Offering flowers to God, Goddess , Saints and concept of "circle of blessings "

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I must write about a old man in our house called Dhottappa who helps my mom in cleaning out side house, watering plants and doing lots of house hold works .He also brings packet milk for few houses in our colony every morning and evening. We pay him very little and also share our food with him. what i have understood from him is that one must be sincere in his work and do it with total dedication .He is an example of Karma Yoga.

Though he is not a rocket scientist or a doctor , i still felt he has a lesson to teach all of us. Even when my parents were in USA for 6 months, he was sincere and came to our house every morning at 7 o clock.Everyday i can hear the sound of someone sweeping and cleaning out side the house and working in the garden. He was the one who missed my parents when they were in US and counted dates for their arrival back to home. Such a great devoted personality who must have been president of United states was working in our house washing vessels. My comparision might be funny but this is how i see life.

The reason i wrote about this old man Dhottapa here is that , he was watering a plan for months togather and one fine day there were beautiful white flowers .He said "Vengadeshu ( he called me that way instead of venkat ) , take photos of these flowers today itself ,they are beautiful..." There was another pot of same plant where flowers were yet to grow...So he said "That plant will have flowers by the time your parents comes back "

i dont want to ignore the desire of this old man.So immediately, i plucked these little white flowers, some hibiscus, kept the statue of shirdi sai baba i got in shirdi , arranged it near the window in my room and took few pictures.... I felt like sharing these pictures with a small message about offerings to Sai. Of all offerings in hinduism , the most common and most beautiful offering we all do is "Flowers" and Garlands.....so this page is all about "Vvalue of offering flowers to Goddess" and little bit of philosophy behind it.

Offering flowers to God, Goddess , Saints and concept of "circle of blessings " :

I really wish to write my feelings about offerings made to God , Goddess and saints. We all do it because flowers are natures gift as an expression of Affection , Love ,Frinedship, Gratitude and Devotion.When i was a kid me and my sister used to pluck little jasmine flowers and hibiscus from the plants and offer it to the God and Goddess statues and photos in our house.

Its the most common expression of devotion to all who follow idol worship. I just felt like writing down few reasons why offering flowers makes us closer to divinity

1. Offerings of any kind done with pure heart is powerful but as flowers are also beautiful, it takes our minds attention one step towards the Gods photo or statue.This gives our mind another reason to keep our eyes on statue .Indirectly it hooks our attention only on God.

2.When ever we offer flowers in temple ,we must feel if not us atleast the flowers we offered has touched and been very close the sacred statues .So when we offer flowers to Goddess in temple, we must keep our mind pure and have a good thought because our thoughts will be embeded in the flowers we hold in hands. If your thoughts are pure, then the Goddess will accept your flower whole heartedly and bless you with all her grace.

3.Another good thing about offering flowers in temple is that sometimes the priest will give the flowers as prasad to other women devotees.Women likes to have flowers and consider it as a blessings from God.It makes a women feel happy. So when the flowers you offered to Goddess is taken by the priest and offered to other women , indirectly its like a blessing for you.

The reason is that you have made a women feel happy because she has got flowers from priest which surely is an ashirwad..When ever i offer flowers to Goddess and Shirdi saibaba, i used to think that when the priest offers it to other women, it will be a blessing for my mother. This is how i feel the circle of blessings works.....What ever we do must directly or indirectly bring happiness into others heart.

Bring smile in a womens heart - It pleases the Goddess and Sai :

In Kalyug we must use spirituality , rituals, pooja and all these activities in such a way that it brings peace not only to us but also directly or indirectly touches other lives and brings peace of mind to them. Thus when a flower you offer to Goddess is inturn given to another women devotee as a prasad by the priest, you have been an instrument in brining some kind of "Smile" on her face .If not in her face surely she will have a satisfaction of getting the flowers as prasad and smile in her heart.

You offer flowers to Goddess thinking its a blessing for you but the real blessing has come as the priest has offered the same flower to some other women devotee as prasad which made her happy. Hope i made you understand "circle of blessings " concept.

Please remember to offer flowers and garlands when ever you go to temple.
When ever you celebrate birthdays and other important functions, please whole heartedly offer flowers to Goddess and Sai baba statues and saibaba photos.

May shirdi sai baba bless you with a peaceful and happy life like the colourful flowers you offer for him

C.Venkat Raman
4:11:2007

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