Guest guest Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Dear All, Shree Maa gave us this group Sankalpa on the 5th Jan and I started on 6th Jan, ie 360 days for the completion of 100,0000 recitation. We know that we need to do roughly a 1000 malas (1 mala = 108 repetitions) to achieve our total, BUT I found an interesting math situation based on the number of days (360) I am doing my sankalpa 300 * 360 is the same as doing 1000 malas of 108 repetitions. Both are equal to the desired total , ie 108000 So , all I need to do, is chant the mantra 300 times each day (less than 3 malas), and keep it up until the end of the year. This will 1) help me keep my sankalpa and do it year around 2) most importantly, help keep my practice REGULAR! Last year, my focus on EMS (Earth Mother Sankalpa) was to get it done as soon as I could. This year, having been deeply inspired by the CONSISTENT and planned chanting by the likes of Kanda, Henny and Querida Kalachandra,and a few others , REGULARITY in sadhana is my goal. When Swamiji said "expand the sadhana by 5 mins", I would like to think that what he meant was, "keep the sadhana so simple that the mind will not start creating problems for doing small additional steps". This is my next "5-min" step to sadhana - to chant this mantra a little EACH day for the rest of the year so that this practice will keep creating the grooves for longer and regular sadhana. JAI SHREE MAA Nanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Jai Maa, dearest Nandaji! Sounds like a great plan to me! Good for you! Blessings! Your sister always, Muktimaa , "Nanda" <chandimaakijai wrote: > > > Dear All, > > Shree Maa gave us this group Sankalpa on the 5th Jan and I started on > 6th Jan, ie 360 days for the completion of 100,0000 recitation. > > We know that we need to do roughly a 1000 malas (1 mala = 108 > repetitions) to achieve our total, > > BUT > > I found an interesting math situation based on the number of days (360) > I am doing my sankalpa > > 300 * 360 is the same as doing 1000 malas of 108 repetitions. > > Both are equal to the desired total , ie 108000 > > So , all I need to do, is chant the mantra 300 times each day (less than > 3 malas), and keep it up until the end of the year. > > This will > 1) help me keep my sankalpa and do it year around > 2) most importantly, help keep my practice REGULAR! > > Last year, my focus on EMS (Earth Mother Sankalpa) was to get it done as > soon as I could. This year, having been deeply inspired by the > CONSISTENT and planned chanting by the likes of Kanda, Henny and Querida > Kalachandra,and a few others , REGULARITY in sadhana is my goal. > > When Swamiji said "expand the sadhana by 5 mins", I would like to think > that what he meant was, "keep the sadhana so simple that the mind will > not start creating problems for doing small additional steps". > > This is my next "5-min" step to sadhana - to chant this mantra a little > EACH day for the rest of the year so that this practice will keep > creating the grooves for longer and regular sadhana. > > JAI SHREE MAA > Nanda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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