2021 Celebrating Śhrī Gaṇeśha Chaturthī: “Chaturthī is the day He is established, Gaṇeśha is established on this Chaturthī”

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"Today we are going to perform Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā.
Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā is most essential. Because of Śhrī Gaṇeśha only there is holiness spread in the whole world.
Today, whatever problems we are seeing is because you have not yet recognized our greatness. And we do not know why we have not recognized its importance. And we do not know as to why we have come in this world and what work we are doing and what we have to do.
In order to understand this, today, Sahaja Yoga has come to this world."
1994-1231 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā (Hindi+English+Marathi), Mukand Steel Factory, Kalwa, Thane, Maharashtra, India

"Śhrī Gaṇeśha is the embodiment of the existing reality of Paramachaitanya, or Śhrī Gaṇeśha is the manifestation of the invisible Paramachaitanya. And He establishes this perception on every chakra. Unless and until nirmalatā [immaculacy] exists in every chakra, only holiness shines from every chakra, rising of the Kuṇḍalinī is highly improbable. Even if She rises, She keeps falling each time. The relationship between Kuṇḍalinī and Śhrī Gaṇeśha is that of Mother and Child."
1993-1205 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā (Hindi), New Delhi, India

."..... Chaturthī is the day He is established, Gaṇeśha is established on this Chaturthī ......"
1982-0822 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, House of Charles and Magda Mathys, Chemin des Moulins-de-Drize 5, Troinex (6 kms S of Geneva), Switzerland
Invocation To Śhrī Gaṇeśha
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"People are not able to understand how to recognize Śhrī Gaṇeśha. ‘What should be there in their life?’ But this is very difficult. However, much you explain, whatever you say, humans do not understand how they can accept Śhrī Gaṇeśha. If on one side they are blessed by Śhrī Gaṇeśha and are nourished, then they are very pure. They reflect. That is not the point. If you are a very honest person it is all right. But if you fall short in naitikatā [morality], then it is wrong.
If you are not able to put your attention on the problems faced by the world, then also you lack balance.
And if you want to awaken the powers of Śhrī Gaṇeśha within you, this is possible only through awakening of the Kuṇḍalinī. There is no other way."
1994-1231 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā (Hindi+English+Marathi), Mukand Steel Factory, Kalwa, Thane, Maharashtra, India

"But Śhrī Gaṇeśha’s greatest contribution to Sahaja Yoga is that He makes you feel My vibrations.
He makes you feel the beauty of purity and simplicity. [It’s] only possible if Śhrī Gaṇeśha is awakened within you.
Also, the Kuṇḍalinī won’t rise without the sanction of this Chancellor. He’s the one sitting on Mūlādhāra.
But you should know He is on every chakra.
Innocence cures all the maladies: physical, mental, emotional, specially the spiritual one.
But Śhrī Gaṇeśha’s quality is the most important is: that He believes in emitting vibration[s], He believes in projecting His vibrations to everyone.
That is the quality now I feel all of you, as Sahaja Yogis, can use.
You got your Realization without any effort, I should say. It was sahaj."
1995-0910 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Śhrī Gaṇeśha's Qualities (What Mother Says, What Mother Does, That's the Most Important Thing), Deliberately Project Your Energy (Innocence Cures All the Maladies), and We Must Know Our Qualities and Our Powers (You Are a Storehouse of Innocence), Hangar, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy

Gaiye Ganapati Jagavandan
Let us sing the praise of the Leader of the Gaṇas who is respected by the whole world
Śhankara Suvana Bhavani Nandan
He is the son of Śhiva and the Devī
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"Today is the happiest day for all of you, for the whole universe, because Śhrī Gaṇeśha was created. He was created to emit auspiciousness through His Chaitanya. First, the whole cosmos was filled with this Chaitanyasṛiṣhṭi [Creation of Divine Vibrations]. Then Brahmadeva came into play, and He created all the matter. But the greatest blessings of the Divine Power was to symbolize Chaitanya, and this Chaitanya has many aspects, but specially in Śhrī Gaṇeśha, it is auspiciousness. In these modern times, people have lost the sense of auspiciousness. Everything that emits vibrations, ‘Chaitanya’, is auspicious, is śhubh, and whatever does not, is not, by any chance, auspicious. So, first of all, whatever you worship, whatever you accept, all of them have to be auspicious things"
1991-0915 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Śhrī Gaṇeśha and His Qualities, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy

"So now, as you are created in the same image of Śhrī Gaṇeśh, you have to understand that you have to accept whatever God has given you, whatever position He has given you.
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So, for a Sahaja Yogi first thing is to be self-contented.
As I told you, the fundamentals of the Western life is to see and to be seen. Both things were missing completely in the Incarnation of Śhrī Gaṇeśh. So when I say these things, suddenly people start thinking, 'Let us become hippies, or let us become punks, or let us become this, let us become that.' You don't have to become anything. Whatever you have -- your body, your face, your hair -- everything is there, just meant for you. You don't have to change anything outwardly because inside is complete Chaitanya."
1991-0915 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Śhrī Gaṇeśha and His Qualities, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy

"So the priorities have to change if Śhrī Gaṇeśha is to be worshipped.
What are we worshipping today is the innocence within us.
We are worshipping that is auspicious, which is innocent. Innocence, which is deep down within us - that's our character, that's our nature, that's what we are born with - is the basic of this whole Creation, is the essence of this Creation."
1985-0804 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, The Importance of Chastity, Brighton Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, East Sussex, UK}

Namami Śhrī Gaṇarāj Dayal
We bow to You, Compassionate Gaṇeśha!
Karat Ho Bhakt Naka Pratipal
Verily You are the Protector and Supporter of devotees
Namami Śhrī Gaṇarāj Dayal
We bow to You, Compassionate Gaṇeśha!
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"Innocence is the sustainance [sustenance], is the basis of spirituality. If a person doesn’t have innocence, we [he] cannot rise in spirituality.
That’s why the first job of Sahaja Yoga is to establish Śhrī Gaṇeśha within you, to awaken Him. As soon as the Kuṇḍalinī awakens, you must know that Śhrī Gaṇeśha comes into being. Without His awakening within you, Kuṇḍalinī cannot be raised. But it could be temporary, or it could be a permanent thing.
It could be very temporary with people who are not yet adjusted to the new method or to the Ways of God’s Love. Those who have not understood, or those who have not gone through those traditions, is rather difficult for them to establish Śhrī Gaṇeśha within them."
1984-0121 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, First Job of Sahaja Yoga Is to Establish Śhrī Gaṇeśha Within You and We Have to Have Certain Maryādās, House of Dr. R. A. Saṃghavī, B.N-1, Sapt Shrung, Krishnanagar Housing Society, Saharanpur Road, Nasik, Maharashtra, India

"The greatest quality of Śhrī Gaṇeśha is joy. It gives you joy, as small children, they may not speak even, but they give us so much joy. Joy-giving quality comes from Śhrī Gaṇeśha. Even after coming to Sahaja Yoga, I’ve seen people are not full of joy. Are very serious, they don’t know how to laugh, how to enjoy anything. That’s the sign that they are still lacking in innocence. So it’s important to understand that, if you are Sahaja Yogis, you should be joyous and give joy to others, just like children, how sweet they are. They may be newly born, but how much joy they give you. But supposing you do not have that capacity to enjoy the innocence of children, then nobody can help you. Gaṇeśha cannot help you. Because that’s the innate quality human beings have and if you don’t have that quality, no use having any other sense. Like some people like food, they like colors, they like all other things. But if you don’t have Śhrī Gaṇeśh you cannot purely enjoy anything.
So it is only [with] Śhrī Gaṇeśha’s blessings that we really enjoy everything in its full measure."
2002-0914 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Hangar (now Nirmal Temple), Albera Ligure, Alessandria, Italy

Sahaja Yogis [recite]: "Jay Gaṇeśha, Jay Gaṇeśha, Jay Gaṇeśha Pāhimām, Śhrī Gaṇeśha, Jay Gaṇeśha, Jaya Gaṇeśha Rakṣhamām."
Śhrī Mātājī: Now, what you are doing by saying these mantras, you are awakening the innocence within you; innocence is represented by Śhrī Gaṇeśh.
As you know, later on, He incarnated as Lord Jesus Christ, but the innocence within us must be first of all invoked, because, before creating the universe, first of all, innocence was created, because innocence has the greatest protective power, the greatest destructive power and it is the most powerful.
So, first, we are trying to invoke the innocence.
Now, My Feet here represent Gaṇeśha, and they are innocent, and so, we are trying to worship those so that, within you, Gaṇeśha should be invoked.
Your innocence should be enlightened, all right?
1980-1012 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā (4th Day of Navarātri), Winterthurerstraße, Zürich, Switzerland

Suggested Talk: 1991-0915 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Śhrī Gaṇeśha and His Qualities, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy

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Bhajans:

Śhrī Gaṇeśha Atharva Śhīrṣha
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Jay Jay Bolo Nirmal Gaṇeśha Kī
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Śhrī Gaṇeśha Kinaryala Lau
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Gajananah Śhrī Gaṇarāya
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Jay Jagadambe
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Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pancha Ratnam (names of Śhrī Gaṇeśha)
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Śhrī Gaṇeśha Jay Śhrī Gaṇeśha
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Sukhkarta dukhharta Śhrī Gaṇeśh Āratī
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"So today’s Pūjā is specially to be done with a prayer in your heart that:
'Shrī Gaṇesha, please be kind and merciful and forgiving that You manifest within ourselves.
Let all these hypocritical things, all these conditionings and all these wrong ideas we have or all the wrong life we have had should just disappear like thin air, and let the beautiful moonlight of your soothing qualities of innocence be manifested through us.'
Let us manifest these qualities. This is what is to be asked."
1990-0826 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, The Glow of Śhrī Gaṇeśha, Lanersbach, Austria
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Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Gaṇeśha sākṣhāt
Śhrī Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily Śhrī Gaṇeśha!
Salutations to You!

Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!