are their blood. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:11 PM	#28
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	[quote="bingleguy"] [tscii] Originally Posted by viggop I have seen people offering food to God(Naivedhyam).In some people houses, they offer food for crows.Why is this ritual done? Ys Viggop ... Aarthi's quote was true for Neivedhyam ! The reason u offer to crows are - they are considered to be the messengers of ur dead ancestors .... Even during Shraardham (a ritual performed for dead ancestor) this practice is followed Aarthi.... the practice which u said is practiced till date ! That is called parseshanam ! Also after parseshanam we keep some food (preferrably the main food, for us rice) outside the plate n beyond the water that u have sprinkled ... this was basically tht due to the water we indirectly prevent ants n other insects to come near our plate ... which shld not be added to ur paavams ... so u keep some food outside tht water for them to eat ! Great, How meaniful our ritual is!!!... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:18 PM	#29
NeroASERCH Join Date Jul 2006 Posts 5,147 Senior Member	Why do we do Abishekam? In 1 view its all wasting food... I want to know the actuall meaning behind this Abhishekam is performed basically with Jhalam(water) to cool the lord ! The lord in the temple and the deities take a lot of heat(we can say today as kaliyug happennings) that he has to be cooled n brought back to normal ! Else there would be pralayam (The destiny) Mainly Water and Milk are the prime coolants ! coz Water has the rich n greatest ability of cooling anything (its very property) which is also used to cool the lord ! Many other contents are used with some purpose, for instance,Oil is used to keep the property of the body of the lord (uruvam) the statue has to be maintained from external forces na ...... Also chandan to give a sense of perfume to the lord .... Panneer n Coconut water is also used as the same ! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:24 PM	#30
PhillipHer Join Date Jun 2008 Age 58 Posts 4,481 Senior Member	hi bingleguy I was referring to my Spiritual GURUJi only Do our parents/grandparents have energy to digest our pavams... though we are their blood. That was Great ! Then he is a real GURU !who wishes to purify u by digesting ! Ys, our parents have that capacity .... only to digest their blood ...n not others But i would suggest, even during prostration to ur parents, tis better not to touch their feet ! The very prostration habit of urs will kill ur paavams .... ! Tis said that when ur head bows .... u lose ur mamadhai ! (The "I" ness in you ) The best example quoted for this is the Great Sage Vishwamitra ! He had that mentality ! He got the title from Sage Vasishta as "Bhrama Rishi" only when he bowed n killed that "I" ness in him ! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:34 PM	#31
PhillipHer Join Date Jun 2008 Age 58 Posts 4,481 Senior Member	Every time i lick my parents legs during prostration now what to do? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:40 PM	#32
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 53 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	Rest all fine,What about panchamirtham? Why do we perform with this??? Pancha Amritham ! Vaazhaipazham, nei, then, vellam, perichchambazham ! They have some distinguishing properties that is preethi for the lord ! Scientifically the five can be different combinations ... where the above mentioned one is the base combination ! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 06:56 PM	#33
softy54534 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,457 Senior Member	Every time i lick my parents legs during prostration now what to do? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 07:44 PM	#34
Slonopotam845 Join Date Jan 2006 Posts 5,251 Senior Member	why should not we eat @ the time of day immediately following sunset? My MOM used to say "SANDHI VELAYIL" sapidakkoodadhu.. why it is so? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-14-2006, 08:12 PM	#35
PhillipHer Join Date Jun 2008 Age 58 Posts 4,481 Senior Member	why should not we eat @ the time of day immediately following sunset? My MOM used to say "SANDHI VELAYIL" sapidakkoodadhu.. why it is so? Scientifically u are supposed to utilize ur energy and take in fresh energy from the evening sun ! Taking food at that time would be a hindrance to the process ! So refrain from having heavy food that time U can also hear them saying dont sleep during that time ... this s the reason for the same ! Also particularly that evening time, at six , when they light the vilakku , tis the time when Lakshmi enters the house to give subiksham n eating at that time is not the right choice ! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-25-2006, 12:14 AM	#36
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	I can look at it this way (I do agree with bg's scientific view of lesser digestion ) 1. Early to bed is a nice habit. So eating during evenings would stuff ur tummy not wanting to eat early dinner. finishing early dinner is MANDATORY in those days cause ELECTRICITY was unheard off. So they tend ot finish off their duties early and retire to bed. So sleeping or eating during eve is not necessary or unwanted, cause IN FEW HOURS IT WOULD BE DARK, AND TIME TO EAT AND RETIRE TO SLEEP. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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03-25-2006, 01:06 AM	#37
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	my perception is... we should think about GOD also & recite some slokas which helps one to get stilled his/her mind for that we need to devote sometime. so our ancestors might have thought of this idea. GURUJI.. urs is also a valid point... I want to just know why are we following RITUALS/ what is the reason behind that Most importantly it should not be a superstitious belief This is not my way of looking @ religion Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-14-2006, 08:00 AM	#38
NeroASERCH Join Date Jul 2006 Posts 5,147 Senior Member	My First Question & Answer 1. Why do we light a lamp? In almost every Indian home a lamp is lit daily before the altar of the Lord. In some houses it is lit at dawn, in some, twice a day – at dawn and dusk – and in a few it is maintained continuously (Akhanda Deepa). All auspicious functions commence with the lighting of the lamp, which is often maintained right through the occasion. Light symbolizes knowledge, and darkness, ignorance. The Lord is the "Knowledge Principle" (Chaitanya) who is the source, the enlivener and the illuminator of all knowledge. Hence light is worshiped as the Lord himself. Knowledge removes ignorance just as light removes darkness. Also knowledge is a lasting inner wealth by which all outer achievement can be accomplished. Hence we light the lamp to bow down to knowledge as the greatest of all forms of wealth. Why not light a bulb or tube light? That too would remove darkness. But the traditional oil lamp has a further spiritual significance. The oil or ghee in the lamp symbolizes our vaasanas or negative tendencies and the wick, the ego. When lit by spiritual knowledge, the vaasanas get slowly exhausted and the ego too finally perishes. The flame of a lamp always burns upwards. Similarly we should acquire such knowledge as to take us towards higher ideals. Whilst lighting the lamp we thus pray: Deepajyothi parabrahma Deepa sarva tamopahaha Deepena saadhyate saram Sandhyaa deepo namostute I prostrate to the dawn/dusk lamp; whose light is the Knowledge Principle (the Supreme Lord), which removes the darkness of ignorance and by which all can be achieved in life. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-05-2006, 08:00 AM	#39
tgs Join Date Mar 2007 Age 48 Posts 5,125 Senior Member	Rest all fine,What about panchamirtham? Why do we perform with this??? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-15-2006, 08:00 AM	#40
Lt_Apple Join Date Dec 2008 Posts 4,489 Senior Member	As per certain rules, we are not supposed to touch their feet when u do namaskaram, except the feet of ur parents or grand parents ... for all others we shld not touch their feet ! Why it is so? Is there any reason behind this? Why am asking this is, whenver I obeisance my GURUJI I touch his feet! ( Kannula Othippen) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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