prayer-ganpati

O, Mercurial lord
Light our consciousness with poise

Let the success walk our path!

O’ Omnipresent,
Be interminable in our intellect
Let your guidence in our lives!

O’ Eternal equanimity
Boon us with power of creation!
Let peaceful poise rule our lives!

O’ Lord of equanimity

Bless us blissful existence
Let harmony rule our being!

O’ Presiding Lord of Muladhar Chakra
Suffuse us with power and prudence
Let strength be our forever companion!

O’ Facilitator of Sharastra Chakra
Bestow light in our lives and actions
Let  discretion be our lead!

O’ Infinite intelligence
Suffuse us with supreme acumen
Let wisdom guide our deeds!

O' Supreme being

Ma everlasting bliss accompany us

Let forever  prudence follow us!
Om Gang Ganpatye Namah!

GANPATI PRAYER

The supreme lord!

Salutation to you!

The embodiment of wisdom

The personification of bliss

Salutation to you!

The foremost celibates

The eliminator of darkness

The dispenser of equanimity

Salutation to you!

The preceptor of discriminations

The guide of  our  endeavor

The  bliss of our existence

Salutation to you!

OM SHRI GANPATYE NAMAH!

Acknowledging the feminine aspect of life

The balance of creation is based on male and female aspects, like earth and sky, day and night, male and female. The presence of both restores the well being or balance of the universe. Both male and female are incomplete without one another.

Female aspects of body are lower chakras, meridians or nadis (i.e.Ida)and left side of  the body.

For balanced life acknowledging female aspects  are important.

The lower chakras and female chakras are Root and Hara. Lower or female chakras take care of physical strength and emotions. Care of physical strength and of emotions can be taken by healing the female chakras.

On physical level,thoughts and mind reside in the chariot - the physical body.Thus strengthing lower chakras take care of physical as well as mental strength.

To heal or strengthen lower chakras, mantra and worship of female deities like Ma Lakshmi , Ma Saraswati and Ma Durga help. Devies or feminine deities represent female aspects of body.

Female as bliss in  life-
Balance only stays in healthy mental and physical body. The balanced physical and mental state provides material bliss.

At the gross level, females are provider of homely and material comforts. In daily life, females of life like mother, sister and wife take care of mental, physical support. And their congenial  presence in life grooms the family members.

Ill thoughts like anger, jealousy and several other cousins of them are creation of lower energy which reside in weak body or weak lower chakras.In a crippled body ,in illness or in ill thoughts no one can lead blissful life

In some of the houses women are disrespected. At subtle level denial of feminine aspect brings bad health. In life disregard of wife or mother or nurturer, brings emotional turmoil. The bad relation and emotional turmoil manifest as bad health.

On gross level the dissonance with mother and wife affect childhood and adult life? The friction with daughter and daughter in law affect old age

To reclaim the sacred feminine aspects of life, respect or healing of the feminine matrix of life is imperative. Thus all feminine aspects such as relations, body  chakras , meridian are equally important.

Respecting and healing female aspects are like rewarding the self with bliss. After all how can a person be happy disregarding the devies of his / her life- mother, sister, wife and daughter.

Female as nurturer or creator of love-
Feminine connections of  life  take care of  bodily need. Feminine power has created us.Thus they are fundamentals basis of life.

Living beings always need and lean on sacred feminine to be nourished. Be it an inner-emotional help or outer help-food and care.

Disrespecting feminine aspect lead to denying nourishment (mental and physical)and health. Denying them is like snapping the sacred umbilical cord of mother and child in womb. The cord which heal, nourish and transform life.

It manifest in life as lack of love- the higher energy the very basis or purpose of life.

The singular masculine even with its dynamism stays in weak physical strength and mental turmoil.He  cannot  achieve anything substantial in life without compromising other basic issues of life.

Feminine is the matrix of creation and love- be it a creation of idea or action. She is the beej or seed of comfort and prosperity in life..

To restore power of creation and prosperity, feminine aspects  like mother, wife,daughter,chakras, meridian,earth and universe should be honored.

Feminine also regarded as seat of love, the greatest emotions. It holds the power to create anything.

