A Time of Auspicious Beginnings [was DHANTERAS, 10/19/2006, 12:00 am]

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"O Goddess Lakshmi, freedom from bodily ailments, riches, destruction

of enemies, and happiness are not difficult to attain for persons who

are in your vision."

 

~Vishnu Purana

 

"O Agni, may You propitiate Mahalakshmi, the destroyer of demons but

merciful to Her devotees, abode of auspiciousness, bestower of total

protection, extraordinarily beautiful, bedecked with valuable

ornaments, shining like a thousand suns; may that Hiranmayi, the

golden coloured Goddess, be pleased with us."

 

~Sri Suktam

 

"O Lord Ganesha with a large body and curved trunk, with the

brilliance of a million suns, please make all my work free

of obstacles always."

 

~Ganpati Mantra

 

"Let each morn be better than its eve and each morrow richer than its

yesterday."

 

~Baha'u'llah

 

"Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new.

Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my

life up to this moment, to come to this day. This is my day of

opportunity."

 

~Dan Custer

 

SOURCE: The Times of India. SACRED SPACE: Dhanteras - Auspicious

Beginnings.

URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2200125.cms

 

 

 

 

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> Reminder from the Calendar of

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> DHANTERAS

> Thursday October 19, 2006

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> Notes:

> The festival of Dhanteras marks the beginning of the Diwali

celebrations and therefore it is considered the first day of the

five-day-long festivities of Diwali. The term 'dhanteras' consists of

two factors 'dhan', which literally means wealth and 'teras', which

means thirteenth. Here thirteenth is meant to indicate the day

'Trayodashi', on which dhanteras falls. Dhanvantari Trayodashi

(Dhanwantari Trayodashi) is celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of

Krishna Paksha, of the Hindu month of Kartik, that is two days before

Diwali. http://festivals.iloveindia.com/diwali/dhanteras.html