9th February is Purnima (Full Moon) Monday
Prem Namaste, Vanakum, Hare Krsna, Jai Shree Krsna, Jai Shree Raam
All glories to our eternal Parents Shree Shree Radha
Krsna.
All glories to the most merciful Shree Shree Lakshmi Nrsimhadeva.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, and the other wonderful and inspiring gurus.
All glories to the wonderful servants of the Supreme Lord.
Lord Krsna said to Shree Arjuna in the Bhavishya Uttara Purana: - “One who gives charity on a Monday when the moon is full, one obtains a hundred thousand times the results of ordinary charity.”
(What this means is that if you donate one example one loaf of bread in charity on this day you will receive the benefit of donating 100,000 loaves of bread.)
So what to do. Well on this day it is recommended by Lord Krsna to Shree Arjuna: - “ O son of Kunti, all the forefathers (ancestors) and devas in heaven become very satisfied when one gives food grains in charity.”
So you can donate rice to your local temple or any poor person/s. Also what’s very auspicious is to donate butter ghee. BUT ultimately you must decide what to donate according to your means. I have only suggested these two items above. Please refrain from donating any meat items.
A Question was asked recently why should we perform all these acts of charity:
Answer: - In the Garuda Purana Lord Vishnu states to Shree Garudji.
Garuda Purana Preta Khanda 13.19 “Whatever gifts are made by one during one’s life time, becomes beneficial later”
Garuda Purana Preta Khanda chapter 14 verses 4-5 “Anything given to a deserving person flourishes day by day. A gift wipes off the sin of the giver and the acceptance of the same by a person of good wisdom does not affect him.”
Garuda Purana Preta Khanda chapter 14 verse 8 “ I affirm that just as seeds and other valuable things invested or sown in the ground offer fruitful results so also things by one’s own hands yield fruitful results.”
Garuda Purana Preta Khanda chapter 14 verse 12 “Therefore, life being unsteady it is incumbent on everyone to do every thing beforehand. With the food for the journey in the form of gifts offered to the deserving, one is able to travel with comfort in the Great Highway in the journey after death. Otherwise, the wretch undergoes great hardships without food to subsist on, on the way.”
Garuda Purana Preta Khanda chapter 20 verse 8 “Those who have offered gifts in their lifetime should not entertain any fear from Dharmaraja (the god of death)”
Garuda Purana Preta Khanda chapter 20 verse 10 “Virtue can easily be procured by offering gifts. The path to Yama’s region can easily be traversed by acts of charity. This highway cannot be easily covered otherwise.”
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