How to celebrate a birthday according to the science of Spirituality
so as to obtain maximum benefit
Birthdays have been celebrated since
ancient times. Here are some salient points regarding how to celebrate
a birthday according to the science of Spirituality.
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Celebrating birthday according to the Lunar calendar:
According to the science of Spirituality the vibrations which
are generated on the day we were born as per the lunar calendar
matches the most with us. So, on this day we are benefited
most by the good wishes given to us by our relatives and
friends. So one should celebrate birthdays as per the lunar
calendar. |
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Worshipping our family
deity or the principle worshipped in the religion we were born
in): One should celebrate birthdays in the presence of and
with the good wishes of our family deity or the principle worshipped
in the religion we were born in. If we believe in a deity with
form, we should perform the ritual of abhishek (a type of a
ritualistic worship done by sprinkling of holy water on the
icon of the deity) to our family deity. |
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Fragrant oil should
be applied to the body of the person whose birthday it is before
he or she takes a bath early in the morning. The clothes worn
before taking the bath by that person should be donated and
new clothes should be worn. |
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Then person (whose
birthday it is) should sit on a mat, which is surrounded and
decorated with rangoli (white marble powder). Then the ritual
of lighting lamps (aarti) should be performed. Place lamps
lit with ghee (clarified butter) on a plate on which a swastik
(an auspicious Hindu sign) has been drawn. The number of lamps
kept on the swastik should be equal to the age of the person.
Some respected elderly person, such as the father or the mother
should place the middle lamp and friends and relatives can
place the rest of the lamps. The person should be applied vermilion
and the lighted lamps should be moved around the person in
a clockwise motion. |
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Prayers: The first
9 verses (shlokas) from Ramraksha
stotra should be recited
while holding unbroken consecrated rice grains in both hands.
These verses ask for protection of each of our body parts.
While reciting the verses we must put some rice grains on each
corresponding body part. |
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Food offering : Then
we must make a offering of food to the family
deity or the
principle worshipped in the religion we are born in and pray
for a long life, good education and good health and ask for
protection for the person whose birthday it is. |
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We could distribute
sweets to the people who are present. One should not accept
presents from anybody on this day. |
Below are some special tips -
Note 1: One should not extinguish candles after lighting them on
your birthday. Extinguishing lamps is considered as inauspicious.
Also, candles have Tama component in them, hence for maximum
spiritual benefit one should light lamps with either ghee (clarified
butter) or oil instead
Note 2: One should not cut a cake using knifes. Knife is a weapon
and cutting food materials using a weapon is considered inauspicious
on this day.
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