Scenting fragrance of incense sticks and assorted of colorful flowers are filling up the atmosphere of Bali every day. It enables the Hindu to have a concentrated mind on their work and worship. When you go on a trip throughout this island, you will encounter many Balinese people presenting oblations on varied shrines and places where they have their activities. This represents their devotion to God that they are ready to begin their activity of the day and hope for blessings.
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada said (niti-sastra:28) “If you want spiritual progress, you should think that in few minutes the demise will come. However if you desire material happiness, you should think that you will never die.” This verse intends to remind us that the demise spreads in front of us at all times. Therefore, before it comes, make time to know ourselves and the Creator.
By this, we will find no fears in facing any obstacles including the demise itself. “When one has determined to choose a spiritual path, he will get enlightened during his lifetime. Among the many ways to arrive there, one may choose the yajna or holly sacrifice path that is underlying the Vedic philosophy. This enables the material and spiritual lives to go hand in hand.
By and large, this yajna performed by Hindus falls into two categories, namely the nitya yana (daily) and naimitika yajna (occasionally). Daily or personal worship at home, like saiban and other regular worship, keeps them God-conscious and their home remains holy. Saiban or naivaidya is performed everyday without exception after cooking in the morning. It represents their daily gratitude for the given endowment and presented to Creator before they consume together. On the contrary, occasional worship consisting of that celebrated in particular periods of time like the temple anniversary, Galungan and Kuningan, Paherwesi, and Saraswati every one pakuwon year (210 days), while those celebrated annually comprise of Nyepi and Mahashivaratri.
Daily worship by presenting canang, on the other side, result in opportunity to provide this paraphernalia as a business. Canang vendors can be easily found at traditional market or city corners everyday, in the morning or evening.
Volume of canang sales increase by rerainan or days of ritual like the Tuesday Kliwon, Wednesday Kliwon, Kajeng Kliwon, Saturday Kliwon, full moon, and new moon. Even on the anniversary of some public temples, canang sellers are available in front of the temple. So it would be adequately convenient for devotees to get canang for worship.
Due to daily activities outside of their home, one may have no time or only limited time to prepare this simple regular oblation. That’s why he or she will purchase some pieces of canang for daily needs. Other than buying on location by retail, there is nother way to obtain it, namely by subscription for the whole month or certain important days during the month. It is just like a newspaper subscription along with its subscription rates that virtually similar.
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