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Pradaksina
Circumbulating the Lord, once again has its deep meanings..
God is in us, around us, everywhere; but it is said that it is hard to keep the thought of God in our constantly wavering mind, for more than a few seconds. When you circumambulate the Lord, you are giving yourself an opportunity to constantly focus on HIM and to absorb the positive vibrations around the Lord (The Vikrahams in Temples are powerhouses of Positive Vibrations).
It is said that, Karma incurred via words, have to be paid through words, Karma incurred via thoughts, have to be paid through thoughts and Karma incurred via actions, have to be paid via action. Circumambulating God
is one way we earn good Karma via actions.
Skanda Purana chapter 9 Verse 68 – In the word Pra-da-ksi-na, the syllable Pra dispels sin, the syllable Da bestows what is desired , the syllable Ksi cuauses the destructions of Karma and the syllable Na is the bestower of salvation.
Why is Pradakshina done in a clockwise manner?
Hindus go round the sanctum sanctorum in the temple and sometimes the deities in the puja or yajnya at home in a clockwise direction. We always assume God is the centre of our existence. He also exists everywhere so when we do Pradakshina or circumambulation we accept that our actions and thoughts are always centered around God.
The centre point is always fixed and remains the same at whatever distance we do the pradakshina so we are reminded of the eternal truth that God is the centre of Gravity and the main focus of our existence this is the main principle of Pradakshinam.
The world is always rotating around itself on its own axis as well as around the sun. All the planets also rotate on their own axes. Just like in the Solar system, the sun is at the centre around which the planets rotate, Our Pradakshinam should be done with God at the center.
The Pradakshinam should be done slowly an never in a hurry. Our thoughts and action must dwell in God.It is normal to do Pradakshinam always in clockwise direction. This is because we assume that the Lord is always on our right side. This reminds us we must always lead a righteous life, in the right path called Dharma.
Skanda Purana chapter 9, verse 28 :-
The sin commited by the mind are destroyed by the 1st step (of Pradakshina), The sin commited by the speech by the 2nd step and the sins perpetrated by the body by the 3rd step
Accordingly the number of Pradakshinam are
1 for SriGanapathy,
2 for Soorya(Sun),
3 for Shiva,
4 for Devi and SriVishnu, and
7 for Peepal tree (Sacred tree).
Generally these Pradakshina are done in temple in Kerala.
Accordingly the 1st Pradakshina destroys all sins including Brahmahathya paap (sin due to slaying of Brahmans).
The 2nd makes the worshipper an Adhikari (Qualified person for material and spiritual persuits).
and the 3rd helps the person in obtaining Naindra-Sampaada (Pleasure of life which lead to final libration).
A number of 21 pradakshinas in a day is considered most beneficial as per Swayambhooaagama
.Further he makes Pradakshinas (devotional rounds) slowly with folded hands and visualizing the Diety in his mind all the time.
All these action knowingly or unknowingly have salutary effect to ward off the ego from the mind of the Devotee.
It is not worthy that the purpose of temple worship is never achieved unless one understands that visits to temples are meant to help the devotee to shed his ego. The purpose of visits to temples is one's own cultural emancipation which functions on fundamental values known as Dharma.
Doing Pradakshina around a temple is considered a very noble deed. In this world especially Bharatha Desam there are millions of temples, Sadgurus, and Aacharyas residing in both Sthoola and Sookshma roopas . What Punniyam one will get if we manage to circumambulate all of them or the entire Bhulokham. How do we do that? Please watch this 3 minute video sathsangam by Guruji Gopalavallidasar. If you get a chance please do so and let others know about this as well. This incident from Ramayana shows yet another immeasurable aspect of Gho Matha Samrakshanam. Ram Ram.
Please open the link to view Video
https://mahaperiyavaa.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/how-to-get-the-punniyam-of-bhulokha-pradakshinam/
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[/FONT]After Pradakshinam, Namaskara is done as a sequel. If the deity faces east, we must do it facing north and vice versa. Inside the temple, we must do only
“ Anjali” (folding the palms together, bowing the head). If we do namaskaram to a deity inside the temple, we may inadvertently show our back to yet another deity. So in temples, it is safe to do namaskaram near the Dvajasthambam, with the main deity on our right side. But it is necessary to make sure that we do the namaskaram, facing only the north. In case it is otherwise, always face north and only then do the namaskaram.
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Circumbulating the Lord, once again has its deep meanings..