For a blissful existence we need to honor her presence within our bodies (chakras), our soul(feminine emotions/knowledge/ moon or ida nadi), ground (earth) and air we breathe.

The excerpts are taken from my e-book compilation to be published soon. Feel free to share your view.

RATHYATRA- An elucidation

Rathyatra the annual festival of Lord Jaganath with brother Balbhadra and sister Subhdraa takes place from Shri Mandira to Gudicha Temple at Puri, in Bhuneshwar. All over the country, the celebration of Rath yatra  is celebrated to remind us necessity of cleansing the self.

The origin of ten days festivity dates back to 11^th century. The aim of festivity is linked with the uplift of positive energy of the world.

Rathyatra represents our inner journey of body, mind and spirit(soul).

The inspiring festival starts at the 2^nd day of bright full moon phase.

The presiding deity of Rathyatra is Lord Jaganath. Lord Jaganath is identified with Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna.

Lord Vishnu –the kal purusha,the nurturer and sustainer of world. The one who takes care of body, mind , soul and cosmos. His sudrashana chakra (su-sunder, beautiful; darshana-vision) has the ability to eliminate negativity and boon longevity, health and knowledge. Sudarshna chakra has power of sun which cuts the ambition and greed.

Lord Krishna is the “bliss of self”. Krshna (kri meaning greatest; na meaning pleasure) or -the sacc-cid- ananda ,the real self.

So , this is the occasion  to work on and regain our real pristine self by enhancing positive energy of body.

For true healing and adequate bliss the healing of body mind and soul are required. The physical body can be healed by fasting, yoga and japa etc.

It is the soul which carries karma of past lives with perception or memories through fine bodies which acts as obstacle in present lives as well. Thus attention should be given to heal the of fine bodies and soul.

The sun energy of second day of Sukla Paksha is appropriate time to start and enhance the positivity of sun energy which heals body, mind and soul.

“The Rath Yatra signifies that the body is the chariot and the soul is the deity installed in the chariot. The wisdom/ awareness acts as the chariot to control mind and thoughts.”

- KATHOPANISHADA

The interpretation of Rath Yatra is infinite beyond the comprehension of limited human perception. Every year,  the occasion of Rathyatra  appeals me to take necessary actions for better sailing.

Let commit the ten days in cleansing the self. May the ten days festivity bring wisdom and positiveness in all spheres of our lives!

The lost lane of bliss

At night certain uneasiness dawned at me, soon after a soft pain accompanied it.At crack of dawn the cramping of stomach overtook the siesta. Apprehending the day ahead, I resolute for light breakfast and meal,but  morning progressed with nausea and stomach cramping. And my resolution resulted as no food at all.


After completion of half day work of Saturday, with sinking energy when I had been heading home the mind was too speedy. Totally overpowered by the non-conducive thoughts, the mind was struggling to give up.
Hours after, while making the bed my brain was still roaming and recalling those long buried hurts and people.


The rolling incidents of my mind were vitality sapping and subjects were negating people! I was continuously wandering into the dark lanes of morose thoughts, feeding on precious vital energy. The vampires of life were my subject thoughts and had been sucking me mightily.

Even my awareness to overpowering negativity seemed frail. At the moment, to cut the vicious thread of moronic thoughts seemed a herculean task. My struggle went for hours with failed triumph.


Why I was so engulfed unable to discard it, I was amazed. I recollected my day schedule. I wondered the causes of it. Are my missed quotas of brain rescheduling meditation and hourly japa resulted to this havocking energy dissipating miserly thoughts?


For the ease, I halted for a deep breath, tried to relax and prayed ,O’ lord take care of me. I glanced at the Shiva family the most empowered one-the Adi Guru, the ruler of the universe. Ma Parvati or Ma Durga, strength or “Durg” of self. The obstacle remover Ganpati is the doorway to joyful day and endevour. The Lord of purity,  Kartikeya, the mighty discipline and discriminator of mind. His presence in life ensures safety and success. The Kalpa Brichya or boon giver or wish fulfiller/  Nandi.


 At the moment I wanted to capture my lost vitality. I started to grasp the essence of Ganpati.
-Peace leads to concentration. 
-Awareness of present moment.,
-Being attentive-talk less and listening more.,
- Acquiring power of discrimination.
- Equanimity- digests good and bad with equal ease. 
-Be detached.
- Egoless.

