Shiva Sutra

JAGRATSWAPUASUSHUPTBHEDE TURYABHOG SAMVITA
GYANAM JAGRAT
SWAPNOVIKALPAHA
AVIVEKO MAYASOWSHUPTAM.
TRITIYA BHOKTA VIRESHAHA.

Concise:
KNOWING WAKEFULNESS, DREAMING AND DEEP SLEEP-EACH SEPARATELY – THE FOURTH STATE IS ATTAINED.
CONSTANCY OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE WAKING STATE.
CHOOSING IS THE DREAMING STATE.
UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND LACK OF SELF-AWARENESS CREATE THE ILLUSION OF DEEP SLEEP.
HE WHO IS AWARE OF ALL THREE IS THE SUPREME HERO.
KNOWING WAKEFULNESS, DREAMING AND DEEP SLEEP – EACH SEPARATELY – -TURIYA,
THE FOURTH STATE, IS ATTAINED.

Turiya, the fourth state, means supreme knowledge. The fourth state means that there is no
darkness of any sort within. All the inner landscape is illuminated; no area of darkness remains.
Nothing of ourselves, neither within nor without, is unknown to us. The light of wakefulness makes
every thing visible.

As we are now, we are either awake or dreaming or in deep sleep. We have no idea of the fourth
state. When we are awake we see the outside world, but we ourselves are in darkness. Objects
become visible, but we have no knowledge of our inner self. The world lights up but not the soul.
This is the state of semi-wakefulness, half-wakefulness.
What we call waking up in the morning, is just this half-wakeful state. This is not really worthwhile
because it is the useless which is visible; the useful remains hidden. We see the rubbish, but the
diamonds remain in obscurity. We cannot see our own selves though the whole world is made visible
to us.

The second state is the state of dreaming. In dreaming we lose not only ourselves, but also the
outside world. All we see are images floating in the mind, reflections of the external world. We see
these reflections as we would see the moon or the stars mirrored in a lake. On waking we see things
distinctly; in dreams we see them as reflections.

The third state that we are acquainted with is deep sleep. In this state, first the external world, the
world of objects is lost to us; then the reflections fade, dreams disappear and we are left in total
darkness. This is known as deep sleep. In this state we have no knowledge either of the outer world
or of the inner world.

In the waking state we have knowledge of the external world. In the dream state, which is between
wakefulness and deep sleep, we have knowledge only of the reflections formed in the wakeful state,
but no knowledge of the objects without.

The fourth state is turiya. This state is the goal we are striving to reach. All meditations, all yoga, are
endeavors to reach the fourth state. The fourth state means knowledge of both, what is within and
what is without - complete wakefulness; there is no darkness within or without. This is what is known
as buddhahood. Mahavir called this enlightened state, jinatva. The light spreads everywhere, inside
and out; and in this light we know objects and also know our self. These sutras show how the fourth
state is attained.

The first sutra says:
KNOWING WAKEFULNESS, DREAMING AND DEEP SLEEP – EACH SEPARATELY – TURIYA, THE FOURTH STATE IS ATTAINED.

Importance of Namaskar

There are several ways in which people pay obeisance (namaskār or salutation) to the Divine. Various types gestures or postures accompany prayers or obeisance. Some people hold their hands up as if in asking, while others bring their fists together, while yet others may pray with hands folded, as seen above. For the simple reason that it is the most scientific way to attract the divine consciousness (Chaitanya) from God towards oneself.

Origin and the meaning of the word 'Namaskar'

The word 'Namaskār' is derived from the root 'Namaha,' which means paying obeisance or salutation. In the Hindu Science of Justice (Nyaayashaastra), 'namaha' is a physical action, expressing that 'you are superior to me in all qualities and in every way.' The main objective of doing Namaskār to someone is to derive spiritual as well as worldly benefits.

Worldly benefits

By doing Namaskār to a Deity or a Saint, unknowingly their virtues and capabilities are impressed upon our mind. Consequently, we start emulating them, thus changing ourselves for the better.

