Cow Lakshmi on Pongal Day Bhagavan with Cow Lakshmi in the gaosala Suri Nagamma 16th January, 1946 (23) WORSHIP OF THE COW You know yesterday was the animal Festival of Cows (Mattu Pongal). On that day, all over the country, domestic animals are decorated and fed with Pongal. In the Asramam also yesterday morning, several varieties of sweetmeats were prepared and, with garlands made of those sweetmeats, puja to Nandi was performed by drawing ornamental lines with lime powder before the cowshed, by tying plantain trees around the pillars, by hanging garlands of green leaves, by bathing all the cows, by placing tilakam (vermilion marks) on their foreheads and garlands around their necks, and by feeding them with Pongal. Finally puja was performed to the chanting of mantras and the breaking of coconuts. Cow Lakshmi is the queen amongst the cows, is she not? You must see her grandeur! Her forehead was smeared with turmeric powder,
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ReplyDeleteDevotee: In the books it is stated that Bhagavan is an ocean of Mercy. Is it a fact? Ramana: Ocean? An ocean (sagara) has a limit, a boundary (or coastline) But the Krupa of Bhagavan has no such limits. It is limitless. It knows no bounds.
ReplyDeleteSunyayogi, It's interesting having an interest in both Ramana Maharshi and Osho. Ramana totally lived the teaching. Osho on the other hand talked the talk but lost his way, bogged down in materialism and avarice.
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