Vibhuti

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Namah Shivaya

 

Dear Keval,

 

Re: Vibhuti- usually Indians, esp south indians use

vibhuti as a religious sign- in our culture we use it

everyday- everyday , right from my childhood we dont

leave home without it. After the morning bath, we

usually go into the puja room , apply vibhuti on our

foreheads before starting our prayers and it is

usually on the forehead for most opf the day. The

vibhuti , to me, and to many others, has many sacred

associations- so i wear the vibhuti in the night too

before gouing to sleep- since in our tradition it is

so common , i think they hand it out to us indians.

 

But in the west there isnt such a practice, so they

dont give them vibhuti - people are not used to it and

may find this white powder rather strange . It may not

have the same sacred associations for them as it has

for me....

 

However, Amma does give vibhuti packets to westerners

if they ask for it- I have seen Amma give vibhuti to

westerners too.

 

To Amma, there are no westerners and easterners- we

are all Her children, equal to Her. But since

westerners dont use vibhuti in general, She doesnt

give it to them. Its that simple really . It is just

an indian custom and not a 'compulsory' spiritual

practice to wear vibhtui.

 

bala

--- Mike Brooker <patria1818 wrote:

>

> > More on Amma's vasana pressure cooker: Last year

> in

> > DC I was chosen for lap

> > seva. On top of being nervous, as they were

> > "training" me, "Take the prasad

> > from your right, pass it to your left, to the left

> > hand of your team mate who

> > puts it in Amma's hand" I became terrified - I'm

> > dyslexic -

>

> I'm not dyslexic, but I have done this prasad

> hand-out

> a couple of times as part of the Toronto satsang

> group, and I've gotten terrifed out of fear of

> ****ing

> it up. I find it helps to keep my eyes riveted on

> Amma's left hand, watching for her to open her hand

> to

> take the hershey kisses and flower pettals. But she

> doesn't always fully open her palm. Sometimes it's

> just a half-clenched fist.

>

> Now why do they only give the little packets of

> vibhuti to Indians? What's the point? Shouldn't

> everyone get the vibhuti along with the chocolate

> and

> flower petal? Is there not enough of it to go

> around?

> How do they know if a South Asian person is just

> visiting from India, is a recent immigrant, or has

> roots in America for several generations?

>

> Keval

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