Hindu Bhojan mantr-Prarthna before meals

HINDU BHOJAN MANTR (prarthna before partaking of meals)

ॐ ब्रहमार्पणं ब्रहमहविर्; ‌ब्रहमाग्नौ ब्रहमणा हुतम् ।

ब्रहमैव तेन गन्तव्यं ; ब्रहमकर्मसमाधिना ॥

Brahmarpanam brahm havih – r- brahma maagrau brahmana hutam

Brahmaiv ten gantavyam brahm-karm-samadhinaa

ॐ सह नाववतु ।सह नौ भुनक्तु ।सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।

तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु ।मा विद्‌विषावहै ॥

ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति:

Om Saha Naav[au]-Avatu

Saha Nau Bhunaktu

Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai

Tejasvi Naav[au]-Adhiitam-Astu Maa

Om shantih shantih shantih

(The above Shlok is from the Bhagavad-Gita {chapter4 shlok 24} which is also chanted together as Bhojan Mantr)

जैसा अन्न ग्रहण करते हैं, वैसा मन और विचार होते हैं।

यह भी मानते हैं की सोच विचार कर किसी के घर का भोजन करना चाहिए।

भोजन करते समय भोजन का निरादर नहीं करना चाहिए, चाहे जैसा भी हो।

पूर्ण कृतज्ञता के साथ भोजन करना है।

The act of eating is considered to be a sacred time (ie if we regulate our meals and not eat all through the day)

As per Hindu scriptures a meal should begin with the appropriate bhojan prarthna; a prarthna of offering food to the Brahm within us all. A prarthna of gratitude and peace. So that the bhojan taken gives us good positive energy and peace.

A simple thought of being grateful for the food that is before you is powerful enough to turn it into positive energy.

Take only as much as you are going to eat. Wastage of ann (food) is being disrespectful of the food you receive.

(All details are from appropriate sites on internet)

Below is the Utube link which gives this mantra with perfect words for correct pronunciation.

(I use it regularly)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hieAnFemIZQ&feature=share

U Tube upload Piyush Rathore

Thank you 🙏

HUMANITY – Religion + Spirituality

 

Its very easy to talk and preach, write and lecture “Others” on Humanity, Values, Sanskars …

But who actually would be a true humanitarian?

It would be one who practises what he preaches or may be the one just acts out of his sanskars and chooses to not talk or discuss  his humanity, spiritual or religious acts at all!

Like they said in the earlier times,

When you do any act of humanity of charity; it should be so discreet that your left hand  is  not aware of the fact that  your right hand has done some noble deed!!

World Of Beggars…

…There is an age old belief, “One can give (to the other) only, what is there on his inner side”

So in a world of beggars, who will give?

All are empty in themselves, hungry for various things –

Greater name, more money, higher power –

Simply the strong desire to tower above the rest of the humanity in what ever capacity – could even be in the mask of religion!

So, unless there is an overflowing of love from within, and the person totally contained in himself, how will he be ever expected to give JOY to others around?

And, “Except in the people  who have merged with the consciousness and are close to God , can such a quality be available;

Which is very rare…

Taken from my book: Zero2Dot.  http://www.zero2dot.org/

Jai Shreeji!!

World Of Beggars

…There is a belief, one can only give what is there in the inner side – so unless there is an overflowing of love, and the person totally contained in himself, how will he be ever expected to give this joy to others around?

 Except in the people close to God who have merged with the consciousness, can such a quality be felt; or else –

In a world of beggars, who will give?

All are empty in themselves, hungry for various things –

Greater name, more money, higher power –

Simply the strong desire to tower above the rest of the humanity in what ever capacity – could even be in the mask of religion! –

So basically there is no joy to be found in any of the outer dimensions,  as we know them.

“Its” not out there; one has to move in, at the DOT, total in himself.

Till the time one is dependent on someone or something out there, lasting joy will never be experienced…

Taken from my book: Zero2Dot.

http://www.zero2dot.org/

 

Dil Mange More…!

There are a few individuals running the mass intelligence – Marketing is the game of ‘Kalyug’. In the whole of history there always have been a few influencing the whole. The course of humanity depends on who these ‘Few’ are- what is their quality!

If these few; themselves are not peaceful or content; and are so shallow, so hungry – what can they give humanity? An illusion is created making us believe we are receiving a lot, we are progressing – yes progressing I would agree in a limited way – but towards what? –

Loosing one’s humanness? Falling in the trap of greediness?

We have forgotten to even respect nature – the bounties of which we are totally dependent on.

In this time period the whole of humanity is being taken to the summit of materialistic and luxury living –

100% sense pleasures – drown yourselves in them – go deeper in it.

What happens? What do we experience?

As the satisfaction achieved is very temporary, more and more is required for the same results, and the fun part is ‘the more you have the more you want’; the greed and appetites are never satisfied; contentment is never felt for any lasting period.

As the slogan of our times – ‘Dil maange more’, is so apt for the dissatisfaction and unrest we experience in our lives today.

The whole media has been manipulated into creating a demand which is never satisfied.

We are being led to a truth of ‘Jet age gurus’, ‘Instant spirituality’, ‘Quick Kundalini rise’, ‘Immediate peace and better health’ etc -.

             All sound religious – but what’s the goal?

Greater peace, better health, more religion, more knowledge –

all leading to what?

Only so that you can go on living and enjoying the ‘maya’ in a deeper way.

Sad is to see how the youngest of our generations has been influenced by the media towards so much negativity. The ‘Sanskriti’ and religion of our country has become a joke in various social settings. The whole environment has been made so sensual, how can the younger people escape from its influence?

