December 04, 2003
Ganesha
This week seems to be the week of the white elephant . Found a little plastic Ganesha finger puppet in my travels. His white elephant head is a bit hard to see. He is an Indian god, but doesn't his shadow look like a Native American totem pole? I plan to give it to a Ganesha fan after I have my way with it. I vow that I will not add it to my accumulati.
If you are like me, you will never get to Ganesha's Home Page, so here's a juicy tidbit . "Ganesha or Ganapati is an extremely popular God in India. He is called Vighneshvara or Vighnaharta, the Lord of and destroyer of obstacles. People mostly worship Him asking for siddhi, success in undertakings, and buddhi, intelligence. He is worshipped before any venture is started. He is also the God of education, knowledge and wisdom, literature, and the fine arts" That alone should convince you that you have come to the right blog.
If you've read this far, here's another tantalizer from the philosophical explantion of Ganesha's form. "Another explanation has it that Ganesha's head signifies Atman the Highest Reality, while the body below the neck represents mAyA, the principle of phenomenal existence. The Atman's involvement with the world is characterised by the assumption of mind and speech."
Genug, Ganesha.
( If you can believe it genug is a blog. Genug means "enough" in Yiddish and probably German.)
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Posted by Dakota at December 4, 2003 07:37 PM