Spiritual benefits

- Increase in humility and the reduction of ego

While doing Namaskār, if one thinks, 'You are superior to me; I am subordinate; I do not know anything; You are Omniscient,' it helps to reduce ego and increasing humility.

- Enhancement in surrender and gratitude

While doing Namaskār, when thoughts like 'I do not know anything; You alone get everything done; Grant me a place at Your Holy Feet' come to mind, this helps in increasing ones surrender and gratitude.

- Gaining the sattva component and making faster spiritual progress

Among the various postures used for paying obeisance, we receive the highest amount of sattva component from the posture (mudrā) of Namaskār, recommended by The Hindu Dharma.
By doing Namaskār to Deities or Saints we receive the subtle frequencies They emit, for example, the frequencies of sattva or Bliss.
By doing Namaskār to Deities or Saints we also receive Their blessings in a subtle form. This helps in expediting our spiritual progress.

The Life of Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda

The Law of Karma

The law of karma, in the first place, is not a law. That word gives it an aroma as if it is something scientific, like the law of gravitation. It is merely a hope, not a law at all. It has been hoped for centuries that if you do good you will attain to good results. It is a human hope in existence which is absolutely neutral.

If you look at nature, there are laws -- the whole of science is nothing but discovery of those laws -- but science has not come even close to detecting anything like the law of karma. Yes, it is certain that any action is going to bring certain reactions, but the law of karma is hoping for much more. If you simply say any action is bound to produce some reactions, it is possible to have scientific support for it. But man is hoping for much more. He is asking that a good action inevitably brings a good consequence with it, and the same with a bad action.


Now, there are many things implied in this. First, What is good? Each society defines good according to itself. What is good to a Jew is not good to a Jaina; what is good to a Christian is not good to a Confucian. Not only that, what is good in one culture is bad in another culture. A law has to be universal. For example, if you heat water to one hundred degrees centigrade, it will evaporate -- in Tibet, in Russia, in America, even in Oregon. In Oregon it will be a little puzzled, but all the same at one hundred degrees water will evaporate. Certainly the law of karma is neither a scientific law nor part of any legal system.

Then what kind of law is it? It is a hope. A man wandering in immense darkness, groping his way, clings to anything that gives a little hope, a little light -- because what you observe in life itself is something totally different from the law of karma. A man who is a well-known criminal may succeed and become the president, the prime minister; or vice versa: he was not a criminal before, but when he becomes the president or prime minister of a country he becomes a criminal... So in life this strange situation happens: bad people reach good positions, become respectable or honored, not only in their time but throughout history. It is full of their names. In history, Gautam Buddha, Mahavira, Kanad, Gautam, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, Lieh Tzu -- people like these you will not find even in the footnotes. And Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Nadirshah, Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler -- they make up the major portion of history. In fact, we have to write the whole of history again because all these people have to be completely erased. Even the memory of them should not be carried on, because even their memory may have evil effects on people.

A better humanity will not give these names even a place in the footnotes; there is no need. They were nightmares; it is better they are completely forgotten so they don't follow you like shadows. And we have to discover people who have lived on this earth and made it in every way beautiful; shared their joy, their dance, their music, shared their ecstasies -- but lived anonymously. People have completely forgotten even their names. To me, certainly each action has its result, but not somewhere far away in a future life. The action and the result are continuous, they are part of one process. Do you think sowing the seed and reaping the crop are separate? It is one process. What begins in sowing the seed, grows, and one day the one seed has become thousands of seeds. That's what you call your crop. It is the same seed which has exploded into thousands of seeds. No death is intervening, no afterlife is needed; it is a continuum.

