Is there any exemption for the aged persons, whose health does not co-operate, from performing death ceremonies for their parents?
What is the principle behind observing the death anniversary of your departed?
What is the principle behind observing the death anniversary of your departed?
Yes there is! This is because of a very close relation between the growing fetus and eclipse.
Ekadashi does not mean having fruits and milk during day and having sumptuous meal at night.
Lemon contains tremendous shakti (energy). It has the capacity to grant that trait which is beyond the trigunas (the three attributes of Nature).
Worship of a kalasha occupies a significant position among our rituals.
In Swamiji’s activities, homa plays a very significant role. Wherever he may be travelling, daily morning homa is mandatory.
Flowers are the special symbols of akasha tattva (element of space).
This subject is explained in great detail in the Shaiva and Vishnava agamas (books on temple architecture).
These ingredients signify auspiciousness and traits of sacrifice (tyaga). In a puja they symbolize a prayer to the Almighty that the person’s life should be blessed with auspiciousness.