2022 Celebrating Śhrī Gaṇeśha Chaturthī: “Śhrī Gaṇeśha within Me is a powerful identity”
"Today we have gathered here on the right occasion and very auspicious day to worship Śhrī Gaṇeśha.
Śhrī Gaṇeśha is the first Deity that was created so that the whole Universe is filled with auspiciousness, with peace, bliss, and spirituality. He is the Source. He’s the Source of Spirituality. As a result of that, all other things follow. Like when it rains and is windy you feel a coolness in the atmosphere. In the same way when Śhrī Gaṇeśha emits His Power we feel all these three things within and without."
1985-0804 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, The Importance of Chastity, Brighton Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Auṃ namaste Gaṇapataye
Amen. Obeisance to Gaṇapati (the Lord of the Gaṇas).
Twameva pratyaksham Tattwam’asi
You are the manifest Primordial Principle.
Twameva kevalam kart’āsi
You alone are the doer.
Twameva kevalam dhart’āsi
You alone are the supporter (of the universe).
Twameva kevalam hart’āsi
You alone are the destroyer.
Twameva sarvam khalv’idam Brahm’āsi
You are verily the all-pervading Brahman (Supreme Spirit).
Twam sākshād-Ātm’āsi nityam
You are the manifest eternal Self (Ātman).
Śhrī Gaṇeśha Atharva Śhīrṣha
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"Because 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
"Today you have called Me here, to worship Śhrī Gaṇeśha, within Me. Śhrī Gaṇeśha within Me is a powerful identity.
While worshiping Him you have to know that such a powerful thing you have to establish within yourself and by that establishment you have to manifest the Powers of Śhrī Gaṇeśha and the Power of Śhrī Gaṇeśha’s greatness is auspiciousness. It’s a coefficience; it’s a formula, we can say in scientific language, that emits auspiciousness. It’s a magnet in the Mother Earth. The same magnet is within you, which is Śhrī Gaṇeśha."
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.
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 Ganesha!
Nishidina Dhyan. Dhare Jo Prani
The one who meditates every day
Hare Sakal. Bhav. Jal.
You free him from these wordly temptations
Janam.-Maran. Se Hot. Nirala
He who watches the cycle of birth and death as a witness
Nahi Lag.Ti Kar. Mal.
Obtains ultimate liberation from his Karmas.
Namami Śhrī Gaṇarāj Dayal
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"Now why first Śhrī Gaṇeśha? Because Śhrī Gaṇeśha is the beginning of the desire, and the end of the desire. You start with Gaṇeśha and you end up with Gaṇeśha. That’s why Śhrī Gaṇeśha is worshiped. Is the other way around now, is the source.
When you direct your attention to the source, you worship it, and when you want to incite or open out your own being, then you chant it. This is the difference between worship and a mantra. If you just say mantra, you open yourself out. But when you worship and chant, then you tap the source. I don’t know if I’ve said this before or not. That’s how you understand the Pūjā part."
1982-0801 Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Pūjā, The Privilege of this Worship, Seminar, Day 2, Cowley Manor, Cheltenham, UK
You are worshipped with red flowers.
You are adored by Yogis and Yoginīs.
You are the support of the root and the support of the fruit.
You are auspiciousness and the bestower of auspiciousness.
You are wisdom and the bestower of wisdom.
Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pancha Ratnam
(Names of Śhrī Gaṇeśha, Australian Songbook, Sanskrit 23)
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"So we have to first find out if the person is worthy of Pūjā or not. If the person is not worthy, it is better to leave the person alone till he becomes worthy of the Pūjā because doubts and all those things can obstruct the flow of vibrations to other people and such a person can create a problem for others. So it is not civil of that person also to be in the Pūjā if the person has not got an open heart and understanding of what Pūjā is. Doing Pūjā to any Deity as such is not an easy thing, especially to Śhrī Gaṇeśha. Those people who do Pūjā to Śhrī Gaṇeśha should know that of course it has to be a swayambhu means the one that is created by Mother Earth. No other than Gaṇeśha should be worshiped. And if they are not a realized Soul they can never worship Śhrī Gaṇeśha. They cannot even think of Him, they cannot even take His name, it is so difficult to reach Śhrī Gaṇeśha. But after Realization, the first thing you have to do is to worship Śhrī Gaṇeśha because that’s the base on which you got your Realization. He’s the One first who got His crucifixion then His Resurrection and it is the One who opened the path of Realization for you. So you have to worship Him before any other Deity with the greatest sacrifices."
1983-0911 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Hotel `Lo Zodiaco', near Tivoli (35 kms ENE of Rome), Italy
"When you worship Śhrī Gaṇeśha keep your mind clean, keep your heart clean, keep your being clean – no thoughts of lust and greed should come up. Actually, when the Kuṇḍalinī rises Gaṇeśha had to be awakened within us, the innocence has to come up – which obliterates all such degrading ideas within us. If ascent has to be achieved, we have to understand that we have to mature."
1985-0804 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, The Importance of Chastity, Brighton Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
You are the word that was in the beginning.
You are the Aumkara.
You are the source of life.
You are the source of security.
Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pancha Ratnam
(Omkar Pradhan)
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"Now here I would like to say that it is Śhrī Gaṇeśha who is the Auṃkāra, who is the vibrations. So He is the Truth. What He says is the Truth. So what vibrations say is the truth. He’s Truth. So Auṃkāra is vibrations, that is Śhrī Gaṇeśh."
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.
"So today’s Pūjā is specially to be done with a prayer in your heart that: ‘Śhrī Gaṇeśha, 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
I am Gaṇeśha, and it is Me you are doing Pūjā to.
[At the washing of the Lotus Feet:] You see, you can’t feel any bones. There are no bones. My Feet are Śhrī Gaṇeśha. My hands are Śhrī Kṛiṣhṇa and My head is Śhrī Ādi Śhakti.
1983-0301 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Perth, WA, Australia
You are the master of a protocol of Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Nirmalā Devī. You are the foremost knower of Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Nirmalā Devī.
You witness the awesome greatness of Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Nirmalā Devī.
You allow the Divine Mother to feel Her motherhood.
You allow the Divine Father to enjoy Her creation.
Lavkar Yayi Shri Ganaraya, Sakalanshi Bheti Dyaya
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Śhrī Gaṇeśha Kinaryala Lau (Australian Songbook, Marathi 62)
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Jay Jagadambe
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Tujhyā Pūjāni
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Sukhkarta dukhharta Śhrī Gaṇeśha Āratī
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Vakra-tunda mahākāya, sūrya-koti-sama-prabha
O God with the curled-up trunk, whose body is mighty and who shines with the lustre of a million suns,
Nirvighnam kuru me deva, sarva kāryeshu sarvadā
May my endeavours be forever free from obstacles.
Sākshāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!