So the one thing to be remembered is: in my vision of life, yes, every action is bound to have some consequences, but they will not be somewhere else, you will have them here and now. Most probably you will get them almost simultaneously. When you are kind to someone, don't you feel a certain joy? A certain peace? A certain meaningfulness? Don't you feel that you are contented with what you have done? There is a kind of deep satisfaction. Have you ever felt that contentment when you are angry, when you are boiling with anger, when you hurt somebody, when you are mad with rage? Have you ever felt a peace, a silence descending in you? No, it is impossible. You will certainly feel something, but it will be a sadness that you again acted like a fool, that again you have done the same stupid thing that you decided again and again not to do. You will feel a tremendous unworthiness in yourself. You will feel that you are not a man but a machine, because you don't respond, you react. A man may have done something, and you reacted. That man had the key in his hands, and you just danced according to his desire; he had power over you. When somebody abuses you and you start fighting, what does it mean? It means that you don't have any capacity not to react.

अंधविश्वास के बदलते फैशन: ओशो

हर युग के अपने अंधविश्वास होते हैं। अंधविश्वास का भी फैशन होता है। ध्यान रहे, अंधविश्वास का फैशन होता है। हर युग में अंधविश्वास नए तरह के होते हैं। पुराने अंधविश्वास से आदमी छूटता है और नए पकड़ लेता है। लेकिन अंधविश्वास से कभी नहीं छूट पाता। बदलाहट कर लेता है, लेकिन हमें खयाल में नहीं आता।

समझ लें कि अगर एक जमाने में अंधविश्वास था कि सिर पर टीका लगाने वाला आदमी धार्मिक है। हालाँकि सिर पर टीका लगाने से धार्मिक होने का क्या संबंध? लेकिन यह खयाल था, तो आदमी टीका लगाता था और समझता था कि धार्मिक है। और जो नहीं लगाता था, उसे समझता था था कि वह अधार्मिक है। यह पुराना अंधविश्वास है, यह चला गया। अब नए तरह के अंधविश्वास है। उनमें कोई फर्क नहीं है। अगर एक आदमी टाई बाँधता है, तो समझते हैं कि प्रतिष्ठित आदमी है। और नहीं बाँधता है तो समझते हैं अप्रतिष्ठित है।

ठीक वही का वही मामला है, इसमें कोई फर्क नहीं है। क्या फर्क है? टाई तिलक से बेहतर तो नहीं है, बदतर हो भी सकती है। तिलक का कोई अर्थ भी हो सकता था, टाई का बिलकुल ही अर्थ नहीं है। इस मुल्क (भारत) में तो बिलकुल ही नहीं है, किसी मुल्क में हो भी सकता है। किसी ठंडे मुल्क में टाई का कोई अर्थ हो सकता है कि सब गले को बाँध लो।

निश्चित ही उस मुल्क में जो आदमी अपने गले को नहीं बाँध पाता है, वह गरीब आदमी है। निश्चित ही जो आदमी इतनी सुरक्षा नहीं जुटा पाता कि अपने गले को बाँधकर सर्दी जाने से रोक ले, वह आदमी गरीब है। जो सुविधा-संपन्न है, वह अपने गले को बाँधकर सर्दी से बच जाता है। लेकिन गर्म मुल्क में आदमी टाई बाँधे बैठा हुआ है, तब जरा खतरनाक मालूम पड़ता है कि यह आदमी या तो पागल है- सुविधा-संपन्न है या पागल है?

सुविधा संपन्न होने का मतलब तो यह नहीं है कि गर्मी सहो, गले में बाँध लो, फाँसी लगा लो। वैसे टाई का मतलब फाँसी ही होता है, टाई का मतलब होता है गाँठ। ठंडे मुल्क में तो कुछ मतलब भी हो सकता है, गर्म मुल्क में बिल्कुल फाँसी है।

लेकिन प्रतिष्ठा का खयाल वाला आदमी फाँसी लगाए हुए खड़ा है। नेता है, फाँसी लगाए हुए खड़ा है। और उससे पूछो तो वह कहेगा, ये सब टीका-तिलक लगाने वाले सब अंधविश्वासी हैं। उससे पूछो, यह टाई तुम कैसे बाँधे हुए हो? यह अंधविश्वास नहीं है? यह तुमने कौन-सी वैज्ञानिक व्यवस्था से यह टाई बाँध ली है?

