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« on: March 25, 2005, 08:41:28 AM »
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  • What is the significance of rotating around the self while standing (pradakshina) during Baba's aarathi?

    Pradakshina, also called as Circumambulation appears to have a

    deeper meaning in its ritual.

    During performing Sai aarathi, devotees circumambulate

    (do pradakshina) around themselves chanting,

    "Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare", "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare",

    twice paying respects to Lord Rama and Lord Krishna the Hindu
    forms of God.

    It is also a practice to do pradakshina while seeking forgiveness

    for a wrong doing during a ritual. One source on Hinduism defines

    pradakshina as the "circumambulation clockwise around a sacred

    person, sacred image, a sacred object or a temple in a clockwise

    direction. It is the movement around, not toward a center.

    It is a movement encompassing an object: a temple, a holy site, a

    sacred mountain, a lake, a river, a city, and even includes circling

    around oneself. This also signifies honoring, centering, bonding,

    setting apart, and reaffirmation of the sacred territorial claim".





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