Offering Camphor and related puja vidhi questions During

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Namaste Eric: Regarding offering flowers when you perform puja: you

offer flowers with each ete gandha puspe......, at the beginning of

each puja. That is part of the beginning of most every puja we

perform. Except in the Cosmic puja, there is no set way to place them

on the altar, as far as I have learned for the beginner pujas. Since I

have a murti for Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi, Kali, Sarasawti, and Ganesh, I

offer each of them a flower as I chant their mantra / name. For the

Gods or Goddesses that I do not have a murti, I offer the flower to

the same location each time. I try to make the presentation and

location as beautiful as possible, because, we are communicating our

love and devotion to Them, so, beauty, and most importantly, our

intention, is important.

Maa and Swami have said many times that our intention is most

important when performing puja. We may not know the language, or we

may mispronounce the words, or we may not be able to sit in a perfect

asan, but, if we have pure devotion and the intention to give our best

to Them in worship, They will come to the puja to receive our worship,

and give us darshan.

I will never forget the first time that Maa came to my home in Iowa,

and walked into our living room where we had our altar. As She stood

in front of the altar She said,: " God is here!. God is really here. "

Now please understand, I had been doing beginner Shiva puja for about

1 year, and not so well at that, but, I really loved worshipping

Shiva, and I felt so thankful for the privilege to worship Him, that

He came. And He stayed. Our family made that altar the center of our

living room. Everything else was moved aside and God became the

center of our lives.

God will respond to your committment to worship. God will respond to

your devotion, and God will bless you with His darshan, I have no doubt.

So, do not worry about how well you perform the worship, just make the

committment for daily worship, and no matter what, do it daily, and do

it the best you can. And, as you begin each puja, ask Maa and Swami to

come and help and guide you. They will hear your prayers and come

too. This is my personal experience, and it will be yours too.

 

May Shiva bless you will His Grace

 

love

 

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

, Eric Cassils <Quanchula1 wrote:

>

> Namaaste Devi Kula,

>

> I suppose I had the impression one was to offer

> Camphor from watching Swaamiji's Cosmic Puja videos,

> and since he says the Cosmic Puja is derived from the

> Chandi, I thought that it applied to the Chandi as

> well, and for some reason was not included in the

> text. Do we not offer the flowers with the ete gandha

> pushpe om gam ganapataye namaha in Chandi recitations?

> When I started offering flowers, touching them to my

> heart then the forhead and offering to the diety and

> then offering them in rows that it increased the depth

> of my devotion and concentration in the practice ( I

> haven't learned formal Cosmic Puja vidhi and from the

> video Im still confused about how to place the flowers

> and so Im sure it is improper practice). So it's still

> in the puja baby phase of learning the most basic

> actions.

> That said, the idea that the puja takes on it's own

> personal flavour for each devotee over the progress in

> one's sadhana makes good intuitive sense and the fact

> that Swamiji says that just because our worship is

> flawed does not mean the divine will not accept or

> appreciate the spirit of the worship. It certainly

> seems so, because even though the offerings were

> incorrect, the devotion and love for Maa is much more

> palpable. In any case I will start with the basics,

> deepam dhoopam and pushpam?. The clairty of the Devi

> Mandir Kula members is a great blessing!

> Pranams

> - Eric

> --- inspectionconnection108

> <inspectionconnection108 wrote:

>

> > NAMASTE SANKAR:

> > I mentioned in a post several evenings ago that the

> > camphor offering

> > is done in the Chandi. This is technically

> > incorrect. That said,

> > most Sundays, when we chant the Chandi with Maa and

> > Swami, Swami will

> > chant the mantra for camphor after light and

> > incense.

> > I have learned that the pujas become highly

> > personalized over time.

> > For example, I add and subtract verses and sections

> > owing to time

> > constraints. They are our personal method for

> > talking to and

> > strengthening our relationship with the Divine, so

> > they are subject to

> > change.

