Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Dasera



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‘Punarapi jananam punarapi maranam, iha samsare bahu dukhkhare’ it means again and again we are born to die and experience the pain of undergoing through the ups and downs of this life?  Once we understand the fact behind this, we long to get out of this cycle of life and death and that is shown by the top most step.

To be liberated from this cycle of life and death, we need the grace and guidance of Guru who will unchain us from our karmas and help us to surrender to the Lord.

Just as Lord gave moksha to the Elephant (represented by the doll) we also can get liberated if we surrender to him.  Guru is represented by Swami Dattatreya and Lord Dakshinamurthy.  Then the jivatma – the soul will merge with the Shakti – the energy - life force energy represented by the Mother Goddess here.

Thus the ritual which is more social for many has a purpose and acts as a remainder of our journey and purpose of life. 

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