I had to ponder on all that zones; I had to find my lost lane of bliss and harmony in the maze of whirly allies of negative thoughts. I had to work religiously on lost points of my Ganesha.


Entire incident gave me few mute points to ponder on. Was my sinking energy level, dragged me down in racy, morose thoughts. Or was it my inability to capture the positive frame of mind back fired? Or my indecisiveness and unawareness during illness had dissipated energy at the alacrity and I got pushed in lower thoughts?

WHERE IS MY GANESHA?

After accomplishing the job outdoor Rhea entered in office and placed her stuffs on the table. She hoped a peaceful relaxation of an hour at her desk. The grim and grease of city had taken good toll on her in few hours.

Her attention went on a snide regional remark thrown from one corner. It kept doing the round for a while. Added with smirk it had been halting for the moment to get bulkier with spicy addition or supposed to be funnier in some opinions. There were more jubilations near the fitting sadistic souls for more addition of snide and snigger.

Viewing a constructivel day ahead she tried to control her peace of mind. Thus she chose to ignore the shuttling smirk at the place . Convincing herself it was not directly maneuvered on her. She tried to engross herself in work. Being at her place she wished harmony in space as peace never abode on snide and smirk.

Next gratified with instant sadistic pleasure, when the adjoining acquaintance steered the joke to her, she felt enough is enough.

Stunned with audacity of sadistic engagement she felt a need to address the ongoing unpleasantness. Though she regretted the unnecessary occupation yet it was unavoidable.

The origin point of sarcasm was a news paper. The caricature of people were humorously depicted to show sorry affair of the region. And just to satiate the ever sinking confidence of theirs, the perennial low confidents were the active participator. The apathetic lengthy discussions with insensible comments had been drenching few of them in peel of laughter for hours.

Watching quietly Rhea waited for opportune moment of tranquility to prevail. Afterward she politely raised the appropriateness of discussion and the apathy involved in it to the offender.

Now it was his turned to be taken aback. Least he had expected the firm reasoning that too by a grounded lady. Apparently troubled he instantly asked let off for created offend. Quivered under the asked explanation he wriggled back in self.

But it was not the end of it. Actually it was the start of back biting gossip at work place. And for Rhea it was a big headache to handle unsavory when she had to meet the deadline of work.

Perplexed she asked herself, “where is my Ganesha? Where did I go wrong? Where did I fail to follow my Ganesha?”

Then she assessed the attributes of Lord Ganesha, just to find where did she fail?

The attributes of ganesha tell us

- To stay us “egoless.”

-Practice detachment.

-We must develop of equanimity. Power to assimilate good and bad of life with harmony.

Rhea assessed she was a bit disoriented and tired that made her intolerant of bad comment. She lost her equanimity-the attribute of Lord Ganesha.

She asked herself whether she was egoless, while yielding to reactions. Perhaps she wasn’t.

Though she had conscious to discriminate between good and bad, she was not peaceful as she was stressed.

She had been stressed so been losing herself to reactions. The reaction dragged her far from concentration soon it evaporated her peace of mind.

Now ,being on her place Rhea was contemplating, a silent retreat to her home-a visit to her inner space to fill the self with all necessities once again. She felt urgent need of a meditation session to acquire all lost attributes of Ganesha. To recharge herself and to feel the bliss.

Lord Rama -prayer

I salute Lord Rama!

The Param Purusha-

The ultimate-Lord Rama

The monarch of spirit

And his consort-Ma Sita

The Prakriti-the mother earth

The nurturer and nourishment

I bow to Lord Rama and Ma Sita!

The bond of Prakriti and Pursha

The body and the spirit

The Pawansut-the Lord Hanuman-the breath.

Uniting the vital life force-the prana

The divine spirit-within

Make an eternal union in us!

Providing mobility to the chariot- the body.

Make an eternal union in us!

I bow to all of you!

Ma Durga Prayer

The creator of universe

The primordial energy,

O'Ma Parvati- be pleased !

The conferral of knowledge

The illuminator of mind-

O’Aditi-be pleased!

