Gurunathar’s Divine Message Moolam Pooja 23-10-2009
I would like to shed a little light on something. Someone asked me, “A Jayanthi is a birthday which is connected with happiness. So it has become a practice to celebrate it. But why is Mukthi Day celebrated? How does it benefit us?”. This is a good question because there is a special relevance. Generally birth brings about happiness to everyone (parents and other family members) apart from the infant herself or himself. Where the infant is concerned it marks the share of its troubles! On the other hand Mukthi or death gives a person liberation from problems. So I would say it should be celebrated to be in keeping with spiritual tradition.
Gnanis help so many people in many ways. Sometimes the beneficiary is aware of it and sometimes he does not even know it. To praise and thank the great saints on their day of Mukthi is a fitting and commendable practice. It so happens that when they visit you in astral state some impurities get attached to them. During times of Aradhanai these impurities are shed because of the pooja performed, the mantras that are chanted and the aarthis. This is an opportunity for you to do them a small service of purification. This is my explanation.
Translation of Gurunathar’s Divine message given to and read by Guruji Shri.K.V.Narayanan}