{"id":738,"date":"2026-07-18T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=738"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:00:02","slug":"lesson-98-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-98-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 98 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-98.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Are the Major Ga\u1e47e\u015ba Festivals?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 98<br>Ga\u1e47e\u015ba Chaturth\u012b is a joyous celebration of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba\u2019s birthday. Vin\u0101yaka Vratam is twenty-one days of fasting and daily temple worship. Pa\u00f1cha Ga\u1e47apati is a five-day family festival of harmony and gift-giving. Aum.<br><br>BH\u0100SHYA<br>On Ga\u1e47e\u015ba Chaturth\u012b, in August-September, elaborate temple p\u016bj\u0101s are held. Worship is also given in the home shrine to a clay image of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba that we make or obtain. At the end of the day, or after ten days, we join others in a grand parade, called visarjana, to a river, temple tank, lake or seashore, where we immerse the image, symbolizing Ga\u1e47e\u015ba\u2019s release into universal consciousness. During the twenty-one days of Vin\u0101yaka Vratam, in November-December, devotees vow to attend daily Ga\u1e47e\u015ba p\u016bj\u0101, fasting on water and taking a full meal after sunset. Pa\u00f1cha Ga\u1e47apati, December 21 to 25, is a modern five-day festival of gift-giving, dear to children. Families invoke His five \u015baktis, one on each day\u2014creating harmony in the home, concord among relatives, neighbors and friends, good business and public relations, cultural upliftment and heartfelt charity. Ga\u1e47e\u015ba\u2019s monthly holy day is Chaturth\u012b, the fourth tithi after the new moon. The Vedas implore, \u201cO Lord of Categories, thou art the Lord, the seer of seers, unrivaled in wealth, king of elders, lord of the principle of principles. Hear us and take thy place, bringing with thee all enjoyments.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Are the Major Ga\u1e47e\u015ba Festivals? \u015aLOKA 98Ga\u1e47e\u015ba Chaturth\u012b is a joyous celebration of Ga\u1e47e\u015ba\u2019s birthday. Vin\u0101yaka Vratam is twenty-one days of fasting and daily temple worship. Pa\u00f1cha Ga\u1e47apati is a five-day family festival of harmony and gift-giving. Aum. BH\u0100SHYAOn Ga\u1e47e\u015ba Chaturth\u012b, in August-September, elaborate temple p\u016bj\u0101s are held. 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