Abhyangasnan is spiritually more beneficial than an ordinary bath ?

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Abhyangasnan is spiritually more beneficial than an ordinary bath ?

Bathing is a very important daily activity of our life. We all feel very fresh after having a bath. However, do you know that the abhyangasnan is spiritually more beneficial than the ordinary bath ?

Abhyangasnan is getting up early in the morning, before sunrise, applying oil to the whole body and massaging till it is absorbed in the skin and then taking warm water bath / shower.

By applying oil to the skin, it retains elasticity. Warm water is auspicious and pleasing to the body. Bathing after an oil massage retains only the required amount of oiliness that the skin and hair require. Hence an oil massage is necessary before a bath. Application of oil to the skin after a bath is not beneficial.

Spiritual significance of abhyangasnan :
When we have every day bath or shower, the raja and tama components in us decrease by 0.00001 % and the sattva component in us increases by the same amount for the duration of three hours. However, when we do abhyangasnan, the reduction of raja and tama components and the increase in the sattva component lasts for four to five hours.

One may feel that due to abhyangasnan a decrease or increase in subtle components by 0.00001% is an insignificant amount; however, if we try to understand it with a worldly analogy, abhyangasnan is similar to getting a bonus at our work. Spiritually, the God principle in us increases by that much amount, which otherwise would take many years of spiritual practice. Therefore, it is important to do abhyangasnan every day.

Read more about Abhyangsnan at http://forumforhinduawakening.org/dharma/blog/how-to-do-abhyangasnan/

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