Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Respected members, If due to some reason, a puja that was started had to be stopped midway (for example, feeling too sick or having to attend to some emergency), what should be done with regards to the incomplete puja? Thanks, Jayashree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 SARVAM GYANANANDAMAYAM JAGAT AUM GURUBYO NAMAH Dear Jayashree, Perform the puja mentally in case you are not able to perform bahir-mukha pujas. Manasa puja is very effective indeed. Atmakaraka can function not only through the gross medium of body but also through the subtle medium of mind. Have firm faith in Ishta devatha. Best wishes. Astrologically yours, psramanrayanan BharatMatrimony.com. India's premium matrimonial website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Ramanarayan ji, Thanks for your reply. In this instance, I was fasting since morning and by late afternoon, got into a very severe headache. I took medicines for headache and proceeded to do the puja, but midway down the puja, the pain was just thronging into each nerve in my brain and my body started shaking with weakness. So I stopped immediately, did a namaskara, prayed within my mind to forgive the incomplete worship, ate a spoonful of prasad and went to rest. What can be done if anything is wrong about this? Thanks again, Jayashree vedic astrology, "P.S. RAMANARAYANAN" <p_s_ramanarayanan@h...> wrote: > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Hello Jayashree: I've had a similar experience as yours. I used to regularly fast on Saturdays as prescribed by Sanjay. However, I got headaches and general weakness when I fasted. For the past 4-5 Saturdays, I was either very busy in the office or travelling (long flights, etc.) so I couldn't fast. I felt extremely guilty, but the reality of my situation is that I just wasn't able to keep the fast. I asked for forgiveness from Shani Dev and went on with my life. Jayashree, the reality of Kali-yug or the life-style today is that people have to work 10-12 hours a day just to keep alive so observation of stringent rules created by men who didn't have anything better to do in life except live in the forest and chant mantras and/or fast shouldn't apply strictly in this day and age. These Rishis/Men were also funded by the King/State. Well Jayashree, if you and I are funded by the Government JUST to sit in a forest and fast and do poojas and chant mantras, then we would be able to observe the RULES and the SCRIPTURES strictly as well. Please don't fee guilty of feel that God will punish you in some way for abandoning your pooja. Just my thoughts. Mukund vedic astrology, "Jayashree" <jayashree_ravi@m...> wrote: > Ramanarayan ji, > > Thanks for your reply. In this instance, I was fasting since morning > and by late afternoon, got into a very severe headache. I took > medicines for headache and proceeded to do the puja, but midway down > the puja, the pain was just thronging into each nerve in my brain and > my body started shaking with weakness. So I stopped immediately, did > a namaskara, prayed within my mind to forgive the incomplete worship, > ate a spoonful of prasad and went to rest. What can be done if > anything is wrong about this? > > Thanks again, > > Jayashree > > > vedic astrology, "P.S. RAMANARAYANAN" > <p_s_ramanarayanan@h...> wrote: > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Mukund, Yes, I'm in agreement with some of what you have stated. However, there are no STRINGENT rules as such - you do what you can within your limits but regularly. Spirituality is certainly 'within', so it includes everything that's in our realms, including people and other living things around us. I was not fasting in any measure of spiritual greed - because there isn't any of the sort. Fasting as a general measure helps to collect one's thought towards a higher reality that is god. The feeling of hunger is counter-acted by focused thoughts on the divine - simplicity that is practiced by mind and body in essence. I keep myself well-nourished at other times so that the fasts so far have not given any adverse results, including the headache I felt recently. Just this last time, it so happened that the previous day I skipped my dinner and kept a fast the next day, so it was more than a full 24 hr fast which I'm not used to and caused the headache/weakness. It is just my own incorrect fasting that has led to this headache, so I'm in general wanting to know if there is anything I can do for the incomplete puja. Hindu scriptures are totally against any kind of torture. Fasting beyond reasonable means, or one that is done prematurely, before the body can get used to gradual measures of fasting is a form of torture, no scriptures ask us to do so, leaving alone cave men. If you find full-fasting difficult, you can loosen your fast to include only fruits or fruit juices, or atleast Sattwic food. It is more of sincerity of mind and simplicity of body that counts, and that is what is stated in our scriptures. I hope this is of some help. Regards, Jayashree vedic astrology, "monmuk111" <monmuk111> wrote: > Hello Jayashree: > > I've had a similar experience as yours. I used to regularly fast on > Saturdays as prescribed by Sanjay. However, I got headaches and > general weakness when I fasted. For the past 4-5 Saturdays, I was > either very busy in the office or travelling (long flights, etc.) so > I couldn't fast. > > I felt extremely guilty, but the reality of my situation is that I > just wasn't able to keep the fast. I asked for forgiveness from Shani > Dev and went on with my life. > > Jayashree, the reality of Kali-yug or the life-style today is that > people have to work 10-12 hours a day just to keep alive so > observation of stringent rules created by men who didn't have > anything better to do in life except live in the forest and chant > mantras and/or fast shouldn't apply strictly in this day and age. > These Rishis/Men were also funded by the King/State. > > Well Jayashree, if you and I are funded by the Government JUST to sit > in a forest and fast and do poojas and chant mantras, then we would > be able to observe the RULES and the SCRIPTURES strictly as well. > > Please don't fee guilty of feel that God will punish you in some way > for abandoning your pooja. Just my thoughts. > > Mukund > > vedic astrology, "Jayashree" > <jayashree_ravi@m...> wrote: > > Ramanarayan ji, > > > > Thanks for your reply. In this instance, I was fasting since > morning > > and by late afternoon, got into a very severe headache. I took > > medicines for headache and proceeded to do the puja, but midway > down > > the puja, the pain was just thronging into each nerve in my brain > and > > my body started shaking with weakness. So I stopped immediately, > did > > a namaskara, prayed within my mind to forgive the incomplete > worship, > > ate a spoonful of prasad and went to rest. What can be done if > > anything is wrong about this? > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Jayashree > > > > > > vedic astrology, "P.S. RAMANARAYANAN" > > <p_s_ramanarayanan@h...> wrote: > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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