Rituals
As Paramahamsa Vishwananda often says, love is the highest worship. Build your personal and unique relationship of Love with God and worship Him through rituals
"Ceremonies and rituals are very, very important for the wellbeing and evolution of this world, because they create vibrations that maintain and sustain the energy of nature."
"Ceremonies are there to purify you, to centre the mind, to purify the mind. So it is not only an external ritual. It also carries you into a different state." – Paramahamsa Vishwananda
God is a Being with personality, will, form, and attributes that distinguish Him and make Him unique. Our relationship with Him must develop through interaction. We connect with Him through rituals. We bathe Him, we offer Him food and drink. It is a way in which God becomes accessible to us.
The Lover and the Beloved
If we are on the spiritual path, it is because our Beloved Lord is calling us to remind us of our eternal relationship with Him.
Ritual is not merely an empty ceremony. It is an opportunity to meet God and express our love for Him.
By chanting His Divine Name and offering Him devotional worship with love, you can invite Him to be part of your life. In this way, you can enjoy the ultimate relationship of Lover and Beloved with Him.
This is living bhakti.
Puja
In the Hindu tradition it is said: "if you believe a stone is a stone, it will be a stone. But if you believe it is God, it will become God." Devotional service performed with full faith invokes the divine presence in a deity.
Through a worship ritual called puja, we can enjoy the sweetness of caring for the Divine as we would for any loved one. Bathing, dressing, and feeding your Beloved, in your own unique way, lets you express your love and enjoy the intimacy of sacred time together.
Vedic Chanting
Vedic Chanting is the recitation or chanting of mantras and hymns drawn from the Vedic texts.
The Vedas are considered one of the oldest spiritual texts of humanity. They are written in Sanskrit, a vibrational language that has been used in prayer rituals for thousands of years.
The vibrational frequencies generated by reciting mantras in Sanskrit calm the mind and draw you into the heart, where the Divine resides.
It has a contemplative and meditative character. It is chanted with attention to rhythm, breath, and the vibration of each sound.
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