Religious Functions:How to Perform
Faith is a belief, trust, or confidence, not based merely on logic, reason, or empirical data, but based fundamentally on volition often associated with a transpersonal relationship with God, a higher power, a person, elements of nature, and/or a perception of the human race as a whole.
Everyone on this planet want to become a religious in their own religion either Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian and parses. On the occasion of x-mas Christian go and offer prayer in the church, Hindus goes to temple, Muslims go to mosques and Sikhs go to their own gurudwaras.
Every society have faith in their religion and we are serious about our religious business and practices. We are invited into the story of God's engagement with humanity. As we embark upon that journey, faith guides us by indicating paths to be taken and dark alleys to be avoided.
The practice is philosophical and is devoted to helping one to understand "where you have been, where you are, and where you are going". It is not therapeutic in the traditional psychological sense.
Here we are trying to help about religious function how to perform in a traditional manner and with psychological sense to get a peace in our life.
Allah’s One month “Ramzan”
Whosoever recites only one ‘Ayat’ in Holy Ramazan, he will be treated as he had recited the full ‘Qur’an. Who have fasts in these days, their sorbs are favoured by ‘Allah’. Holy prophet said “It is Allah’s own month”.
Holy month Ramazan ( nine month in the Islamic calender) have a special importance in the Islamic calendar. Fasting is the most important pillars of Islam & it is the Ramazan where fasting has been obligatory for all adults Muslims.
Fasting alone not limited in ‘Ramazan’ , the performance of worship & good deeds is also a important things during this period. They performs a special prayer called ‘Taraweeh’ means night prayer.
Throughout in this month, a devout Muslim fasts during the day in true sense of the word & deny himself food & water as well as strict control over his tongue, eyes, ears, thoughts & deeds.
Fasts traditionally broken with ‘Souhoor’ before sunrise & ‘Iftar’ after sunset. It is observed for 29-30 days during an entire month. During ‘Ramazan’ every Muslims to go to the Mosque & there they prey & study Qu’ran.
Another important aspect of during ‘Ramazan’ is the charity to the needy. It is called ‘Zakat’. It is mandatory on every Muslim who possesses the minimum Nisaab. ‘Nisaab’ must be excess or surplus known as ‘Faadil’ from one’s essential needs.
At the 27th day of holy ‘Ramazan’, Muslims celebrate ‘Laylat-al-Qadr. At this night it is believed that Muhammad first received the revelation of Holy Qu’ran.
When the fasts ends, a three days holidays ‘Id-al-Fitr’ is celebrated. Gifts are exchanges. Friends & family gather to pray in congregation & arrange meals.
Janmashtami: birthday of Lord Krishna
The festival of Janmashtami (pronunciation: Janmãshtami) is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna, the re-incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who gave us the vital message of the Bhagwat Gita. Janmashtami is now prevalently celebrated outside of India because of the unusual efforts of numerous Krishna-devotees and numerous Hindu organizations. Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna.
Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the eighth day of the dark half (Krishna Paksha) of the month of Bhadrapadha in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatram is ascendent. The Hindu calendar being lunar, these two events [the day being the eighth of the waning moon (Krishna-paksha Ashtami) and the Rohini Nakshatram being ascendent] may overlap for only a few hours. In such an event, the festival may be celebrated on different (but successive) days by different people, depending on their local or family traditions.
On Janamashtmi, devotees keep daylong fasts and keep themselves awake while chanting holy songs, until midnight follows. Midnight is the moment when Lord Krishna was born. The prayer ceremony is a simple affair. The priests chant holy mantras and bath the idol of Lord Krishna placed on a swing with charanamrit or ganga-jal (water from the holy Ganges River), milk, ghee (clarified butter), curd and honey through a conch shell. Midnight prayers amidst the sound of hymns and religious songs extol the greatness of Lord Krishna. Devotees break their day-long fast and chant - “Radhe Krishna, Hare Krishna, Radhe Radhe.”
The festival falls sometime in the months of August/September of the Gregorian calendar. In 2006, Krishnashtami was celebrated on August 15 or August 16.
Janmashtami is the joyful celebration of Lord Krishna’s birth. Major celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami takes place at midnight as Krishna is said to have made his divine appearance in that hour. Fasting, bhajans, pujas, prayer and many other rituals mark Janmashtami celebrations in India.
The essence of Janmashtami is in jubilating the birth of Sri Krishna with your near and dear ones.