Sahaayata – Social Model
Association and social engagement with needy people is one of the many ways in which you, as a help provider can involve yourself – through Sahaayata
Defining the Needy
One, who has a personal need to fulfill which could be due to failing or deteriorating health, isolation in an old age home, physical challenges, unsound mentally, the hungry, poor, jobless migrant populations leading a nomadic life, street kids, menial workers, daily wage labourers, orphans in dire need of a home, education and a dignified life, destitute girls, women, children and taking it a bit ahead, even prisoners and many others. These are categories of a cross section of our own society who are, what we call, under privileged and less fortunate living a hard life.
On the other hand, we also have a set of people who are well to do, but lonely as they live away from their children who may have crossed the shores for greener pastures, who are well off but lead a sick, abandoned life as loners. Single parents are another category who have lost purpose and the will to live and are not having a friend circle and depend on caregivers for company.
There are innumerable ways in which you could engage with all such people in your own way – using your resources, talent and ideas.
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We make prayers for you
All of us go through various ups and downs in life. When we are happy, we do not feel the need for any Sahaayata (Help). But in times of despair, we definitely require help. But more often than not, we tend to work on our own and try to solve our issues ourselves, which itself is the right way to do. But there are many situations in everyone's life when we try all our efforts and still fail to solve our issues. We might have tried taking the help of many and still our efforts go in vain. It is in that situation that we take the help of the Lord or the Divine or the nature or the universe, in whatever way or form we percieve. Ultimately, it is that Supreme Divine who comes to our rescue for which we need to be helpless rather than being desperate. That dependance, dialogue or communication in the form of feelings, seeking, asking etc is what is called prayer.
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Meaning
Archana is a special, personal, abbreviated Puja done by Temple priests in which the name, birth star and family lineage of a devotee are recited to invoke individual guidance and blessings. Archana also refers to chanting the names of the Deity, which is a central part of every puja. The Sanskrit meaning is "honouring, praising."
Vision
Prayers conducted with specific objectives in mind can be addressed with the Sahaayata Vinayaka Archana Puja, a ritual which is the physical form of prayer.
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