Wesak Day with Aashramaties

Sri Shankara Jeyanthi

ABHISHEGA AARATHANAI 2015

Abhishega Aarathanai

மாசி மகம்

      


உமா தேவியார் மாசி மாதம் மக நட்சத்திரத்தில்தான் தட்சணின் மகள் தாட்சாயணியாக அவதரித்தார் என்பதால் மிகவும் புண்ணிய நாளாக கருதப்படு கிறது. பெண்களுக்குரிய விரத தினமாகவும் போற்றப்படுகிறது.      பாதாளத்தில் இருந்த பூமியை பெருமாள் வராக அவதாரம் எடுத்து வெளிகொணர்ந்த நாளும் மாசி மகத்தன்றுதான்.         
     இந்நாள் முருகப் பெருமானுக்கும் உகந்த நாளாகும். அப்பனுக்கே பாடம் சொன்ன சுப்பன் என்ற பெயரும் முருகனுக்கு உண்டு. இதற்கு காரணமான தந்தைக்கு முருகன் மந்திர உபதேசம் செய்த நாளும் மாசி மகம்தான்.



source: OneIndia

Spadika Linga

New Spadika Linga at Aashram. 

Presented By Swami Nithyananda(Nithyananda Dyana  Peetam, Banglore).

Spadika Lingam is representing the icon of Lord Siva. People wear spadika maala to keep their body cool and some other people also claim that these beads have healing properties. By touching spatika lingam in the early morning will bring positive effects for the whole day

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara early 8th century CE also known as (Adi) Shankaracharya andShankara Bhagavatpada, spelled variously as Sankaracharya, (Ādi) Śaṅkarācārya, Śaṅkara Bhagavatpāda,Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya – was one of the most revered Hindu philosophers  from Kerala India who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.

His works in Sanskrit establish the doctrine of advaita, the unity of the ātman and Nirguna Brahman "brahman without attributes". His works elaborate on ideas found in the Upanishads. He wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic canon (Brahma Sutras, principal upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) in support of his thesis.

(source:wikipedia)

About Sai Baba - part 1

Sai Baba

Long time ago, at the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village (of Maharshtra State, In India). Nobody knew from where this stranger had come or who he was, since he hardly spoke a word to anyone.

Gradually the curious villagers started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expression and his special power of solving the problems of poor needy and destitute people made this less known fakir, to become Sai Baba. 

Who is Sai Baba

Sai Baba, was a great spiritual master who was and is regarded by his devotees as a saint, fakir, avatar or sadguru, according to their individual beliefs. He was respected by both his Muslim and Hindu devotees, and it has remained uncertain till now if he was a Muslim or Hindu.

Sai Baba stressed the importance of surrender to the guidance of the true Sadguru. He had no love for perishable things and his sole concern was self-realization. He taught a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace, and devotion to God and guru.

Sai Baba's teaching combined elements of Hinduism and Islam. He gave the Hindu name Dwarakamayi to the mosque he lived in (Lord Krishna's birth place is Dwaraka). He is skilled in using words and figures that drew from both traditions, and was buried in Shirdi. One of his well-known sayings, "Sabka Malik Ek" ("One God governs all"). He also said, "Trust in me and your prayer shall be answered". He always uttered "Allah Malik" ("God is King").

The Name Sai Baba

No verifiable information is given regarding Sai Baba's real name, place or time of birth. When asked about his past, he often gave elusive responses. The name "Sai" was given to him in Shirdi by Mahalsapati, a local temple priest, who greeted him with the words 'Ya Sai!', meaning 'Welcome Sai!'. Sai or Sayi is a Persian (Iran Language) title given to Sufi (Islamic) saints, meaning 'poor one' and in Banjara language, "sayi" means good one. The honorific "Baba" means "father; grandfather; old man; sir" in most Indian and Middle Eastern languages. Thus, Sai Baba means "holy father", "saintly father" or "poor old man". Sai may also be a short form of the Sanskrit term "Sakshat Eshwar", a reference to God.  Sakshat means "incarnate" and Eshwar means "God" (source Wikipedia).

Early Life 

Little has been officially documented on the early life of Shirdi Sai Baba.  There is no reliable evidence for a particular birthplace or date of birth. He spent considerable periods with Muslim fakirs, and his attire resembled that of a fakir. He did not discriminate based on religion and respected all forms of worship to God. 

According to the book Sai Gurucharitra (written by Das Ganu), Sai Baba grew up in Pathri, with a fakir family. Das Ganu calls the young Sai Baba the reincarnation of Kabir, a poet and an Indian saint. On the other hand, Narasimha Swamiji in his book, Life of Sai Baba, claims that Sai Baba was born to Brahmin parents. It is stated that Sai Baba has once revealed to Mahalsapati that his parents were Brahmins of Pathri in the Nizam's State. In explanation of the fact that Sai Baba was living in a Mosque, that whilst still a tender child, his Brahmin parents handed him over to the care of a fakir, who brought him up. This testimony is as true as it gets, as Mahalsapati was a person of genuine character noted for his integrity, truthfulness and vairagya." 

According to the book Sai Satcharita, Sai Baba arrived at the village of Shirdi in the Ahmed Nagar District of Maharashtra, India, when he was about 16 years old. He led an ascetic life, sitting motionless under a neem tree and meditating while sitting in an asana. The people of the village were wonder-struck to see such a young guy practicing hard penance, not minding heat or cold. By day he associated with no one, by night he was afraid of nobody.

His presence attracted the curiosity of the villagers, and he was regularly visited by the religiously inclined people. Some people considered him mad and threw stones at him. Sai Baba left the village, and little is known about him after that. However, there are some indications that he met with many saints and fakirs, and worked as a weaver. He claimed to have been with the army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. 

It is generally accepted that Sai Baba stayed in Shirdi for three years, disappeared for a year, and returned permanently around 1858, which suggests his birth year to be 1838. (Source: Wikipedia)

To be continued.................

THAIPUSAM PRAYERS AT AASHRAM