GITA JAYANTI-2009

The main difference between Atma (Jeeva) & ParAmatma (Deva) is all the Jeevas (living beings) are endowed with three gunas, Satvic, Rajasic and Thamasic, where as Paramatma is beyond these three gunas and also described as Nirguna (No gunas), Nirakara (no image) and also all the jeevas came from 5 elemets, namely Vayu (Air), jala (water) Agni (fire), Prithvi or Bhumi (Earth) and Akasa (space) where as Deva is beyond five elements.
And all the Jeevas or Atmas came from ParAmatma. This is in nutshell the Creation.

Gita Jayanti, also referred as Bhagawad Geetha Jayanthi, is the day when the Bhagvad Gita was rendered by Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the Kurukshetra on the first day of the famous 18-day battle in the Mahabharata. Gita Jayanthi falls on the Ekadashi day of Shukla Paksha (the bright half) of the Margashirsha month (November-December) in traditional Hindi calendar. In 2009, the date of Gita Jayanti is November 28.
The day is observed all around the world with the reading of Bhagavad Gita, which is referred outside India as the Bible of the Hindus. Discussions and seminars are organised on the day.

The ideal way to celebrate Gita Jayanti is by reading at least a stanza from the Bhagavad Gita.

The Bhagavad Gita is considered to be the greatest spiritual books the world has ever known. In a very clear and wonderful way Lord Krishna describes the science of self-realization and the exact process by which a human being can establish their eternal relationship with God.

Those who would like to know more about Bhagavad Gita especially in this sacred month of margashira about which Lord SriKrishna said 'I am margashiram'!, Please click the link below

http://pakirareddy.blogspot.com/ and please go a bit down on the page to read the article 'Bhagavad Gita in Margasiram'

If anybody wants to listen Sri Bhagavad Gita audio in your own time along with family members in the early evening on this Saturday, November 28th, please click the link below to hear in English and other languages

http://www.gitamrta.org/audio/english/bg_english.html

But as always The Telugus have plenty to choose between and those who would like to listen with all the family late Sri Ghantasala vari Bhagavad Giita & so many other devotional songs including Ayyappa during this holy mandala Kalam which is the most auspicious time for the devotees of Sri Ayyappa, please click the link below

http://www.ramaneeya.com/devot.html#suklamnvatapi

Those who would like more information about Gita Jayanti, please click the link below

http://hinduism.about.com/od/thegita/a/gita_jayanti.htm?nl=1

Bhagavad Gita is pertinent at all times including so called modern times and please click the link below

to read especially to young adults

http://hinduism.about.com/b/2009/11/22/bhagavad-gita-for-modern-times-2.htm?nl=1

We hope and pray that we all have a blissful day not only on this Gita jayanti Day and throughout until next Gita jayanti day in 2010!

BHAGAVAD GITA IN MARGASIRA MASAM

It is said that to read, heard or to watch Sri Bhagavad Gita during this holy month of Margasira masam is highly auspicious.
I do not think is there anybody out there who has not known or at least heard about this universally well known and translated in almost all languages of the world. May be I am wrong to assume like this. Just in case, if anybody not known about this universal truth, please, please kindly try to click the link below only to spend about 18 minutes of your precious time to know and appreciate in a nutshell of the whole Bhagavad Gita in a pictorial fashion to be understandable for young children who knows basic English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPWSGiXKDS8&feature=fvw

In the near future all mythological stories are going to br in this cartoon form and is going to be a big business as 30-40 year old adults are very keen to watch! let us hope and pray that all our children should be able to watch and learn about our divine culture wherever they were happened to be all over the globe.
PLEASE LET US ENCOURAGE OUR CHILDREN TO WATCH THE ABOVE LINK TO APPRECIATE TO INDUCE INTEREST.

To watch more of the same not necessarily in cartoon form, please click the link below

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=related&search_query=%20Bhagavad-gita%20Krishna%20Arjuna%20maha-bharata&v=ij9LmDxKbNY&page=2

Those of you who would prefer to listen audio in English can click the link below

http://www.gitamrta.org/audio/english/bg_english.html

PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR LANGUAGE OF PREFERENCE IN THE ABOVE LINK!

Those who would like to read in English regularly over these sacred days of margasira, please click the link below

http://www.cdac.in/html/ihportal/gitaread.asp

Those who prefer to read Gita in Hindi, Please click the link below

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21557728/Hindi-Bhagavad-Gita-romanaagarii

I am sure all Telugus might have a copy of tape or CD of Late Sri Ghantasala Venkateswararao's divine talk by now. Just in case you do not have any, you can download free of charge by clicking the link below

http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=382909&song=bhagavadgIta+with+telugu+commentary

There are some like me who want to watch, Listen in Telugu by Sri Ghantasala can click the link below
to enjoy this divine film and we can also sing along with Ghantasala! How fortunate we all are that Ghantasala took birth in Andhra Desa to give us this divine gift through which we can attain the mission of human life

http://www.bharatmovies.com/telugu/video/Bhagavad_Geetha.htm

Hope we all enjoy this Margasira Masam by utilising these links throughout this month.

