Happy Guru Poornima 2011!

Guru Purnima
             Gururbrahmaa gururvishnuh gururdevo Maheswarah |
             Guruh-saakshaat parambrahma tasmai shrigurave namah ||

“Guru is creator Brahma; Guru is preserver Vishnu; Guru is also the destroyer Siva and he is the source of the Absolute. I offer all my salutations to the Guru”.

Introduction

The full moon day in the month of Ashadh (July) of the Hindu calendar is celebrated as Guru Purnima by all Hindus all over. This day is celebrated as a mark of respect to the “Guru” i.e. a teacher or a preacher.

This day is celebrated in the sacred memory of the great sage Vyasa, the ancient saint who compiled the four Vedas, wrote 18 Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata.

The day, also known as “Vyasa Purnima” is observed by devotees who offer pujas (worship) to their beloved Gurus. Sage Vyasa is known to be the Adi (original) Guru of the Hindu religion. The auspicious day of Vyaasa Poornima has a great significance as everybody knows that the role of a Guru in real life is very much important.


Celebration

Hindus show much respect to their gurus. Gurus are often regarded as God. The Shvetashvatara Upanishad (6/23) tells :

“Yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau
Tasyaite kathitaa hi arthaaha prakashante mahatmanaha”

This means, Guru to be worshipped in the same manner as the deity - God, to attain all there is to attain on the path of God-realization. When this Self is within you where is the need to search for someone to teach you!

On this day several programs and cultural performances are organized by spiritual organizations. Divine discourse and bhajan samarohas are also organized to make the day more special.

In India, Guru Purnima is celebrated at various ashrams, especially with much grandeur at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh. The day is celebrated here on a grand scale with devotees coming from various parts of the country. The same is also celebrated at ashram of Satya Sai Baba at Puttaparthy, Ashram in Amritapuri and few other places of spiritual importance. Guru Purnima is also celebrated few places outside India.

This is a day for spiritual seekers who remain extremely open to their gurus to receive divine power, and for this reason holy people choose this day to shower everyone with their most auspicious divine blessings.

Significance

The day of Guru Purnima has great significance for spiritual sadhaks and farmers. All spiritual aspirants and devotees worship Vyasa in honor of his divine personage and all disciples perform 'puja' of their respective spiritual preceptor or 'Gurudevas'. They offer flowers and sweets to their spiritual gurus. It is also good time to begin spiritual lessons from a guru. Traditionally, spiritual seekers commence to intensify their spiritual 'sadhana' from this day.

The day also finds a great importance for farmers. The period 'Chaturmas' ("four months") begins from this day. The water, drawn up and stored as clouds in the hot summer, now manifests in plentiful showers that brings fresh life everywhere.

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Good Friday 2011

A small band of Christians is planning a rally in Washington, D.C., in a bid to make Good Friday a national holiday.
Organizer Sharon Jones, a New York-based missionary, recalled growing up observing the holiday in her native Britain.
She has scheduled a rally on the National Mall on April 22, or Good Friday. She hopes thousands will attend and watch a film about Jesus during the midday event.
“Growing up in the U.K., I remember nothing was open,” she said in an interview Wednesday (April 13). “It was a true day to just look unto Jesus and to say, `Thank God that we are saved by the blood.' Now this is a perfect opportunity for an awareness of who Jesus is.”
Jones said 11 states and more than 135 countries observe Good Friday as an official holiday. She is circulating an online petition to Congress for a U.S. observance.
Supporters include Christian groups based in New Jersey, Texas and Washington, D.C.

Good Friday sms
sum1 asked a prsn how does it fees2luv sum1 who luvs sum1 else?
after a deep breath he answered
‘Its like hugging a cactus
D tighter u hug…d more it HURTS

One thing to be remembered in life….
Keep things in heart which hurts other….
But never try to hurt someone by keep in your heart…!!

Eating rotten fruit, Sleeping near drainage,
Dog biting twice, Travelling in govt bus..
r a million times better than believing a Girl.

