Ganapataya

[shian]

Om Ganapatiye Suoha
Saturday 15 is Ganesh Chaturthi...^_^...
in America have Ganapataya Sect?

[Eastern Mind]

Yes! Here in Edmonton we will be having a parade of the murthi around the temple, homa, long abhishekam, bhajans, followed by prasadam, all over a period of about 6 hours. Next to this temple's annual 10 day festival, this is the largest celebration at our temple. Aum Namashivaya Ekadantaya vidmahe vakratundaya dhimahi tanodanti pracodayat!

[Agnideva]

Namaste Shian,

Om Ganapatiye Suoha
Saturday 15 is Ganesh Chaturthi...^_^...
in America have Ganapataya Sect?
I don't know if Ganapatya exists any more as an independent sect. Some say that Ganapatya and Kaumara sects got completely absorbed by Saivism. Ganapati worship however is very popular among almost all Hindu groups.

Most temples in America celebrate the Ganapati festival. If you go to temple on Ganesh Chaturthi, you will likely hear the recitation of the Ganapati Atharvashirsha Upanishad, which came from the Ganapatya sect, but is now considered a Saiva upanishad. I absolutely love listening to the recitation of this text:


Ganapati Atharvashirsha Upanishad (of the Atharvaveda)
Om Lam I bow to Ganapati.
You clearly are the tattva. You alone are the Creator. You alone are the Maintainer. You alone are the Destroyer. Of all this you certainly are Brahma. You plainly are the Essence.
Always I speak amrita. The truth I speak.
Protect me. Protect the speakers. Protect the hearers. Protect the givers. Protect the holders. Protect the disciple that repeats. Protect that in the East. Protect that in the South. Protect that in the West. Protect that in the North. Protect that above. Protect that below. Everywhere protect! Protect me everywhere!
You are speech. You are consciousness. You are Bliss. You are Brahma. You are Being-Consciousness-Bliss. You are the Non-Dual. You are plainly Brahma. You are knowledge. You are Intelligence.
You create all this world. You maintain all this world. All this world is seen in you. You are Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Aether. You are beyond the four measures of speech. You are beyond the three Gunas. You are beyond the three bodies. You are beyond the three times. You are always situated in the Muladhara. You are the Being of the three Shaktis. You are always meditated on by Yogins. You are Brahma, You are Vishnu, You are Rudra, You are Agni, You are Vayu, You are the Sun, You are the Moon, You are Brahma, Bhur-Bhuvah-Svar.
'Ga' the first syllable, after that the first letter, beyond that 'm', then the half-moon all together. Joined with 'Om', this is the mantra form.
Letter Ga the first form, letter a the middle form, m the last form. Bindu the higher form, Nada the joining together, Samhita the junction. This is the vidya of Lord Ganesha.
Ganaka is the seer, Nricad-Gayatri the metre, Sri Mahaganapati the god. "Om Ganapataye Namah."
Let us think of the one-toothed, let us meditate on the crooked trunk, may that tusk direct us.
One tusk, for arms, carrying noose and goad, with His hands dispelling fear and granting boons, with a mouse as His banner.
Red, with a big belly, with ears like winnowing baskets, wearing red, with limbs smeared with red scent, truly worshipped with red flowers.
To the devoted a merciful Deva, the Maker of the World, the Prime Cause, who at the beginning of creation was greater than nature and man.
He who always meditates thus is a yogin above yogins.
Hail to the Lord of Vows, hail to Ganapati, hail to the First Lord, hail unto you, to the Big-bellied, One-Tusked, Obstacle-Destroyer, the Son of Shiva, to the Boon-Giver, hail, hail!
He who studies this Atharva Shira moves towards Brahma. He is always blissful. He is not bound by any obstacles. He is liberated from the five greater and the five lesser sins. Evening meditation destroys the unmeritorious actions of the night. At both evening and morning he is liberated from the bad and he attains Dharma-Artha-Kama and Moksha.
This Artharva Shira should not be given to those not pupils. If from delusion a person so gives, he is a bad person.
He who wants something may accomplish it by 1000 recitations of this. He who sprinkles Ganapati with this becomes eloquent. He who recites this on a 4th day becomes a knower of Vidya. This an Artharva saying "He who moves towards Brahma Vidya is never afraid." He who worships with fried grains becomes famous and becomes intelligent. He who worships with sweet-meat (modaka) gains the desired fruit. He who worships with samit and ghee by him all is attained, all is gained by him. He who makes eight brahmanas understand this becomes like the sun's rays. In a solar eclipse, in a great river, or in front of an image having recited (this) he gets accomplished in the mantra. He becomes liberated from great obstacles. He is freed from great misfortunes.You can also listen to this upanishad being recited here (http://www.adwaitjoshi.com/misc/atharvashirsha.mp3).

Aum Gam Ganapataye Namah.
A.

[Nachiketa]

Namaste Shian,
I do not know where you live but New York has a temple whose main diety is Maha Vallabha Ganapati and the chaturthi celebrations have already started, culminating this Sunday with a Rath Yathra. So this would be nice opportunity for you.

Pranams

[yajvan]

Hari Om
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Om Ganapatiye Suoha
Saturday 15 is Ganesh Chaturthi...^_^...
in America have Ganapataya Sect?


Namaste and Om saumyaya Namah, (salutations to the peaceful one)

A few HDF posts perhaps you may enjoy?

http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12920&postcount=1

http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1563


pranams,

[shian]

thank you all.
thank you agnideva for Ganesha Upanisad, i wish can read the full version, i wish Ganesha Upanisad can translate in Indonesian.
^_^

i am from Indonesia, and stay in Indonesia

[atanu]

Patanjali Yoga Sutras
Chapter 2

Ignorance, egoism, attachment, hatred, and clinging to bodily life are the five obstacles.

Ignorance is the field for the others mentioned after it, whether they be dormant, feeble, intercepted, or sustained.

Ignorance is regarding the impermanent as permanent, the impure as pure, the painful as pleasant, and the non-Self as the Self.

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YV iv. 5. 2.

Homage to the golden-armed leader of hosts, and to the lord of the quarters homage!

Om

[shian]

I am celebrate Ganapati Birthday in my altar ^_^

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