God is in us, around us, everywhere; but it is said that it is hard to keep the thought of God in our constantly wavering mind, for more than a few seconds. When you circumambulate the Lord, you are giving yourself an opportunity to constantly focus on HIM and to absorb the positive vibrations around the Lord (The Vikrahams in Temples are powerhouses of Positive Vibrations).
It is said that, Karma incurred via words, have to be paid through words, Karma incurred via thoughts, have to be paid through thoughts and Karma incurred via actions, have to be paid via action. Circumambulating God
is one way we earn good Karma via actions.
Skanda Purana chapter 9 Verse 68 – In the word Pra-da-ksi-na, the syllable Pra dispels sin, the syllable Da bestows what is desired , the syllable Ksi cuauses the destructions of Karma and the syllable Na is the bestower of salvation.
Why is Pradakshina done in a clockwise manner?
Hindus go round the sanctum sanctorum in the temple and sometimes the deities in the puja or yajnya at home in a clockwise direction. We always assume God is the centre of our existence. He also exists everywhere so when we do Pradakshina or circumambulation we accept that our actions and thoughts are always centered around God.
The centre point is always fixed and remains the same at whatever distance we do the pradakshina so we are reminded of the eternal truth that God is the centre of Gravity and the main focus of our existence this is the main principle of Pradakshinam.
The world is always rotating around itself on its own axis as well as around the sun. All the planets also rotate on their own axes. Just like in the Solar system, the sun is at the centre around which the planets rotate, Our Pradakshinam should be done with God at the center.
The Pradakshinam should be done slowly an never in a hurry. Our thoughts and action must dwell in God.It is normal to do Pradakshinam always in clockwise direction. This is because we assume that the Lord is always on our right side. This reminds us we must always lead a righteous life, in the right path called Dharma.
Skanda Purana chapter 9, verse 28 :-
The sin commited by the mind are destroyed by the 1st step (of Pradakshina), The sin commited by the speech by the 2nd step and the sins perpetrated by the body by the 3rd step
Accordingly the number of Pradakshinam are
1 for SriGanapathy,
2 for Soorya(Sun),
3 for Shiva,
4 for Devi and SriVishnu, and
7 for Peepal tree (Sacred tree).
Generally these Pradakshina are done in temple in Kerala.
Accordingly the 1st Pradakshina destroys all sins including Brahmahathya paap (sin due to slaying of Brahmans).
The 2nd makes the worshipper an Adhikari (Qualified person for material and spiritual persuits).
and the 3rd helps the person in obtaining Naindra-Sampaada (Pleasure of life which lead to final libration).
A number of 21 pradakshinas in a day is considered most beneficial as per Swayambhooaagama
.Further he makes Pradakshinas (devotional rounds) slowly with folded hands and visualizing the Diety in his mind all the time.
All these action knowingly or unknowingly have salutary effect to ward off the ego from the mind of the Devotee.
It is not worthy that the purpose of temple worship is never achieved unless one understands that visits to temples are meant to help the devotee to shed his ego. The purpose of visits to temples is one's own cultural emancipation which functions on fundamental values known as Dharma.
Doing Pradakshina around a temple is considered a very noble deed. In this world especially Bharatha Desam there are millions of temples, Sadgurus, and Aacharyas residing in both Sthoola and Sookshma roopas . What Punniyam one will get if we manage to circumambulate all of them or the entire Bhulokham. How do we do that? Please watch this 3 minute video sathsangam by Guruji Gopalavallidasar. If you get a chance please do so and let others know about this as well. This incident from Ramayana shows yet another immeasurable aspect of Gho Matha Samrakshanam. Ram Ram.
Please open the link to view Video
https://mahaperiyavaa.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/how-to-get-the-punniyam-of-bhulokha-pradakshinam/
[FONT=open_sansregular]
[/FONT]After Pradakshinam, Namaskara is done as a sequel. If the deity faces east, we must do it facing north and vice versa. Inside the temple, we must do only
“ Anjali” (folding the palms together, bowing the head). If we do namaskaram to a deity inside the temple, we may inadvertently show our back to yet another deity. So in temples, it is safe to do namaskaram near the Dvajasthambam, with the main deity on our right side. But it is necessary to make sure that we do the namaskaram, facing only the north. In case it is otherwise, always face north and only then do the namaskaram.
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[/FONT]http://iskcondesiretree.info/why-do-we-circumambulate-pradakshina-the-temple-and-deities/[FONT=open_sansregular]
[/FONT]http://www.templeadvisor.com/user-articles/98
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