Barbji/ Howdy do?

March 23, 2003

How are you? Thanks for telling about the second hand market. 65 Euro dollars

for a small Ganesh statue, that sounds almost like Aussie price. You are

right, the big murtis would be more expensive - its the same over here.

Nothing cheap when it comes to statues, whether big or small. The dealers put

the prices up if they import and have to pay customs duty, etc. Lovely to hear

that many Ganeshas can be found in Spain!

Very interesting story about your friend's house in England having a Ganesh in

the foundations! He would have been there a long time and blessed the house

all these long years. Its nice that the statue is still intact. Hope your

friend left it where it was?

Wonderful hearing that your father felt drawn to Tat Tvam Asi for his ex libris

stamp and spent one year in India previously. Which part of India did he stay?

Hope he had wonderful experiences there.

You are right, there is only one body for this lifetime :-) Yes I'm givign it

good tender loving care. Now I'm 100% fine again, bless you.

Many blessings,

Sy

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Hi SyjiThanks for your encouragements!...well I didn´t ask for prices at the

second hand market of Ganesha´s statues. One bronze one was about 65 euros, not

too bad, but there were big ones of about 1 meter tall and I didnt even bother

asking since the seller was from an antique shop and it was probably

expensive...There are quite a few Ganesha´s all over Spain at least I am

finding a lot in Madrid and here in Fuengirola...a friend of mine in England

bought a house and when restauring it, he found inside the cement of the

foundations of the house a tiny figure of Ganesha. The house is from the

begining of the century so imagine for how long Ganesha was there!!! it was in

an area where there are now many indian families living but before that it was

an area of London where people involved in boats and shipements used to

live...funny ein???My father lived in India for one year but he was never

involved in spirituality. At least not in this conscious level of things. At

home no figure of Ganesha never never but funny enough my father choosed as his

ex libris stamp, the famous sentence : Tattvamasi!...BE GOOD GIRL AND TAKE CARE

OF YOUR PHYSICAL BODY!!! there is only one for you for the moment! this one!

LoveBarbara

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March 24, 2003

Hi dear

Well the murti statue found in the foundations of that home in england

is now in the living room of this family, they love their Ganesha and

they keep it there close to their incense...If Ganesha appeared in the

foundations of the house, perhaps he wanted to change positions?...

My father´s experience in India? well he seemed to enjoy his journey

there but it is not his favourite country or culture to be honest with

you...

By the way I got a mala, from an Indian center in Malaga, they make

malas with a plant called tumali? is that correct? they say its a plant

very loved by Lord Krishna... (I don´t know if I wrote correctly the

name of the plant..)...the beeds are quite big and raughly carved and

the texture is very smooth and gentle and it seems to have very good

energy...

We have to speak more in the future, I may go to India in October

althought I am not very sure yet...We want to go on our first trip to

India to the north, visit of course the buddhist sites and also hindu

sites and also walkabout with no specific target/goal. We´ll speak more

later okey?

I´m glad to hear your body is back in full shape!

tons of hugs

Barbara

March 25, 2003

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:58:48 -0000 "aqesa" <aqesa writes:

>

> Well the murti statue found in the foundations of that home in

> england

> is now in the living room of this family, they love their Ganesha

> and

> they keep it there close to their incense...If Ganesha appeared in

> the

> foundations of the house, perhaps he wanted to change positions?...

Ganesha is Lord of Doorways. It is traditional in a Hindu home to have

an image of Ganesha near the main doorway. I imagine that one of the

previous owners of the home put the Ganesh statue into the foundations as

a magickal act, to protect the house.

> By the way I got a mala, from an Indian center in Malaga, they make

> malas with a plant called tumali? is that correct? they say its a

> plant very loved by Lord Krishna... (I don´t know if I wrote correctly

the

> name of the plant..)

The plant is Tulsi, a variety of Holy Basil. Wearing Tulsi will banish

negative spirits, and stimulates devotion to God. People will assume (if

they are in the know) that you worship Krishna (or another aspect of

Vishnu) if you wear the Tulsi mala.

I should point out that you should NOT chant mantras to Ganesha on a

Tulsi mala. Tulsi (who is a goddess as well as the basil plant) had a

big fight with Ganesha -- they do not get along well!

Does anyone on this List have a preferred type of mala for worshipping

Ganesha? (I'll tell mine after I see a few of other people...)

-- Len/ Kalipadma

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March 27, 2003

Hi friend,

I dont know the mala for worshiping god. Usually for worshipping Ganesha

u can use 108 type of flowers, or mala made up of these flowers ( on this

Vellai errrukku mala is most preferred one ). This is for worshipping god.

I dont have any idea of, the type of mala for "JAPAM" (exclusively for

ganesh). ( for shiva people are using "Uthiracha" mala) .If anybody knows

the kind of mala for the "JAPAM", let me know.

with Regards,

NTR