It makes me happy just being by your side
All those feelings I just can’t hide
You’ll always be in my heart
Can’t bear the pain when were apart

A painful moment comes when u get close wid
a person and one day the person suddenly
try to avoid u and ur heart wants to go
and talk to that person but ur ego doesn’t allow you

Longest Distnce on Earth Isn’t 4rm North 2 South,
Its Wen I Stand Infront of u n u Ignore Me..!!

Its Still Hurts To See
That You’re Doing
Completely Okay…
Without Me


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Passover Tells Us: Teach Your Children Well | Cleaning for Passover, Crumb by Tiny Crumb

Happy Passover

As one nation after another in Africa and the Middle East engages in a fight for freedom, Passover, which begins this week, still has much to teach us about the nature of that fight. The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation. It is vivid, replete with direct experiences like eating matza, the unleavened bread of affliction, and tasting maror, the bitter herbs of oppression. It is a ritual performed not in the synagogue but at home, in the midst of the family, reminding us that, in Alexis de Tocqueville's words, "As long as family feeling is kept alive, the opponent of oppression is never alone." Perhaps its single most striking innovation is that from beginning to end, it is designed to engage and enthral the mind of a child.The rabbis who developed the ritual were guided by the Bible itself and the highly counterintuitive narrative it tells in the 12th and 13th chapters of Exodus. Here is the scene: Moses has assembled the people to tell them they are about to go free. Exiled, enslaved, threatened by a Pharaoh who has commanded that every male Israelite child shall be killed, the people have witnessed a series of wonders performed on their behalf. Moses is now about to tell them that soon they will leave and begin their long walk to freedom.I sometimes ask people what they would speak about if they were in Moses' shoes? Some say they would talk about freedom, others that they would speak about the destination that lay ahead: the "land flowing with milk and honey." Yet others, made of sterner stuff, propose talking about the arduous journey that lay ahead, the march across the wilderness with all its hazards.Any of these would have been a great speech by a great leader. Moses did none of these things. That is what made him a unique leader. If you examine the text in Exodus carefully, you will see that three times he reverted to the same theme: children, education and the distant future. "And when your children ask you, What does this ceremony mean to you?" (Exodus 12:26). "On that day tell your son, I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt" (13:8). "In days to come, when your son asks you, What does this mean?" (13:14).Moses spoke not about freedom but about education. He fixed his vision not on the immediate but on the distant future, and not on adults but children. In so doing he was making a fundamental point. It may be hard to escape from tyranny but it is harder still to build and sustain a free society. In the long run there is only one way of doing so. To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilisation you need education. That is why Moses, according to Rousseau, the world's greatest architect of a free society, spoke about the duty of parents in every generation to educate their children about why freedom matters and how it was achieved.Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression. The faces change, but not the script. True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others. Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools. Nowhere is this more evident than on Passover, when the entire ritual of handing on our story to the next generation is set in motion by the questions asked by a child. In every generation we need to cultivate afresh the habits of the heart that Tocqueville called "the apprenticeship of liberty."The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it.
                    

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Tamil New Year Wishes Messages 2011 | Tamil Puthandu Wishes

Tamil New Year Wishes Messages 2011

Tamil New Year Puthandu sms, Tamil New Year 2011 Wishes messages and Tamil New Year quotes by saying Iniya Tamizh Puthaandu Nalvaazhthukkal in tamil. Puthandu is the Tamil New Year, which is the first day of the Tamil new year in mid-April celebrated by Tamils in Tamil Nadu. In this day of new year all the people will search for latest Tamil New Year Puthandu sms, Tamil New Year 2011 Wishes messages, Tamil New Year quotes and tamil new year rasi palan online to send to their friends, family members and to the beloved ones.