The epitome of noble virtues

The conferral of knowledge

O’ Uma-be pleased!

The supreme creation,

The protector of the universe-

O’ Sakti be pleased!

The epitome of empowerment!

Strength of self

O’Ma Durga-be pleased!

The dispeller of darkness

The illuminator of self

O’Aditi-be pleased!

O’ primal energy,

O Mahamaya- be pleased!

O’ female aspects of Brahmn

Aditi-be pleased!

LORD GANPATI- PRAYER

We worship Sri Ganesha

The Supreme Brahman personified!

The embodiment of wisdom

The all pervading energy

The stainless, peerless bliss

We worship Sri Ganesha

The Supreme Brahman personified!

The cause of universe

The source of knowledge

The origin of devas

We worship Sri Ganesha

The Supreme Brahman personified!

The lord of gunas

The lord of material world

The lord of gods-The Eesha

We worship Sri Ganesha

The Supreme Brahman personified!

The infinite, formless Lord

The benefactor superlative Lord

The nosh of opulence idyllic Lord

We worship Sri Ganesha

The Supreme Brahman personified!

Om Ganeshsaye Namah!

My journey to Lord Shiva

Tossing on the bed I was feeling nauseated and febrile. I had been pressing my face on the pillow to seek some respite from excruciating pangs of migraine. Perhaps a wrong chosen medicine had rendered me in that desperate condition when no other medicine was working. Without any option every time at the attack of migraine I had to bear the mighty brunt of it. That day the advancing sun was much provoking and thus there was upsurge in my discomfort.

I had been listening the trotting of little feet of my kid around in the room. Sometimes her silken soft touch and the sopping peck on my face, “mamma is not well today.” She was being persuaded to let me have the needed rest. The little one persisted clutching my arm “when I love mamma she gets well soon.” Under the dizzying pain I was numb unable to lift my eyelid.

As the throbbing pain seemed the only option of the moment, I gave into it. I wanted to feel it and encounter it .With all its might the pain was displaying and overpowering me. Battling it for hours after some time the pain seemed to mellow a little, I could not exactly tell whether I was dreaming or awoken. As I was able to listen every pulse and noise of the room , who were coming inside or venturing out the room .

Perhaps it was dream and during the perspiring flash of hotness, a soothing chill started dawning upon me. I was walking in the snow covered valley. The chill was comforting. My bare feet walk on the earth was melting the ice below as I was feeling the melting fluidity under my feet. I was following a person perhaps my spouse he was the same except he was attired in rustic local hilly outfit.

We took bath at a river in chilly water. The man, my spouse was rustic and pleased most of the times like a village folk. Then we walked in through the narrow icy lane and reached a temple. Inside the temple I saw huge Shiva lingam. The milk was being poured upon it. The sanctum was full of devotees.

Outside in the valley while walking I was getting Shiva Lingam frequently. There were many Shiva lingams all over the place. All of them were formed of translucent ice. The icy Shiva lingams of varied sizes were placed at everywhere. I was amazed with the magnanimousness and serenity of the place.

Feeling refreshed when I opened the eye it was mid days. I perceived that all the curtain were drawn in the bed room to save me from piercing sharpness of light a migraine patient suffered during the pain. And the room was cleaned and organized as I always felt better that way.

Then few years back at work place I was asked by one of my acquaintances whether I would undertake fasting on Maha Shivaratri. I answered, I am aware of the merits of fasting but I know little about Lord Shiva.

But every year during Maha Shivaratri I felt a deep silence or something appealing about it. And there was persistent inquisitiveness on my part, " I know a little about Lord Shiva." One of my acquaintances answered, “What is there to know about it, just do the fasting,” but I was not ready to take it. When I didn’t understand anything it seemed a futile and mechanical way to me to do anything.

I wanted to understand and found my Shiva- MY REAL SELF and his connection to MY LIFE. Till then I was aware of the Shiva consciousness –the transcendent and highest self of ours .But how to achieve it and even try to start the journey of seeking I hadn’t any clue. I was trying to get that link and was speculative enough to find many answers of life through him.