> >

> > That said, I firmly agree that we should learn the

> > pujas, chanting,

> > homa, etc. properly, according to the Gurus and

> > their tradition which

> > we follow, then, once we have learned them properly,

> > we can customize

> > them to suit ourselves.

> >

> > i practiced Shiva puja for Beginners in English for

> > many months until

> > i could learn the pronunciation properly, and many

> > times, I have

> > offered fruit, flower, etc, mentally, when I did not

> > have the proper

> > articles of worship.

> >

> > For me, the bottom line was this: I always tried to

> > do my best, and

> > offered my love and thanks to God, in whatever form

> > I worshiped. That

> > is my goal every time is sit to worship.

> >

> > Jai Maa jai shiva

> >

> > vishweshwar

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > , " Sankar

> > Viswanathan "

> > <sankarrukku@> wrote:

> > >

> > > I would like to elaborate on my earlier message.

> > >

> > > I request that Maa Nanda and others to clarify

> > whether what I have

> > > stated below is correct.

> > >

> > > The recitation of SRI SRI Chandi is not a Puja but

> > a Japa. We recite

> > > the Shanti Path which is basically a prayer for

> > Peace. It includes

> > > Devata Pranam or prayers to all Gods and

> > Goddesses.

> > >

> > > Only Deepa (Light) and Dhupa (Incense) are

> > mentioned in the text.

> > >

> > > Other offerings like Camphor (Karpura Neerajanam),

> > Arghya, Akshada

> > > etc. (which are part of Puja) are not part of this

> > prelude to CHANDI

> > > Parayana.

> > >

> > > I do Naivedyam to Vigneswara and MAA after the

> > CHANDI Parayana as part

> > > of our daily Puja.

> > >

> > > Jai MAA !!!

> > >

> > >

> > > , " Sankar

> > Viswanathan "

> > > <sankarrukku@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > It would benefit all the members if a document

> > can be made with the

> > > > details of procedures exclusively for monthly

> > CHANDI PATH recitation.

> > > >

> > > > Maa Nanda had conducted a Puja class sometime

> > back. May be excerpts

> > > > from that and additional details with reference

> > to CHANDI Path.

> > > >

> > > > I am requesting this as I do not think a

> > Shodopachara Puja is done in

> > > > Shanti Path. I may be wrong.

> > > >

> > > > Jai MAA !!!

> > > >

> > > > , " Chris

> > Kirner "

> > > > <chriskirner1956@> wrote:

> > > > >

> > > > > Good questions Eric!

> > > > >

> > > > > I could answer some of them, but I'll wait for

> > someone with more

> > > > > experience than I have to do it.

> > > > >

> > > > > Jai Maa!

> > > > > Chris

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > , Eric

> > Cassils <Quanchula1@>

> > wrote:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Namaste,

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Im uncertain of where we are to offer the

> > camphor

> > > > > > during the Devata Pranam, is it starting

> > with Om agnir

> > > > > > jyothir agnihi Svaaha? Also during the

> > Achaamanam,

> > > > > > starting with Om Keshavaaya namaha Svaahaa,

> > are we

> > > > > > supposed to put a spoon of water in our

> > right hand and

> > > > > > then sip the water into our mouth and

> > swallow? If so,

> > > > > > do we take 3 sips of water for Om Vishnuhu

> > Om

> > > > > > Vishnuhu, Om Vishnuhu? When lighting the

> > araati lamp,

> > > > > > is it correct to burn the camphor in the

> > ghee first so

> > > > > > that the ghee takes on a camphor scent? Why

> > is it in

> > > > > > some temples they put rice into the araathi

> > lamp with

> > > > > > the ghee....is it appropriate for us to do

> > this? At

> > > > > > the beginning and end of each chapter do we

> > ring the

> > > > > > bell? How do we ring the bell?

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Thanks to anyone who can shed light on these

> > matters.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Namaastasyai Namaastasyai Namaastasyai Namo

> > Namaha.

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