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Celebrating Maha Shivaratri- The Great Night of Lord Shiva (Wisdom Byte series)

2/26/2022

Maha Shivaratri (The Great Night of Lord Shiva) is celebrated on the 14th. waning moon of the magha or phalguna lunar month. Maha Shivaratri is a day when Lord Shiva is especially prayed to for spiritual advancement and over all goodness in life.

The energy potential in nature around this time, increases by a very high degree and it is easier to connect with higher, benefic divine forces. The few days leading to this time, provides tremendous potential energy for those who are aspiring to ascend to higher energies and dimensions.

If one has been practicing (doing sadhana and prayer-practice) towards ascension, then they should definitely utilize this night to tap into the limitless potential and amazing possibilities.

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Revering Lord Shiva as the Divine Guru... (Wisdom Byte series)

2/26/2022

It is said that if someone is not able to find a proper Guru for any reason what-so-ever, then such a person can take refuge in Lord Dakshinamurthy.

He is one of the forms of Lord Shiva. Keep in mind that there needs to be deep communication, not just by us earnestly asking our questions and seeking answers- but by also truly listening to the Divine answer.

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Narmada Jayanti (Wisdom Byte series)

2/7/2022

Shukla Paksha Saptami in the Vedic lunar month of Magha is known as Narmada Jayanti.

Devotees pray to the auspicious and divine river Narmada for peace and prosperity.

Narmada is considered as one of the key holy rivers of India. In the Vedic tradition, much spiritual importance is given to rivers in general, and these holy rivers in particular- as water not only sustains life, but with its ability to retain memory, it also helps to carry and maintain records of our karma and messages.

Narmada Jayanti is celebrated with a lot of devotion in Amarkantak (in current day Madhya Pradesh, India), which is considered as the origin-source of this Narmada River.

Bheeshma or Bhishma Ashtami (Wisdom Byte series)

2/7/2022

Shukla Paksha Ashtami in the Vedic lunar month of Magha is known as Bhishma (Bheeshma) Ashtami.

Grandsire Bhishma from The Maha Bharat (great Indian epic) is believed to have left for his heavenly abode on this day.

After Pandavas won the war and even though he was laying on a bed of arrows, he chose to wait until this day, so that with the advent of spring with Vasant Panchami and the Sun's transit in the northward direction with Ratha Saptami, it would be an auspicious time to let go of his human-incarnation.

Ratha Saptami i.e., Surya Jayanti (Wisdom Byte series)

2/6/2022

Shukla Paksha Saptami in the Vedic lunar month of Magha is known as Ratha Saptami, Achala Saptami or Magha Saptami. According to legend, Lord Surya Deva (Sun God) began en-lightening the entire world on the Ratha Saptami Day. Because of this, Ratha Saptami is considered to be Lord Surya's birthday and is celebrated as Surya Jayanti.

It is believed that all sins, that were committed knowingly or unknowingly, can be eliminated by worshipping Lord Surya, and fasting on this day of Ratha Saptami.

All sins can be eliminated by worshipping Lord Surya and fasting on this day. This day is dedicated to worshipping Lord Surya, which purges seven types of sins, whether they were committed knowingly or unknowingly, by words, body, mind, and by words in the current birth, as well as in previous births.

Maghi Ganapati, i.e. Ganesh Jayanti (Wisdom Byte series)

2/3/2022

Maghi Ganapati is celebrated as the Ganesh Jayanti i.e., birthday anniversary of Lord Ganesh. It is celebrated on the Shukla Paksha (waxing moon) Chaturthi (4th day) in the Vedic calendar month of Magha.

Many people in India, celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi which comes in the Vedic month of Bhadrapada as the birth anniversary of Lord Ganesh.

Either way, this special day in the month of Magha brings immense blessings from Lord Ganesh to help remove obstacles from our life and shower us with happiness and abundance!

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Magha Gupt Navratri (Wisdom Byte series)

1/31/2022

Magha Gupt Navratri is an auspicious period that is dedicated to worship The Divine Mother Goddess- Shakti or Durga.

It is celebrated from the 'Pratipada' (1st day) to the 'Navami' (9th day) during the Shukla Paksha (the waxing phase of moon) in the 'Magha' month of the Vedic calendar. Most of the customs and rituals observed during Sharadiya (Autumn/Fall) Navratri are also observed during Magha Gupta Navratri.

