Why do we get very good  result when we worship under

the tree of Ficus glomerata ?

We know the tree Ficus glomerata which is called as

Owdumbara in Sanskrit language. The ripen fruit has got

 some kind of sweetness. This is species of fig tree.

In the Kruta yuga, when the Lord Sree Maha Vishnu was in the

 incarnation of Kurma avatara (form of Tortoise) , Mandhata ,

 the great king was ruling the Earth.  

 At that time,  when the  planet Jupiter was

in the position of elevation,

 on the Maagha Suddha Dasami and also Wednesday

 ( the Wednesday should come on  the tenth day of full

moon of Maagha maasa ) and that too at noon , by the

  power Sage, Gowtama Maharshi   the Gowthami river was

manifested  (got appearance) under the Owdumbara tree

( Ficus glomerata tree).

When the Gowthami river was formed, then the Sage,

Gowthama Maharshi took a Kusah ( one kind of grss used

in religious observances) and turned round  the water flow

 of Gowthami river and made it to flow ahead. 

Hence  the sacred river Gowthami was formed 

under the Owdumbara tree ,

 that Owdumbara tree has got fame religious wise. 

The shadow of that Ficus glomerata tree has

become holy by that reason. 

Hence it is said if we worship or do any sacred Homas or

Yagas under that Owdumbura tree one will have the

most auspicious results for that.

Which Flowers are meritorious (renowned) for which ?

We know that we do worship the God or Goddess not only

on Festival time but also in day to day life.  Every day

 in the morning   we do pooja after bath. 

Flowers takevery good place for worship of God. The fragrant flowers

which are said in the scripts are used for the Archana (worship).

But the Flowers are also useful and benefit for other purpose in our lives.

The Lotus flower is the symbolic for Goddess Sree Maha Lakshmi.

 So, if  those flowers are carved on the mail entrance doors

(Simha Dwaram) auspicious.

There is a relation between the Linseed Tree

(Sesbania grandiflora) and the Star of Agasthya Maharshi . 

Suppose, if that Linseed Tree is grown in westren side of the

 house, the Evil Spiritual forces do  not enter into the house.

If the  Sree Chakram ( Goddess Yantram) is worshipped

with Parijatha flowers (Nyctanthes arbortristis) by spatter them

one will get good results. The Parijatham flower tree which

was a celestial tree in the mythology brought by 

Lord Sree krishna from the Indra Loka

 for the sake of Satyabhama. The Lord  brought that celestial tree

and dent in the garden of His palace.

The Timber tree called Ferwinalia alata has got its flowers. 

It is called as Arjunah in Sanksrit Language.There are two kinds of Timber

trees. One is black and another is white. But the white timber tree

 has got the quality of medicine for the treatment. 

These flowersare suggested for the worship. If we worship

the Goddesses withthose white timber tree flowers, 

one will get the auspicious results.

We know the plant called Coccinia indica which is Bimbam in

Sanskrit language and also used for vegetable curry. These

Coccinia indica flowers are so benefic for the  people those who

want progeny.  This tree is also called forest Coccinia Indica.  

Those who want children they worship the creeper of that Coccinia Indica.

Some believe if these flowers are adorned  in the head , certainly

 the woman will beget child.

Why should not we  give money to others   

on Tuesdays and Fridays ?

Earning money is very  difficult than spending it.

Construction is so difficult but the destruction is very easy.

All we know “Dhana moola midam Jagat”. The entire world

 rounds around the money.  If we earn the money by hard work,

 the others spend it with no strain . Some people spend the money

 for the sake of their comforts and luxuries and some others spend

it  for their fame, popularity and power.

Suppose, in an ordinary family,  who is a head of that,

 works hardand earns the money  at the end of the month or in the

 week end.  

Then the family members start to spend that master’s

earned money  with out any proper plan. What  is use, if it is

 going on like that unless if the money is not saved. Simply

 it can be  said, one can become insolvent.

With all that, our elders said , atleast if the money is controlled

 twice in a week,  otherwise one can not  be survived in life. 

So that two days EW given in a week  for the relaxaion

of spending money.

Those two days are Tuesday and Friday.

Like wise, on Amavasya day (the last day of black

 fortnight i.e., Krishna Paksha) one should not borrow the

 money from others and lend it from others.

This custom might be so benefic to every one for saving the

 money. But the Sastras say, in the  suffering troubles

the above said principle is not applicable.  One has to help

others when they are in real troubles.

