Very short puja for Goddess Kali

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Very short Kali puja:

1.)APPLYING TILAK

Apply tilak to your forehead using the ring finger of your right hand

2.)SIPPING

Sip water three times to purify yourself; one spoonful from the right palm after

each of the following three mantras:

aatma tattvaaya namah |

vidyaa tattvaaya namah |

shiva tattvaaya namah |

now rinse your hands saying the following:

hastau prakshaalya ||

3.)PRAISING GANESHA

praise Ganesha:

om ganapataye namah ||

4.)PRAISING SPIRITUAL GUIDE

Praise Guru (or Gurani):

om gurave namah || (om guranyai namah ||)

(do this even if you don’t have one.)

5.)DHYANA/MEDITATION

meditate on Kali in your heart. Now tell Her about it:

om kaalyai namah | dhyaayaami || (put your hands together in a namaskar)

6.)AWAHANA/INVOCATION

touching your heart with the palm of your left hand and the statue/picture/image

of Kali with the little finger of your right hand, imagine Kali enters into the

image (do not imagine She leaves the heart, rather She is transmitted rather

like a flame so as to dwell equally in the image and the heart.) whilst saying

the following mantra:

kaaliiM aawaahayaami ||

7.)GANDHA/OFFERING SCENTED MATERIAL/S

with the ring finger of your right hand, place gandha (consisting of a paste of

fine red ochre powder and rose water; alternatively use red sandalwood paste,

or otherwise any perfume, fragrance, essential oil etc.) on Her heart or

alternatively apply as a tilak (dot) on Her forehead. Say the following:

om kaalyai namah | gandhaM samarpayaami ||

8.)PUSPANI/OFFERING FLOWERS

offer flowers, either whole or petals, at Her feet. (if offering only a single

flower, replace the plural word "pushhpaani" with the singular word

"pushhpaM"). say the following while offering:

om kaalyai namah | pushhpaani samarpayaami ||

9.)DHUUP/OFFERING INCENSE

light an incense stick and wave it three times in a clockwise circle in front of

Her, saying the mantra below:

om kaalyai namah | dhuupaM aaghraapayaami ||

Then set the incense stick towards Her left side and leave it there.

10.)ARATI/WAVING OF LIGHT

light some camphor in a camphor lamp (or just in a plate) and wave it just like

you did with the incense, except wave it five times instead of three. Say the

mantra below for this:

om kaalyai namah | karpuura niiraajanaM darshayaami ||

Then put the lamp down, and pass your right hand briefly over the flame. Then

cover your eyes with the same hand to receive the blessing.

11.)JAPA/RECITATION OF MANTRA (OPTIONAL)

(you can do some japa now if you like)

12.)PRARTHANA/OFFERING OF PRAYERS

now you can pray asking for things (only if you wish to do so), either aloud or

by imagining them mentally.

Also say sorry three times for any imperfections in the worship:

kshamasva parameshvari | kshamasva parameshvari | kshamasva parameshvari ||

om kaalyai namah | praarthanaaM samarpayaami ||

13.)DISMISSAL

Finally comes the dismissal/goodbye. offer some flowers or petals, saying:

kaaliiM yathaasthaanam prathishtaa-payaami ||

then take one of the offered petals and smell it, imagining Kali is returning

back into your heart this way (or instead you can touch the idol and then touch

your heart).

Here ends the very short Kali puja. For a very very short puja, you can leave

out DHUUP. For an even shorter one, leave out GANDHA as well. Don’t leave

out PUSHPA. The very word "puja" comes from the word for "flower worship". If

you have no flowers then at least use leaves and say: "patraani samarpayaami"

instead of "pushhpaani samarpayaami"

If you prefer, instead of "om kaalyai namah" ("Om obeisance to Kali") you could

use some other Kali mantra like "om kaalii maa namo namah" ("Om obeisance again

and again to Mother Kali")

To make it into a Shiva puja, change the following words:

change "om kaalyai namah" to " om namah shivaya"

change "kaaliiM" to "shivaM"

change "parameshvari" to "parameshvara"

and use white sandalwood paste instead of red.

Most people think that the shortest puja consists of five upacharas, namely:

gandha, pushpa, dhuup, deep, naivedya. Here I have shown how to shorten even

further to three (gandha, pushpa, dhuup); two (gandha, pushpa); or even one

(pushpa). There are at least two other versions of three upacharas; they are:

(A): gandha, pushpa, naivedya; and (B): dhuup, deep, naivedya.

I hope these instructions will be of some utility to those who are beginners in

puja; or to those who are very busy and have only little time.

Jai Kali Mata Ki Jai!!!!

Loladas

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"Loladas" <nrehm

> Very short Kali puja:

 

Namaste Loladas, and thank you very much for posting this! One

question: is it possible to post the English translation of the

Sanskrit for this puja? I like to know what I'm saying to Her.

 

peace and blessings,

Seadna

 

 

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