Highlights of the Festival
New Year's day is a gala time for all Tamils. The main focus is on the food eaten on the day. 'Maanga Pachadi' is the pulse of the festival. It is a dish made of raw mangoes, jaggery, neem flowers which tastes sweet, salt, sour and bitter. This entails different colors of life. It depicts that life has to face everything from success to defeat. At the time of New Year festivities, a grand Car Festival also takes place at Tiruvadamarudur near Kumbakonam. At some places, Chitthirai festival is also celebrated. It is said on this day, Goddess Meenakshi got married to Lord Sundareswarar.

Puthandu Rituals
In Tamil Nadu, people follow some strict rituals in a belief to ensure well-being and prosperity of their families. The most popular tradition is to view Kanni at dawn with a hope to bring good luck. People start the day by watching some auspicious items like gold and silver jewelery, betel leaves, nuts, fruits and vegetables, flowers, raw rice and coconuts. Following the rituals, Tamils take bath, wear fresh clothes and visit the temples to pray for success in life. After this, Panchangam (almanac) is read.

Many people get their houses painted to mark the renewal of life. Ladies adorn their houses with fresh mango leaves and Kolam (rangoli)designs. Sometimes, a decorated lamp kuthuvillakku is placed in the center of colorful Kolam to bring light to the house.

People in the advent of merrymaking and feasting exchange gifts with each other. Children are highly excited at the time of Puthandu as they receive small gifts or cash from their parents and relatives.

Tamil New Year sms messages

Peace for march,
No worries for April Fun for May,
Joy for June to Nov,
Happiness for Dec,
Have a lucky and wonderful new year.

Oh my Dear, Forget ur Fear,
Let all ur Dreams be Clear,
Never put Tear, Please Hear,
I want to tell one thing in ur Ear
Wishing u a very Happy “NEW YEAR”!

In New Year may God…would be your Best Friend,
He Loves you Deeper, always Bless on You ,
God Always Guide You & Carry you…Happy New Year


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Baisakhi Wishes | Baisakhi SMS Messages | Baisakhi video songs

Baisakhi Wishes

India is famous for its rich cultural heritage and the uniqueness of its traditions. There is a festival here for every season and for every occasion. On the occasion of the arrival of a new harvesting season, people all over the country celebrate a festival called ‘Baisakhi

Oh Kheta di mehak,
Oh jhumara da nachna,
bada yaad aunda hai,
tere naal manaya hoeya har saal yaad aunda hai
dil karda hai tere kol aake Vaisakhi da anand lelaan
Ki karan kam di majburi,
Phir vi dost tu mere dil vich rehnda hain...
Happy Baisakhi!!

Wish you a very Happy Baisakhi. May Wahe Guruji accept your good deeds and make all the years full of love and contentment.

Baisakhi de is paawan parv diyan sabnu vadhaiyyan. Wahe Guru Ji sab da bhala karein.

Nachle gaale humare saath, Ayi hai Baisakhi khushiyon ke saath, Masti mein jhoom aur kheer-poore kha , Aur na kar tu duniya ki parwa. Baisakhi Mubarak Ho!!

May God bless you and keep you safe not only today but throughout life that is coming in your way. May this year to follow be one of the best year, you have ever spent. Happy Baisakhi!

On this Baisakhi, let us pray, that it will be a year with new Peace, New Happiness, and abundance of new friends, May God bless you through out the coming season. Happy Baisakhi!

With all the Rose's Perfume & with all the lights in the world & with all the children's Smiles...I wish you that all your dreams come true. Happy Baisakhi!
                 
 Baisakhi Messages

Nachle gaale humare saath
Ayi hai Baisakhi khushiyon ke saath
Masti mein jhoom aur kheer-puri kha
Aur na kar tu duniya ki parwa.
Baisakhi Mubarak Ho!!
Amit Khurana

Happy Baisakhi to all NIItians
Jagriti

To all my friends subha nababarsher subechha ar hardik avinandan........
Tomader sokol icchye puron hok
Tanumoy Dhar

I wish you a very Happy Baisakhi.
May Wahe Guruji accept your good deeds,
bring all the years full of love and contentment.
May you come up as bright as sun,
as cool as water and as sweet as honey.
Hope this Baisakhi fulfill all your desires and wishes.
Happy Baisakhi!!
Mudit

