Ganesha - Ganesha selections read from The Lilas of the Sons of Shiva’s by Vanamali Mataji. This podcast on Lord Ganesha

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Ganesha%20Puja.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/0,57.3692,597,5976a1428fd_f45ba3fc_67e75eeb_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a><br/>I worship Lord Ganesha<br/>Who removes all obstacles<br/>Who gives all Siddhis (spiritual perfections).

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Conquest%20of%20the%20Passions.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/306.385,219.123,551.245,551.2454395ccac_3473bd9b_3f41ae2_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a><br/><br/>Bow to Lord Ganesha, the son of Gauri (Parvati),<br/>Think constantly of Him who dwells in the heart of his devotees,<br/>And you will get good health, long life and the fulfillment of all desires.

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/10%20The%20Eight%20Passions.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/44.4763,198.322,417.47,417.47667b1011_bb6fbb60_f60c13e0_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a>All three great powers are invested in you<br/> (creation. maintenance and destruction)<br/>You have a permanent abode in Muldahara Chakra;<br/>Yogis constantly meditate on you.

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Ramayana.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/67.653,461.759,1287.69,1287.695869eee4_61ece3cd_16e7eee3.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a>O Lord you are beyond the three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas)<br/>You are above the three bodies (casual, subtle, gross)<br/>You are beyond the three states of consciousness <br/>( waking, dreaming, and deep sleep)<br/>You are beyond the three periods of time (past, present and future).

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Forms%20of%20Ganesha-1.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/11,0,500,500d9f02761_1ff40524_21e1de2_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a>Salutations to Vighnesha,<br/>Who is in the form of Brahman,<br/>Who is the giver of all perfections.

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Stories%20of%20Ganesha.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/245.386,448.883,1947.23,1947.23e52add12_bde3bacc_74f641e5.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a>You are the trinity, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.<br/>You are Indra, Agni and Vayu.<br/>You are the Sun and the Moon.<br/>You are Brahman.<br/>You are the three worlds.<br/>You are the sound of Aum.

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Ganesha%27s%20Wives.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/1,0,348,3488e0533c5_2162cd7c_a45b77e8_1.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a><br/>Aum, salutations to the auspicious first cause,<br/>Who is the very theme of the Vedas.<br/>Glory to him who is the Supreme Truth,<br/>in supreme awareness of himself.

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Birth%20of%20Lord%20Ganesha.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/2.30769,38.3462,291,2913f2c554d_6f198b9e_e784c4f2_1.png" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a><br/>I bow to lord Ganesha, the destroyer of all afflictions,<br/> Who is the Supreme Brahman according to Vedanta,<br/>Who is know as the foremost being or the root cause of the creation of this universe. <br/>Sri Ganapati Stotram

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Attributes%20of%20Ganesha-3.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/30.3909,670.752,1671.94,1671.945869eee4_41b5c9d8_d1bf18e6.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a><br/><br/>You alone are the invisible manifestation of the essence of the words, THAT THOU ART. You alone are the doer; you alone are all this, because you are Brahman. You are the eternal Atman in bodily form. Ganapati Upanishad

<a href="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Media/Lord%20Ganesha-2.m4a"><img src="http://www.vanamaliashram.org/Ganesha/Ganesha/Media/-438.895,6.90198,2836,2836e52add12_e452afcb_251b9ada.png" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:128px; height:128px;"/></a>Shri Ganapati Stotram<br/><br/><br/>We worship thee O Ganesha!<br/>Who art the unborn, the absolute and the formless,<br/>The essence of bliss, yet beyond bliss.<br/>The indivisible and the infinite, the Supreme without attributes and desire,<br/>The very form of the transcendental Reality - Brahman<br/> Sri Gasnesha-Sthavsam<br/>