Linga Stone

[Guest guest]

Hi all -

 

A friend found an 8" linga stone from one of his Indian jobbers here in the US.

He knows I collect rocks and stones. I know that the

stone is a sacred one but I am not sure what ones needs to do to handle it

correctly and respectfully. He also said to use it in a

fountain setting. Any help appreciated on this. Thanks.

 

Eric Otto

Cincinnati, Ohio USA

[Guest guest]

Dear Eric,

 

If you can afford to build a yoni(base where the linga rests) that

would be ideal for the linga(i believe someone on this list does this

for a price). You can do a simple abhisekham with water, incense and

flowers particularly on pradosham days/Mondays. If you want to do any

detailed pooja, then please refer to Satyananda Saraswati's Siva

Pooja and Advanced Yajna(from amazon)-this is a good book for those

that dont have a teacher around. Please also place the linga at a

sacred place like an altar.

 

Of course Bholanath, does not care much for externals as he does for

the correct internal attitude. The great Trailinga Swami of Benares

used to do abhisekham on the Kasi Viswanath Linga with his faeces and

urine- now I would not recommend that :-) Respect and adoration for

the linga,as the linga like the Sri yantra is an emblem where all the

deities of the cosmos are present.

 

Quite honestly I do not know about the fountain part- some temples

have a pot placed above the linga, where water drips down

continuously on the linga,

 

Aum Namasivaya

yogaman

 

 

, "Eric Otto" <mkultra@f...>

wrote:

> Hi all -

>

> A friend found an 8" linga stone from one of his Indian jobbers

here in the US. He knows I collect rocks and stones. I know that

the

> stone is a sacred one but I am not sure what ones needs to do to

handle it correctly and respectfully. He also said to use it in a

> fountain setting. Any help appreciated on this. Thanks.

>

> Eric Otto

> Cincinnati, Ohio USA

[Guest guest]

I set my linga stone on end, on an "O" ring, in a small bowl on my altar.

On Mondays (sacred to Shiva) I pour a cup of water over the stone,

visualizing Mother Ganga descending into Lord Shiva's hair. I'll sing:

 

Jai, jai Ganga Ma/

Jai, jai Shankara/

Jai, jai Ganga Ma/

Jai, jai Shankara/

 

Bom! Bhola Mahadeva Shankara/

Ma-a-aaa-a!/

 

I'll also wave incense around the linga, or put a flower blossom on top

of it.

 

-- Len/ Black Lotus

 

 

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:21:14 -0000 "Eric Otto" <mkultra writes:

> Hi all -

>

> A friend found an 8" linga stone from one of his Indian jobbers here

> in the US. He knows I collect rocks and stones. I know that the

> stone is a sacred one but I am not sure what ones needs to do to

> handle it correctly and respectfully. He also said to use it in a

> fountain setting. Any help appreciated on this. Thanks.

>

 

 

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