{"id":7280,"date":"2016-09-11T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-11T19:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2022-01-21T12:24:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T06:54:31","slug":"sept-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/sept-11","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for the Family Reunion &#8211; Mahalaya Paksha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ganesha_greenleaves.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7279\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ganesha_greenleaves.jpg\" alt=\"ganesha_greenleaves\" width=\"253\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">One of the tools Dr. Pillai has given us is the service of <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Tarpanam<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 This is the offering of \u201cfood\u201d to the ancestors who may be bothering or blocking us.\u00a0 They are asking us to help them to move along on their own spiritual path.\u00a0 Once a year is a two week period where the ancestors are very close to the earth plane called <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Mahalaya Paksha<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 This is an especially auspicious time to honor and propitiate the ancestors. <em>Participating in Mahalaya Paksha will help all the other rituals and remedies that we participate in be more powerful.<\/em> Read about this event below in the upcoming event section.\u00a0 Sucharita reminds us not to call on any specific ancestors, but to be very general, inviting any ancestor who needs this energy. Also only do the Tarpanam during the daylight hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zMR00BEX2xk\">Learn how<\/a> to offer tarpanam to your ancestors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Here are some important upcoming dates\/events:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">11<sup>th<\/sup> Waxing Moon (Ekadasi)<\/span> &#8211; Sunday, Sept 11 10:36 pm EDT \u2013 Monday, Sept 12 @ 10:27pm EDT<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0This is a Power Day for spiritual growth, as well as material gains, because Vishnu, the archetype of wealth, is highly active on this day.\u00a0There are rituals offered at AstroVed\u00a0 on this day, but here are some things you can do at home:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Seed a Tulsi plant, water it or offer prayers to a Tulsi plant (Vishnu is fond of Tulsi.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Drink Tulsi tea<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Wear a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/products-energized-54-bead-silver-string-tulsi-mala-with-guruvayurappan-pendant-P50103.aspx\">Tulsi mala<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Chant a simple mantra for Vishnu, &#8220;Om Namo Narayanaya,&#8221; and offer light and incense to a Maha Vishnu Yantra<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Become conscious of your thoughts \u2013 conceive of unlimited money and success in all ventures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Donate fruits and green gram<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Feed cows with greens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Enjoy an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/interactive-firelab.aspx\">Interactive Fire Lab<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Dancing Shiva Hydration Ceremony<\/span> &#8211; Wednesday September 14<sup>th<\/sup> EDT <\/strong>The Dancing Shiva (Nataraj) is a mystical form of the Supreme Being associated with Enlightenment. It was the Dancing Shiva who gave the light body mantra \u201cArut Perum Jyothi\u201d to Swami Ramalingam in the 18th century. He is the creator, preserver, destroyer, revealer, and concealer, the supreme divine personality looked up to by divine and human beings alike. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/interactive-firelab.aspx\">Interactive Fire Lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Pradosham<\/span> &#8211; Wednesday September 14<sup>th<\/sup> EDT <\/strong>13th moons, also known as &#8220;Pradoshams,&#8221; are the times most conducive to clear accumulated negative karma. Negative karma, or the &#8220;effects&#8221; of our previous thoughts and actions, is responsible for all forms of suffering we experience. Clearing this type of karma is key to manifesting a happy, healthy, prosperous life. AstroVed and Pillai Center offer a fire lab for Pradosham. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/interactive-firelab.aspx\">Interactive Fire Lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Full Moon<\/span> &#8211; Thursday Sept 15<sup>th <\/sup>\u00a0@ 5:46 pm EDT \u2013 Friday, Sept 16 @3:05 pm EDT <\/strong>is called Pournami or Poornima (Purnima) in South India. A Full Moon occurs when the Sun and the Moon are 180 degrees away from each other. On a Full Moon day, the Moon casts its illuminating radiance on earth all throughout the day, 24 hours. Praying the whole day will help one dissolve the bad negative karma of past lives and help change one`s destiny. It is a time for strengthening one`s positive energies through spiritual observances of prayer, meditation, recitation and fasting. Watch a <a href=\"\/www.astroved.com\/articles\/pournami-viratham\">video<\/a> about things to do on this day. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/interactive-firelab.aspx\">Interactive Fire Lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Mahalaya Paksha<\/strong> <strong>Begins<\/strong><\/span><strong> &#8211; Friday September 16<sup>th<\/sup> EDT <\/strong>This is the critical fortnight for rituals for your ancestors \u2013 Sept. 16 to Sept. 30, 2016 (IST) This is the most important time of the year for you to perform Tarpanam for your ancestors. Every year during Mahalaya period, the spirits of your ancestors come to the Earth plane to receive your offerings through the Tarpanam ritual and bestow their blessings on you, which has the power to change your destiny.\u00a0 The most important time if you only do one propitiation is the last day, the new moon.\u00a0 This is the day for the ancestors who were taken out by accident, suicide or violence.\u00a0 These ancestors are the most troubled.\u00a0 AstroVed offers packages for Mahalaya Paksha.\u00a0 Read about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astroved.com\/us\/specials\/mahalaya-amavasya\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Click <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sundays_with_sucharita_Meditation_September_11_2016.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here for the Meditation<\/a><\/strong><\/em> audio and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sundays_with_sucharita_Discussion_September_11_2016.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Here for the<\/strong><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sundays_with_sucharita_Discussion_September_11_2016.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong> Discussion<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>audio.<b> <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/SundayswithSucharita.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up<\/a> <\/strong>to receive call-in details and weekly practice tips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Contact\/Personal Coaching with Sucharita<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">If you are interested in scheduling one-to-one <strong>Personal Coaching with Sucharita<\/strong>, you are welcome to send a request to: <a href=\"mailto:sucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sucharita@pillaicenter.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">FREE Mini-Astrology Reading When You Donate $30 or more to Tripura Foundation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Enjoy the grace of contributing to Tripura Foundation&#8217;s programs to uplift the poor to a higher standard of living. 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You will learn the 5 things Dr. Pillai says everyone should know about your birth chart &#8211; your <strong>ascendant, birthstar, moon sign, sun sign<\/strong>, and <strong>primary &amp; secondary planets that are currently influencing you<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripurafoundation.org\/donation\"><strong>Donate to Tripura Foundation<\/strong><\/a> and forward your email receipt to: <a href=\"mailto:sucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sucharita@pillaicenter.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com.<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the tools Dr. Pillai has given us is the service of Tarpanam.\u00a0 This is the offering of \u201cfood\u201d to the ancestors who may be bothering or blocking us.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[112,169,318,338,349,375,407,441,565,624,696,727,1034,1109,1159,1193,1241],"class_list":["post-7280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sundays-with-sucharita","tag-archetypes-2","tag-birthdays","tag-dr-pillai-2","tag-elephant","tag-evolution","tag-fire-labs","tag-ganesha-deity","tag-goddess","tag-karma","tag-light-body","tag-meditation","tag-miracles","tag-siddhis","tag-supernormal-powers","tag-timeline-jumping","tag-vedic-astrology","tag-wealth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Mahalaya Paksha - Time for Ancestors<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Every year the 2-week period of Mahalaya Paksha is ideal for doing rituals and giving offerings (tarpanam) to your ancestors. 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