Tussi Hasde yo sanu hasaan vaaste
Tussi rone yo saanu rovaan vaaste
Ek vaar rus ke ta vekho sohneyo
Marr javange tuhanu manaan vaaste.
Baisakhi da din hai khushiyan manaan vaaste.
Baisakhi diyan vadhiyan.
Suresh

Nachle gaale humare saath
Ayi hai Baisakhi khushiyon ke saath
Masti mein jhoom aur kheer-puri kha
Aur na kar tu duniya ki parwa.
Baisakhi Mubarak Ho!!
Sima

I love my Jaan. Subha Naba Barsha.
Debjit

Happy Baisakhi to all my Sikh brothers and sisters. I hope celebrations of the day are as colorful and joyous for you as ever.
Khalid Hussain

Tikhi talwaar ne sanu janam dita, gurti mile e khande di dhaar vichon, sikhi sidak te sir dastar sohni, sada vakhra e roop sansar vichon, saria nu Baisakhi Dia Lakh Lakh Vadiya!!
Kulvinder Mehta

Happy Baisakhi to all my dear Punjabi brothers and sisters. May you all have a very important day, full of joy and happiness.
Deepy Bharaj & Family

Happy Baisakhi to all my Punjabi friends. I am a Christian by birth but I love u all like my own brothers and sisters. God bless Punjab.
Cristian

Happy Baisakhi to all my friends in Punjab. May Baisakhi bring lots of happiness and good luck for you all.
Amrik Singh

Baisakhi de is paawan parv diyan sabnu vadhaiyyan. Wahe Guru Ji sab da bhala karein.
Satnam

Mitron Vaisakhi diyan lakh lakh badhaiyan.
Balvinder

Happy Baisakhi to all my friends. May Wahe Guruji bless all souls with happiness and long life.
Simar

Dearest Harvinder
This is the first time ever that we are not together on Vaisakhi. I am missing the fun we had performing gidda dance. Hope you will have a joyful Baisakhi in the company of your husband and in-laws.
Yours loving friend
Sulekha

Dear Mummy Papa
Please accept my heartfelt good wishes on the joyous occasion of Baisakhi. I wish I could be with you and share the joys of the festivities. I have applied for leave and I hope that it will be sanctioned so that I will be able to spend time with you.
Love and Regards
Mahima

Respected Papaji
You will be glad to know that my semester exams will get over by April 10th, I would therefore be able to spend Baisakhi at home. Please ask mummy to prepare my favorite besan ke laddoo.
Regards
Inderjeet

Happy Baisakhi
Here is wishing a very Happy Baisakhi to all my friends Happy, Honey, Monty, Harpal and Sukhvinder in Punjab. I am missing you a lot guys ! Have fun performing bhangra !!
Love
Harkishan

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Om Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram

Om Sri Ramaya Namah
Sri Rama Rama Rameti,
Rame Rame Manorame
Sahasranama Tattulyam Rama Nama Varanane
Om Sri Sita-Ramachandradhyam Namah

Ram Navami Pooja

Ramnavami Pooja is held in high regards by all the Hindus all over the world. Most of the people prefer to observe a whole day fast on this day. Generally devotees prefers to be on a satvik food without salt, however there are people who also go for Nirjal fast that is fast even without water. Those who are satvik fast consume potatoes made in any form without haldi (turmeric), garlic, ginger or onion. He can also eat fruit and root vegetables of any kind. Curd, tea, coffee, milk, and water are also permitted.

There is no very specific ritual to perform pooja. People visit temples and listen to stories of Ram janam (Rama's birth) and various other legends from Ramayana. Devotees also sing bhajans praising the deeds of Lord Rama, his loyal brother Lakshman, his devoted wife Sita and Rama's greatest devotee Hanuman. If the pooja is preformed at home, the home is first of all cleaned properly and pictures of Lord Rama, Lakshman, Sita and Hanuman are put on a dais in preparation for the puja.

