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Sree Ganesh Jayanti - a spiritual celebration
Sree Ganesh Jayanti: a spiritual celebration
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1. Introduction
Sree Ganesh Jayanti, the day on which the Ganesh frequencies reached earth for the first time, i.e. the day on which Sree Ganesh was born, is the fourth day (chaturthi) of the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Maagh. On this auspicious occasion, what can we do to derive maximum spiritual benefit from Sree Ganesh’s heightened presence on earth? This article is based on the divine knowledge received by a seeker (saadhikaa) doing spiritual practice under the guidance of the Forum for Hindu Awakening’s Founder, His Holiness Dr. Athavale. It provides an idea of the types of spiritual practices (saadhanaa) that can be performed on this day and their relative importance.
2. Basic spiritual celebration
On the auspicious occasion of Sree Ganesh Jayanti, the devotee or seeker (saadhak) should do 3 to 9 turns of a mala (108 stringed beads) while chanting Sree Ganesh’s Name (‘Om Gan Ganapataye namaha’)
In addition to this, a devotee should worship Sree Ganesh's idol or picture, ritualistically. From this one can derive the benefit of Sree Ganesh’s divine energy and divine consciousness that come to earth in higher amounts this day. Reciting Sree Ganesh Atharvashirsha (stotra, holy verses in praise of Sree Ganesh) adds to these benefits.
3. Relative importance of the types of celebration methods
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No.
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Spiritual benefit
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Chanting (continual repeating /remembrance) of Sree Ganesh’s Name
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Ritualistic worship and singing of hymns with lit lamp waving (aarati)
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Reciting Atharvashirsha
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| 1 | Getting benefit from Sree Ganesh Principle (%) | 20 | 10 to 15 | 7 to 10 | |
| 2 | Getting divine consciousness or chaitanya (%) | 50 | 30 | 20 | |
| 3 | Getting divine energy (%) | 40 | 20 | 10 | |
| 4 | Relative importance (%) | Spiritual emotion (bhaav) | 70 | 100 | 30 |
| Pronunciation | 30 | 0 | 70 | ||
| 5 | Impact on the devotee | Awakening of the Sushumna (central) spiritual energy channel*, awakening of spiritual emotion, and chanting occurring at a higher level of speech (vaani) | Awakening of spiritual emotion, can easily absorb divine consciousness and divine energy and awakening of the Sushumna (central) and the Surya (right side) spiritual energy channels* | Gettting divine consciousness and divine energy, removal of subtle black covering and awakening of the Surya (right side) spiritual energy channel* | |
| 6 | Impact on different bodies of the embodied soul** | Physical body | 10 | 2 | All bodies get purified up to 15%. Vital energy body and mental body get purified up to 30%. |
| Mental body | 30 | 3 | |||
| Causal (intellect) body | 20 | 1 | |||
| Supra-causal (ego) body | 10 | 2 | |||
| All bodies get purified, resulting in overall increase in spiritual purity (saattvikta) | Increase in overall spiritual purity (saattvikta) of the bodies and increase in divine consciousness absorbing capacity of the bodies | ||||
* The Kundalini is the inherent spiritual energy system in the body. It consists of 7 main centres or chakras, 3 main channels - the Sun (Surya or Right channel or Pingalaa naadi), Moon (Chandra or Left channel or Idaa naadi) and Central (Sushumnaa naadi) channels and innumerable ducts and ductules.
** An average human being, also known as the embodied soul or Jiva
4. Best celebration of Sree Ganesh Jayanti
The devotee derives 100% benefit from the heightened Sree Ganesh Principle on earth on Sree Ganesh Jayanti day, by performing all of the above spiritual practices.
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