Guest guest Posted August 24, 2001 Report Share Posted August 24, 2001 Rajat has a lot of wisdom here. Thanks Rajat. AumGanesh "Neha & Rajat" <younghornycpl > wrote: dEAR jen,namaste,you mention that you are a follower of many GODS , my first suggestion to you would be that following several forms is differenT BUT GOD is just one & though we offer prayers to different deities ,we should decide on one form CH WOULD BE UR ISHTA DEV ,ie. that all other forms of deities are to be seen in HIM/HER remeber to offer prayers before any other pooja to it ,& devote each y action of urs to it (SAMPOORNA SAMARPAN). if you ever visit delhi would be glad 2 meet youregardsrajat, "Jen" <jenpolan@i...> wrote:> Namaste and Vannakkam> I am Jennifer. I have been a Hindu, vegetarian and follower of > several Gods including Ganesha for the past 5 years. I hope this > group will give some good insight into SriGanesha and how to worship > him.> I am also wondering about something. TOmmorrow is Ganesha Chathurthi. > Can anyone please tell how to do a simple puja for Ganesh Chathurthi.> Also In India I know they make mud or clay statues of Ganesha and > after 3 days (after ganesha chathurthi) you have to immerse in > water. Does anyone know the story behind this?> Thank you,> Jennifer Polan> > my web site> http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polanDo You ? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2001 Report Share Posted August 27, 2001 Rajat Hi. You are right. I mean I worded myself wrongly. I do think all God is One (from the wisdom of Ramakrishna) I guess I meant to say that I worship ALMIGHTY through different forms, though I really believe all god is ONE, hence even praying to "gods" of other religions is ok by me since all God is the same, really. I hope I make sense. Jennifer Enjoy being an Indyan at http://www.indya.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 30, 2001 Report Share Posted August 30, 2001 - Neha & Rajat Friday, August 24, 2001 2:44 AM Re: new member about Ganesha chathurthi dEAR jen,namaste,you mention that you are a follower of many GODS , my first suggestion to you would be that following several forms is differenT BUT GOD is just one & though we offer prayers to different deities ,we should decide on one form CH WOULD BE UR ISHTA DEV ,ie. that all other forms of deities are to be seen in HIM/HER remeber to offer prayers before any other pooja to it ,& devote each y action of urs to it (SAMPOORNA SAMARPAN). if you ever visit delhi would be glad 2 meet youregardsrajat I am afraid I must differ with you here, rajat. When dealing with the infinite, one single finite view cannot aprehend the infinite. Whether one says there i[s one God or several or many, or nne -- all seem (IMO) to miss this point. The infinite encompasses all views without contradiction or paradox. Difficult for us to apprehend, I know. Personally, I prefer an infinite number of distinct Gods & Godesses. For me, to say that all the Gods & Godesses are but aspect of ONE GOD is far too monotheistic for my taste. Not that it is wrong, per se, but that monotheism has been used in many places & times to opress those who believe differently. So it is just not my cup of tea. From my perspective, I like having many different independent Gods & Godesses. Not as aspects of a single deity, but each being as infinite & eternal as the others. I guess one would call me a pantheist. Alobar , "Jen" <jenpolan@i...> wrote:> Namaste and Vannakkam> I am Jennifer. I have been a Hindu, vegetarian and follower of > several Gods including Ganesha for the past 5 years. I hope this > group will give some good insight into SriGanesha and how to worship > him.> I am also wondering about something. TOmmorrow is Ganesha Chathurthi. > Can anyone please tell how to do a simple puja for Ganesh Chathurthi.> Also In India I know they make mud or clay statues of Ganesha and > after 3 days (after ganesha chathurthi) you have to immerse in > water. Does anyone know the story behind this?> Thank you,> Jennifer Polan> > my web site> http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polanTo from this group, send an email to:-http://www.geocities.com/aumganesh/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2001 Report Share Posted August 31, 2001 Namaste Alobarji, Good to see you around again! Keep it up. You were missed for a while. Om Shanti, Sy ================- , "Alobar" <alobar@b...> wrote: > > - > Neha & Rajat > > Friday, August 24, 2001 2:44 AM > Re: new member about Ganesha chathurthi > > > dEAR jen, > namaste, > you mention that you are a follower of many GODS , my first > suggestion to you would be that following several forms is differenT > BUT GOD is just one & though we offer prayers to different deities > ,we should decide on one form CH WOULD BE UR ISHTA DEV ,ie. that all > other forms of deities are to be seen in HIM/HER remeber to offer > prayers before any other pooja to it ,& devote each y action of urs > to it (SAMPOORNA SAMARPAN). if you ever visit delhi would be glad 2 > meet you > regards > rajat > > > > I am afraid I must differ with you here, rajat. When dealing with the infinite, one single finite view cannot aprehend the infinite. Whether one says there i[s one God or several or many, or nne -- all seem (IMO) to miss this point. The infinite encompasses all views without contradiction or paradox. Difficult for us to apprehend, I know. Personally, I prefer an infinite number of distinct Gods & Godesses. For me, to say that all the Gods & Godesses are but aspect of ONE GOD is far too monotheistic for my taste. Not that it is wrong, per se, but that monotheism has been used in many places & times to opress those who believe differently. So it is just not my cup of tea. > > From my perspective, I like having many different independent Gods & Godesses. Not as aspects of a single deity, but each being as infinite & eternal as the others. I guess one would call me a pantheist. > > Alobar > > , "Jen" <jenpolan@i...> wrote: > > Namaste and Vannakkam > > I am Jennifer. I have been a Hindu, vegetarian and follower of > > several Gods including Ganesha for the past 5 years. I hope this > > group will give some good insight into SriGanesha and how to > worship > > him. > > I am also wondering about something. TOmmorrow is Ganesha > Chathurthi. > > Can anyone please tell how to do a simple puja for Ganesh > Chathurthi. > > Also In India I know they make mud or clay statues of Ganesha and > > after 3 days (after ganesha chathurthi) you have to immerse in > > water. Does anyone know the story behind this? > > Thank you, > > Jennifer Polan > > > > my web site > > http://members.tripod.com/~jennifer_polan > > > > Sponsor > > > > > > > - > > http://www.geocities.com/aumganesh/ > > Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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