My quest led to my knowledge. Then I decided I would undertake fasting that year. I was ready but that year it was destined other way by Lord Shiva. Perhaps on physical level more healing and cleansing was needed to achieve the Supreme Shiva and on physical level I was not ready for that.Or in another way there were still many hindrances inside me that were working more actively than my constructive positive energy.

Two days ahead of Mahashivaratri I got news of my father brain stroke. And my Shivaratri went into journey to my father’s place. During the journey again inside the reserved compartment there was crowd of devotees heading for the pilgrimage. All of them on their fast were heading to Lord Shiva shrine to offer worship. They were politely asking to us a little place for their few hours’ journey and forgiveness for the inconvenience caused by them. Befriended with pilgrims I sent my offering to Lord Shiva that year through one of them.

But then I was getting clearer on regular encounter of me with Lord and many faces of majestic deva- Adi Guru, the Lord Shiva. I had been realizing that the universe, the Lord Shiva is asking me for more transformation. My quest of knowing more about the Lord had been rekindling more than ever.

When I see the image, the energy pattern of our lives- Lord Shiva I realize every reason to follow and work upon him. Watching him I realize the strength comes after dropping “ego” an inheritance of human and many of us cling to it. When I see Neelkanth I feel how blissful he is even with poison inside his throat whereas we always find difficulty in resisting reaction.

Learning and studying Shiva teach me many other things which are still out of my expression perhaps I need more time. Yes! " I still need to know more about him." Praying upon him helps me to realize my inner knot which hinders my growth.

I am still on the path of seeking and learning. But now I have answer to my queries. Or perhaps when I seek to few newer queries the answers come to me on its own.

To Ma Saraswati

Ma Saraswati

The goddess of consciousness

The metaphor of creative faculty

The divine of learning and knowledge

The cornerstone of Upanishads-becoming and being

The personification of knowledge and learning

The idol of wisdom

The spirit of purity

The discriminator of real and unreal

The deity of speech-Vakdevi

The quintessence of sound and form

The goddess of cognition

The originator of mind and intellect.

The muse of creative faculty

The essence of self (swa)

The devotion of artist and ascetic

The benefactor of self knowledge

The Devi of creative potential

The call of higher self

Let unveil the mystery of life,

And propel all darkness out of it.

A prayer to Lord Rama

The Maryada Pursottam!
The Kaushalaya nandan!
The lotus eyed –king!
The shyam verna –dusk color!
The delight of Iksvaku dynasty!
The epitome of dharma!
The annihilator of demons!
The incarnation of Lord Vishnu!
The best of human- the idol of the superlative!
Anadaswarupa-the conferral of bliss!
Dharmaswarupa-the compassionate one!
The epitome of morality!
WE BOW TO YOU!

A prayer of Ma Durga

O’Ma Aditi, the conferral of boons!
The epitome of virtues
Salutation to you!

Brahma and Vishnu meditate upon you!
Saints and sages sing praise of you!
O’ Radiant-salutation to you!

The creator of world
The nurturer of world!
O’ Annapurna—salutation to you!

O Primeval beauty Bela
Beloved of Shiva Shanker
O’ Ma Parvati-Salutation to you!

The embodiment of wisdom
Mother goddess of Vedas
O Aditi-Salutation to you!

The epithet of Ma Lakshmi
The bestowal of fortune
-Salutation to you!

The goddess of strength
The dwelling of the virtuous
Conferral of auspiciousness
O’ Ma Gauri-salutation to you!

The primordial energy
The protector of all!
O’ Devi Mahamaya
Salutation to you!

Lord Shiva- Prayer

The God of love
The boundless
The savior and guru
The beloved of Uma
The Satyam, Shivam, Sundram, Kantam
The Supreme light
The all pervasive form
The supreme soul
The whole,eternal,the stainless
The ultimate particle’
The Supreme Shiva’
The all pervading
The ultimate Jiva
The Hamsa
The soul of Sakti
We pray to you
Om Namah Shivay!

Lord Shiva-prayer

We worship Lord Shiva
The Threyambakam-the three eyed Lord
The Yajamaha-the fragrant one the nourisher
The Vardhanam-all pervasive,
The bestower of moksha-the liberator,
The sun, moon and fire eyed lord
May the Lord protect us! from
All miseries, disease, poverty and fear
And bless us with prosperity, longevity and good health
Om Namah Shivay!

