Faith Quotations

By Jack Bauer

 When I was arrived at Peetha Nilaya, I was glad that I could appear in a Puja ceremony conducted by Swami Vishwananda. The term puja is used to include all forms of ceremonial worship beginning with the simple daily offerings of flowers, fruit, leaves, rice, sweetmeats and water to the deities in homes or temples, by all pious Hindus. Puja is also an act to show admiration of gods or the higher spiritual powers which involves singing, praying or invocations. An essential part of puja for the Hindu devotee is making a spiritual connection with the Divine. The connection or the link is often through an object. For example, it can be a sculpture, a vessel, a painting or a print. Swami Vishwananda. says:”Puja is the offering to a specific deity. Also Swami Vishwananda says the main purpose of the object is you can be drawn near the higher spiritual power. Therefore it can be a statue of Mary, Jesus Mother, or Krishna, one of the Hindi gods. Whatever form of the Divine you feel closest to”. In a puja ceremony you can offer the deity incense, flowers, food or drink.

The symbols used during puja means human can now to be connected to the gods. This icon is not the deity itself; rather, it is believed to be filled with the deity’s cosmic energy. Therefore people can focus praising and communicate with God during this spiritual exercises. This shows you have loyalty to the gods that are worshipping. This just likes you are looking after your little brothers and sisters, parents or friends. It is also like playing with God, like a child plays with his toys. This is a ceremony that can be completely personal and brought into your own home. Many of us have icons of saints or deities in their homes already. Lighting a candle each day at the altar to your heart’s choice of icon is another offering of puja.

“My work is to open the hearts of people and make them realise they have infinite love within themselves and that it is very easy to give this love away unconditionally to others around them.” says Sri Swami Vishwananda.

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