Chandi Path: Pat's Questions

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Namaste Pat,

 

Thank you for your interest. May Divine Mother's blessings make our

chanting a beautiful offering at Her Feet!

 

Swamiji has answered many related questions in the FAQ section of the

shreemaa.org website. There is a section on CHANDI and one on ASANA.

 

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> should I start by chanting the verses as they are listed in the

table

> of contents or is their a certain order or amount i should chant at

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> time.

 

 

There are different ways of chanting e.g., cover to cover, seedha path

(all 13 chapters and a some passages prior and after the 13 chapters)

or just chanting a chapter or a section a day. Recently, we chanted as

a group a chapter a day for 9 days and covered the whole book. That is

a great way to start!

 

Swamiji in His book on Chandi chanting and samputs discusses different

ways of chanting. When we start out we can begin with a little

everyday and then let that grow. Many times we have heard Swamiji say

that our sadhana will grow organically!

 

Somebody adviced me to begin chanting with the Kavach and Sidha

Kunjika stotram. After chanting them for some time, i felt comfortable

to add a little more...and then some more...it feels like these are

little steps we take towards Mother and She comes and holds our hand

all the time!

 

Swamiji discusses questions from Chandi path here:

http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/344

 

Swamiji discusses questions on chanting here:

http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/157

 

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> What is the best asana to chant these in?

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We can try the swastic or padma asan. There are no rules, the basic

idea is that we can't control our mind but can try to control our body

and keep it still while we are chanting.

 

Answers about asan are at this page.

http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/152

 

 

> Is their a users guide?

 

You can take a look at FAQ on Chandi and also Swamiji's Chandi

classes - These are available at:

 

http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal-.7.3/shree_maa_chandi_path_audio_classes

 

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to write

back.

 

 

Jai Maa!

 

ramya