SWAMI'S REPLYThe sacred fire-Chris

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NAMASTE CHRIS: THIS IS SWAMI'S RESPONSE

 

Actually those are the minimum five offerings for puja.

 

You can use any fruit for purnahuti, and it is not necessary that the

fire burns until the entire fruit is consumed. Often times we bake the

fruit a little bit, and then cut it up and share with devotees as prasad.

 

JAI MAA JAI SWAMI

 

VISHWESHWAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " Chris Kirner "

<chriskirner1956 wrote:

>

> 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

> > > >

> > >

> >

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