Spiritual Park – Mauritius, August 09 Ganesha Homa
Rajen Manick sends photos and a report from our Spiritual park in Mauritius, a few hundred miles off the coast of South Africa. Pancha Mukha Ganapati decked with garlands and hundreds of flowers for the August Homa. Thousands of devotees attended the ceremony with love and devotion in their hearts.
Each month there are numerous newcomers discovering the spiritual atmosphere of the Park for the first time. Word is out that this is a special and mystical place where serious sadhana is possible.
The bhajans are led by sishyas Nanda and Sarada who sing with such loving devotion in their hearts.
Devotees coming down from the Ganesha Bridge. which is the entrance to the main mandapam where pujas are held.
Others going down the river to fill their brass pots with water. That's the Indian Ocean on the horizon.
Each pours the river water on the Sivalingum.
Many offer flowers and fruits.
A little crowd gathers at the small Pancha Ganapati shrine.
Offerings to Lord Ganapati…
How beautifully the devotees have dressed Him today!
The tents provide shelter from the summer heat and the winter rains.
As usual, thousands of written prayers are brought by devotees to be burned in the holy flames.
Everything is conducted under the guidance of the Guru…
This lady gave a testimony about how Lord Ganesha helped her son out of a very difficult situation with his plans to study in Australia.
Kulapati Mardemootoo read one of Bodhinatha's talk on Temple worship.
A happy mother from abroad inside the Ganesha Mandapam with her two sons.
From Our Gurus' Teachings
- Gurudeva's Master Course Lesson of the Day
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Bodhinatha's Latest Upadesha: "Detachment from Experiences; Importance of Daily Vigil" (May 5, 2013)
All experiences are good experiences, necessary to get us here. Awareness of aspects of ourselves that are constantly changing is a liberating perception, breaking our chains to mundane areas, detaching from instinctive and intellectual to go into superconscious. The greatest challenge facing youth today is the lack of relating to the devotional side of Hinduism. Daily practice, daily vigil, moves us forward spiritually. Commentary on Merging with Siva, The Master Course, Lesson 21.
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