Guest guest Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 Namaste here is Swami's reply to a question about murtis on a devotees altar. the question is below his answer. SWAMI'S REPLY The process of establishing life in a new Shiva murti is explained in the Advanced Shiva Puja and Yajna book. Since you have not officially established life in the Buddha deities, you may remove them from the altar and replace them with the Shiva and Ganesh. Or you can keep them on the altar and call them by different names. They can be situated in your house as art pieces or you can make small altars in various rooms of your home. You most certain can prepare your own image either in sculpture or any other art and uses that for worship. It is best to worship the image we make ourselves. DEVOTEE'S QUESTION, ALEXANNA, BELOW: > Namaste Swamiji and Shree Maa, > I have been doing the beginners puja (the half of it still learning and reading) > for about a week now and naturally chanted for three weeks 108 times the Om > Namah Shivaya. the problem is that i have been doing this through a normal > Buddha statue. There are three of them on the altar and a imagined on to be > Ganesh,one to be Parvati and one to be Shiva. i have now (thank you lord Shiva > for this gift)obtained a beautiful large statue of lord Shiva in sandalwood and > of Ganesh. what do i do with the other Buddhas is Shivas presence still there in > them? are they allowed to stay on the altar or must i remove them.? also is > there a greeting or a ritual to invite the new statues of Shiva and Ganesh ?one > question i still have is i am an artist can i also carve a Shiva statue myself > or is privilege only allowed by a guru to do this. > > Alexjanna. > > thanks Swamiji i love to watch your videos and listen to the stories of the > deities, and thanks for giving us the beginner puja. I will order all books and > cds soon. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 namaste Vish First, thank you for bringing Swamiji so many of our questions. I have a follow-up that most likely you, or someone in the group can answer. Is it necessary to " officially " establish life in every murti, picture, etc., in order to properly worship/use in our puja? Thanks ambika , " inspectionconnection108 " <inspectionconnection108 wrote: > > Namaste here is Swami's reply to a question about murtis on a devotees > altar. the question is below his answer. > SWAMI'S REPLY > > The process of establishing life in a new Shiva murti is explained in > the Advanced Shiva Puja and Yajna book. > > Since you have not officially established life in the Buddha deities, > you may remove them from the altar and replace them with the Shiva and > Ganesh. Or you can keep them on the altar and call them by different > names. They can be situated in your house as art pieces or you can > make small altars in various rooms of your home. > > You most certain can prepare your own image either in sculpture or any > other art and uses that for worship. It is best to worship the image > we make ourselves. > > > DEVOTEE'S QUESTION, ALEXANNA, BELOW: > > > Namaste Swamiji and Shree Maa, > > I have been doing the beginners puja (the half of it still learning > and reading) > > for about a week now and naturally chanted for three weeks 108 times > the Om > > Namah Shivaya. the problem is that i have been doing this through a > normal > > Buddha statue. There are three of them on the altar and a imagined > on to be > > Ganesh,one to be Parvati and one to be Shiva. i have now (thank you > lord Shiva > > for this gift)obtained a beautiful large statue of lord Shiva in > sandalwood and > > of Ganesh. what do i do with the other Buddhas is Shivas presence > still there in > > them? are they allowed to stay on the altar or must i remove them.? > also is > > there a greeting or a ritual to invite the new statues of Shiva and > Ganesh ?one > > question i still have is i am an artist can i also carve a Shiva > statue myself > > or is privilege only allowed by a guru to do this. > > > > Alexjanna. > > > > thanks Swamiji i love to watch your videos and listen to the stories > of the > > deities, and thanks for giving us the beginner puja. I will order > all books and > > cds soon. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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