लेकिन टाई इस युग का अंधविश्वास है, इसलिए चलेगा। टीका पुराने युग का अंधविश्वास है, इसलिए नहीं चलेगा। जैसा मैंने कहा कि ठंडे मुल्क में अर्थ भी हो सकता है टाई का, और कुछ लोगों को टीका लगाने का भी अर्थ हो सकता है। इसको बिना खोजे अगर हमने एकदम से अंधविश्वास कह दिया, तो खतरनाक है, गलत बात है।

अब आपने कभी सोचा भी नहीं होगा कि टीका लगाने का क्या मतलब है। अधिक लोग तो अंधविश्वास की तरह ही लगाते रहे हैं। लेकिन जिन्होंने पहली दफे लगाया होगा, उसमें कुछ साइंस ही थी। कुछ विज्ञान ही था। असल में जहाँ टीका लगाया जाता है, वहाँ आज्ञा चक्र है। और जो लोग भी थोड़ा ध्यान करते हैं, वह स्थल गर्म हो जाता है। और उस पर अगर चंदन लगा दिया जाए, तो वह ठंडा हो जाता है। और चंदन उस पर लगाता बहुत वैज्ञानिक प्रक्रिया है।

लेकिन वह बात गई, उसके विज्ञान से कोई मतलब नहीं है। कोई भी चंदन लगाए हुए चला आ रहा है। जिसे आज्ञा-चक्र का न कोई पता है, न जिसने कभी ध्यान किया है। वह टाई बाँधे हुए है गर्म मुल्क में। टाई वैज्ञानिक हो सकती है ठंडे मुल्क में। आज्ञा चक्र पर काम करने वाले आदमी को चंदन का टीका भी वैज्ञानिक हो सकता है, क्योंकि चंदन उसे ठंडक देता है। और जब कोई ध्यान की प्रक्रिया करता है। उसको ठंडा करना जरूरी है, अन्यथा मस्तिष्क को नुकसान पहुँचेगा।

लेकिन अब अगर हम पक्का कर लें कि नहीं, टीका मिटा डालना है। तो जो व्यर्थ लगाए हुए हैं उनका तो मिटाएँगे ही हम, लेकिन बेचारा अपने किसी काम से लगाए हुए है, उसका भी पोंछ डालेंगे। और नहीं पोंछेगा, तो कहेंगे अंधविश्वासी है।

साभार : मैं मृत्यु सिखाता हूँ
सौजन्य : ओशो इंटरनेशनल फाउंडेशन

Interesting facts about India.

History

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization

Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

India is the world's largest democracy.

The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

Medicine

Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

Math

The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematician.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

Academic

The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BCE. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BCE was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Grammar constitutes one of India's greatest contributions to Western philology. Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian, who lived between 750 and 500 BCE, was the first to compose formal grammar through his Astadhyai.

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Karmanye Vadhikaraste

In Devnagari: कर्मण्ये वाधिकारस्ते म फलेषु कदाचना कर्मफलेह्तुर भुरमा ते संगोस्त्वकर्मानी॥ च २, ४७

In English transliteration: Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachna Karmaphalehtur bhurma te sangostvakarmani. Ch. 2, 47

In English translation: You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action।

Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.

OM

OM – The cosmic sound Aum, or its condensed form OM, is the origin of all other sounds and is itself a mantra. It is called a pranava or sacred syllable and symbolises Brahman or the spiritual reality. The mantra Aum gives birth to rays of light, bringing illuminations to the mind. Aum is a one letter mantra, has no word meaning but its significance is definite; it is the smallest and most effective mantra. It is made of 3.5 strokes. These strokes are linked to the 3 and a half coils of kunalini (the coiled power that lies within us). Aum is so powerful that it is called king of mantras; some mantras give earthly happiness, some give emancipation, some give spiritual happiness, paramarthic shakti – this mantra of aum links both earthly life and spiritual life.

Swami Vivekananda's Teachings

Selected Teachings of Swami Vivekananda:

 My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.

 Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

 We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

 So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

 Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.

 If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological gods, … and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you. Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.

 Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery.

 The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new Gospel.

 Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.

 Religion is realization; not talk, not doctrine, nor theories, however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming changed into what it believes.

 Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

 Teach yourselves, teach everyone his real nature, call uon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will come when this sleeping soul is roused to self-conscious activity.

 They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

 This is the gist of all worship – to be pure and to do good to others.

 It is love and love alone that I preach, and I base my teaching on the great Vedantic truth of the sameness and omnipresence of the Soul of the Universe.

LORD SHIVA'S APPEARANCE

Shri Ram 108 naam...

.. shrii raama ashhTottaranaamaavali (108 names of Shri Ram) ..

OM shriiraamaaya namaH .
OM raamabhadraaya namaH .
OM raamachandraaya namaH .
OM shaashvataaya namaH .
OM raajiivalochanaaya namaH .
OM shriimate namaH .
OM raajendraaya namaH .
OM raghupu.ngavaaya namaH .
OM jaanakiivallabhaaya namaH .

OM jaitraaya namaH .
OM jitaamitraaya namaH .
OM janaardanaaya namaH .
OM vishvaamitrapriyaaya namaH .
OM daantaaya namaH .
OM sharaNatraaNa tatparaaya namaH .
OM vaalipramathanaaya namaH .
OM vaagmine namaH .
OM satyavaache namaH .
OM satyavikramaaya namaH .
OM satyavrataaya namaH .
OM vratadharaaya namaH .

OM sadaahanumadaashritaaya namaH .
OM kausaleyaaya namaH .
OM kharadhva.nsine namaH .
OM viraadhavadhapaNDitaaya namaH .
OM vibhiishhaNa paritraatre namaH .
OM harakodaNDa kha.nDanaaya namaH .
OM saptataala prabhettre namaH .
OM dashagriiva shiroharaaya namaH .
OM jaamadgnya mahaadarpadalanaaya namaH .
OM taaTakaantakaaya namaH .
OM vedaantasaaraaya namaH .

OM vedaatmane namaH .
OM bhavarogasya bheshhajaaya namaH .
OM duushhaNa trishiro hantre namaH .
OM trimuurtaye namaH .
OM triguNaatmakaaya namaH .
OM trivikramaaya namaH .
OM trilokaatmane namaH .
OM puNyachaaritrakiirtanaaya namaH .
OM trilokaraxakaaya namaH .
OM dhanvine namaH .
OM danDakaaraNya puNyakR^ite namaH .

OM ahalyaa shaapa shamanaaya namaH .
OM pitR^i bhaktaaya namaH .
OM varapradaaya namaH .
OM jitendriyaaya namaH .
OM jitakrodhaaya namaH .
OM jitaamitraaya namaH .
OM jagadgurave namaH .
OM R^ixa vaanara sa.nghaatine namaH .
OM chitrakuuTa samaashrayaaya namaH .
OM jayanta traaNa varadaaya namaH .
OM sumitraaputra sevitaaya namaH .
OM sarvadevaadi devaaya namaH .

OM mR^itavaanar jiivitaaya namaH .
OM maayaamaariichahantre namaH .
OM mahaadevaaya namaH .
OM mahaabhujaaya namaH .
OM sarvadevastutaaya namaH .
OM saumyaaya namaH .
OM brahmaNyaaya namaH .
OM munisaMstutaaya namaH .
OM mahaa yogine namaH .
OM mahodaraaya namaH .
OM sugriivepsita raajyadaaya namaH .
OM sarvapuNyaadhika phalaaya namaH .

OM smR^ita sarvaagha naashanaaya namaH .
OM aadipurushhaaya namaH .
OM paramapurushhaaya namaH .
OM mahaapurushhaaya namaH .
OM puNyodayaaya namaH .
OM dayaasaaraaya namaH .
OM puraaNapurushhottamaaya namaH .
OM smitavaktraaya namaH .
OM mitabhaashhiNe namaH .
OM puurvabhaashhiNe namaH .
OM raaghavaaya namaH .
OM anantaguNa gaMbhiiraaya namaH .
OM dhiiroddaattaguNottamaaya namaH .

