The First Morning of the Moksha Ritau
Aum Namah Sivaya
We've just entered into a new season, the Moksha Ritau. We began the day with a Homa and then paraded out to the flagpole to fly the new colors for the season.
Here are reminders from Gurudeva, from his Saiva Dharma Shastras, detailing the significance and sadhanas of this inner season.
112 Introduction
Beginning with Hindu New Year in mid-April, three seasons of the year divide our activities into three great needs of humankind--the learning of scripture in the first season, Nartana Ritau; the living of culture in the second season, Jivana Ritau; and the meditating on Siva in the third season, Moksha Ritau. Thus we are constantly reminded that our life is Siva's life and our path to Him is through study, sadhana and realization. In ritau one, we teach the philosophy; in ritau two, we teach the culture; and in ritau three, we teach meditation.
120 The Third Season: Moksha Ritau
The third period of the year, Moksha Ritau, the cool season, is from mid-December to mid-April. It is the season of dissolution. The key word is resolution. Merging with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Metaphysics is the focus of study and intense investigation. The colors of this season are coral-pink, silver and all shades of blue and purple--coral for the Self within, silver and blue for illumination, and purple for enlightened wisdom. High above flies the coral flag, signaling Parasiva, Absolute Reality, beyond time, form and space. Moksha Ritau is a time of appreciation, of gratitude for all that life has given, and a time of honoring elders, those in the sannyasa stage of life. Moksha Ritau is excellent for philosophical discussions, voicing one's understanding of the path through an enlightened intellect. In finance, it is the time for yearly accounting and reconciliation. On a mundane level it is a time of clearing attics, basements, garages, sheds, warehouses, workshops and desks, getting rid of unneeded things, of pruning trees, of streamlining life on the physical plane--of reengineering.
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December 16th, 2021 at 5:22 pm
Aum Namasivaya!
Vanakkam! To Satguru, All Swamis & All Siva Bhakthars,
Aum! The Flag Hoisting by Satguru , in the Bright Sunlight
will evoke Good Blessings to the Whole World, with New Era
for Peace , Happiness, Harmony & Prosperity , to the Humanity.Aum!
Aum Siva, Siva!
Mikka Nanri,
Anpudan,
Siva,
(T.Sivayogapathy).
December 16th, 2021 at 6:18 pm
“AUM”!.
December 17th, 2021 at 9:41 am
The lighting must have been low, I thought at first you hoisted the wrong color flag, the coral pink just didn’t show in your pictures.
December 19th, 2021 at 5:20 am
The Great Path. Aum Namasivaya.