Maha Siva Ratri Greetings from Devipuram

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends:

 

Guruji and Amma convey their love and blessings to all on the sacred

festival of Maha Siva Ratri to be celebrated on March 8, 2005.

 

Here is an excerpt from Guruji's message written specially for this

occasion - "Japam forms ears and hearing for the God in you. Puja

forms skin and touch. Homam creates the form and makes eyes.

Abhishekham or Tarpanam sprinkles life into it. Naivedyam, cooked

rice, feeds substance to it. So the God-Power is induced into you to

empower you to not only manage but also to create your destiny, the

destiny of the cosmos itself. This, in my view, is the true

significance of Maha Siva Ratri and the Lingodbhava Pujas done on

that day". Click here to read the full text of Guruji's message on

the significance of Maha Siva Ratri, Personal Destiny and the Maha

Nyasam.

 

On this sacred occasion, special pujas and programs are planned at

Devipuram, India. The details are provided below:

 

DATE: March 8, 2005

 

VENUE: Devipuram, India

 

DETAILS:

 

On the morning of March 8th, Guruji will chant the sacred and

esoteric Maha Nyasam;

This chanting will be followed by 11 recitations of the Namakam and

1 recitation of the Chamakam;

Annabhishekam will be performed with milk, yoghurt, ghee, honey,

fruit juices and holy ashes;

Making 1000 lingas of mud collected from the anthill, Sahasra

Lingarchana will be performed by the priests;

Rudra Homam will be performed in the Yajna Shala in front of Sri

Meru;

A Laksha-Bilvarchana (1 Lakh offering of the sacred Bilva leaf along

with chanting in praise of Lord Siva) will be performed in the

afternoon;

Music and dance program by Bala Kondala Rao and her troupe will be

performed in the evening;

This will be followed by a three-hour Bhajan program which will

continue until midnight;

Starting at 12 mid-night until 6am the following morning

Linghodbhava Kala Pujas will be performed.

SPONSORSHIP:

 

You can sponsor all the above pujas and programs for $25 per family

(Rs. 301per family if you are in India). A sankalpam will be done on

behalf of you and your family. Please click here to proceed to the

puja information and sponsorship page. ALL SPONSORSHIPS MUST BE

SUBMITTED LATEST BY 9:00PM EST ON MARCH 7th (or March 8th, 7:30 am

IST). We apologize for the short notice but hope that many of you

will be able to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

 

To get more information on the planned pujas/programs, and for

sponsoring the Maha Siva Ratri Pujas PLEASE CLICK HERE.

 

We are thankful to all of you for making the Shatha-Chandi Homam a

success. Please click here to read a detailed and interesting update

(including pictures) on the Shatha-Chandi Homam!

 

Thanks, once again, for your continued participation.

 

Best Regards,

 

The Devipuram/Vi1 Group

http://www.Vi1.org

http://www.devipuram.info

 

Sri Vidya Trust, Devipuram (Via N. Amulapalem), Anakapalle, Andhra

Pradesh – 531001, India

[Guest guest]

I liked what your Guruji said DB about the elements of worship. I sometimes am

thinking that worship is opening us to the divine and to its very powerful

organizing abilities. Who after all is benefitiing from this act. Us of course,

and of course that which we share in the five sense, and mind offerings. And

secret offerings. We come away with a cozy of the divine burning inside. What

creative fire that can be, the Lord seems to like to create, the greater we

expand our vision of the Lord then so the more cosmic is our own creative fire

or sattva in this samsaric realm. When I say the Lord, for me that's Sri

Herself, Mother Maya, Shree Kundalini, the Goddess, My beloved Anima. To love

Her is to have the unconscious flow perfectly into expression without need of

thought, because She is all that we experience from the pinnacle of the Sri

Chakra, ourselves to her toenails, the edge of awareness which fades into

ignorance. What a beautiful thing she is. I could go on... And will someday...

The links don't work. Esp., the donate.shtml page I would like to participate.

Please PM me with them. Thanks

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Eve69 ... long time no see! ;-)

 

Thanks for the kind note ...

 

The link to Guruji's thoughts on Maha Shiva Ratri are here:

 

http://www.vi1.org/sivaratri_puja.shtml

 

The page to request pooja sponsorship is here:

 

http://www.vi1.org/step1.asp

 

Thanks for the heads up on those bad links

 

DB

 

 

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> I liked what your Guruji said DB about the elements of worship. I

sometimes am thinking that worship is opening us to the divine and

to its very powerful organizing abilities. Who after all is

benefitiing from this act. Us of course, and of course that which we

share in the five sense, and mind offerings. And secret offerings.

We come away with a cozy of the divine burning inside. What

creative fire that can be, the Lord seems to like to create, the

greater we expand our vision of the Lord then so the more cosmic is

our own creative fire or sattva in this samsaric realm. When I say

the Lord, for me that's Sri Herself, Mother Maya, Shree Kundalini,

the Goddess, My beloved Anima. To love Her is to have the

unconscious flow perfectly into expression without need of thought,

because She is all that we experience from the pinnacle of the Sri

Chakra, ourselves to her toenails, the edge of awareness which fades

into ignorance. What a beautiful thing she is. I could go on... And

will someday... The links don't work. Esp., the donate.shtml page

I would like to participate. Please PM me with them. Thanks

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