2022 Celebrating Śhrī Vināyaka Chaturthī: “the birth of Śhrī Gaṇeśha – today is Vināyak Chaturthī”

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"Today is a very important day for all of us, Sahaja Yogis, because today Śhrī Gaṇeśha was born. Śhrī Gaṇeśha is whom we worship and because of whom we got our Realization. However much you may remember Him, until you do not know His special qualities, you cannot attain Him. His special quality is that He is the Embodiment of Purity (Śhuddha Swarūp) and Complete Master of the Universe. He is the Incarnation of the Supreme, of Brahman.
By coming into this world He has created music (saṅgīt), rhythm (tāl) and notes (sur). By His Grace only people become one with music (tallīn) [engrossed]. A small boy who came into the world and did such great work! He has given so many things to everyone and even today He is active. Śhrī Gaṇeśha's Pūjā, no matter how much you do it, it is not enough. A lot of people say we don't see Śhrī Gaṇeśha, even after worshiping Him so much, we do not attain Him. "
2008-0210 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Jayanti Pūjā (Hindi), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India

"It is such a fortunate day today that we should come on the birth of Śhrī Gaṇeśha
– today is Vināyak Chaturthī, today – that we should celebrate this Pūjā."
1983-0118 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā (Vināyaka Chaturthī Day), House of Dr. Ramesh Adinath Saṃghavī, B.N-1, Sapt Shrung, Krishnanagar Housing Society, Saharanpur Road, Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Jay Gaṇeśha, Jay Gaṇeśha, Jay Gaṇeśha Deva
Jay Lord Gaṇeśh
Mātā Teri Pārvatī Pīta Mahādeva
Your Mother is Pārvatī, Your Father is Mahādeva
O Gaṇapati Deva, Gaṇapati Deva
O Jay Jay Gaṇapati Deva, Gaṇapati Deva
Ek. Danth. Devadant. Char. Bhujadari
O God, You are single toothed with four hands,
Mas.Tak. Sindhur Shobhe Chuhe Ki Sawari
the red sindoor suits Your forehead, and You are mounted on a humble mouse.
O Gaṇapati Deva, Gaṇapati Deva
O Jay Jay Gaṇapati Deva, Gaṇapati Deva
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"Today is a very big day, because the actual Pure Spirit has taken birth today. And He already had such an eternal state, that many people could not comprehend it or write about it. They wrote only what they understood, but now that you are realized you can understand that by the Power of Śhrī Gaṇeśha's name you can get your Realization. By taking His name alone any disease or any pain will disappear. He is eternal. He is always present within us, when you get your Realization, you can feel Him."
2008-0210 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Jayanti Pūjā (Hindi), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India

"Śhrī Gaṇeśha was made out of the, they say, it is a beautiful poetic way of saying it, out of the mud that was covering the Mother Pārvatī or you can say the Gaurī at that time. Because She was not married in the sense that She was a virgin just finished her marriage and She was to meet her husband and this virgin wanted to have a bath before meeting her husband, so She cleanses her hands properly and makes this Deity of Śhrī Gaṇeśha which is bestowed on this center. If you really develop your proper insight through meditation you can see Śhrī Gaṇeśha settled down there very clearly.
Śhrī Gaṇeśha is the Embodiment of Innocence and that’s why He is a child, that’s why His head is that of an elephant because an elephant being an animal doesn’t grow into ego and superego like human beings do. That’s why He is a child. He is the Embodiment of Childhood and He incarnated on this Earth once which is described in Devī Bhāgavat[am] if you read as Mahāviṣhṇu."
1979-0507 Public Program, Sahaja Yoga and Christianity, Bharatiya Vidyā Bhavan, London, UK

"So I have to make a very simple announcement today, that on this day of Śhrī Gaṇeśh,
all My children, who are born like Śhrī Gaṇeśh only, in the same pattern, should become dynamic like Him,
innocent like Him, great like Him, working twenty-four hours.
This little Child is working throughout the day and night to give you this Source of Joy.
May God bless you all."
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. Ramesh Adinath Saṃghavī, B.N-1, Sapt Shrung, Krishnanagar Housing Society, Saharanpur Road, Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Sukh. Na Hi Kothe Ale Hya Sansari
O Śhrī Gaṇeśha, there is no happiness in the world without You
Saumsaratsa Bhar. Sara Doyiwari
You are the support of the whole world
Tu Dakhav. Maz. Mala Gao
Please direct us to the village that is the Kingdom of God (kingdom within/in my heart)
Śhrī Gaṇeśha Kinaryala Lau
Śhrī Gaṇeśha please steer our boat to that shore
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"But when Pārvatī made Śhrī Gaṇeśha, He was the Son of Pārvatī alone. There was no Father. Pārvatī Herself wanted to have a child of Her own. There were angels who were dedicated either to Viṣhṇu or to Śhiva, like gaṇas were dedicated to Śhiva alone. So, She wanted to have Her own Son who can permeate Her Powers on this Earth.
So to begin with when the Śhakti created this universe and Sadāśhiva was watching Her creation, the first thing She created on this Earth was innocence and the Embodiment of that Innocence was Śhrī Gaṇeśha. The whole Universe was covered with innocence, which we call as Oṃkāra. This innocence protected all the creation of the world and penetrated into all that is matter."
1986-0907 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Establishing Śhrī Gaṇeśha Principle, Holmes Lodge, YMCA Camp Marston, 4761 Pine Hills Road, Julian (near San Diego), CA, U.S.A.