All the members of the family together worship the deity on his birthday. Devotees offer flowers, sweets and light diyas and incense sticks in order to please Lord Rama and his consort. Two thaalis are kept ready infront of the deities. One thali containing the prasada and the other containing necessary items like roli, aipun, rice, water, flowers, bell and conch for the pooja rituals. After lighting the diyas and incense sticks, devotees sprinkle holy water, roli, and aipun and rice on the deities. They also read out holy mantras in order to please thje deity. After the pooja is done, an aarti is performed and the holy water from the pooja is sprinkled over the devotees as a sign of blessing and auspiciousness from God. The youngest female member of the family then applies teeka to all the male members of the family. At the last the holy prasad is distributed among all the people who have gathered for worship.


                                    Shree Ram Navami Festival

Shri Rama Navami celebrates the birth of Lord Rama to King Dasharatha and Kausalya of Ayodhya. It falls in the Shukla Paksha on the ninth day of the month of Chaitra and marks the end of the nine-day Chaitra-Navratri celebrations. Lord Rama is the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu who came down to earth to battle the invincible Ravana in human form.In Bhadrachalam the day also celebrates the wedding anniversary of Sri Rama and Sita. The festival is celebrated for 9 days and is marked by continuous recitals, Akhand Paath, mostly of the Ramacharitamanas, organized several days in advance to culminate on this day, with elaborate bhajan, kirtan and distribution of prasad after the puja and aarti.On the last day celebrations and festivities begin with prayer to the Sun god early in the morning. At midday, when Rama was incarnated on that day in

Treta Yuga is marked with devotional service is performed with Bhakti and piety.The house is and decorated. Offerings of fruit and flowers are placed before the family shrine and prayers are recited.An image or picture of baby Rama is placed in a covered cradle. At noon the covering is removed and Prasad is offered to Rama, and then shared by the devotees.The festival is a focal point for moral reflection and being especially charitable to others. Celebrations at places associated with Sri Rama, like Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and Ramesvaram in Tamil Nadu, attract thousands of devotees.

                                 SMS Greeting Sri Ram Navmi

Ram Navami SMS Messages : 1
Jinke man me SHRI RAM hai
Bhagya me uske baikunth dham hai
Unke charno me jisne jivan vaar diya
Sansar me uska kalyan hai.
Ramnavmi ki hardik shubh kamnaye

Ram Navami SMS Messages : 2
Ram ji ka Tyaag,
Sita maa ka dhairya,
Lakshmana ji ka tej aur
Hanuman ji ki Bhakti
Hum sabko jeevan ki seekh deta rahey
Happy Ramnavmi.

Ram Navami SMS Messages : 3
Deen Bandhu Dukh Taran Kosladhes
Ram Kisi Bhanti Bhaji, Rakhan Ki Riti Taji
Happy Ramnavami

Ram Navami SMS Messages : 4
Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram….
Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram….


Ram Navami SMS Messages : 5
Jante hai sabhi RAM sevak hun, naam mera HANUMAN hai
Bair kare jo mere prabhu se, meri mutthi me us dusht ke pran hai
Jinke naam se jal me patthar taire
Tu bhi tar jaye, re bande kaha tera dhyaan hai.
JAI SHRI RAM

Ram Navami SMS Messages : 6
Ram jinka naam hai, Ayodhya jinka dhaam hai,
Aise raghunandan ko, hamara pranam hai….
Aapko aur apke parivaar ko Rama Navami ki haardik shubhkaamnaye.

Ram Navami SMS Messages : 7
Paani me nek naam kabhi doobte nahi
Sachhai ka rang dhone se kabhi chut-te nahi
Insaniyat ke farz se jo chukte nahi
RAMJI aise bando pe meher karna bhoolte nahi
Happy Ramnavmi

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Rama Navami bhajans

Sri Rama Navami Utsavam-Chaturbhuja Sri Rama


Ayodhya ~ City Of Shree Rama


Sri ram Navami Pooja


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