Guest guest Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Hello everyone, so yesterday was my first experience w/ chanting the Chandi. After my work day, over dinner, I read the beginning as per the 9-day schedule. Then I headed off for a bike ride along the river, planning on doing the chanting before bedtime. When I got on the highway, the first thing I noticed was the license plate of the car in front of me...the three numbers followed by the three letters which were MAA! And then, in front of that was a big semi with a large picture of Lady Liberty on it and the company name...Liberty Transport. I just feel like Divine Mother is playing with me when these things happen, following MAA, Liberty Transport, down to the river... Here's a question: I chanted along w/ Shree Maa and Swamiji, listening to the beautiful CD. I am just sitting and chanting, to learn. As I go deeper into Chandi, what is the best way for me to learn the actual ceremony of the Chandi? The flowers, the water, the mala, etc. Those of you who chant the Chandi regularly, do you always do the ceremonial offerings also? Thank you, Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Hi Jennifer, Congratulations! For me it seemed like a really huge step just opening the Chandi and beginning to sound out the words. It sounds like you've made a really good start. Last month's sankalpa was the first time I ever used the physical ingredients during the devata pranam. I enjoyed it. The offering of the incense, light, flowers, and the water for the achaman are basically the same in all of the pujas. I know I watched Swamiji do and explain it in one of his relatively recent lessons, but I cannot remember which it was! OK, I checked and found it. It is the first Hanuman Puja lesson. You'll definitely need a broadband connection to stream it, but if you don't have one you may still be able to download and save it, but it'll likely take awhile. I believe the files are around 70-100 Mb each. Here is the link: http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal-4.7.3/node/1042 To download and save, just allow the player window to open and watch the progress bar on the player fill with gray. When it is full (not before), right click on the downward facing triangle on the right side of the player and select one of the save options. Make sure you save it where you can find it again! I would recommend too, that you download and print out Nanda's class on the Beginner's Shiva Puja, located in the Group's Files section. Here is the link for that: Beginner%20Shiva%20Puja/ This series of written lessons should complement the video very nicely. Oh, you can pull the flowers from your heart as Swamiji does in the video, seeing as how flowers can get expensive, or you can use silk flowers over and over, like I (and some others) do. Fresh are definitely nicer, but the silk ones look almost as beautiful on the altar! Jai Maa! Chris , " jrholm1007 " <jrholm1007 wrote: > > Hello everyone, so yesterday was my first experience w/ chanting the > Chandi. After my work day, over dinner, I read the beginning as per > the 9-day schedule. Then I headed off for a bike ride along the river, > planning on doing the chanting before bedtime. > > When I got on the highway, the first thing I noticed was the license > plate of the car in front of me...the three numbers followed by the > three letters which were MAA! And then, in front of that was a big > semi with a large picture of Lady Liberty on it and the company > name...Liberty Transport. > > I just feel like Divine Mother is playing with me when these things > happen, following MAA, Liberty Transport, down to the river... > > Here's a question: I chanted along w/ Shree Maa and Swamiji, listening > to the beautiful CD. I am just sitting and chanting, to learn. As I > go deeper into Chandi, what is the best way for me to learn the actual > ceremony of the Chandi? The flowers, the water, the mala, etc. Those > of you who chant the Chandi regularly, do you always do the ceremonial > offerings also? > > Thank you, Jennifer > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 It is truly uplifting when you all share your spiritual experiences. Thanks for the encouragement. , " jrholm1007 " <jrholm1007 wrote: > > Hello everyone, so yesterday was my first experience w/ chanting the > Chandi. After my work day, over dinner, I read the beginning as per > the 9-day schedule. Then I headed off for a bike ride along the river, > planning on doing the chanting before bedtime. > > When I got on the highway, the first thing I noticed was the license > plate of the car in front of me...the three numbers followed by the > three letters which were MAA! And then, in front of that was a big > semi with a large picture of Lady Liberty on it and the company > name...Liberty Transport. > > I just feel like Divine Mother is playing with me when these things > happen, following MAA, Liberty Transport, down to the river... > > Here's a question: I chanted along w/ Shree Maa and Swamiji, listening > to the beautiful CD. I am just sitting and chanting, to learn. As I > go deeper into Chandi, what is the best way for me to learn the actual > ceremony of the Chandi? The flowers, the water, the mala, etc. Those > of you who chant the Chandi regularly, do you always do the ceremonial > offerings also? > > Thank you, Jennifer > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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