yesterday I sat and listened to the aarti chanting that I like so much,
and I then looked up in my book to see what they actually said since I did the "mumbling version" I realized just what I thougt it sounded like when I "sang" the chant to myself when walking around ha ha
just the first row or so wich is the start and "sets the mood"...

when reading this I got curious what this word ment "vigna vinayaka" that I enjoyed the feeling of so clearly, since the first row is
"jaya jaya aarti vigna vinayaka, vigna vinayaka, sri ganesha"

I my search on the internet I then found out that my favourite hindu god "ganapati" [ganesha] has 108 names [all dietys have 108 names] & 32 forms, and one form is Vigna Vinayaka: the Gold-colored and eight-armed Ganapati..
vigna is from Avigna = One without obstacles
vinayaka = lord of all
so I guess the main name for ganesh in the sence of "the one/lord that removes all obstacles is Vigna-Vinayaka
interesting, allways learning something new.

and.. the importence in this [for e personally] is that Ganesha for me is the remover of all obstacles, that is what my main aim & trust in him focuses on..
I even have a tattoo of ganesha on my lowerback, someday I will make it more spiritual and more nice like another step in appreciation.
when I meditate and sometimes use my mantra it is also "AUM gam ganapate namaha"... 
..and in my yoga studio there is a smaller Ganesh wooden statue [but he deservess a more proper alter].. and above the door on the inside of the studio there is now an small ganesha metal wall-hanging that I bought on my last trip in asia..

when reading a bit more of course it is primary the remover of obstacles in your spiritual search, but what is really the difference, for me it is mostly all about a journey in mind that we do and there is the spirutuality a main thing we [or I] realizes when getting older.. so it is the remover of all obstacles that are not physical perhaps he he.

some bonus information about: 108...
maybe you have noticed 108 here & there before in the yogic & holy world.
108 it is a sacred number
example: sanskrit has 54 syllables and multiplied with 2 [shiva + shakti] is 108.
all real sacred malas [rosarys] should have 108 beads,
and many buddhist temples have 108 stairsteps.. buddhism has also kept this old symbolism as you can see in many forms of buddhism today. [Zen, tibetan etc].
the mystical powerful yantra pictures are suppose to have 54 lines wich each have male & female quality - 108.
there are 108 sins in tibetan buddhism... and so on.

so.. it all started with me being a bit curious about what this word in hte chant I lked was & then what i ment..
I like sudden impulses to find out a new small thing now & then..

AUM Gam Ganapate Namaha

Från
    Kom ihåg mig
URL

Säkerhetskod
     

Kommentar

   this year we decided to go a litllte bit christmas inspired at the studioso my other half "A" made christmas candy that we packed into cute bags with x-mas decoration. mozartkugel [mozart kulor]knäck-toffeeginger, sesame & apricot-chocolatesa...

   as usual I have a tendency to think about things, and realizing how "confusing" yoga sometimes can feel.. or rather how deep this philosphy can be and how different it can be explained form different individuals.. the way I see it yoga as it ...

   so in yoga breathing is major part, in my tradition "proper breathing" is one of 5 main points of yoga. in yoga we call it pranayama wich is the different tecniques of conscious breathing and also breath retentions.prana is the so called...

   this friday to sunday I arranged a short intensive yoga weekend at my studio.they had one 2h class friday evening and a 15minute meditation before we treated them with a orient inspired rew red rice and chickpea salad.then half past eight nex...

   today is November 9th, that is the day when 17 years ago Swami Vishnu-Devananda attended mahaSamadhi and left this earth life. it is said that one who is enlightened [as many also refered to as the state of Nirvana] you can in your sadh...