Happy Pancha Ganapati!!!
December 25, orange: The family sadhana for the final day is to bring forth love and harmony within all three worlds. Because of sadhanas well performed during the first four days, the family is now more open and aware of Ganesha's grace, and their love for Him is now overflowing. On this day the entire family experiences an outpouring of love and tranquility from the great God Himself. His blessings fill the home and the hearts of everyone within it, inspiring them anew for the coming year.
Today, the monks celebrate the final day of Pancha Ganapati. This evening they will join Bodhinatha for a special meal, for which four monks are spending all afternoon to prepare. Many gifts for Bodhinatha and the monks have been flowing in from Ganesha's devotees. They've been sitting at the Pancha Ganapati's feet for blessings, awaiting the monastery's evening celebration.
The Five Saktis of Lord Ganesha
A Reverent Doxology by a Saiva Acharya
Loving Ganesha! Dear to Siva's men,
Within whose form the world of form resides,
Who earned the mango by a ponderous ken
And made the moon to wax and wane in tides.
Aum Ganesha! Loved by saints and sages,
Whose skillful arms five potent shaktis wield
To guide men now as in forgotten ages--
The seeker's shield, the farmer's fertile field.
Aum! Ganesha's first shakti is home life,
Protection, harmony, fertility--
Respect becomes the man, as love the wife,
Obedience their cherished offspring's glee.
Aum! Ganesha's second shakti's family--
By blood, by marriage and proximity.
Word and thought controlled, like minds agree,
While faithful friends preserve community.
Aum! Ganesha's third shakti's the market,
Where commerce earns the earth stability,
Where forthright, selfless merchants, free from debt,
Conceive, produce, exchange prosperity.
Aum! Ganesha's fourth shakti brings culture--
Refined expression, graceful artistry
In music, dance, in poetry and sculpture
Or common conduct performed consciously.
Aum! Ganesha's fifth shakti is dharma--
Fair merit found in virtue's charity--
Where love of God does conquer ancient karma
And Siva's slaves earn grace's rarity.
Jaya Ganesha! Come, our hearts protect
From discord in the home, from strife with friend,
From business misfortune, from art's neglect,
From soul's dark night--these griefs asuric end.
Many blessing to everyone from Kauai Aadheenam!
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December 25th, 2014 at 11:42 am
RT @KauaiMonastery: New blog post: Happy Pancha Ganapati!!! http://t.co/SsSwiZMzwp
December 27th, 2014 at 6:23 am
Happy Puncha Ganapati to our beloved Satguru and all our monks. Thank you very much for the mesmerizing poem. Jai Ganesha!