Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Namaste: I have forwarded this to Swami Jai Maaa Chris , " Chris Kirner " <chriskirner1956 wrote: > > Hi Vish, > > As I write this my old water heater is sitting in the alley waiting to > be picked-up, and the new one still needs a part before going in. But > when I'm finally finished with it, Edward and I will be joining you at > the holy fire (there is really only one fire, after all). > > Perhaps we'll see you there! > > I just thought of a question: Swamiji said that traditionally we offer > five items, water, incense, grain, flowers, and fruit. Now the fruit, > I assume, is offered during purnahuti, is that correct? Swamiji said > he uses coconuts, but any kind of fruit is alright, isn't it? Since > the purnahuti is the final step in the homa, I assume one must ensure > the fire is still strong enough to completely devour the fruit, and > that one should not put out the fire until the offering is gone. What > does one do if one doesn't have an extra thirty minutes (or maybe > longer) to feed and watch the fire until the fruit offering is gone? > Are my assumptions off somehow? > > Jai Maa! > Chris > > > , " inspectionconnection108 " > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > Namaste: How many of you have performed the fire ceremony? We are > > very interested in hearing your experiences and helping in any way > > possible with questions or issues arising from fire ceremony. > > In all, Swami has performed the 3 year fire ceremony 4 times, for a > > total of 12 years. His mastery of the fire ceremony is sublime. We > > hope to hear from you > > > > Jai Maa Jai Swami > > > > vishweshwar > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Hi Vish, Thanks for forwarding this. I just realized I made an error in my original question <oops!>. The five items do not include grains, but rather, LIGHT. So, the five items are water, incense, LIGHT, flowers, and fruit (sorry...). Jai Maa! Chris , " inspectionconnection108 " <inspectionconnection108 wrote: > > Namaste: I have forwarded this to Swami > > Jai Maaa > > Chris > > > , " Chris Kirner " > <chriskirner1956@> wrote: > > > > Hi Vish, > > > > As I write this my old water heater is sitting in the alley waiting to > > be picked-up, and the new one still needs a part before going in. But > > when I'm finally finished with it, Edward and I will be joining you at > > the holy fire (there is really only one fire, after all). > > > > Perhaps we'll see you there! > > > > I just thought of a question: Swamiji said that traditionally we offer > > five items, water, incense, grain, flowers, and fruit. Now the fruit, > > I assume, is offered during purnahuti, is that correct? Swamiji said > > he uses coconuts, but any kind of fruit is alright, isn't it? Since > > the purnahuti is the final step in the homa, I assume one must ensure > > the fire is still strong enough to completely devour the fruit, and > > that one should not put out the fire until the offering is gone. What > > does one do if one doesn't have an extra thirty minutes (or maybe > > longer) to feed and watch the fire until the fruit offering is gone? > > Are my assumptions off somehow? > > > > Jai Maa! > > Chris > > > > > > , " inspectionconnection108 " > > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > > > Namaste: How many of you have performed the fire ceremony? We are > > > very interested in hearing your experiences and helping in any way > > > possible with questions or issues arising from fire ceremony. > > > In all, Swami has performed the 3 year fire ceremony 4 times, for a > > > total of 12 years. His mastery of the fire ceremony is sublime. We > > > hope to hear from you > > > > > > Jai Maa Jai Swami > > > > > > vishweshwar > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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