OM maayaamaanushha charitraaya namaH .
OM mahaadevaadipuujitaaya namaH .
OM setukR^ite namaH .
OM jitavaaraashaye namaH .
OM sarvatiirthamayaaya namaH .
OM haraye namaH .
OM shyaamaa.ngaaya namaH .
OM sundaraaya namaH .
OM shuuraaya namaH .

OM piitavaasase namaH .
OM dhanurdharaaya namaH .
OM sarvayaGYaadhipaaya namaH .
OM yajvane namaH .
OM jaraamaraNavarjitaaya namaH .
OM vibhiishhaNa pratishhThaatre namaH .
OM sarvaavaguNavarjitaaya namaH .
OM paramaatmane namaH .
OM parasmai brahmaNe namaH .

OM sachchidaananda vigrihaaya namaH .
OM parasmai jyotishhe namaH .
OM parasmai dhaamne namaH .
OM paraakaashaaya namaH .
OM paraatparaaya namaH .
OM pareshaaya namaH .
OM paaragaaya namaH .
OM paaraaya namaH .
OM sarvadevaatmakaaya parasmai namaH .
.. iti raamaashhTottarashata naamaavaliH ..

beautiful lines....

आज मैने सूर्य से बस जरा-सा यों कहा-
आपके साम्राज्य मे इतना अँधेरा क्यों रहा?
तमतमाकर वह दहाडा--मै अकेला क्या करूँ?
तुम निकम्मों के लिये मै ही भला कब तक मरूँ?
आकाश की आराधना के चक्करों मे मत पडो
संग्राम यह घनघोर है, कुछ मै लड़ूँ, कुछ तुम लड़ो !!

The Gayatri Mantra

The vedic form of the famous Gayatri mantra:

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्यः धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्

Aum bhur-bhuvah-swah tat savitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dheemahi dhiyo yo nah Prachodayat.

Summary of the Mantra:

May we meditate on the Glory of the Lord, the Remover of pains and sorrows, the Bestower of happiness, Who has created the universe, and Who is the embodiment of knowledge and light. May the Lord, enlighten our intellect in the right direction by destroying all our sins and ignorance.

Meaning of each letter in mantra:

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OM = Almighty God
BHOOR = Embodiment of vital or spiritual energy
BHUVAHA = Destroyer of suffering
SWAHA = Embodiment of happiness
TAT = That (indicating God)
SAVITUR = Bright, luminous, like and sun
VARENIYAM = Supreme, best
BARGO = Destroyer of sins
DEVASYA = Divine
DHEEMAHI = May receive
DHIYO = Intellect
YO = Who
NAHA = Our
PRACHODAYAT = May inspire

AUM	GRANTHI�POWER	MEANING
TAT	TAPINI	SUCCESS
SA	SUCCESS	BRAVERY (PARAKRAM)
VI	VISHWA	MAINTENANCE� (PALAN)
TUR	TUSHTI	WELFARE (KALYAN)
VA	VARDA	MARYADA
RE	YOG	SELF RESTRAINT��(SANYAM)
NI	REVATI	SFUTA
YAM	LOVE (PREM)	TAP
BHAR	SOOKSHMA	MEDHA
GO	MONEY	FOR SIGHT
DE	GYANA	YOGMAYA
VA	BRILLIANCE (TEJ)	JAGRITI (AWAKENING)
SYA	BHARGA	YOGINI
DHEE	DEFENCE (RAKSHA)	CREATION (PRODUCTION)
MA	GOMATI	DHARINI
HI	INTELLECT (BUDDHI)	SARASTA��(SWEETNESS)
DHI	DEVIKA	PRABHAVA
YO	SUPPRESSION (DAMAN)	IDEAL
YO	VARAHI	OOSHMA
NAHA	DEVOTION (NISTHA)	COURAGE
PRA	SINHANI	DRASHYA
CHO	DHARNA�(POWER OF RETENTION)	WISDOM (VIVEK)
DA	DHYAN	NIRANJAN
YAT	PRAN	SEWA (SERVICE)

