DwarkaMai - Sai Baba Forum
Indian Spirituality => Philosophy & Spirituality => Topic started by: SS91 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".
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.