Hindu YUVA releases October 2008 Edition of Tattva
Namaste,
The second anniversary edition of Tattva released last month received a great response. 3000 printed copies of the issue are being distributed in college campuses throughout the country. If you would like copies of the first anniversary issue to be distributed at your campus, please send an e-mail with your name and the name of your college to tattva-editor@hinduyuva.org.
This month is full of festivals. From Navaratri to Vijay Dashami to Diwali, nearly every day this month has some auspicious significance. As we move into Tattva’s third year, we encourage all of you to get involved by telling your friends about the magazine, giving your feedback to the editorial team and contributing your own knowledge and talent to Tattva. Please e-mail your suggestions, articles and feedback to tattva-editor@hinduyuva.org.
Please visit http://www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/2008/10 to read the October 2008 edition of Tattva.
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October 16th, 2008 22:24
Deepavali [array of lights]
Vedic Hindu Celebration of Divine Consciousness
Deepavali is on Tuesday28TH October 2008 and Nutan Varsha is on Wednesday 29th October 2008.
Happy deepavali and Naveen Varsha s’Aabhinandanaa
Rejoice is to the light (deepam-jyott), truth (sattya), eternity (Brahmah)!
Rejoice is to the light of Divine Shree Raama!
Rejoice is to the delight of divine sparkles of Shree Krushna!
Rejoice is to the Divine spirit of Goddess amidst the darkest nightingale!
Rejoice is to “SATTHYA” [triumph of truth over falsehood]
Rejoice is to “JYOTTI” [illumination] a glorious triumph over TAMMASS” [darkness of ignorance]
Rejoice is to eternal world, the spiritual world and the terrestrial world!
Sun the effulgent God of Light and Pranna [life breath]; enters Mesha Rashi on Mesha-sankranthi. Aries. The Vedic Sun sets in the Tula Sankrantti - day when Sun enters Libra sign of the Zodiac. Setting of the Sun in Tula-rasi, Libra, signify “KAUMUDI” later called kartik masa.It is believed by ancient Seers and sages that Beeja-Krishna paksha of Kartika masa, signify begining of DEEPAVALI and transformation of the Global perennial light - nithya-jyotti. Sun remains in Tula rashi [the rashi of balance and justice for until New moon cycle on Wednesday 29th October 2008.
Deepavali is thus described as God's light, just as it commemorates Raamayanayah jayati, and Ramayanam_vijayati. Shree Raama is a true exemplification of MARYADA PURSHOTTAMA [one who is divinely virtuous, true ascetic, a chief justice, King, Obedient son, Loving father, paternal leader, a true friend, faithful husband, and a benevolent warrior.
Just as Krssna's triumph over "Naraka" established "Sathya", hence the fourteenth day of the dark cycle of the moon of the Kartika month is also referred to as Naraka-chathurti.
From, beeja-of the krsna paksha of the kartika masa, until the trayodashi or the thirteenth day of the kartik month, WORSHIP OF CLEANSING, ESTABLISHING OF NEW ORNAMENTS, AND REMOVAL OF ALL NEGATIVITIES TAKE PLACE BY various recitals of Maha-Lakshmee stutis, and hymns, and mantras. On the trayodashi, "SHUBHA" AND "LABHA" are worshipped by PUJAN or rites and rituals. Ganesh represents SHUBHA and Lakshmeemaa represents the LABHA. SRI-SUKTA is recited, together with sri-pujan.
One who worships Shree yantra properly without defect shall invoke true spirit of BHAVANI shakti and thereafter shall enjoy bliss in the after life here after.
In the inevitable struggle amongst life and death, humankind is in constant conflict between the dharma-sattkarma [righteousness and virtue] and moha desires and maya pleasures.
The humankind remains merely earthen clay as life elapses with the mortal time; human identity gradually becomes like a delicate lotus flower; all that matters between the manushaya-jiva, the ego ahamkara and the manushya-jiva the spirit of life; is the GOD’S light.
This light is deepam jyott.
The festival of deepavali therefore is of thirteen days commencing the October 15th and relishing on October 28th 2008 with begining of new moon cycle on October 29th 2008.
This is the time to reflect and to contemplate upon our real essential spiritual nature.
The inner significance of Deepavali is to lead human from darkness to light. We light a lamp that is ever shining within our spirit and carry that lamp wherever we go. It will light your path wherever we may go or be.
True significance of deepavali is to awaken the inner light, the light of our jivan-atman to merge in DELIGHT of happiness [PARAMA-ANANDA-PARAMA-SUKHI-BHAVA] in the rejoice of all humankind.
It really signifies that we destroy our negative qualities and install good positive thoughts, with good divine intentions, good divine contemplation for realising the LIGHT OF TRUTH here and now, pledging our allegiance in goodwill of humanity, love, compassionate surrender to the grace of divine LIGHT.
How beautiful and divine it is when the celestial Goddess comes to visit Lord Ganesha and for few moments of dhan-trayadoshi terrassa which falls on Sunday 26th October 2008 the brilliance of TULA - RASHI brings always justice and fairness. When we offer our obeisance to MAHA-MAA LAKSHMEE with shubham-labham pujan, we pay our homage to MAHA-MAA LAKSHMEE.
Deepam= ashtha-Lakshmee implies eight different forms of LakshmeeMaa.
Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu, is the most sought after Goddess as she is the Goddess of wealth. What most people forget is that wealth is not just material money. Wealth is of eight kinds and this Asthalakshmi Stotra is the worship of Lakshmi as the Goddess of the eight kinds of Wealth.
Sri Suktam is divine invocation of Maa:
Link:
http://www.srividya.org/slokas/HTML/sri_suktam.htm
May there be light in the darkest corners of this earth numbed by so much pain and hurt, grief and diseases, sorrow and sufferings. May there be hope of love, where love has been shattered by much differences of “yours” and “mine”. May there be light of truth to awaken all of us alike, as we are but the children of the same Mother Divine. Albeit our fates are different, we dissolve untimely in destiny alas!
God grant us the serenity and spiritual peace, to withstand life’s sorrow’s; the courage to change whatsoever we can in the little time we have left here on earth’ and the divine wisdom to realise the light of truth.
Love and Peace
Aum Tat Sat
Jyotikar and Hasmita Pattni
October 16th 2008
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