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Dear all Here is an interesting info about our favorite God of all times Shri Lord Ganapathi. Pass this on to your friends and seeks the blessings of Lord Ganesha! Shri Ganapati Deva*Let us think of the one-toothed, let us meditate on thecrooked trunk, may that tusk direct us -** Ganapati Upanishad* If we look at a contemporary image of Ganesha, also known as Ganapati, the iconography has preserved much of the esoteric side, although the exoteric side has triumphed. We see a strange composite of elephant and man, and at the bottom of the picture a mouseor rat. The image represents the three worlds - of heaven, earth and the underworld, or sun, moon and fire. And in a very clever and wise way the symbolism has been drawn from the animal or mammal kingdom. In this picture mankind is the mean between the large universe and the small universe. Because of this triple symbolism Ganesha is connected with the three* gunas*. [image: copyright Jan Bailey 1999] His association with obstacles comes from the great strength of the elephant, the intelligence of the human and the subtelty or ability to penetrate small spaceslike a mouse or rat. Ganesha is usually shown with four arms - these representthe four directions of space or the four elements - the god being the spirit orquintessence of these. The word Ganesha means lord of hosts. As usual in thetantrik symbolism the name is really an adjective and this adjective is alsoapplied to Shiva. The hosts are the hosts of spirits or denizens of the threeworlds. [image: Mahaganapati Yantra] This yantra is the Mahaganapati Yantra (unknown artist) and Ganesh has many different aspects including Heramba,Haridra and Ucchishta Ganapati. The tantrik compilation *Sharadatilaka* givesa most beautiful meditation on Mahaganapati (Arthur Avalon's Englishintroduction): "...he is to be meditated upon as seated on a lotus consisting of theletters of the alphabet. The sadhaka should meditate upon an islandcomposed of nine gems, placed in an ocean of sugarcane juice; a softgentle breeze blows over the island and makes the waves wash the shorethereof. The place is a forest of Mandara, Parijata and other Kalpa treesand creepers, and the light from the gems thereon casts a red glow onthe ground. The six gladdening seasons are always there. The sun and moonbrighten up the place. In the middle of the island is a Parijata treewhereon are the nine gems and beneath it is the great Pitha (altar) onwhich is the lotus whereon is seated Mahaganapati. His face is that ofthe great elephant with the moon on it. He is red and has three eyes. He isheld in loving embrace by his beloved who is seated in his lap and hasa lotus in her hand. In each of his ten hands he is holding a pomegranate,a mace, a bow, a trident, a discus, a lotus, a noose, a red water-lily,a sheaf of paddy and his own tusk. He is holding a jewelled jar in histrunk. By the flapping of his ears, he is driving away the bees attractedto his temples by the fluid exuding therefrom, and he is scatteringgems from out of the jar held in his trunk. He is wearing a ruby-studdedcrown and is adorned with gem." *Sharadatilakatantra*, Agamanusandhana Samiti,1933. This is the bija or root mantra of Ganesha, Gam.Before doingthe puja, the sadhaka or sadhvini places this bija on his orher body, using the long vowels of Sanskrit. Ganesh is often pictured with the Hindu svastika (the word means little picture of good fortune) and this is formed from four Gam bijas put together. Until the middle ages c.e., it appears that there was a separatecult of tantriks, the Ganapatyas, who followed this Deva and hisShakti. Like Shiva, he was worshipped via a linga, but in thiscase red. Other forms of GanapatiThere is clear evidence from the original tantrik texts that Ganesh received extensiveworship, simply from the number of different forms, mantras and yantras that were worshipped.*Ganesha*His yantra consists of a square, inside which is an eight petalled lotus, inside this is a hexagon and in the centrean upward facing triangle. His mantra is om ganapataye namah, while his tantrik gayatriis ekadantaya vidmahe, vakratundaya dhimahi, tanno danti prachodayat. His dhyana (meditationimage is as having one tusk, four arms, carrying noose and elephant goad, with the othertwo hands bestowing boons and dispelling fear. His vahana (vehicle) is a rat, while hehas a big belly and long winnowing ears. He is adorned with red flowers and variousred scents. But according to the Sharadatilaka tantra, he holds a noose, a goad, a wine filledskull and his fourth hand touches his shakti. She is seated on his lap and touches hispenis with her right hand, while she holds a lotus in her other hand. *Heramba Ganapati*The mantra is om gum namah. He is as bright as a thousand suns and sits on a lion and has fivefaces, each of a different colour. He has eight arms. *Trailokyamohanakara Ganesh*This name means the Ganesh who is the cause of delusion in the threeworlds. His yantra is similar to the above, except there is no trianglein the centre of thehexagon, which instead includes his mantra, which is vakratundayai klimklim klimgam ganapate varavarada sarvajanam me vashamanaya svaha. The mantra'smeaning showsthat this form of Ganesh is worshipped in specific rites (prayoga). *Siddhivinayaka*His mantra is *om namo siddhivinayaka sarvakaryakartrai sarvavighnaprashamanaya sarvarajyavashyakaranayasarvajanasarvastripurushakarshanaya shrim om svaha*. As this mantra indicates, again thisis a form of Ganesh used in magical rites, in this case to obtain the siddhi of subjugationover kings, men, women and the alleviation of all obstacles. Siddhivinayaka Ganesh hasthree other mantras in a similar vein. * * *Shaktivinayaka*The mantra of this form of Ganesh is om hrim grim hrim. Bhargava is the rishi of themantra, virat is the metre for pronouncing it, grim (pronounced greem) is the bija,hrim is the shakti, and the application is success in what is desired. The dhyanais Shaktivinaya, four armed, carrying modaka, ankusha, and rosary. The yantra is ofthe hexagonal form with the root mantra inscribed in the centre. * * *Lakshmi Vinayaka*Again, the hexagon yantra is used, but with the mantra in the centre, which is om shrimgam saumyaya ganapataye varavarada sarvajanam me vashamanaya svaha. The application isthe desired wish, which in this case is lakshmi, luck, good fortune, money. * * *Haridra Ganesha*The word haridra is the yellow powder turmeric. The mantra of this aspect of Ganeshais om hum gum glaum, and the yantra is similar to Lakshmi Vinayaka, with, however, theappropriate mantra in the centre. Here, Ganesha is clothed all in yellow, has fourarms, one of which touches his trunk, while the others hold noose, goad, and modaka bowl. Theapplication is success in desires. * * *Ucchishta Ganapati*Ucchishta are the leftovers after puja (worship). This form of Ganapati comes with a nine letteredmantra, a 12 lettered mantra, a 19 lettered mantra, a 32 lettered mantra, and a 37 letteredmantra. *I asked God for less, He gave me more!* ------------------------------ http://windows.microsoft.com/shop Find the right PC for you. ------------------------------ Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. 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