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“Dead economy”, they said. Modi Ji:

“Dead economy”, they said. Modi Ji:

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I was shocked when I was reading about Shri Ganesh Ji in manava grihya sutra... Most hindus know Ganpati Ji as the one who removes obstacles 'sukh harta, dukh harta'. But did you know that in ancient sanatan ritual texts his origin is portrayed quite opposite. Ganesh Ji, the vinayaka is not one god. They are a group of four troublesome spirits who create blockages, confusion and delay. They have to be exonerated so that a normal rite/ritual can even start. Only later do those many Vinayakas collapse into one Vinayaka. Rudra bhagwan appoints him leader of the ganas. Moral lesson was that the being who once caused the obstacle should become the one who clears it. That inversion is the real theology. Blockade and blessing were never two different powers. They were the same force just different energy. In one another purana, mudgala purana maybe, there's an explanation that Shri Ganesha takes eight avatars, each to kill an asura within you. Vakratunda faces envy. Ekadanta faces pride. Rest face delusion, greed, anger, lust, the hunger to be seen. Demon was never outside the city. It was in your mind, within, refusing to sit still. So the first prayer of every puja is not a greeting. It is a confession. Before you begin anything, you ask the old obstacle to change sides. That's why we chant: वक्रतुंडा महा-काया सूर्य-कोट्टी समाप्रभा। निर्विघ्नं कुरुमे देवा सर्व - कार्येशु सर्वदा॥ ॐ गं गणपतये नमः Ganpati Bappa Morya!

I was shocked when I was reading about Shri Ganesh Ji in manava grihya sutra... Most hindus know Ganpati Ji as the one who removes obstacles 'sukh harta, dukh harta'. But did you know that in ancient sanatan ritual texts his origin is portrayed quite opposite. Ganesh Ji, the vinayaka is not one god. They are a group of four troublesome spirits who create blockages, confusion and delay. They have to be exonerated so that a normal rite/ritual can even start. Only later do those many Vinayakas collapse into one Vinayaka. Rudra bhagwan appoints him leader of the ganas. Moral lesson was that the being who once caused the obstacle should become the one who clears it. That inversion is the real theology. Blockade and blessing were never two different powers. They were the same force just different energy. In one another purana, mudgala purana maybe, there's an explanation that Shri Ganesha takes eight avatars, each to kill an asura within you. Vakratunda faces envy. Ekadanta faces pride. Rest face delusion, greed, anger, lust, the hunger to be seen. Demon was never outside the city. It was in your mind, within, refusing to sit still. So the first prayer of every puja is not a greeting. It is a confession. Before you begin anything, you ask the old obstacle to change sides. That's why we chant: वक्रतुंडा महा-काया सूर्य-कोट्टी समाप्रभा। निर्विघ्नं कुरुमे देवा सर्व - कार्येशु सर्वदा॥ ॐ गं गणपतये नमः Ganpati Bappa Morya!

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