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Ghatasthapana- a very important ritual that is performed during the Navratri

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Kaal Ashtami (Wisdom Byte series)

1/24/2022

The 8th day (ashtami tithi) of the dark phase of the moon (Krishna paksha) of each Vedic lunar month is celebrated as Kala Ashtami.

This day is specifically dedicated to honor and celebrate the divine presence of Kaal Bhairav (also written as Bhairava).

Kala Ashtami fasting should be observed on the day when ashtami tithi prevails during the night, due to this sometimes fasting is done on the Saptami (seventh) tithi.

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Ma Kali- The First Mahavidya (Wisdom Byte series)

10/20/2021

The word Kali indicates time, which Ma Kali represents as the very first of the ten wisdom goddesses (Dasha Mahavidyas), what needs to be understood is that Kali also means “that which is carefully measured out”.

Any work of creation is accomplished by the conglomeration of carefully measured out smaller bits (of work, of efforts, of actions and so on) and this is what Ma Kali represents.

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Utpanna Ekadashi- origin of the practice of fasting on Ekadashi (Wisdom Byte series)

10/16/2021

Utpanna Ekadashi is considered as the 'birth anniversary' of the practice of Ekadashi fasting.

All Ekadashi fasting sadhana is dedicated to Goddess Ekadashi. She is one of the manifestation of the Protective Powers of Lord Vishnu. It falls on the Krishna paksha (waning moon cycle) following the Kartik full moon.

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Read Durga Saptashati during The Navaratri for amazing blessings from Ma Bhagavati - The Cosmic Divine Feminine principle (Wisdom Byte series)

10/7/2021

The Shakti (energy) festival of Nine Nights (Navaratri) is a great time to read The Durga Saptashati.

It shows how the cosmic positive energy (Shakti) counteracts and defeats the various negative, detrimental forces and leads us to liberation. It indicates the very journey of our soul-consciousness, our spiritual path to Ascension!

Durga Saptashati- The ultimate victory of *** "Light over Darkness" ***

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Navaratri- The Festival of Nine Nights to Honor The Divine Feminine (Wisdom Byte series)

10/6/2021

The Shakti (energy) festival of Nine Nights (Navaratri) is a great time to seek the grace and blessings of the Divine Mother.

Each day/night is represented by the various facets of the cosmic feminine principle leading to the 10th day of Vijaya Dashami- The ultimate victory of 'Good over Evil'... victory of "Light over Darkness"!!

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Mahalaya Amavasya- what it is and it's significance (Wisdom Byte series)

10/5/2021

A simple way to honor your Pitris on Mahalaya Amavasya is to light a vegetable oil lamp like with sesame oil or ghee (clarified butter), offer them water, fresh flowers and their favorite food dishes.

If you have access to other articles like Dhruva grass, then you can also do simple tarpanam (pouring of river water) while saying mantras with specific intensions.

Your love and offerings, give them the energetic-nutrition and the lamp you light will brighten up their soul-path...

Honoring our Pitris, for getting a chance to be born in their genetic-lineage,
so we can fulfill our desires & pay off our pending karmas!

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The importance of honoring our Pitris, our fore-fathers (Wisdom Byte series)

9/13/2021

Each day, it is a good idea to honor our Pitris, for getting a chance to be born in their genetic-lineage, so we can fulfill our desires & pay off our pending karmas!

Light a vegetable oil lamp e.g. with sesame oil or ghee (clarified butter), offer them water, fresh flowers and their favorite food dishes.

The key is to thank them for their love and guidance, as well as wishing them well on their onward journey.

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Thank this Rishi for Umbrella and Sandals... (Wisdom Byte series)

6/13/2021

According to legend Rishi Jamadagni was once very angry with the Surya dev (Sun god) for making excessive heat. As the rishi was also a warrior, he shot several arrows into the sky! This scared and terrified the Sun god and he appeared before the sage asking for blessings and forgiveness. The Sun god offered two items which would help mankind to deal with his immense heat.

One of the items was sandals or footwear and the other was an umbrella. Both of these items help us to protect ourselves from the harshness of the weather and the extreme heat of the sun.

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