Prayers

How to do a Vedic prayer to Ancestors What is Pitra divas / Pitru paksha / Malaya Shraadh: 15 days dedicated to pay respect and homage to the ancestors. Pitru means the ancestors and divas is days. Above all "prakruti" / Mother Nature is the ancient most ancestor to all of us. For a long time we have neglected her, exploited her and undervalued all she has to offer and has offered. This is more than co-incidental that we feel the wrath of nature and it coincides with the 15 days of Shraadh. Shraadh means thankfulness, gratitude, faith, devotion and surrender. Maha-laya means the great cosmic dissolution. Mahalaya Shraadh comes once in a year and this is the auspicious time to seek forgiveness from the ancestral lineage and create a ripple of thankfulness. We cannot undo what is done but we can create a new chain of actions by acknowledging the role of nature, its resources and its presence. Here are three simple practices I highly recommend: 1. Upon waking up...