Guest guest Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Namaste Paravatiji, thank you very much for your help and clarifications. And yes, I am having great fun! How could I not; all my questions have been answered and I am now able to enhance my puja even further, with love, Henny , sara swati <parv108 wrote: > > Namaste Henny, > Thanks for your questions. > > --- henny_v_i <henny_v_i wrote: > > > Dear Parvatiji, > > > > thank you very much for helping me find a place for > > the pot. I think > > that problem can be solved thanks to your > > suggestions. I am still > > undecided whether to make a Kali murti and a > > separate altar for the > > occasion or add a small platform to the existing > > altar, or both! Your > > advice and beautiful story about Shree Maa making > > God are very > > inspiring! > > > > Please allow me to ask some other questions that > > have presented > > themselves: > > > > - normally, when I perform Shiva puja, the lingam is > > the receiver of > > the cloth, the mala, the powders etc., so that at > > the end of the puja > > Lord Shiva is nicely dressed and decorated. As I > > understand, if I were > > to include the establishment of a pot in my Shiva > > Puja, all these > > items would be used for the pot. > > Would the lingam > > then be the > > recipient of the naivedya offerings, or are these to > > be offered to the > > pot as well, which would leave the lingam rather > > 'underdressed'. If > > the lingam is to receive the naivedya offerings, can > > I include cloth > > and garlands in those as well? > You can offer the Naivedya to the lingam and include > cloth and garlands. Remember you are the creator of > your puja. > > > > > - should the bracelets and ornaments be new? > New would be preferable. Although you can offer the > same ornaments and bracelets more than once. If you > feel inspired you can give your ornaments as blessings > after the puja. > > Could I > > use beads from > > broken necklaces to make ornaments? > If the necklaces have been worn then it is better not > to offer this. > > > > - would you use a red cloth for Shiva too, or a > > white one? > You can use a red or white cloth. > > > > - in the Kali Puja book, the pranams start on page > > 247. These are > > followed on page 254 by blessings. Are these to be > > recited as well? > Yes. > > > > - I understand we remove the divine energy using the > > visarjan mudra. > > From the book, I understand this is to be done with > > the mantra > > 'kshamasya'. Am I correct? And is this the mudra > > where you cross the > > hands and turn, so that you end up with your > > forefingers functioning > > as a kind of gripper? > On page 255-256 in the Kali puja book, before removing > the energy, you can recite the visarjan mantra. Then > do the mudra as you described above and say > "kshamasya." Remember you pick up the pranpratishtha > flower with the visarjan mudra. > > Hope this helps and have fun! > Om namah shivaaya! > Om kring kalyai namah! > > > > > > thank you very much for your time and consideration, > > > > with love, > > Henny > > > > > > > > , sara swati > > <parv108@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Henny, > > > > > > Thanks for your question. We will look forward to > > > seeing your pot! > > > > > > I understand exactly what you mean by having a > > small > > > space. Sounds like you have a great coconut that > > wants > > > to be offered so you should use it. If you can't > > make > > > room for it on the side then one suggestion would > > be > > > to put a small table or some kind of raised > > platform > > > in front of your altar and establish your pot on > > that. > > > Would that work for you? It should not be placed > > on > > > the floor. > > > > > > I had a similar problem when I established a Kali > > pot > > > on Friday night. There is a small Kali murti in > > the > > > back of where I established my pot. > > > After putting the coconut and dressing it up with > > > cloth, maalas and flowers, I could no longer see > > the > > > Kali in the back since I had established the pot > > right > > > in front of the Kali murti. I even thought about > > > moving the pot a little to the side but decided > > not to > > > move it because the mantra says: Be Still in the > > gross > > > body. Be still in the subtle body. Be still in the > > > causal body." But I really wanted to see Kali's > > face. > > > So then I would physically shift my body to the > > side > > > a little in order to see her face. Now I wasn't > > being > > > still either. Finally, Kali gave me the idea to > > move > > > Her altar just a little to the side so I could see > > Her > > > face. > > > This was a perfect solution! Now there were 3 > > smiling > > > coconuts! > > > > > > Good luck! Let us know what you work out. > > > > > > parvati > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- henny_v_i <henny_v_i@> wrote: > > > > > > > Namaste Parvati, > > > > > > > > thank you very much for the Kali puja class! > > > > Unfortunately, I missed > > > > the opportunity to perform Kali puja on Friday, > > but > > > > I am now catching > > > > up on the lessons and preparing to establish my > > > > first pot, which is > > > > very exciting. I have one question, though. My > > altar > > > > space is not very > > > > big, and the central place is already occupied > > by my > > > > Shiva lingam. I > > > > have acquired a coconut of magnificent > > proportions, > > > > and now I am at a > > > > loss where to place my pot. I don't feel > > comfortable > > > > moving Lord Shiva > > > > to the side, and there is no room behind or in > > front > > > > of the lingam > > > > (placing the pot directly in front of the lingam > > > > would make the lingam > > > > totally invisible)or anywhere else on my altar > > > > because that would mean > > > > taking down murtis or photographs that live > > there. > > > > Could I place the > > > > pot in front of the altar, on the floor? Or > > would it > > > > be advisable to > > > > choose a small pot with a small fruit on top and > > > > place it next to the > > > > lingam? I would very much appreciate your > > advice, > > > > > > > > with love, > > > > Henny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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