Guest guest Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 There are 8 types of worship according to Hindu dharma saastra.1. Sravanam : Listening to good keerthans, manthras, prayer, naama japa, listening to stories and puranaas which are known as sravana - listening ( remember your ears)2. Darsanam : Seeing the picture of divine power, nature, all living and non living being realizing that, the divine power exist in that. Going to temple, seeing great scholars and avathaars and also seeing all the divine people who came to the earth for serving the people as god's creations. This is darsanam ( remember your eyes)3. Keerthanam : Chanting manthras, keethanas, namaas, telling stories, giving upadesas, guiding people, appreciating good actions, and satkarmaas, are all known as keerthanas ( Remember your tongue)4. Smaranam: Remembering the divine power, the guiding force existing in all the 1.6 million type of animals, 4 lakhs type of plants 80, 000 type of trees and one million types of micro organisms. Remembering that we are only the tools in the hands of the divine power. Remembering that every second, we are under the guidance of the divine power. That is smarana ( remember your mind)5. Archanam : offering the flowers, manthras, fruits, leaves, etc ( whatever you have a part of that) to god is archana. Even thinking that you are doing archana is also archana 6. Vandanam : Bowing the head, saluting and doing the namaskaara to god and elders, scholars, gurus, parents, athithies, all include in this vandana ( Remember your hands)7. Sevanam : Serving the deserving people, animals and all living beings as your own family members and implementing the applied spirituality principles of Lokaa: samasthaa: sukhino Bhavanthu . Serving the aged, orphans, sick, hungry, people and animals. Nara seva is narayana seva says our Rishies ( Remember all your karmendriyaas)8. Samarpanam: What ever we have offering to the deserving people (one part/ share ) that is samarpanam. Samarpanam has to be done with a good intention and selfless vision All new Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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