Guest guest Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Namaste! Swamiji just completed three classes on the Rahasyas that follow the Chandi Path. These Rahasyas discuss the Cosmic Puja and define the Cosmic altar. Please take a look at the Cosmic altar at the following URL. Your questions and thoughts are welcome. http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/cosmic_puja_2 Love srini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Namaste Srini, thank you for this link. I have a few questions. I clicked on the " recipes " link and see the diferent offerings for the different months. (http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/300) First question: during the month Viashak, it says to offer Gur. What is that? Second question: Is there a special and separate way to offer this if we are not doing the cosmic puja? For example, at the moment I am doing Saraswati puja. Would this item be the food offering? Can I offer this and another food? I like to feed my family the prasad from the puja, and I'm not sure that a plate of butter and honey, or Gur(!) would satisfy. Do I offer both? Third, there are three separate boxes of information. How do we reconcile these oferings? For example, if the first day of the lunar fortnight is a sunday, do we offer ghee or rice pudding? And then should we somehow incorporate the monthly offering into this as well? Fourth, what is flat rice? is it the same a regular rice or some special variety. i have never heard of it. Last question: Do we follow this 'recipe' if we are doing Shiva puja, or is it only for Goddess pujas? If so, what is the 'recipe' for Shiva offerings? Thank you Srini, for your help with this. lovelove ambika , " srini_sadhu " <srini_sadhu wrote: > > Namaste! > > Swamiji just completed three classes on the Rahasyas that follow the > Chandi Path. > > These Rahasyas discuss the Cosmic Puja and define the Cosmic altar. > > Please take a look at the Cosmic altar at the following URL. Your > questions and thoughts are welcome. > > http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/cosmic_puja_2 > > Love > srini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I believe that is raw sugar.Get at indian market if you have one close byJai Maa, Devi--- On Fri, 6/13/08, way131 <wendy131 wrote:way131 <wendy131[www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Cosmic Altar Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 6:55 AM Namaste Srini, thank you for this link. I have a few questions. I clicked on the "recipes" link and see the diferent offerings for the different months. (http://www.shreemaa .org/drupal/ node/300) First question: during the month Viashak, it says to offer Gur. What is that? Second question: Is there a special and separate way to offer this if we are not doing the cosmic puja? For example, at the moment I am doing Saraswati puja. Would this item be the food offering? Can I offer this and another food? I like to feed my family the prasad from the puja, and I'm not sure that a plate of butter and honey, or Gur(!) would satisfy. Do I offer both? Third, there are three separate boxes of information. How do we reconcile these oferings? For example, if the first day of the lunar fortnight is a sunday, do we offer ghee or rice pudding? And then should we somehow incorporate the monthly offering into this as well? Fourth, what is flat rice? is it the same a regular rice or some special variety. i have never heard of it. Last question: Do we follow this 'recipe' if we are doing Shiva puja, or is it only for Goddess pujas? If so, what is the 'recipe' for Shiva offerings? Thank you Srini, for your help with this. lovelove ambika , "srini_sadhu" <srini_sadhu@ ...> wrote: > > Namaste! > > Swamiji just completed three classes on the Rahasyas that follow the > Chandi Path. > > These Rahasyas discuss the Cosmic Puja and define the Cosmic altar. > > Please take a look at the Cosmic altar at the following URL. Your > questions and thoughts are welcome. > > http://www.shreemaa .org/drupal/ cosmic_puja_ 2 > > Love > srini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 Dear Ambika, Jaggery or Gur is a coarse, unrefined sugar made from the sap of certain palm trees or from sugar cane juice. In South India we call istvellam. Light brown in color. It is used in certain recipes to make sweets and puddings instead of sugar. Less sweet than sugar. Better for diabetics. Jaggery is most often available in cake form, and ranges from fairly crumbly to nearly rock-hard. It is available in Indian markets. You can combine the weekly offerings wth the offerings for the month and the offering by the day of the lunar fortnight. That would three offerings every day. Or pick one or two. These are special to the Divine Mother and are from the Devi Bhagavatam. There are separate lists for other Gods like Shiva and Vishnu. Whatever Puja you do you can offer the items on the list. And if the family prefers chocolate cake offer that too. If you don't use ithe item on the list on the same day, accumulate it and cook something with it after you build a significant stash (if it is not perishable). Flattened Rice or Poha you get in an Indian store. These flakes of rice swell when they absorbs water,milk or any other liquids whether hot or cold. The most common recipe I know of is Upma made from Poha. Lord Krishna loves this (look for the story of Sudama on the internet). Hope this helps. Love srini , " way131 " <wendy131 wrote: > > Namaste Srini, > thank you for this link. I have a few questions. I clicked on the > " recipes " link and see the diferent offerings for the different > months. (http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/300) > > First question: during the month Viashak, it says to offer Gur. What > is that? > > Second question: Is there a special and separate way to offer this if > we are not doing the cosmic puja? For example, at the moment I am > doing Saraswati puja. Would this item be the food offering? Can I > offer this and another food? I like to feed my family the prasad from > the puja, and I'm not sure that a plate of butter and honey, or Gur(!) > would satisfy. > Do I offer both? > > Third, there are three separate boxes of information. How do we > reconcile these oferings? For example, if the first day of the lunar > fortnight is a sunday, do we offer ghee or rice pudding? And then > should we somehow incorporate the monthly offering into this as well? > > Fourth, what is flat rice? is it the same a regular rice or some > special variety. i have never heard of it. > > Last question: Do we follow this 'recipe' if we are doing Shiva puja, > or is it only for Goddess pujas? If so, what is the 'recipe' for Shiva > offerings? > > Thank you Srini, for your help with this. > > lovelove > ambika > > > > > , " srini_sadhu " <srini_sadhu@> wrote: > > > > Namaste! > > > > Swamiji just completed three classes on the Rahasyas that follow the > > Chandi Path. > > > > These Rahasyas discuss the Cosmic Puja and define the Cosmic altar. > > > > Please take a look at the Cosmic altar at the following URL. Your > > questions and thoughts are welcome. > > > > http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/cosmic_puja_2 > > > > Love > > srini > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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