HAPPY SHIVARATRI TO ALL OF YOU!

Shivaratri-an interlude to nourish the self

Shiva is our truest self-the real self-our inner most core and Shivaratri, the transcendental night or a night of wakefulness. Thus traditionally it is celebrated to awaken our universal consciousness or transecend the self to higher conscious.

Shivaratri usually celebrated in or around the month of March.At this time of year the Sun stays in Northern horizon that makes the life sustaining sun power or life force energy helpful to build health.Thus this time of the year acts as the conducive time to cleanse the system and to uplift the Shiva Tattva of ours- the self.

As the Shivaratri is celebrated in spring when the earth revolution and position of the Sun too aid the restoration programme on earth. That is why the arrival of spring is cheered by us as festive season and nature replenishes itself anew after wintry earth.

On the night of Shivaratri - inner rest that is the cessation of thoughts and creation of stillness inside brings physiological and psychological functions at best of ease.

It is perfect time to undertake and experience the inner rest(Samadhi-a state of witness mode that is detachment) as it acts as cleanser and rejuvenation mechanisms for the body and mind.

On Shivaratri- the whole universe the sky and earth- the day and night-the male and female aspects of the body(mind and body)-can be brought in harmony concentrating on Shiva Tattva– the Ekalinga-the Atma- the Self.

Shiva also known as god of destruction and Shivaratri we celebrate in the spring .It is the season of replenishment- a time to shed or destruct all inhibitions, negativities and illnesses-by supporting ourselves with fasting, japa(Om Namah Shivay)and right food.

Shiva –the Shankara, San-who gives peace and bestows boon and Kara-the one who does good.
Shivaratri is the time to surrender ourselves to Shiva Tattva (to uplift the self)-so we can save ourselves from the Tandava (the emotional outbursts) and the dance of conscious(thoughts) which often lead us to indecision and fall in life. The emotional upheaval ruins the health.

To strengthen the mind and body, it is the perfect time to surrender the self to Lord Shiva-the permanent and eternal source of our being –the self.

In the stillness of real self the union of transcendental Shiva(the mind)and Shakti(the body)-the primordial and dynamic energy is a strengthening exercise.

Supported by fasting (fasting helps to detoxify the body) the simple chanting of mantra-“Om Namah Shivah”(which cleanses and aligns the body chakras) helps in strengthening the vitality.

It is time to realize the harmony(the brahmn) in all dual aspects of our body-matter(physical body)and energy(mind), prakriti(nature,earth, body) and purusha(universe,sky,mind,spirit)-drava(substance,flesh,body)-guna(nature, behavior, quality).

The festive night of awareness i.e. Shivaratri beckons us to work on our superlative conscious by destructing the inertia and giving away the passivity of self.


So the Shiva(the real self) inside us perpetually work to its fullest, supported by Satyam(abiding the truth)and Sundaram(in the superlative of self). Let’s invoke it inside us –so we can give our best to all our efforts.

Lord Shiva-the Adi Guru-the Ancient Yogi-who bestows peace and good –let’s stay with us forever!
Om Namah Shivay!

Ma Saraswati

O’Goddess Saraswati, salutation to you

O’ Goddess of consciousness

The metaphor of creative faculty, praise to you

O’ goddess, the personification of knowledge and learning

The cornerstone of Upanishads, may she enlighten our conscious!

O’ Goddesss, the faculty of wisdom

The goddess of purity and true knowledge

The bestower of knowledge, we bow to you

O’ discriminator of real and unreal

O’ vakdevi, the goddess of speech,may she live on our tongue!

O’ the essence of sound, by your name the

World of sound and form is realized, we bow to you

O’goddess of cognition purifies our minds and intellects.

O’ muse of creative faculty

The essence of self (swa)

The devotion of artist and ascetic

The giver of self knowledge

The Devi of creative potential

The call of higher self

Let unveil the mystery of life,

And omit the darkness of our lives.

O,Ma Saraswati provider of boon

As we began our lives

Provide success in all our efforts

O’ bestower of learning and skill

Illuminate the world with light of knowledge

O’ Ma Saraswati, salutation to you,salutation to you!