Spreading Guruhari Pappaji Maharaj's Teachings
The Hindu religion has had prayer beads for a long time. Its rosary consists of 109 beads — 108 to mark the 108 names of God and one to mark the beginning of the prayer cycle, “Dancing Shiva, who shows grace, peace and creative power, and destroys and treads on the evil dwarf.” Sakyamuni, the East Indian who was
Prathna is a way to communicate to God. By offering prayers to God, we thank Him, ask Him for forgiveness for the mistakes we might have made and ask Him to help us become enlightened and attain peace in our lives. God hears all prayers that come from the heart. By offering prayers to the Supreme God, we are able
Puja is a time when devotees offer devotion to God. We can talk to Him and He will bless us. We can thank Him for all the wonderful things He has gifted us with. We show our devotion to God by making a connection with Him. God Himself is present in the murtis. We are symbolically offering our lives to
The First day is called Dhanteras or Dhantryaodashi, which falls on the thirteenth day of the month of Ashwin The Second day of Diwali : Narak Chaturdasi It is the fourteenth lunar day (thithi) of the dark forthnight of the month of Kartik and the eve of Diwali. On this day Lord Krishna destroyed the demon Narakasur and made the
Physically Aarti is the ritual of waving the divas in a circular motion before Gods image. There are several underlying sentiments of Aarti: One is that the divas illuminate the whole of the Lords body with light so that devotees can do darshan of the whole body. The second sentiment is that devotees can lovingly welcome Bhagwan during Aarti, by offering
Great Kings are great teachers. There was once such a King, his ministers had no unity amongst themselves. To teach them unity, the King commanded that a quiver full of arrows be bought to the court. When it arrived, he said, “anyone who can snap this whole quiver into two will be given my kingdom”. All the ministers, one
In a village lived several Patels. They were so foolish, they once thought to themselves that “for many years now, darkness at night time has slipped into our houses, lets keep a strict guard today and make sure darkness does not creep in.” In preparation, one Patel picked up a stick, another a washing pin, another a pestle or
In one of India’s little kingdoms of long ago, there lived a King who (like most of them) was fond of hunting in wild places. His Chief Advisor was a very intelligent man and also an optimistic one. He was famous for seeing the positive side if things. In fact, so strong was his habit of finding good in
There once lived a sheth who was a wealthy businessman. Next to him lived a poor man who sweated out his whole day in hard labour. In fact, his whole family, wife and children worked hard at menial jobs. After their daily supper, they would relax and pray to God, then retire comfortably to sleep. Next morning, they would
There once lived a wealthy sheth but he was a scrooge, mean and miserly. He never spent a rupee, never donated a paise, and always wore worn shoes and tattered clothes. One day he fell seriously ill and became bedridden. During his whole life, it was said, he had only one friend, his personal tailor. But unfortunately, he had died