गायत्री मंत्र का वर्णं

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्यः धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् 

गायत्री मंत्र संक्षेप में

गायत्री मंत्र (वेद ग्रंथ की माता) को हिन्दू धर्म में सबसे उत्तम मंत्र माना जाता है. यह मंत्र हमें ज्ञान प्रदान करता है. इस मंत्र का मतलब है - हे प्रभु, क्रिपा करके हमारी बुद्धि को उजाला प्रदान कीजिये और हमें धर्म का सही रास्ता दिखाईये. यह मंत्र सूर्य देवता (सवितुर) के लिये प्रार्थना रूप से भी माना जाता है.

हे प्रभु! आप हमारे जीवन के दाता हैं
आप हमारे दुख़ और दर्द का निवारण करने वाले हैं
आप हमें सुख़ और शांति प्रदान करने वाले हैं
हे संसार के विधाता
हमें शक्ति दो कि हम आपकी उज्जवल शक्ति प्राप्त कर सकें
क्रिपा करके हमारी बुद्धि को सही रास्ता दिखायें
मंत्र के प्रत्येक शब्द की व्याख्या
गायत्री मंत्र के पहले नौं शब्द प्रभु के गुणों की व्याख्या करते हैं
ॐ = प्रणव भूर = मनुष्य को प्राण प्रदाण करने वाला
भुवः = दुख़ों का नाश करने वाला
 स्वः = सुख़ प्रदाण करने वाला
 तत = वह, 
सवितुर = सूर्य की भांति उज्जवल
 वरेण्यं = सबसे उत्तम
 भर्गो = कर्मों का उद्धार करने वाला
 देवस्य = प्रभु
 धीमहि = आत्म चिंतन के योग्य (ध्यान)
 धियो = बुद्धि, 
यो = जो,
 नः = हमारी, 
प्रचोदयात् = हमें शक्ति दें (प्रार्थना)

Easy Steps For Meditation At Work

If a harassed office worker keeps on piling on work without taking the time for a break, he will find himself burnt out. Five to ten minutes of meditation a day can actually help an office worker create a space of peace and quiet even if he doesn’t leave his desk.

An Ancient Practice In A Modern World

Meditation has been around for centuries. Most major religions around the world, including Christianity, include meditation as part of their practice. Meditation has often been equated with praying. However, even non-believers can actually practice meditation.

The staying power of meditation through the ages just shows how much it has stayed relevant to human beings even in this digital era. In fact, now more than ever, meditation is a balm to our information laden and time starved lifestyles.

Seven Easy Steps To Meditate In The Workplace

It doesn’t matter if the office worker has a room or is situated in a cubicle. It’s possible for anyone to enjoy the state of meditation even with their eyes open.

1. The office worker just needs to set his alarm for at least ten minutes during the day. This should be scheduled in his calendar to make it a daily habit.
2. He should clear his mind of any concerns or thoughts. Thoughts must be treated as external barriers that need to be acknowledged and then set aside.
3. He should be aware that he is producing deep breaths that come from the diaphragm.
4. He can choose an object to focus on. It might be the corner of a room or a picture frame. He can also choose a peaceful looking screensaver or web page on his computer. It doesn’t matter what he is looking at as long as he is just focused on one point.
5. He needs to keep his gaze steady without thinking of anything in particular.
6. Once he has established that his mind is clear, he should then focus on one thought. For some, this can be called a mantra. It doesn’t have to be said out loud. It is a powerful thought that the office worker would like to bring into being such as: “I am a fully empowered individual” or “I will be peaceful and focused today.”
7. After focusing on the thought, the office worker can visualize the thought becoming part of his actions for the day. This can lead to the end of his meditation exercise.

How To Make Meditation A Habit

It’s definitely not easy to make meditation a habit. Many people actually fall back into old habits and don't follow through on resolutions. One way for an office worker to ensure that this is part of his daily routine is to actually schedule it in his calendar as if he is going to a ten-minute meeting. This exercise needs to be treated as if it is an ongoing part of an office worker’s operations. Instead of taking a cigarette break or a snack break, he can, instead, focus on his inner well-being and take time to calm his busy mind.

