Sahasra Poorna Chandra Darshanam - A Divine Perspective

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Dear Sai devotees, what an excellent article on our life stages "

which should be saved and to pass on to our friends and relatives.

Our grateful thanks & Pranams to our dear Sri Kumar Mahadevan Ji for

his tireless effort to send several divine messages daily.

 

Pakirareddy

United kingdom

 

 

 

, kumar mahadevan <mahadevan12

wrote:

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> The Sahasra Poorna Chandra Darshanam stands as a joyous confluence

signifying the completion of 82 years in the divine mission of Sri

Sathya Sai. Sahasra chandra darshanam refers to seeing 1000 full

moons in ones life. With a full moon in every month, we have 12 full

months every year and with a subsequent inclusion of the extended

months; we would have 1000 full moons in 82 years...

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> The nine planets take 120 years to complete a cycle. Astrology

assigns 120 years to human life. at the age of 60, people conduct

UGRA RATHA SHANTI seeking Divine benediction, popularly known as

Shashti Poorthi. When one crosses 70 years of age BHEEMA RATHA SHANTI

would be held in honour of " Bheema ratha " , Shiva the embodiment of

time. When one reaches 82 years of age, Sahasra Chandradarshanam

would be celebrated. Vedas refer to this as " ASEETIDVAYAM " and hence

it is also called as Vedayushya.

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> Traditionally, what happens during this Sahasra Chandra Darshanam?

A person completing this age would be given ceremonial showers and

would be adorned with new clothes. Vedic hymns would be recited by

the vedic scholars. A holy vessel signifying the Lord

Lakshminarayana, flanked by sun and moon- the symbols of flow of

time, would be installed on either side and worshipped subsequently.

The holy water collected in the kalasham would then be vitalized with

Vedic hymns using different kinds of leaves namely mango, peepal,

banyan etc. The presiding deities of the nine planets would then be

pleased through a sacrifice. After this holy ablutions would be given

to Lord Shiva accompanied by the recitation of the Namakam and

Chamakam. The person completing 82 years would then be made to occupy

a prominent throne. He would be given a bath with holy waters from

all the sacred rivers along with many other precious gems etc.

Subsequently all the Vedic scholars would be honored with generous

gifts.

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> This generosity is believed to wash away all the sins and grant

liberation. The mere sight of the person who undertakes this Vedic

exercise is believed to confer immense good fortune. Generally the

great grandsons would organize and conduct this ritual in celebration

of their great grandfather completing 82 years of age. The whole

ritual is undertaken for ones own benefit.

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> But today we are going to witness this holy ritual being organized

and conducted by an incarnation to bring upon peace and happiness in

the world. The purity of human expression makes the grandeur of this

spectacle impossible to comprehend. Sages of the yore have

transformed themselves as His great grandsons to conduct this ritual.

Chandra- the moon signifies coolness and acts as a source of joy to

all the worlds.

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> In Krita yuga the mighty king who upheld the truth came to be

called as " Satya Harishchandra " . In Treta the Lord was called

as " Sree Rama Chandra " . In Dwapara He was addressed as " Krishna

Chandra " and today the same lord has witnessed thousand moons and is

extolled as " Sathya Sai Chandra " . The effulgence of this " Sathya Sai

Chandra " has blessed every nook and corner of the world. The

installation of Holy vessels in this case has taken place long ago.

With His will He brought the Holy Ganges from the hair locks of Shiva

into his own heart and then quenched the thirst of thousands of

parched throats.

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> Revitalizing the slumbering lives of rural India and assuring of

His grace and support, He has encouraged them to move ahead to touch

the horizons of happiness. Blessing thousands of students with the

knowledge of the higher Self and sending them forth to this wide

world, this unrivalled master of Divine perfection has granted the

boon of knowledge and wisdom to the hearts of humanity.

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> As a Chandra of life, he has transformed countless tears of grief

into tears of gratitude by curing ailments of the body, mind and the

soul. His grace has touched innumerable people and has given

immeasurable comfort and consolation to the lives of the poor and

needy, the sick and the down trodden in the form of free Medicare.

Upholding the cross of Dharma he has become the Lord of forbearance

spreading across the message of brotherhood of man and fatherhood of

God. He has unified the dogmas of faith and the shackles of religion.

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> As an eternal confluence of countless faiths and varied beliefs,

the Lord has shone forth in immeasurable brilliance and transformed

the wicked to wise, the sinner to saint, the unrighteous to righteous

and the mortal into immortal. The dense forests of human hearts

infected by agitation, jealousy, selfishness, hunger and thirst have

been transformed into the enchanting edifices of peace, love, service

and kindness through the touch of this " Sai Chandra "

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> We are the sons, daughters, grandchildren, relatives, near and dear

to the Lord who is beyond the ties of family and yet considers this

vast humanity as His family. Lord, we are like the stars that shine

around the " Moon of compassion " in the infinite scarlet. Many amongst

us might not have witnessed our own fathers and grandfathers

celebrating this Vedic ritual and yet we rejoice for we witness an

occasion that eternity would cherish in its deepest hearts as the

fondest memory.

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> This rare opportunity is bestowed upon all the humanity who are

here and elsewhere in the world experiencing this joy Divine. This

occasion has the vast sky as its roof; the demigods of heavens

perform the holy ablution to this Lord of universe with diamonds,

rubies, emeralds and all the various kinds of gems. Oh Lord thine is

the throne, the earth and thine umbrella is the scarlet up above, the

gods of high heavens are the audience. The Vedas and the creator

Brahma are the priests. Oh lord the affluence of compassion that has

chiseled new lives from hopeless sighs of helplessness is thy consort.

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> Every soul that has seen thee and spread thy love to every heart

that encounters him is thy child. The majestic flow of water that

quenches every thirsty throat is thy daughter. The king, the pauper,

young and the old, the reformer, the scientist, the evangelist, the

monk, the child, the theist and the atheist have knelt in the

presence of thy Love and were dissolved into an existence that no

experience could wrought and no expression could ever confer

comprehension to it.

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> Dear Lord, address us till eternity as Bangaroo(Dear ones/ golden

ones) and pave the paths of our evolution with gold. Thou art the

mighty one. Thou art the moon that sustains the magic of Love, that

weaves the miracles of faith, that nourishes the seeds of devotion,

that goads the lost, the guides the seers, that transforms the

mortals, the chisels God from man.

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> Thou art the infinite effulgent embodiment of the Truth, the

sacred, the light, the sacrifice, the joy, the bliss, the strength,

the struggle, the mortal, the immortal, the indifferent, the

equanimous, the wealth, the knowledge, the inquiry, the ability, the

nobility, the freedom, the virtue and the supreme.

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> In thine eyes Oh Lord, we witness the brilliance that stirs the

lifeless nothingness into a cosmic evolution of creation, the marvel

that spurs consciousness in energy. Thee shall hold such celebrations

countless in number and we shall stand as witnesses. Muted in

expression by thy grandeur the whole earth shall submerge in the

roars of happy voices that echo thy supremacy.

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> Om Sai Ram