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JAY MAHAN BRAHMASHREE GOPALAVALLIDASAR
JAY SHREE RADHEKRISHNA SATHSANG
Dear Readers,
Radhekrishna! Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year from Radhekrishna Sathsangam!
In this post, let us take a new question; Why do we worship tulasi?
Tulasi is a plant which is seen in front of every Indian household. Nowadays every alternate new product that comes in the market; be it a cosmetic like shampoo or soap, medicine or a consumable like tea, the advertisement emphasizes that the product contains tulasi. The reason is that Tulasi plant is a remedy to several ailments.
Hindus have known tulasi plant for ages now; though the same cannot be said about the rest of the world.
The plant is also mentioned in several Hindu scriptures.
In Sanskrit, tulanaa naasti athaiva tulasi - that which is incomparable (in its qualities) is the tulasi
For Indians it is one of the most sacred plants. In fact it is known to be the only thing used in worship, which, once used, can be washed and reused in pooja - as it is regarded so self purifying.
There is a story which tells us about the origin of this plant.
We will know about that story in the next post.
Section II: Information about Indian herbs
In this post, let us know about the plant named Harad, also called as Chebulic Myrobalan in English and Terminalia Chebula in Latin.
- It is a fruit of a large tree
- It is one among the three myrobalans. The other two are Bahera and Amla which form triphala
- Triphala is a well known remedy for many diseases, which is being used in India for many centuries
- If taken regularly over a long time, it prevents hair from turning grey
- It gives tone to the intestines and is a remedy for piles
That concludes our post for this fortnight. Till our next post on 22nd, keep chanting the Radhekrishna namam and attain divine bliss
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