Guest guest Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Dear Padma Ma, Thankyou for your kind words. I still have a long way to go and Iam very young. Iam still studying. Iam interested in many things from Guitar to God! But if I start narrating my hobbies and interests it will be blowing my trumpet openly.I would prefer my work(rather 'labour of love') to be known better than me. Iam not from Gayathri Pariwar. Though I have met Pranav Pande and am familiar with some litrature of Gayathri Pariwar.There are some good books on Gayathri and Yajur Veda in Hindi.I enjoyed reading them. That was all.It has been a God given gift that I know many languages fluently.So understanding some abstruse concepts in the dialect and the mood of the author was not difficult for me. You certainly can 'bathe'(I think you meant 'Abhisheka') your idols. I do not know about Gayathri Ma idol because normally for Navaratri idols of Lakshmi,Durga and Saraswathy are worshipped and decorated.But some Gayathri Upasakas I know, do Abhisheka for Gaythri mata and perform worship every day of the Navaratri. Please peruse my old postings on Navaratri. It really is a big subject and one odd posting will not do much justice eventhough I write elaborately for each posting. Ghat Sthapana can be done tommorow. The mantras are the the 'Devi Prathisthapana Mantras' which can be had from 'Devi Puja Vidhi'. Thankyou for your kind words once again. I consider them as blessings. Yours yogically, Shreeram Balijepalli Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru , <padmahiraskar69> wrote: > Shreeram bhaiya, > i would like to ask you that can we bathe the goddes durga,laxmi and gayatri during navratris? > can u tell me the procedure for navratri? > which mantra to be chanted and when or at what time is the ghat sthapana can be done tommorrow? > r u from gayatri pariwar? > i wonder what all u do? i do appreciate u for the knowledge u have on various topics , kaka bhushundi and the crows feeding and having knowledge of vastu, fengshui and what else do u do? > u r really gr8. > jai gurudev!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > happy navratri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > padma > > Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru wrote: > > There are 2 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Mritunjaya Mahamantra explained > " indianguru21 " > > 2. Idol Worship > " dattapr2000 " > > > ___________________ ___ > ___________________ ___ > > Message: 1 > Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:34:11 -0000 > " indianguru21 " > > Mritunjaya Mahamantra explained > > Click on this link below and join: > / > > > > Mritunjaya Mahamantra explained > > Lord Shiva shall always be satisfied with Abhishek, without which > Shiva " Pooja " is incomplete and unconsummated. While performing > Abhishek chanting of Mrityunjay Mantra is advised. To get eternal > happiness to the self and people around, who hears Mriyunjay mantra > shall be uttered in rhythmic fashion as specified, keeping or > remembering its meaning in the mind. To achieve best results Lord > Shiva shall be worshipped on Mondays in particular. > > Maha Mrityunjay Mantra or otherwise called Mrita sanjeevini Mantra > is bequeathed to us by the great Vasistha Maha Muni. It is written > in " Anustup Chandah " . It is composed off four lines and eight padaas > in total. The Aumkar Shabd is added to this Maha Mantra at a later > stage to enhance the power of Mantra by Rishis and scholars having > authority. For best results it shall be chanted for a minimum number > of 8000 in a " mandala " (Forty days). While worshipping Shiva in the > morning hours it is advised to face the direction of east and in the > evening hours to the north. > > Mrityunjaya Maha mantra: > > Aum Trayambakam Yajamahe > Sugandhim Pustivardhanam > Urvaarukamiva Bhandanat > Mrityor Mukshiya mamrutat > > Meaning of Maha mantra: > > Aum: This is the beejakshar of Param Shiva which represents Sooshma > sarir (Subtle body) of the Lord. > > Trayambakam: This Word was explained in different ways by learned > scholars. Lord Shiva is having three eyes as moon, Sun and Fire (Eye > on the fore head or Aagna Chakra). Traya means three and Ambak mean > eye hence called Trayambakeshwar. He is also called with this name > as he wiped off Tripuras. > > Param Guru Aadi Shankaracharya elucidated that Lord Shiva is the > master of; > Three Gunas; rajo, tamo and satva; Three Mandala Soma, Aaditya and > Agni; Three lokaas (worlds) Bhu, Bhuva, Suvar loka; Three tatvas > Aata, Vidya, Shiv tatva; Anava, karma, maya. > > In gist Lord Shiva is the bestower of salvation or deliverance, > hence shall be remembered to start with. > > Yaja mahe: We pay tribute to you. This word shall be read in > conjunction with the above. > > Sugandhim: Sugandh means fragrance or aroma. The effect of worship > of Lord Shiva is compared with the fragrance that dives away Adharma > from the individual and leads a disciplined life. Shiva's worship > spreads aroma in all three gunas, ten indriyas to purify the soul > from egoism, karma, Maya and bestows balance in pleasure and pain. > > Pushtivardhanam: Lord Shiva is the Sustainer too. For every living > being to sustain food is essential, hence Shiva is food contributor. > Artha (wealth) and Kama (Deeds) had taken together means Pushti. > Lord Shiva's worship imparts knowledge for self realisation. > > Urvarukameva: Urva