Importance Of Sri Paduka Worship
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Sri Paduka of a guru is important, when we go to temple the priest blesses the devotees with a crown which has the feet of Lord on the Top. Hindu and Buddhist practice tradition of getting blessing from the elders and enlightened one by falling to the feet and also washing the feet. Why this culture? Why is all this so important? Something to think about right!! Is it all mere rituals which definitely won't give us anything.
Some related articles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paduka ; http://namahatta.org/en/node/6557 ; http://www.salagram.net/Radharanis-lotusfeet.htm ; http://krishnaisgreat.com/wordpress/2009/05/11/meditation-on-the-lords-lotus-feet/ ; http://aumsri.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/07/god-is-within-you.htm ; http://www.swaminarayan.nu/satsang/feet.shtml ; http://www.vrindavan.de/lotusfeet.htm
All the images in the foot on the PIC 1 shows the credential a guru or lord have achieved. For examples swastika symbol signifies the 4 directions namely north, south, east and west. The image on the feet means the person who have the blessing to make all this direction fall to place to give a good vastu or feng sui when he steps to a place. On the second image PIC 2 there is Sri Chakra and image of foot imprinted on it. Both the toe's have triangles, It symbols energy centre's. There are two place where energy can flow in and out of our body one is the toe as shown above another is the chakra on the neck. So it means energy can be released or even absorbed there.
Imagine a man's body and a AA battery. Let's say the Head is (+) and the Feet is (-) energy. Only when the (-) point is connected to the device the current will flow. Similarly here people fall on the feet of Guru's, The Lord or even elders to ensure their good energy flow's into the body. This energy will flow more blissfully depending on the person's thoughts and also their achievements spiritually. Falling onto to seek blessing from a Guru who has all the features of PIC 1 would energize us depending on our abolity to absorb those energy.
The energy absorbed can be made more efficient when we do " Pada Namaskara" whereby a person wash the feet of the person he seek blessing from. As known to the world thru scientific research water is an agent which absorbs and radiate's energy efficiently. This enable the person to gain more good energies which then could help them on their sadhana and daily life.
Additional Info, is that a Guru's right leg denotes the energy of knowledge (Theta), The left leg denote energy of devotion or love(Beta). Both this energy will definitely help the sadhaka to attain the Ida and Pingala with much Ease.
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