"I have said a lot about Śhrī Gaṇeśha and His importance in our life.
He is the giver of wisdom. But this wisbom ... wisdom comes from our innocence, innocence that is innate within us. As children, we are innocent, but as we grow we start exerting ourselves in a manner that we start losing our innocence.
We lose it in two ways. Once we have lost our innocence, we cannot believe that others could be innocent. Another is that we think innocence is not important.
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."
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. Ramesh Adinath Saṃghavī, B.N-1, Sapt Shrung, Krishnanagar Housing Society, Saharanpur Road, Nasik, Maharashtra, India

Śhrī Mātājī: The Oṃkāra? Is the first sound.
When the Śhakti departed from Sadāśhiva, from the God Almighty
– His Power, His Desire departed – it made the first sound: that’s the first Child, we say, of God.
That’s Oṃkāra. A-u-m is the thing, and these are the Three Powers which are represented as Mahākālī, Mahālakṣhmī, Mahāsaraswatī.
And also all these are combined together to form Śhrī Gaṇeśh.
1987-0506 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, The Need to Go Deeper and Questions and Answers, Āśhram, 10 Clarence Street, Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gaiye Ganapati Jagavandan
Let us sing the praise of the leader of the Ganas who is respected by the whole world
Shankara Suvana Bhavani Nandan
He is the son of Śhiva and the Devī
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"...... the Principle of Gaṇeśha is extremely subtle, is the subtlest of subtle. And it exists in everything, that it exists in the matter in the form of vibrations. There is no matter which is without vibrations. It has vibrations which are seen even in the atoms and also in the molecules of all matter that has existed.
So Śhrī Gaṇeśha is the first one who was established in the matter, as well. As a result, we can see, He exists in the Sun, He exists in the Moon, He exists in the whole Universe, in the whole Creation, and He continues to exist in human beings also. Only the human beings have capacity to somehow or other cover up your – the innocence. Otherwise, animals are innocent. Human beings have the freedom; if they want, they can cover up their innocence, they can shut down the doors of Śhrī Gaṇeśha and say that He does not exist. They can cloud it. And that is why we find among human beings that they are doing so many horrible things, avoiding the existence of Śhrī Gaṇeśh.
But He acts. He acts in a way that He shows natural reserves of our wrongdoings. Like if you do things which are not pleasing to Śhrī Gaṇeśh, He goes up to a point, forgives you up to a point, and then He starts emerging out as diseases, as physical diseases, and in women, it becomes a mental disease. Also, it can create problems in the nature. The natural catastrophes are also only the curse of Śhrī Gaṇeśha. When people start doing wrong things, behaving in a wrong manner, collectively, then the natural catastrophes come to teach them a lesson."
1989-0808 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, How far to Go with Children, Salle Oles Congres, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

"This is the importance of this day.
Today if you ask for any wish, then Śhrī Gaṇeśha will fulfill it.
It is His right to fulfill all your desires, because you are all realized.
Ask Him with all your heart and He will help you in every way, every moment, every instant."
2008-0210 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Jayanti Pūjā (Hindi), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abodhita dena sab. Sahaji ko
Lord Gaṇeśha, please give us innocence
Nirmal bhakti dena sab ko
Lord Gaṇeśha, please give us devotion
Śhrī Gaṇeśhajī ki puniya bhoomi par,
In this land of Śhrī Gaṇeśha
Ek.ta ki Śhakti sab ko
Please grant us the power of collectivity
Jay Jay Bolo Nirmal Gaṇeśha kī
Victory to Śhrī Gaṇeśha!
Jay Jay Bolo Nirmal Gaṇeśha kī
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Suggested Talk: 1986-0907 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Establishing Śhrī Gaṇeśha Principle, Holmes Lodge, YMCA Camp Marston, 4761 Pine Hills Road, Julian (near San Diego), CA, U.S.A.

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Bhajans:

Oṃkār Pradhana Rup Gaṇeśhache by Saint Tukārām
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Hemaja Sutam Bhajan
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Jay Gaṇarāyā Śhrī Gaṇarāyā
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108 Names of Śhrī Gaṇeśha
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Namami Śhrī Gaṇarāj Dayal
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Sukhkarta dukhharta Śhrī Gaṇeśha Āratī
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!