Tuesday 10 August 2010

LIFE AND DEATH-HOW TO CELEBRATE LIFE

The only certenity in Life is all living organism including human has to depart but the mystery is when? Nobody knows even though investigations are being carried out for long time and I have no doubt it will never happen because that is the law of Nature which we can not alter!

During this short span of life there are certain procedures devised by our ancestors for the good of individuals, families and society in general and there are no less than 16 of them termed as SACRAMENTS.

Not every body observes all of them but there is only one almost every individual wherever he or she took birth has undergone and that is the naming ceremony which is almost compulsory by the law of the land purely for statistic purpose and for identification.

All the samskars have lost their religious important nowadays and recitation of mantras are either mechanical or half-uttered. Samskars number two, three, four, six, ten, twelve, thirteen and fourteen have disappeared. Seventh or Annaprashan is important in Bengal and Eastern Regions and the eleventh has become optional! Even when performed, they are just ritualistic. Upanayana and marriage have become big socializing events of status where feasting and gifts have taken priority. But it is worthwhile to know the hidden precepts of samskaras to understand how our ancients determined an individual's behavior in society. To be disciplined, faithful and charitable were virtues which made a person good citizen.

Those who want to know a bit more about these Samskaras or Sacraments, please click the link below

http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/concepts/samskara.asp

We all without any exception have to lodge in our Mother's womb almost 9 to 10 months legs up and head down and we are the product of our Father's sperm meeting with the egg of our Mother at a particular time and the magic starts one after the other before we come out of our Mother's womb with a cry to initiate the vital respiration and people around us rejoice and celebrate in their own way.

ANYBODY DARE TO WATCH HOW WE WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE AID OF OUR MOTHER ALMOST 36 WEEKS? THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

Please click the link below to watch

http://www.indiaparenting.com/video/display.cgi?topic=Foetal-development&v1=187&v2=RS1ti23SUSw

Anybody watching this video clip I am sure how grateful we all are to our Mother (Amma) & Father (Nanna garu).

The only certainty in life is of course DEATH!. IT IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT HOW ONE IS BORN BUT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY IMPORTANT HOW ONE IS DEPARTED LEAVING THE PHYSICAL BODY AS WE DO NOT HAVE A BIRTH OR DEATH AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE UNTIL WE MINGLE FROM WHERE WE ALL CAME.

We pray all our life for various things weather we need or not but simply because somebody else have in spite of knowing we all are different in every way.

The real reason we need to pray is not to born again or at least to have a natural death and not to have an unnatural death by observing Homas and yajnas etc.

Does anybody wants to know about death which is must for all? AGAIN THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

Please click the link below if you want to know the reality which we need to celebrate rather than grieve!

As we came with empty hands with a cry when everybody smiles-We need to depart with a smile uttering your own God or Goddess name on your tongue before leaving the mortal body which is not as simple as saying it but LIFE LONG PRACTICE OF CHANTING GOD'S NAME, WE may CHANT GOD'S NAME one in millions!

Now click the link to read

http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_death.asp

WHAT A DAY (THE FIRST DAY OF THE MOST SACRED MONTH OF SHRAVAN) TO TALK ABOUT BIRTH AND DEATH WHICH THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE ITSELF!