Guest guest Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 A word should be said also about the great annual festivals. Most of the devotees were unable to live permanently at Tiruvannamalai and could only come occasionally, so that there were always crowds for the public holidays, especially for the four great festivals of Kartikai, Deepavali, Mahapuja (the anniversary of the Mother’s death) and Jayanthi (the birthday of Sri Bhagavan). Jayanthi was the greatest and most heavily attended of these. At first Sri Bhagavan was reluctant to have it celebrated at all. He composed the stanzas: You who wish to celebrate the birthday, seek first whence was your birth. One’s true birthday is when he enters That which transcends birth and death — the Eternal Being.At least on one’s birthday one should mourn one’s entry into this world (samsara). To glory in it and celebrate it is like delighting in and decorating a corpse. To seek one’s Self and merge in the Self: that is wisdom. Source: RAMANA MAHARSHI AND THE PATH OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- Om namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya Prasanth Jalasutram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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