Guest guest Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Querida KalaChandra, Thanks for your question. Swamiji says that Kali's puja is to be done anytime in the evening. Hope this helps. Good luck with your puja. Let us know how it goes. Love and blessings to you. --- Kala Chandra <kalachandra2003 .br> wrote: > Dear Parvati > I bow and I thankyou with all my heart. I hope I > can make this Puja all right. I am very happy with > your class. > I have a question about time for this > establishment of the pot : Friday, can we to do this > Puja in the day(morning or afternon) or only at > night? > Thank you for your time > Kalachandra > sara swati <parv108 > escreveu: > Kali Puja Class- Day 9 > > Dear All, > > Today we will focus on pages 81-91 in the Kali puja > book by Swami Satyananda > > Puja Naivedya (offerings of worship) > > Page 81 > Invitation > We fold our hands in prayer and recite the > invitation mantra. > > We invite the Divine Mother to our hearts and to > remain still until our vow of worship is complete. > > Seat > We place the tips of our fingers together, palms > facing up, thumbs out, and make a seat for our > Divine > Mother to sit on mid section, near our heart. > > Page 82 > Foot bath > Sprinkle a few drops of water at the feet of your > coconut or at the feet of your Kali murti. > > Water for washing hands and mouth > Sprinkle some water on top of coconut or near, on or > over Kali murti. > > Arghya-corsage or bouquet > We make an arghya by taking a flower on a stem like > a > rose, (not too long of a stem) lay the stem in a red > cloth. Add a little black sesame seed, uncooked rice > grains, dried or fresh basil leaf, chandan powder, > perfume. Wrap these ingredients up in the red cloth > with the stem. The rose will be sticking out of the > cloth. Tie the cloth with a string. > If you can't make an arghya then substitute for a > regular flower. > > Madhuparka-yogurt drink > In a small bowl you will add a little yogurt, honey > and ghee and recite the mantra. > All of the ingredients are offered together. > > Page 83-84 > Water bath > Sprinkle water over your coconut and or over, > around, > or near your Kali murti. > > Bracelets > Offer bracelets (your choice), your Goddess > > Page 84-85 > Conch ornaments > offer any kind of conch shell ornament like a ring, > or > bracelet > > Page 85 > Ornaments > offer any kind of jewelry- your choice, your Goddess > > Page 85-86 > Rice > offer a few grains of uncooked rice > We pray for a spotlessly pure mind. > > page 86-87 > Food offering > Offer any cooked food you have made for Kali here, > fruits and sweets. > We will be making the following items here for Kali: > kitchuri, 14 kinds of green leafy vegetables, fried > eggplant, daikon salad, rice pudding, pitta(see > Shree > Maa cookbook), chutney(see Shree maa cookbook) > Of course we will also be offering pomegrantes. We > are so lucky that pomegranate season comes around > the > time of Kali puja. > > Sprinkle water over all of the food offerings and > some > flowers or petals. > > Page 87 > Drinking water > Offer some water to Kali. Use a clean cup, or a > bottle > of water. > > Page 87-88 > Betel-nuts > We get these from an Indian store. > They are kind of like an after dinner mint for the > Goddess. > > Page 88 > Dakshina > You will offer some money at the end of your puja. > Every puja ends with the offering of dakshina. > Swamiji > said that a puja is not complete without this > offering. > > Part of the mantra says: anantapunyaphaladamatah > which > means: Give infinite merits as fruits..... > > Page 89-91-Arati > Now we offer the following articles: > umbrella, fly whisk, fan, mirror, camphor, > flower(give to Kali) > > Thus ends Day 9 of the Kali puja Class > Remember that Kali's big day > is coming up very soon on Friday, > October 20. > > Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask. > > There are many other ways to worship Kali. You > can just recite the Kali puja book without any > physical offerings. Or recite part of the book. > Recite the 1000 names or the 100 names, or the Kali > kavacham, or the Adya Stotram or listen to Shree Maa > sing the 1000 names of Kali. It is very beautiful. > > Om Kring Kalyai Namah! > Stay tuned for Day 10! > > --- sara swati <parv108 > wrote: > > > Kali puja class day 8 Pages 72-80 > > > > Dear All, > > Hopefully you have all had a chance to look over > the > > establishment of the pot and prana pratishtha. > > After the pot has been > > established we recite the Adya Stotram. > > > > Page 72-77 Adya Stotram > > The Song of the Foremost > > > > Recite the Adya Strotam > > (Please read through the English.) > > If you don't have alot of time, this is a good > > stotram to recite. > > > > This stotram describes the different forms of Kali > > as > > well as the many benefits of reciting it. > > > > Page 78-Visesarghya (establishment of the conch > > shell > > offering) > > > > Remember that an arghya is an object of value > which > > conveys the sincerity of our devotion. > > > > The establishment of the conch shell is done in > the > > same way as the establishment of the > > samanyarghya(the > > ordinary water on pages 41-44 of the Kali puja > book) > > > > Shree Maa and Swamiji establish their conch shell > on > > the left side of the altar and the samanyarghya is > > established on the right side of the altar. The > pot > > can be established in the middle of the altar. > > > > 1. Draw a dot(bindu) - one point of creation > > > > 2. Draw a triangle-all of the threes > > > > 3. Draw a circle around the triangle-circle of > > creation > > > > 4. Draw a square- 4 aspirations of life-dharma, > === message truncated === Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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