आरती कैसे करनी चाहिये

आरती कैसे करनी चाहिये

आरती पूजन के अन्त में इष्टदेवता की प्रसन्नता के हेतु की जाती है।

इसमें इष्टदेव को दीपक दिखाने के साथ उनका स्तवन तथा गुणगान

किया जाता है।

आरती में पहले मूलमंत्र (जिस देवता का जिस मन्त्र से पूजन किया

गया हो,

उस मन्त्र)- के द्वारा तीन बार पुष्पांजलि देनी चाहिये और

ढोल, नगारे, शंख, घड़ियाल

आदि महावाद्यों तथा जय-जयकार के शब्द

के साथ शुभ पात्र में घृत से या कपूर से

विषम संख्या की बत्तियाँ

जलाकर आरती करनी चाहिये।

साधारणत: पाँच बत्तियों से आरती की जाती है, इसे ‘पंचप्रदीप’ भी कहते

हैं। एक, सात या उससे भी अधिक बत्तियों से आरती की जाती है। कपूर

से भी आरती होती है।

पद्मपुराण में आया है।

‘कुंकुम, अगर, कपूर, घृत और चन्दन की सात या

पाँच बत्तियाँ बनाकर अथवा रुई और घी की बत्तियाँ बनाकर शंख, घण्टा

आदि बाजे बजाते हुए आरती करनी चाहिए।’

आरती के पाँच अंग होते हैं-

प्रथम दीप माला के द्वारा, दूसरे जल युक्त शंख से, तीसरे धुले हुए वस्त्र से,

चौथे आम और पीपल आदि के पत्तों से और पाँचवें साष्टांग दण्डवत् से

आरती करें।

आरती उतारते समय सर्वप्रथम भगवान् की प्रतिमा के चरणों

में चार बार, नाभि देश में दो बार, मुखमण्डल पर एक बार और समस्त अंगों

पर सात बार घुमाये।

आरती के दो भाव है जो क्रमश: ‘नीराजन’ और ‘आरती’ शब्द से व्यक्त हुए

हैं। नीराजन (नि:शेषेण राजनं प्रकाशनम्)- का अर्थ है- विशेषरूप से, नि:शेष

रूप से प्रकाशित करना। अनेक दीप बत्तियाँ जलाकर विग्रह के चारों ओर घुमाने

का अभिप्राय यही है कि पूरा-का-पूरा विग्रह एड़ी से चोटी तक प्रकाशित हो

उठे- चमक उठे, अंग-प्रत्यंग स्पष्ट रूप से उद्भासित हो जाय, जिसमें दर्शक या

उपासक भलीभाँति देवता की रूप-छटा को निहार सके, हृदयंग्म कर सके।

दूसरा ‘आरती’ शब्द (जो संस्कृत) के आर्तिका प्राकृत रूप है और जिसका

अर्थ है- अरिष्ट) विशेषत: माधुर्य उपासना से संबंधित है।

भगवान् के पूजन के अन्त में आरती की जाती है। पूजन में जो त्रुटि रह

जाती है, आरती से उसकी पूर्ति हो जाती है। शास्त्रों में आरती का विशेष

महत्त्व बताया गया है। पूजन में यदि मन्त्र और क्रिया में किसी प्रकार की

कमी रह जाती है तो भी आरती कर लेने पर उसकी पूर्ति हो जाती है।

आरती करने का ही नहीं, आरती देखने का भी बहुत बड़ा पुण्य है। जो

नित्य भगवान् की आरती देखता है और दोनों हाथों से आरती लेता है,

वह अपनी करोड़ पीढ़ियों का उद्धार करता है तथा अन्त में भगवान् के

परम पद को प्राप्त हो जाता है। अत: अत्यन्त ही श्रद्धा-भक्ति से अपने

इष्टदेव की नित्य आरती करनी चाहिये।