Why the Salt is not to be theft. ?

It is said the Salt should not be trampled upon out feet.  Also  the Salt should

 not be borrowed from others and should not give that to others with our hands.

The Salt is the symbolic for the Planet Saturn.  In olden days the Salt was not

 available easily. By making hard trails the people used to accquire that. 

And also it was said with difficulty the salt which was accquired, 

the people used to feel that it was the Amsa (part) of the Saturn and

 the symbolic of the Yama Dharma Raja.

As it was in the custom of people, the Salt was not  borrowed from others.

And also it was not theft. 

At certain age,   it is good that we should not use the Salt in the butter milk or curd.

On which side the oil lamps are placed for

 worshipping the God  ?

We all do worship the God and Goddess  with the oil lamps.

For that we use pine or very little plates made of mud which is called

as Mruddipah . The Silver pines or Panchloha  ( made with five metals )

 pines can also be used. All those lamps must be placed only besides

 the God’s Idol. Not in front of that.

Compulsorily two wicks are used. One wick should not be  used

and if it is used for worship that is a  great Dosha. Once the pine

is used that should not be again used. It should be washed.

When we worship the God or Goddess, the Lamps should  not be

 placed in front of them. For the Lord Maheswarah the lamp should be

placed left side. For the God Sree Mahavishnuh the lamp must be

placed right side of the God.

If we worship the God or Goddess one can attain a very good

companionship and good family.

The women live as Sumangali and  can beget good progeny.

Worshiping with the Lamps means getting the blessings of Goddess also.

The Sins of the previous births caused (carried ) 

to the experiencing 

results in this present.  Birth. What are they ?

In Hindu Phylosophy and the Sacred Scripts  say that what we are experiencing 

either good or bad in this birth is the return or retribution (pratiphalam) of the 

good or bad what we did in our previous births.

That is simply said  “Prarbda Karma Phalam” whether 

it is Sukrutam or Dushkrutam.

Let us see know, If any one who did Brahma Hatya in his previous birth, 

he will  born as a patient of Kshaya which is tuberculosis. 

Who does the Go Hatya (slaughts the cow) he will born as a Dwarf.  

Who kills a woman he will take birth of chronical disease for which

there is no cure. 

 The Brahmin who eats meat, he will be born as leprosy patient.

  He insults and degrades the Ancient Vedic Scripts and Sastras,

 he will born with chlorosis.  

Who steals a book from others he will born as a blind. 

Who tells lies in the court he will born as dumb. 

Who listens falshood he will take a birth as deaf. 

Who steals salt he will born as an ant. 

Who does adultery he takes birth as an elephant in the forest.

 One  who i visits the function without invitation, that

he will born as a Crow.  

Who cheats his friend, the cheater will born as a eagle.

 Who cheats in the business while selling his goods, he will

become as an Owl.

 The lady who is shrew (nagging) will born as Leech.

The woman who cheats her husband will take birth as Lizard. 

Who wants to copulate his teacher’s  spouse, that man takes

birth as Chameleon.  

One who is having too much lust  he will born as Horse.  

The person who tortures his wife he will born as  a Goat.

The Glory of Mantra-Diksha ....

1)      Man cannot live by bread alone; but he can live repeating the Name of the Lord along. 

2) A Yogi crosses the ocean of Samsara by his Chitta-vritti-nirodha, controlling the

modifications that arise in the mind; a Jnani by his Brahmakara-Vritti (by raising 

the pure thought of Infinity); and a Bhakta by doing Nama –Smarana. There is 

no end of Lord’s powers.

3) The Name of the Lord has a very great power. It brings you face to face

with the Supreme Being and makes you realise your oneness with the 

Infinite and the whole world at large. It bestows immortality. Feel the

wonderful and infinite power the Name of the Lord possesses and chant 

His Name constantly. Time if fleeting . The best way to utilise it is to

remember Him, to chant His Name, sing His glories and meditate on Him.

 4) The Name of Rama turns impossible into possible. It was by the 

glory of Rama-Nama that the stones floated in water, and the bridge, 

the Setu (Varadhi ) over the sea, was built by Sugriva and his 

companions at Rameshvaram. It was Rama-Nama that cooled Prahlada, 

when he was thrown into a conflagration of fire.

 5) Any Name of the Lord is nectar. It is sweeter than sugar-candy. 