means vast, Expansive, big or large, where as > Aruk means disease. These diseases are either of physical or mental > (Shud varga, Tri guna etc) in nature. Shiva's worship will wash down > these diseases and ease from the bondages of rebirth. > > Bandanat: This word shall be read in conjunction with the above. > Badanat mean exclusion from all bondages. > > Mrityor Mukshiya: Saviour of premature deaths and relieve from the > cycle of rebirths by granting Salvation. (Moksh) > > Maamritata: This word shall be read in conjunction with the above. > Mamritat means O' Lord give me the nectar to alleviate me from the > tedious cycles of rebirth and accord Jeevanmukti. > > Aum Namah Shivaya, > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________ ___ > ___________________ ___ > > Message: 2 > Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:40:33 -0000 > " dattapr2000 " > Idol Worship > > The statue or photo is the inert object. The form carved in a stone > or painted on a paper is also an imaginary form and not even a > direct photo. The statues and photos are only models representing > the concept, which is knowledge. The form of statues and photos is > mainly human form, which represents the concept that the Lord always > comes to this world in human form as said in Gita (Manusheem Tanu > Masritam). > > Please remember that Gita did not tell that the Lord would come in > any other form. The forms of fish, tortoise etc., were only > temporarily to kill the demons and nobody worshipped such forms > during their time. But Rama, Krishna etc were the human forms > worshipped by several devotees like Hanuman and Gopikas. The Lord > will come in every human generation; otherwise, He becomes partial > to a particular generation. If necessary the Lord can come whenever > there is necessity as said in Gita (Yedaa yedaahi). > > Once this concept is realized, there is no need of temple and statue > for you. You should go from school to college and then to > university. This does not mean that when you leave the school, the > school should be destroyed. The school must exist for the future > batches. Therefore for you, the statue and the photo are not > necessary and this does not mean that the statues, photos and > temples should be broken. They should be protected and must be > respected as the models of divine knowledge for the future ignorant > devotees. Some devotees cannot accept the human form, which is > before their eyes as said in Veda (Pratyaksha dvishah). > > For such devotees the statues and photos are necessary for > meditation since they are at the school level. The statues and > photos are useful for the meditation of such limited minds as said > in Sastra (Pratima svalpa buddhinam). Veda says that the Lord does > not exist in the inert objects (Natasya pratima, Nedamtat), but says > that the inert objects can stand as models representing the Lord > (Adityam brahmeti). > > Therefore seeing and meditation upon the statues and photos are > correct in the case of the ignorant devotees. But the other rituals > like offering food, burning camphor, fume sticks, oil lamps and > breaking coconuts, offering flowers etc. are not mentioned in Vedas > and there are unnecessary and are causing the air pollution harming > the humanity. All these unnecessary rituals should be avoided. > > Offering food should also be done to the human form of the Lord only > but not to the inert statues. Ijya or Yajna is cooking and offering > of the food. Gita says that such Ijya should not be done to the > inert objects. In the name of the statues, people are stealing the > food and money. The statue and photo is not taking the food or > Gurudakshina. The people behind the statue are taking those things > and most of them are either cheating or wasting the money with > ignorance. Whatever the Gurudakshina is given should go only to the > priest and not the managing devotees. The business of the merchants > by selling such materials in the temples should be stopped, because > such materials are not even heard in Veda. Of course, the priest > should be a Satguru and preach the divine knowledge to the devotees > and the devotees should give Gurudakshina to such Satguru only. > Thus, the temple should become a center of learning selfless > devotion and divine knowledge and the priest must do only `Janna > Eagan' in the temple and not the `dravya Eagan' as said in the Gila > (Sreyaan dravyamayat). > > Gita condemned such Ijya before inert objects because such Ijya is > only cheating and business. Such a devotee will be born as inert > object (Bhutejya yanti). This business is connected to removal of > the fruits of sins and getting the fruits of good deeds, which are > not done. > > All this is false, because the theory of `karma' says that one has > to suffer for all his bad deeds and can never get the result of any > good deed without doing it (Avasyamanubhoktavyam… > kalpakotisatairapi). The spiritual path should be preached in the > temple, which must be `nishkama karma yoga' i.e., sacrifice of work > and sacrifice of fruit (money) of the work to the Lord without > aspiring any fruit in return. Remember, that only the Ijya is > condemned and not the temples or statues, which are the models of > the divine knowledge. > > > > > > > ___________________ ___ > ___________________ ___ > > > > - ----- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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