To Manjushri and all: Prayers for departed souls, prayers for all occassions

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Namaste Manjushri and all: several times I have had the honor of taking the

sankalpa of praying for departed souls for the 11 days after death. It is very

very powerful and really helps one to experience the oneness of all life. Even

when we pray for departed souls we do not know, we feel the connection to them

as we pray that they rise to the highest heaven. And, we also ask them to send

their blessings to us. When one is related to, or we are close to the departed

soul, then the feeling of helplessness and sorrow is replaced with love and

gratitude for a life well lived, the end of suffering, the liberation of a soul,

and the joy that we can give something real and positive to our loved one.

It is amazing, as we talk about using mantras to create a connection every

moment to God, that we can use them to help a disembodied soul loose the bonds

to Earth, and rise into the lap of Mother and Lord Shiva.

I am so thankful that there are mantras for every occasion and that we know how

to use them for our highest good. Maa, grant us thy Grace that we may remember

them always. Take the energy away from ego centered thoughts, and put it into

these Divine Mantras.

 

God bless Maa and Swami and our thanks to them for teaching us and guiding us

always. May we become one with them

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

, " misra_manjusha " <misra_manjusha wrote:

>

> Namaste Nanda,

>

> Thanks for taking time out to respond!

> I wonder why I could not find it in the Q & A search!

> This is really useful. And it is interesting to know that one cd ask for

blessings from the departed soul!

> In this part of the world, when burying the dead, the priest asks all present

to forgive the departed. Forgiveness is considered very important. Even when

people go for Hajj, they ask for forgiveness from everyone they know.

> Interestingly, I did chant the Gayatri Mantra! But then I also thought the

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra might be appropriate for the departed soul.

> Thanks again and Jai Maa!

> Love

> Manjushri

>

>

> , " Nanda " <chandimaakijai@> wrote:

> >

> > Manjushri asked:

> > What mantra should we recite for someone who has died recently? Of

> > course, Hindus burn the dead, but when visiting a grave is there some

> > mantra that one could chant for the soul of the dear departed?

> >

> > Dear Manjushri

> > Swamiji has said (in past posts on this group), that once could chant

> > Gayatri Mantra and Vishnu Sahasranama to honor the departed soul. He has

> > also asked us to bless the departed soul to rise higher and in turn ask

> > for blessings from the soul .

> > Hope this helps

> > Nanda

> >

> >

> > Here is what Swamiji has said, taken from the Q & A on this topic

> >

> > " 1. Is there a puja for the loss of a loved one.

> >

> > Generally when a soul has left the body we recite the 1000 names of Vishnu.

> >

> > Give your departed relative the highest respect. We would light a candle in

front of the person's picture, offer fresh flowers daily, and say at least 1

mala of Gayatri daily in the person's honor.

> >

> > 2. How many times? Should we say anything specific in our sankalpa?

> >

> > For eleven days. The sankalpa would be: " Om Adya Jambudvipe ....

.....satyananda gotre, Shri (your name) krtaitat, PITRI SHRADDHAMAHAM KARISHYE. " "

> >

>