It is the essence of the Vedas. Amrita came out, in days of yore, 

during the process of the churning of the ocean by the Devas and 

the Asuras. Even so by churning  the four Vedas, the Name of Rama, 

the nectar, ws brought out to quench the three kinds of Taapa (affliction)

of the ignorant Jivas. Drink it again and again by constant repetition, 

just as Valmiki did in days long gone by.

 6) The world without Hari Sankeertana is only a burial ground.

 7) Japa is a very great purifier. It checks the force of the thought-current

moving towards objects and forces the mind to move towards God.

 8) Japa eventually helps in obtaining Darshan of God.. The 

Mantra-Chaitanya is hidden in every Mantra.

  9) Japa reinforces the Sadhana-Sakti of the Sadhaka. It makes him 

morally and spiritually strong.

 10) The vibration produced by the chanting of a Mantra corresponds 

to the original vibration that arose from Hiranyagarbha.

 11) The rhythmical vibration produced through Japa regulates the 

unsteady vibration of the five sheaths.

12) Japa changes the mind-stuff from worldliness to spirituality, from 

Rajas and activity to Sattva and illumination.

13) The Name of the Lord is an inexhaustible storehouse of the 

spiritual knowledge.

14) Even mechanical repetition of a Mantra plays a great part in the 

evolution of the soul. Even a simple parrot-like repetition of a Mantra, 

too, is beneficial. It has got its own effect.

(Courtesy from The Divine Life Society, Sivanandanagar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand)

The Rules for  Japa....

1)  Select any Mantra or Name of God (preferably that given by your Guru) and repeat 

it from one Mala to two hundred Malas daily.

  2) Use a Rudraksha or Tulasi (Basil) Mala of 108 beads. 

 3) Use only the middle finger and thumb of the right hand for rolling the beads.  

4) Do not allow the Mala to hang below the navel. Keep the hand near the heart

or the nose.  

5) The Mala must not be visible to you or others. Cover it with a towl 

which must be pure and washed daily.

  6)  Do not cross the Maru of the Mala while rolling the beads Turn back

when you come up to it. 

 7) Do mental Japa as long as possible. If the mind wanders, take to labial 

Japa for some time, or loud Japa, by rotaion, and come back to mental

Japa again as soon as possible.

  8)  Take a bath, or wash your hands, feet face and mouth before sitting

for Japa in absolutely necessary. Do Japa whenever you have leisure, 

specially during the Sandhyas  or the junctions of the day (morning, noon and evening) 

and before going to bed.

  9) Associate the Japa with rhythemic breathing or Pranayama and meditate on the form of your Deity. Keep a picture or idol of the Deity in front. 

 10) Think of the meaning of the Mantra while repeating it. 

 11) Pronounce each letter of the Mantra correctly and distinctly.  

12)  Do not repeat the Mantra either too fast or too slow. Increase the 

speed only when the mind wanders. 

 13)  Observe Mouna (silence) and avoid distractions, calls or engagements

at the time of doing Japa. 

 14)  Face the East or the North and sit in a separate medition room or any

good place, such as temple, river-bank, under a banyan tree or a peepal tree, etc.,

 15) Do not beg of God any wordly objects. 

 16) While doing Japa, feel that your heart is being purified and the mind is

becoming steady by the power of the Mantra with the grace of God. 

 17) Keep your Guru-Mantra a secret. Never disclose it to anyone.  

18) Practise to sit in one steady pose during the Japa.

  19) Keep a regular account of your Japa and try to increase the number gradually. 

20) Carry on the current of Japa mentally, even at other times, whatever

work you may be engaged in. 

(Courtesy from The Divine Life Society, Sivanandanagar, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand)

Remember This .....

Japa purifies the heart.  Japa steadies the mind. 

 Japa destroys the Shadripus (Arishadvargas i.e., Kama, Krodha,

 Lobha, Moha, Mada and  Matsarya ).  

Japa destroys the  birth and death.  

 Japa burns sins.  Japa scorches Samskaras.

  Japa annihilates attachment.  Japa induces Vairagya. 

 Japa roots out all desires.  Japa makes one fearless.  

Japa removes delusion.  Japa gives supreme peace.  

Japa develops Prema.  Japa unites the devotee with the Lord.  

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Japa gives health, wealth, strength and long life. 

 Japa brings God-Consciousness.  Japa bestows eternal Bliss.

 Japa awakens the Kundalini.  Japa introduces one to spirituality. 

Japa marvellously cleanses the impurities of the physical sheath.

(Courtesy from The Divine Life Society, Sivanandanagar, Rishikesh., Uttarakhand)