Venkat
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:52:58 -0800
Priya Sadhaks, I am with you after a long time. This time with festival news. The defining moment of post Vedic period of Hindu society came during the Kurukshetra war when the Poornavatar Krishna chose to reveal the mightiest of secrets of creation to his friend and disciple Arjuna. Every year that day is remembered as Gita Jayanti. Ihereby remind you all to celebrate this momentous day of Hindu society in a pious and fitting manner and Glorify Krishna and his upadesh. Gita Jayanti The Shukla Paksha Ekadasi (11th day of the bright lunar fortnight) of the month of Margasirsha (Nov-Dec) is observed as Gita Jayanti. Lord Sri Krishna revealed the sacred knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield at Kurukshetra on this auspicious day. Hence, special poojas are performed at all Vaishnava temples on this day and devotees chant the 700 verses of the Bhagavad Gita with faith and devotion on this day. The Gita Mahatmya mentions manifold benefits for those who chant the sacred verses of the Bhagavad Gita. Lord Sri Krishna himself has give numerous assurances to his devotees in the Gita that his devotees will never perish or come to harm. For all those who want to do Gita Jayanti at home, this simple procedure may be followed. Decorate the picture ofLord Krishna with flowers and other decorative items. Place the Holy Gita in front. Light the oil or ghee lamps. Offer kumkum, Haldi (turmeric), Chandan, Akshada, water sprinkling (snanam), achamanam (sipping thrice of water), arghyam )pouring water by the spoonful on the feet of the Lord), fruits, milk, dhoop, cooked prasadam like kheer or any sweets you have prepared and finally culminate the pooja with karpoora (camphor) arati. After this, you can chant the Dhyana slokas of Gita followed by the full recitation or at least one chapter in which you are thorough. Or else you can play the gita audio and chant along. For those who still do not have the mp3 of Gita please download with the following links 1. Please download the Gita Audio here or here http://www.vaisnava.cz/clanek_en.php3?no=24 2. For those who want to download Bhagavad Gita text in devanagari with fonts go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Gita_dharshan/files/ and download either the pdf version or the Ms word version with the fonts (look in the Gita Sanskrit in .doc form folder) Please forward this message to all pious Hindus and Sanatani friends pariwar from all over the world. Hare Krishna Venkat J Venkatasubramanian ________________________________ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/