Guest guest Posted March 15, 2001 Report Share Posted March 15, 2001 > >Could someone please post the scriptural significance of performing/ > >attending mangala aarti. > > It is noteworthy that Srila Prabhupada chose to speak on the importance of > rising early and attending mangala-arati in one of his last purports on > Srimad Bhagavatam, 10.13.53: > > "Varnasrama-dharma, therefore, is essential, for it can bring people to > sattva-guna. Tada rajas-tamo-bhavah kama-lobhadayas ca ye (Bhag. 1.2.19). > Tamo-guna and rajo-guna increase lust and greed, which implicate a living > entity in such a way that he must exist in this material world in many, > many forms. That is very dangerous. One should therefore be brought to > sattva-guna by the establishment of varnasrama-dharma and should develop > the brahminical qualifications of being very neat and clean, rising early > in the morning and seeing mangala-aratrika, and so on. In this way, one > should stay in sattva-guna, and then one cannot be influenced by tamo-guna > and rajo-guna." > > Your servant, > Madana-mohana das The quotation you made is probably not about the importance of rising early, rather about the particular importance of the sattva guna. SP wanted to conclude that it is essential to cultivate mode of goodness and avoid the lower modes. ys, Manohari dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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