Sunday, March 10, 2013

samsakara

THE WORLD CLASS GREATNESS IN HINDU MARRIAGE CEREMONY
The Hindu ceremony, a rite known as 'samskara', has many components and it is quite beautiful, specific and filled with chanting, Sanskrit blessings and ritual that is thousands of years old. In India, it can last weeks or days. In the West, it typically is at least two hours long.

It is the role of the Hindu priest or 'pandit' to lead a couple and their families through the sacrament of marriage. However, as an interfaith minister, I’ve had the good fortune of being called upon by Hindu brides and grooms and couples who love Hindu rituals, to incorporated some of the rites into non-denominational, interfaith or multi-faith ceremonies.

An important aspect of the Hindu ceremony is to light a sacred fire, created from 'ghee' (clarified butter) and woolen wicks, to evoke the God, Agni (Fire God), to bear witness to the ceremony.

The highlight is 'Saptapadi', also called the 'Seven Steps'. Here, traditionally the bride’s sari is tied to the groom’s kurta, or a sari shawl might be draped from his shoulder to her sari. He leads, her pinky linked with his pinky, in seven steps around the fire, as the priest chants the seven blessings or vows for a strong union. By walking around the fire they are agreeing to these. With each step, they throw small bits of puffed rice into the fire, representing prosperity in their new life together. This is considered the most important part of the ceremony, it seals the bond forever.

A nice way to adapt this into a creative, contemporary ceremony is to light a traditional fire, or use a candle, placed on a small table in front of the wedding altar. Bride and groom can be in tux and white dress as they take seven steps while seven blessings are spoken in English. Here are Seven Blessings adapted from a Hindu ceremony.

1. May this couple be blessed with an abundance of resources and comforts, and be helpful to one another in all ways.

2. May this couple be strong and complement one another.

3. May this couple be blessed with prosperity and riches on all levels.

4. May this couple be eternally happy.

5. May this couple be blessed with a happy family life.

6. May this couple live in perfect harmony… true to their personal values and their joint promises.

7. May this couple always be the best of friends.

One thing I appreciate about the Hindu ceremony is that bride and groom come to the altar as God and Goddess, in human form. In many parts of India the bride is considered Lakshmi, Goddess of Fortune, and groom is her consort Vishnu, the Great Preserver. by Laurie Sue Brockway

I believe every bride and groom should walk down the aisle feeling divine!

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

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Adjectives

Adjectives

An adjective is a word used to describe a noun.

Types of Adjectives

Following are the kinds of adjectives which are commonly used:
  1. Adjectives of Quality:
    • Adjectives of Quality answer the question ‘Of what kind’
    • Examples : Large, Small, Intelligent, Beautiful

  2. Adjectives of Quantity:
    • Adjectives of Quantity answer the question ‘How much’
    • Examples : Some, Little, Any, Enough 

  3. Adjectives of Number:
    • Adjectives of Number answer the question ‘How many’
    • Examples : Two, Seven, Second, Third 

  4. Demonstrative Adjectives:
    • Demonstrative Adjectives answer the question ‘Which’
    • Examples : This, That, These, Those 

  5. Interrogative Adjectives:
    • Interrogative Adjectives are used to ask questions about a noun.
    • Examples : What, Which, Whose
Adjective Exercise 1
Adjective Exercise 2

List of Adjectives, Adjective Examples


Abundant Elderly Nasty
Accurate Elegant Naughty
Addicted Embarrassed Nervous
Adorable Empty New
Adventurous Encouraging Noisy
Afraid Enthusiastic Nutritious
Aggressive Excellent Obedient
Alcoholic Exciting Obese
Alert Expensive Obnoxious
Aloof Fabulous Old
Ambitious Fair Overconfident
Ancient Faithful Peaceful
Angry Famous Pink
Animated Fancy Polite
Annoying Fantastic Poor
Anxious Fast Powerful
Arrogant Fearful Precious
Ashamed Fearless Pretty
Attractive Fertile Proud
Auspicious Filthy Quick
Awesome Foolish Quiet
Awful Forgetful Rapid
Bad Friendly Rare
Bashful Funny Red
Beautiful Gentle Remarkable
Belligerent Glamorous Responsible
Beneficial Glorious Rich
Best Gorgeous Romantic
Big Graceful Royal
Bitter Grateful Rude
Bizarre Great Scintillating
Black Greedy Secretive
Blue Green Selfish
Boring Handsome Serious
Brainy Happy Sharp
Bright Harsh Shiny
Broad Healthy Shocking
Broken Heavy Short
Busy Helpful Shy
Calm Hilarious Silly
Capable Historical Sincere
Careful Horrible Skinny
Careless Hot Slim
Caring Huge Slow
Cautious Humorous Small
Charming Hungry Soft
Cheap Ignorant Spicy
Cheerful Illegal Spiritual
Chubby Imaginary Splendid
Clean Impolite Strong
Clever Important Successful
Clumsy Impossible Sweet
Cold Innocent Talented
Colorful Intelligent Tall
Comfortable Interesting Tasty
Concerned Jealous Tense
Confused Jolly Terrible
Crowded Juicy Terrific
Cruel Juvenile Thick
Curious Kind Thin
Curly Large Tiny
Cute Legal Ugly
Damaged Light Unique
Dangerous Literate Untidy
Dark Little Upset
Deep Lively Victorious
Defective Lonely Violent
Delicate Loud Vulgar
Delicious Lovely Warm
Depressed Lucky Weak
Determined Macho Wealthy
Different Magical Wide
Dirty Magnificent Wise
Disgusting Massive Witty
Dry Mature Wonderful
Dusty Mean Worried
Early Messy Young
Educated Modern Youthful
Efficient Narrow Zealous
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