MARGASIRA MASAM

We are in one of the auspicious months, Margasira Masam which is the 9th month according to the traditional Hindu calender.
Margasira Masam is mainly particular in South India, in Karnataka, Andhra & Orissa states, but it is being celebrated in almost all over Bharat. It usually comes in the English months of November-December and this year in 2009 it started on Tuesday, November 17th the next after Kartika Somavara Amavasya on monday, November 16th. Margasira masam is particularly important to the devotees of Lord SriKrishna and to the devotees of Sri MahaLakshmi. Lord SriKrishna Himself said that He is Margashiram.
Wednesdays are favourite to Lord SriKrishna and Thursdays are to SriMahalakshmi, hence Thursdays are also called Lakshmivaram.
What do our dear sisters need to do during this holy month of Margasira?
The easiest thing anybody can do is to chant or recite the Maha mantra..

HARE KRISHNA-HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA-KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA-HARE RAMA, RAMA-RAMA HARE HARE

As many times as possible with devotion whatever we do, wherever we are silently in our mind and also read or watch Sri Bhagavad Gita at least one chapter.
Those of us especially our dear sisters can do SriKrishna Puja on Wednesdays in a very simple way without any eloborate hymns. Please click the link below to know what to do

http://www.hindu-blog.com/2008/08/how-to-do-simple-shri-krishna-puja.html

To listen SriKrishna suprabhatam and other divine songsd on srikrishna, please click the link below

http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/moviedetail.asp?mid=AD000058 or

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/devotional/s/album.6407/ both only in Telugu (sorry!)

Those of you who would prefer to watch and listen devotional songs of Srikrishna, please click the link below

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=related&search_query=Krishna%20Shri%20Jai%20joshiva%20Hinduism%20culture%20india%20indian%20media%20presentation%20hindi%20Kanhaiya%20Shree%20Om%20Aum&v=RhTVrwn7xLo&page=2


On Thursdays we need to do a simple puja to Sri kanakaMahalakshmi starting with suprabhatam by clicking the link below

http://www.raaga.com/play/?id=87852

To observe a simple puja to SriMahaLakshmi, please click the link below

http://www.hindupad.com/2009/11/margasira-lakshmi-puja-vidhanam-%E2%80%93-procedure-of-margasira-guruvara-laxmi-vratham/

Please note how simple it is but do not forget to prepare different Prasadams each Thursday in Margasira masam as indicated

Please click the link below for Hindi songs on Lakshmi

http://www.dishant.com/album/Laxmi-Pujan.html

More devotional songs by clicking the link below

http://www.teluguone.com/bhakti/devotional-songs.jsp

Those of you who prefer videos, please click the link below and choose what you want

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=related&search_query=Lakshmi%20Laxmi%20Gayatri%20for%20spiritual%20wealth%20status%20greatness%20fame%20Om%20Mahalakshmyai%20cha%20vidmahe%20Vishnu%20patnyai%20dhimahi&v=FTdwrs_TzcA&page=2

For lakshmi Gayari, please click below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTdwrs_TzcA

For another melodious video in Hindi, please click below

http://www.youtube.com/user/Enigma1990ad#p/a

WHAT IS DHARMA AND KARMA?

Hope we all are enjoying the magic of festivity season in our own way. Some of us might have seen what is happening in Bharat during the sacred month of Kartik in all temples and there is no wonder our Bharat is considered the spiritual capital of the world.
There is a slogan on the way to kedarnath from Gowrikund which is only by walk, horse, donkey or doli which is about 14 km is an experience to have in ones life if at all possible. Of course we had to go by doli carried by four people which is safe!
On this divine path I noticed a slogan in Hindi which is DHARMAHI KARMAHAI-KARMAHI DHARMAHAI
which is in English DHARMA=KARMA

These two words in this creation we all hear, see and do without even knowing and what I call is the law of Life. Sanathana Dharma believes in the concept of reincarnation which is being proved by several studies on young children in the western world as well by westerners is fact of life. What determines the state of an individual in the next life is Karma, which refers to the actions (thoughts, words and deeds) which is described in the divine language as 'TRIKARANASUDDHI' WHICH MOST OF US ARE AWARE ESPECIALLY IN BHARAT, undertaken by our intellect, mind and body we , all humans have by birth without any exception.
In order to achieve good Karma, it is important to live life according to Dharma.This involves doing what is right for the individual, the family, the community and also for the universe itself. Dharma is like a cosmic norm and if one goes against the norm it can result in bad karma. So, dharma affects the future according to the karma accumulated. Therefore, one's dharma path in the next life is determined by their past karma. What we all live in this life is due to our past thoughts, words and deeds.
Some time we tend to blame God especially when we have pain and praise our greatness when we have pleasure and tend to feel egoistic which is the mother of all problems not only for us but also every
thing around us! So the first thing we need to get rid of is EGO at any cost!
ONE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH WE ALL SHOULD KNOW IS WE ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE THE WAY WE ARE LIVING 100% DUE TO OUR PAST KARMA.
I hope it is not difficult to understand which is in nature since the time of this creation, when and who created this wonderful creation does not make much difference and waste of time to talk about it. Just to give a simple example which explains is 'What we sow we reap' is well known all over the world and we witness day in day out with our own eyes. For example, if we sow an orange seed, an orange tree will grow in time but not a Mango tree! I am sure we all agree in this fact. This is not philosophy or spiritual but JUST COMMON SENSE WE ALL NEVER TEND TO PRACTICE.
If anybody wants to know more about these two divine word, Dharma, please click the link below

http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa021500a.htm

And to know more about Karma, please click the link before

http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/a/karma.htm

And another simple explanation of these terms, Dharma & Karma can be read by clicking the link for busy Bees!

http://hinduism.about.com/b/2008/04/30/good-dharma-good-karma.htm