Jai Shri Krishna

How to experience God in our daily lives

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3 years ago
by Arpit in , , , , , ,

It was the most natural expression of oneness with God that Shri Vallabh taught and espoused in the new sect. I feel, that is what we need to rejuvenate. Practically, that means experiencing God to be with you all the time by…

  1. Wake up with Him, take Him to enjoy the sunrise with you.
  2. Take a nice hot shower with Him !
  3. As you dress, let Him choose your clothes for you ! How wonderful to be dressed by God !!
  4. When you do seva, let Him choose his clothes, or if you choose them for Him, do so out of spontaneity and not ritualistic norms.
  5. When you have your breakfast, share your spoonfuls with Him.
  6. Read the morning news and make comments to Him, listen to His comments too !
  7. On your drive to work, chat to Him ! If someone annoys you on the road, why don’t you BOTH make a face at the annoying fellow driver(s) !
  8. When you relax, have a chat with Him, watch a film, listen to a CD, sit in the garden, do some planting, go for a swim – always with Him !
  9. When you get upset, talk to Him, let Him know how upset you are !
  10. Listen to Him, He has been here long enough and maybe He can sort out your upset with some good advise.
  11. When you play with your family, invite Him to join in !
  12. Let Him guide you and your parents / wife / partner in your private counsels. Let Him be confident to your hopes and plans for the future.
  13. With every mouthful of dinner, enjoy the dinner with Him, ask Him if He liked the pickle too !
  14. Before you go to sleep, put Him to sleep, caress the day’s cares from His brow and sing a simple lullaby or a shlok, or a mantra, or a dhoon to put Him at ease. When you go to sleep yourself, be at one with the one who is always at one with you !
  15. When you cook, when you sing, when you shout or are upset, when you get happy or angry, when you do satsang or read, keep God with you.

That is the only essence of Pushti Marg.

Dhanteras

Dhanteras

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3 years ago
by Arpit in

Dhanteras is the first day of the five-day Diwali Festival. Dhanteras Festival, also known as “Dhantrayodashi” or “Dhanwantari Triodasi”, falls on the auspicious thirteenth lunar day of Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Ashwin (October/November).

In the word Dhanteras, “Dhan” stands for wealth. On Dhanteras, the “Owl” form of the Goddess Laxmi is worshiped to provide prosperity and well being. Dhanteras holds special significance for the business community due to customary purchases of precious metals on this day.

Legends

A very interesting story about Dhanteras Festival says that once the sixteen year old son of King Hima was doomed to die by a snake-bite on the fourth day of his marriage as per his horoscope. On that particular fourth day of his marriage his young wife did not allow him to sleep. She laid all the ornaments and lots of gold and silver coins in a big heap at the entrance of her husband’s boudoir and lighted innumerable lamps all over the place. And she went on telling stories and singing songs.

When Yama, the god of Death arrived there in the guise of a Serpent his eyes got blinded by that dazzle of those brilliant lights and he could not enter the Prince’s chamber. So he climbed on top of the heap of the ornaments and coins and sat there whole night listening to the melodious songs. In the morning he quietly went away. Thus the young wife saved her husband from the clutches of death. Since then this day of Dhanteras came to be known as the day of “Yamadeepdaan” and lamps are kept burning throughout the night in reverential adoration to Yam, the god of Death.

According to another popular legend, when the gods and demons churned the ocean for Amrit or nectar, Dhanavantri (the physician of the gods and an incarnation of Vishnu) emerged carrying a jar of the elixir on the day of Dhanteras.

Diwali - Festival of Lights

Diwali – Festival of Lights

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3 years ago
by Arpit in

Diwali:

One of the biggest festivals of Hindus, Deepawali or Diwali in India is celebrated with lots of enthusiasm and happiness. This festival is celebrated for five continuous days, with the third day being celebrated as the main Diwali or as ‘Festival of Lights’. Fireworks are always associated with this festival. The day is celebrated with people lighting diyas, candles all around their house. Lakshmi Puja is performed in the evening to seek divine blessings of Goddess of Wealth. Diwali gifts are exchanged among all near and dear ones.

 

We Wish you And Ur Family….

A very happy diwali!!!

Annakut festival at BAYVP

Annakut festival at BAYVP Milpitas, CA Temple

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3 years ago
by Arpit in ,

Jai Shri Krishna to all Vaishnavs,

We have Diwali celebration at Bay Area Youth Vaishnav Parivar (BAYVP.org) temple at Milpitas, CA. If you guys have a good DVD presentation on Vraj Darshan or Leele Parikrama or something similar (not Vraj related but something we can show about 45 mins on DVD), we would like to present those in Temple. We have about 4 days where we want to show about 45 mins of DVD on each day. We are open for suggestions and new presenations. Please use Contact Form on Contact Us page for any questions.

Thanks,
DivineCrunch owner and BAYVP member


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