Akshaya Tritiya – Sun & Moon Exalted in the Sky

“Akshaya” means “undiminishing” – for it is believed that whichever good deed is done on that day or whichever auspicious activity is undertaken, it will bear everlastingly good results in the future and attract all forms of abundance (material & spiritual) into our life.

It is on this day that Sudama, poor brahmin friend of Lord Krishna, gave the Lord a humble offering of just a handful of puffed rice, and was rewarded with infinite riches – reminding us that the size of our offering is not important. What truly matters is the sincerity of our hearts.

This makes Akshaya Tritiya one of the most beautiful days to engage in any charitable action and any form of service to the world.

In case you are looking for a good cause to contribute to, we are still raising funds for saving a family of stray dogs in Mauritius (and very grateful for all those of you who already supported us – we have some positive developments). Contribute here.

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Our Gurudev, Paramahamsa Vishwananda, wrote a beautiful message few days ago:

“Timeframe of consequences of actions.

In the times of the Ram Avatar, consequences followed actions very quickly. Kaikeyi faced the result of the terrible deeds she had committed within a few weeks itself. In Krishna Avatar, it took more time, years passed before consequences showed up. The kauravas spent many years tyrannizing the world before the righteous war of Kurukshetra ended their foolish ignorance. Yet, it was in the same life itself. But in today’s times, consequences arrive much later. Maybe even several lifetimes later. But the longer the timeframe to be repentant, the longer the soul has to wait to be fully freed. The longer the wait time, the more severe the consequences of bad actions because in the meanwhile one has created so many more karmic issues. It is scary to think about this when one is intentionally not letting go of lower qualities.

But the exact reverse is true for good actions through the yugas. With each succeeding yuga, the timeframe for fruits of good actions becomes shorter. So if you are good in today’s world, it is much easier to attain the Highest, because the return from Bhagavan for small good deeds is much larger and much faster with each succeeding yuga. Hence, the SatGuru repeats many times how easy it is to attain Bhagavan in times of outside difficulties because the good path is made much simpler, much faster, and filled with greater rewards. It is your choice how to behave and which side of the equation to fall on.”