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Originally shared by Hindu Awakening Guru’s mission is to show a disciple his own real form – Spiritual story A female tiger attacked a herd of lambs. She was pregnant. While jumping (on the herd) she delivered and after sometime she died. Her cub started growing up with the herd of lambs. Like lambs even this cub started eating grass. The cub bleated like lambs do. Slowly the cub grew up to be a young tiger. One day a tiger, from the jungle attacked the herd. This tiger was very surprised to see a grass-eating tiger amidst lambs. He caught hold of the tiger. The young tiger started bleating, like a lamb. The tiger from jungle dragged him to a lake close by. Then he said to him, ‘see your reflection in the water. You can see your face in the water. Observe carefully, you look exactly like me. Take this piece of meat and eat it.’ After saying this, tiger from jungle forcefully stuffed a piece of meat into the young tiger’s mouth. Initially the grass-eating tiger was not ready to eat mea...

Originally shared by Hindu Awakening Significance of Worshiping 'Shriram' — ekvachani, ekbaani, ekpatni Once the stage of worship of the Divine Principle or Deity according to one's religion (that of the family Deity for Hindus) is completed, the spiritual practice (worship) of Shriram is useful for many seekers. It helps one to go from many to one. This is because of Shriram's attributes of being true to His word, devoted to only one wife and attaining His target with just one arrow. Ritualistic Worship (pūjā) : Since Shriram is an incarnation of Shrivishnu, He too is worshipped like Shrivishnu in sixteen steps (Shodashopachārpūja). The leaves of the sacred and medicinal plant called tulsī, found in India, are essential for His worship. Tulsi has the ability to attract the subtlest pure particles (pavitraks) of Shrivishnu. It is even better if one can use Lotus flowers for the worship. A sweet delicacy made from milk and rice or vermicelli (kheer) or a sweet delicacy m...

Originally shared by Hindu Awakening 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...