It’s become uncontrollable – as children blinded by what they see and read, go berserk in fulfilling themselves.

The need for everyone is joy that is ever lasting – love that  

 will never fade with time – And of course total bliss and Anand.

 Intellectually, we may even know where it is and how to get there – but how many are able to put themselves in the open for the inner dimensions to be touched by the light?

Taken from my book Zero2Dot:

http://www.zero2dot.org/

 

Call of your Soul

                                                                                Call of your soul

         

                                                             

                                                               Walk your path in faith fearlessly

 “No matter what everyone else thinks or says, if your own intentions are right, do not be afraid – there are moments when you have to follow the call of your soul. If you want to reach anywhere high stop giving unnecessary importance to voices around”. 

“Most of them do not even understand what’s happening; all they’re interested is trying to stop anyone from moving away from what “they’ think is the right way to do things”.

I clarify this, as many have this wrong understanding;  “if one is in search for the truth and depth in spirituality; the person is trying to run away from responsibilities and has stopped caring”.

I would like to state here that “deeper insights and higher spirituality teaches one to become more responsible and develop greater compassion towards all”.

There is a greater flowing of divinity and love, and even being in the close proximity of these seekers a regular flow is always received by all around.

This misconception about true religion and spiritual growth needs to be corrected in the minds of them, who may have understood wrongly.

Without neglecting any worldly responsibilities, I have to move fast. –  I cannot miss the opportunity provided by God to experience the highest peak and bliss – I have to move deeper – I know what I want to do and there will be no human power to stop me from reaching the highest summit of spirituality and God realization.

I can see ShreeNathji smiling at me as I write this.

With His hand on my head like an umbrella, I have all the protection and blessings I need….

Taken from the book “Zero2Dot”. Details on website:

http://www.zero2dot.org/

Blind following the blind

                Sometimes the majority only means all the fools are on one side

 

I had read this line somewhere and it stuck in my thoughts as being so true in the area of religion and spirituality also.

The ‘majority’ here would stand for the mass of human seekers, as they do not even know what they do receive in all their various sadhanas.

It’s like ‘The blind following the blind’; ‘Let’s run, lets do whatever all the other 1000’s are doing’.

To actually find that peace, satisfaction, enlightenment which all seek is not easy, nor can be reached without sacrifices or choices.

You cannot continue to be totally involved in the mayic world; in its activities of accumulating more wealth and seeking higher pleasures; yet claim to be religious or spiritual!

‘Actions performed without the right understanding will give no positive results’- Gurushree.

This firm stability is necessary when you set out to move deeper within, with continued progress in every hour spent for this pursuit.

If time is first spent in analyzing and understanding, actions will be performed with awareness and the positive results received will give rise to faith, also known as complete shraddha –

Here the right understanding gives courage to follow that which gives positive results, despite moving in the opposite direction of the majority.

Right understanding gives courage to walk your own path no matter what the majority may say;

It gives courage to stay firm when the majority try to pull you back to the accepted followed way of religion..

All wish to be ‘safe’, all wish to receive something with the least effort in the least of time.In these moments of spending their precious time on various religious practices,  rituals and activities; none spend some time in trying to at least analyse how much benefit they receive;

As the majority of humans do practice religion to some extent, if what the majority did was the right and only way, we would not see the frustrations and unrest all around; our world would experience the peace, shanti, and satisfaction  we so desperately need. If all was ok with what all were practicing how come all have not reached?

Destruction is not positive progress

                                 Why as the great, progressive, loving, compassionate humans

                                                 that we like to call ourselves do we make weapons?

                                                                To spread love? To spread humanity?      

                                                                Obviously no :

We try to make ourselves believe wrongly that we are spreading a lot of love and are capable of receiving as much; and are progressing as a human race.

                                                                            BUT:

Can destroying nations, people, and nature be called love or humanity in any possible way?

                                       Destruction is not positive progress.

All talk about Love. All want love.

All have a need to belong.  

Weapons are made only to create fear; to bring destruction

Can jealousy be a part of love? Can there be expectation in love?

All try to make a show of being compassionate.

Can creating fear in any way be associated with love?

Living flowers are the fragrance of God

“You have no right to give death penalty to these beautiful flowers”, says Gurushree Sudhir Bhai

“Flowers, in a natural way give fragrance; you cannot give untimely death to them”.

“I do not accept flowers from last nearly 8-10 years as my understanding says we should not pluck flowers for our pleasure. Living flowers are the fragrance of God, Presence of God”. “Giving a bouquet of flowers as wishes to someone is not right, as you had no right to pluck the flowers in the first place for your senses; they can be plucked when there is some correct purpose to it only”.

“But even after all the understanding that I try to give people around me, if some flowers come to me as a gift I look after them tenderly; and when all their fragrance and beauty is over I give them a proper funeral by putting them in water. I do not just throw them in the dustbin”.

“Flowers, nature, must be respected, their beauty and fragrance is to be enjoyed when they are alive in their natural surroundings. If you yet wish to gift flowers, then gift them live in a pot, or gift a garden to me, I will take full care and look after them. In this way I receive your wishes also and can enjoy the living beauty and fragrance of the plants and flowers” says Gurushree.

These are the sentiments of Gurushree and if one thinks deeply show us how we could learn enjoyment without being selfish.

                                                                  

I would also accept Nature as a gift from God which is complete with all colours and fragrances. It could also be called the canvas of God where He delights our senses with His creations. All this He provides to us free and there is no restriction placed on who can enjoy the beauty.

His painting is visible in the uncountable varieties of colour and designs and fragrance in nature.

Respect for all life in nature is very deeply connected with spirituality.