Hari Aum.
Tomorrow, July 27, will be Guru purnima, the day dedicated to honouring the teaching aspect of God which has manifested in the form of many great spiritual teachers or Gurus over the centuries.
This is a good time for people to worship God as Guru, the Supreme Teacher. By an interesting coincidence, this date tomorrow will also see the longest lunar eclipse of the century taking place.
As described in the post last August, an eclipse is an amazing time to do spiritual practices. It is said that a mantra chanted once during an eclipse will have the effect of chanting it one-thousand times at other times. Sivananda was also strongly in favour of mantra chanting during eclipses as he said this is very powerful.
I would recommend doing some mantra chanting, kirtan and/or other sadhana of your choice during the eclipse tomorrow. This is also a very good time to do mantra chanting for world peace. Any mantra of God is fine for this- one can just chant one's usual mantra. However, if one does not already have a mantra, one can chant 'Om Namo Narayanaya' for world peace.
If everyone of us does even 1 mala of this mantra during the eclipse (takes 5 minutes), it will have a wonderful effect.
In honour of my Guru, Sivananda, and as a Guru purnima offering to him, I plan to make full use of tomorrow's eclipse to do mantra chanting for my own spiritual progress and for the peace and welfare of the world- in accordance with the advice in his books.
Note- It does not matter if the shadow of the eclipse does not fall on the area where you live. There will be good effects if you chant mantras no matter where you are.
Please see link below for details on the timings of the eclipse:
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27
Also, just to mention, the two Kindle e-books on Lord Krishna that I have published recently will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD from the Amazon website from July 27 (Friday) to July 29 (Sunday) inclusive. Reading about Krishna helps develop devotion to Krishna, according to the sages. Hope you enjoy the books.
https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B07B95YQCV/ref=la_B07B95YQCV_rf_p_n_feature_browse-b_1?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB07B95YQCV%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011&bbn=283155&sort=author-pages-popularity-rank&ie=UTF8&qid=1532640220&rnid=618072011&redirectedFromKindleDbs=true
Happy Guru purnima to all.
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Om Samastah Gurubhyo Namah.
Hari Aum Tat Sat.
Tomorrow, July 27, will be Guru purnima, the day dedicated to honouring the teaching aspect of God which has manifested in the form of many great spiritual teachers or Gurus over the centuries.
This is a good time for people to worship God as Guru, the Supreme Teacher. By an interesting coincidence, this date tomorrow will also see the longest lunar eclipse of the century taking place.
As described in the post last August, an eclipse is an amazing time to do spiritual practices. It is said that a mantra chanted once during an eclipse will have the effect of chanting it one-thousand times at other times. Sivananda was also strongly in favour of mantra chanting during eclipses as he said this is very powerful.
I would recommend doing some mantra chanting, kirtan and/or other sadhana of your choice during the eclipse tomorrow. This is also a very good time to do mantra chanting for world peace. Any mantra of God is fine for this- one can just chant one's usual mantra. However, if one does not already have a mantra, one can chant 'Om Namo Narayanaya' for world peace.
If everyone of us does even 1 mala of this mantra during the eclipse (takes 5 minutes), it will have a wonderful effect.
In honour of my Guru, Sivananda, and as a Guru purnima offering to him, I plan to make full use of tomorrow's eclipse to do mantra chanting for my own spiritual progress and for the peace and welfare of the world- in accordance with the advice in his books.
Note- It does not matter if the shadow of the eclipse does not fall on the area where you live. There will be good effects if you chant mantras no matter where you are.
Please see link below for details on the timings of the eclipse:
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27
Also, just to mention, the two Kindle e-books on Lord Krishna that I have published recently will be available for FREE DOWNLOAD from the Amazon website from July 27 (Friday) to July 29 (Sunday) inclusive. Reading about Krishna helps develop devotion to Krishna, according to the sages. Hope you enjoy the books.
https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B07B95YQCV/ref=la_B07B95YQCV_rf_p_n_feature_browse-b_1?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_82%3AB07B95YQCV%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011&bbn=283155&sort=author-pages-popularity-rank&ie=UTF8&qid=1532640220&rnid=618072011&redirectedFromKindleDbs=true
Happy Guru purnima to all.
Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya
Om Samastah Gurubhyo Namah.
Hari Aum Tat Sat.
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