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I am curently composing abook on hindu rituals. Can anyone help me obtain more

information on the following:

 

1. Abhishekam [how and why]

2. Kalasam Prayer [ ' ' ]

3. Havan procedure.

 

"Please provide reference with all material so as to acknowledge authors."

 

Thank you very much

 

Reinald

 

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SAI RAM,

I will really be obliged,when you complete this book,and then let me have a

copy of that,as I am in USA,and need that to teach my children.

Sorry I am of no help to you,but will really appreciate,if you will do the needful.

Thanking You.

 

anju

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I am curently composing abook on hindu rituals. Can anyone help me obtain more

information on the following:

 

1. Abhishekam [how and why]

2. Kalasam Prayer [ ' ' ]

3. Havan procedure.

 

"Please provide reference with all material so as to acknowledge authors."

 

Thank you very much

 

Reinald

 

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There is a nice book from Ramakrishna Mission on rituals and the symbology of

Gods. It is written by Swami Swahaananda. In many discourses, Swami had talked

about the homas.

1. Homam is for sacrificing the bad in us and to offer the bad to the fire that

will purify our senses. We offer the 7 sins of Christianity or the

Arishadvargas.

We also traditionally offer SAMIDHAS ( Different herbs that are sticks) that

release the medicinal properties into the cosmos from the fire and travel in

the cosmos to purify the environment and offer medicinal use for breathing

clean air or purified air. Failing that now, we have too much of acid rain and

pollution. The American Indians , Zoaroster also do the purification process

through the fire. Experiments in the uNION Carbide accident proved that the

Tulasi plant near the accident in a house hold prevented the cancer in that

family.

The brick base is the body, desires are the sticks and the performance is the

purification process.

You clean the place , put some Kolam or designs with rice flour, kumkum and

turmeric. You invoke Ganesha, invoke the Ashta Dikpaalakaas, you invoke Pancha

Bhootas, and the nine grahas or planets. Then you start with purusha sooktam or

Srosooktam, and chant the Gayatri, mrityum jaya mantram, Sai gayatri, and all

gayatri mantram. But you also should take deeksha with abstinenece,

vegeterianism for at least several weeks to 3 months before you perform a

faithfully, dedicated ideal homa for any pupose that serves humanity. All homas

are done for cosmic cause and universal peace and benefit. Finally , "the Poorna

Ahuti" is done with a cloth that will have coconut, banana, some gold, gems,

Homa samagri, Ghee and coins. You wrap it and drop it into the sacrificial

fire.

 

Kalasam:

Wate ris a good conductor of energy, like electicity and transmits waves. Into

this water that is considered as GAnaga, YAmuna, Saraswati , Krishna,

Bhageerathi, Godaavari rivers that are devine water sources, and invoke the

Gods into that. The procedure can be elaborate to purify the water with

Mantram. The electromagnetic field of the recitation of mantram will be picked

up by the water. While reciting the MAtram, or sooktam, the electro magnetic

waves reach the Balck idols, as this water is poured to do abhishekam on them.

That is why all idols in the typical temples are black, and black absorbs

energy and white deflects. This water that had absorbed energy through the pure

devotion and metered mantram done by teh priest is a good healer of our

DISCHARGED Energies that cause DIS-EASE. Kalasam is therefore the water filled

with divinity invoked through well metered mantram. Gayatri first of all, that

is the mother of Vedas.

Abhishekam:

Having explained about the role of mantram, black idols, properly metered

recitation of mantraas, and abhishekam, the idols get charged and the chrge of

electro magnetic force that pervades the atmosphere is picked up by the black

idols and that energy in turn is picked up by the colloidal osmotic properties

of water from teh idols. The charged water is your healer or medicine. Pause

for a moment and see how the Ultra Sound machine tracks the images. SAme sound

waves give a complete picture of organs on MRI. Same principle here.

Milk,butter, ghee, butter milk are all derivatives from a cow traditionally.

Swami desccribes the cow's milk representing Brahma. At the same time, if cow

represents the Vedic knowledge, the 4 legs of the cow are the 4 vedas, milking

of the cow is the process of bhakti and jnana,

The butter is seperating the loving heart from the impurities, and remove the

traces of impurities and water and make ghee. Honey and butter milk all are the

entities in a pure state obtained from nature. Pancha amrita abhishekam is done

with these to purify the idols. We are using the milk ( Brahma) and all other

derivatives of Brahma in Abhishekam.

I hope this answers a lot of questions in a scientific way for you and helps!!

 

In loving service at the Divine Lotus Feet

 

Meena Chintapalli