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| Dhan
Teras |
Dhan Teras is the day of Laxmi
pujan. In the Hindu civilisation, the Goddess
Laxmi occupies a very significant position.
As Goddess and mother she is worshipped in
all households. On the day of Aso vada teras,
falling in the months of either October or
November of the English calendar, all Hindu
homes conduct worship of the Goddess using
water, milk, kanku and flowers for the rituals.
Laxmi represents wealth and it is said that
wealth is fickle. However, it is more appropriate
to say that man's mind is fickle and needs
to be curbed. Those who give in to this fickleness
and misuse wealth for worldly enjoyments and
sense gratification, eventually fall into
misery. Laxmi as the giver of bounty is also
known as swarna-hasta, meaning golden handed.
As this name suggests the Goddess pours out
riches to the Community. Where there is Laxmi
there is prosperity. But wealth here also
includes moral and ethical values, the nobler
aspects of life, the power of the mind and
the intellect. In the hands of a spiritual
man such wealth is a great force which he
can use for benefit of humanity. By worshipping
Laxmi, such a person lives for the welfare
of mankind. But in the hands of a selfish
and sense-oriented person, wealth only brings
in evil and harms many.
It is spiritual wealth, which a true seeker
seeks. For such a seeker, Laxmi the Goddess
of wealth is symbolic of the highest in man
- moral and ethical values, noble life of
selflessness. By Laxmi pujan, he aspires to
the wisdom of the Gods. |
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