Matru Pitru Pooja Diwas
The 14th day of February is set to be celebrated again as “Parents Worship Day” or “ Divine Valentine’s Day” across the Globe. The idea of celebrating love by appreciating parents on this day has been initiated by an Indian spiritual Practitioner-Saint Asharam Ji Bapu. According to him, “ The current conception of “ Valentine’s Day” festivity, has come immensely devastating for the youthful boys and girls due to its fast arising adverse consequences in the name of‘ celebrating love’.
“ Moment’s youthful generation, substantially the teenagers and adolescents don’t realize what’s true love and they inaptly believe that bare indulgence in the lecherous conditioning is called love, which is an absolutely destructive vision”, says the saint.
Evolving further about love and lust, Asharam Ji Bapu says, “ Passion and lust give a bad name to love. There’s a big difference between love and lust. Lust is centered in the lower Chakras and gives rise to sexual excitement, the unmannered delectation of solicitations; while love is centered in the upper Chakras of the mortal body. It makes one thoughtful, gives eternal joy and helps one behold oneself in all brutes.”
Why Parents’ Worship Day rather of Valentine’s Day?
As per Innocenti Report Card issueNo. 3, in 28 advanced countries,1.25 million teenage girls come pregnant, out of which choose to suffer an revocation and come teenage maters. The US has the loftiest teen gestation rate in the bucolic world, as per Candie’s Foundation. Likewise, eight out of ten, teen fathers don’t marry the mama of their child. In the US alone, 3 million teenage boys and girls get tormented with Sexually Transmitted Conditions (STDs).
The underpinning testament of this crusade as per the association believes that if the children of moment are to be saved out of this fleetly adding disaster, they need to be guided and shown a right path for leading a vibrant, righteous and meaningful life.
Emphasizing further upon the same, Neelam Dubey-the sanctioned prophet of Shri Yoga Vedant Seva Samiti says, “ Bapuji (Asharam Ji Bapu) believes that rather of saying,‘ Do n’t do this,’ tell people,‘ Do this.’When the good effects are rehearsed, evil habits are automatically abandoned. Hence, he promotes this idea so that by celebrating Parents’ Worship Day, children will learn true love and true virtue, and they will also get their parent’s blessing. They will be saved from lust and passion and will exceed in studies. And after marriage, they will give birth to children, of course, living a life of restraint and temperance”.
Why 14th of February?
“ Because it’s marked on our timetables as‘Love’s Day’ formerly. Considering the substance of the festivity of love, the significance of this day must be targeted, but not confined to, the youth. Hence, this is an event that can be celebrated by all; irrespective of age, estate, creed, or religion, as love for parents is, after all, universal. Eventually, all parents want their children to lead a healthy, joyful and stress-free righteous life”, says Neelam.
The crusade of Parents Worship Day festivity has entered notable signatures and content internationally; that includes the US Senator Sam Thompson, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, The President of India-Dr. Pranab Mukherjee, Bollywood stars-Govinda, Shreyas Talpade, Mugdha Godse to name a many.
Piecemeal from this, the UK media BBC has also covered the idea of “ Parents Worship Day” for the last two times while it remained a worldwide trending content on Twitter.
Parents Worship Day fests have come sanctioned in all seminaries and sodalities in Chhattisgarh-a state of India. Along with Chhattisgarh, the event has entered appreciation letters from colorful state governments, including Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Karnataka as well as from the hundreds of academy Headliners and support from numerous saints across the country, per the reference given on vihara functionary website.
“ It’s a veritably noble trouble that Parents Worship Day is celebrated this way”, expresses Anuradha Poudawal, notorious playback songster in India.
“ When a child felicitations parents, the Father of the Universe gives joy in his heart”, says the Pioneer Saint of this inauguration. Hence, the crusade limelights on the vision that, celebrating this day in such a conscious manner will have only positive issues like increased maternal care, mindfulness about individual liabilities, and inculcation of moral and artistic values. It’s a step to reunite families. In short, this has the implicit to bring about a social awakening that will go beyond religion and belief.