Guest guest Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 matapitrbhyam namah We bow to the Mothers and Fathers This reminds me of the famous exhortation from Taitriya Upansihad that we are taught as children: Treat your mother as a God. (maatru devo bhava) Treat your father as a God. (pithru devo bhava) Treat your teacher as a God. (acharya devo bhava) Treat the guests also as God. (adhiti devo bhava) istadevatabhyo namah We bow to the chosen deity of worship Or the Deity we like the most. How do you find your ishta devata? This is a very common question. The answers are: (a) follow your heart (b) learn more about them and you will find the deity you love the most - read their stories, learn their mantras, worship them daily. © Which deity has the attributes you would like to have the most? Your ishta could be your Guru too! kuladevatabhyo namah We bow to the family deity of worship Every family has its own family deity. In India, Hindu families make an annual pilgrimage to the Kula Devata temple and also on special occasions. As an example, my Kula Devata is Yoga Narasimhar of Sholingur in Tamil Nadu. Narasimhar is the man-lion avatar of Lord Vishnu gramadevatabhyo namah We bow to the village deity of worship This is the deity of the village from which your ancestors hailed. Could be the same as the Kula Devata. Again, my example: My village is Poondi and the main deity of the village is Santhana Venugopalar Swamy - Lord Krishna. Love, srini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Yes, in my case I have had to work to understand Who these deities are in my life, since I am of European descent. My family deity would be Jesus Christ, since they are Christians. That is what I think of when I am reciting these mantras. I am not sure the village deity would translate into anything in my life, since we do not have such a concept in the USA.--- On Fri, 7/17/09, srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu wrote: srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu[www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Cosmic Puja #6 Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 8:00 PM matapitrbhyam namahWe bow to the Mothers and FathersThis reminds me of the famous exhortation from Taitriya Upansihad that we are taught as children:Treat your mother as a God. (maatru devo bhava)Treat your father as a God. (pithru devo bhava)Treat your teacher as a God. (acharya devo bhava)Treat the guests also as God. (adhiti devo bhava)istadevatabhyo namahWe bow to the chosen deity of worshipOr the Deity we like the most. How do you find your ishta devata? This is a very common question. The answers are: (a) follow your heart (b) learn more about them and you will find the deity you love the most - read their stories, learn their mantras, worship them daily. © Which deity has the attributes you would like to have the most? Your ishta could be your Guru too!kuladevatabhyo namahWe bow to the family deity of worshipEvery family has its own family deity. In India, Hindu families make an annual pilgrimage to the Kula Devata temple and also on special occasions. As an example, my Kula Devata is Yoga Narasimhar of Sholingur in Tamil Nadu. Narasimhar is the man-lion avatar of Lord Vishnugramadevatabhyo namahWe bow to the village deity of worshipThis is the deity of the village from which your ancestors hailed. Could be the same as the Kula Devata.Again, my example: My village is Poondi and the main deity of the village is Santhana Venugopalar Swamy - Lord Krishna.Love,srini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 what about for "village deity" a patron saint that is connected with the family Joan Fisher <mjfisher2005 Sat, Jul 18, 2009 8:11 am Re: [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Cosmic Puja #6 Yes, in my case I have had to work to understand Who these deities are in my life, since I am of European descent. My family deity would be Jesus Christ, since they are Christians. That is what I think of when I am reciting these mantras. I am not sure the village deity would translate into anything in my life, since we do not have such a concept in the USA. --- On Fri, 7/17/09, srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu > wrote: srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu > [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Cosmic Puja #6 Friday, July 17, 2009, 8:00 PM matapitrbhyam namah We bow to the Mothers and Fathers This reminds me of the famous exhortation from Taitriya Upansihad that we are taught as children: Treat your mother as a God. (maatru devo bhava) Treat your father as a God. (pithru devo bhava) Treat your teacher as a God. (acharya devo bhava) Treat the guests also as God. (adhiti devo bhava) istadevatabhyo namah We bow to the chosen deity of worship Or the Deity we like the most. How do you find your ishta devata? This is a very common question. The answers are: (a) follow your heart (b) learn more about them and you will find the deity you love the most - read their stories, learn their mantras, worship them daily. © Which deity has the attributes you would like to have the most? Your ishta could be your Guru too! kuladevatabhyo namah We bow to the family deity of worship Every family has its own family deity. In India, Hindu families make an annual pilgrimage to the Kula Devata temple and also on special occasions. As an example, my Kula Devata is Yoga Narasimhar of Sholingur in Tamil Nadu. Narasimhar is the man-lion avatar of Lord Vishnu gramadevatabhyo namah We bow to the village deity of worship This is the deity of the village from which your ancestors hailed. Could be the same as the Kula Devata. Again, my example: My village is Poondi and the main deity of the village is Santhana Venugopalar Swamy - Lord Krishna. Love, srini A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Dear Dan, I think these mantras were initially conceived for Pujaris (priests) who divided their time between worshiping at a temple where they were employed and the rest of the time worshiping at homes of devotees who called them to do specific puja. That is why a distinction between so many different forms of the deities. Now that we are the pujaris, we can choose designate the deities in the manner which is most pleasing to us. Love srini , bmarley343 wrote: > > what about for " village deity " a patron saint that is connected with the family > > > > > > > Joan Fisher <mjfisher2005 > > Sat, Jul 18, 2009 8:11 am > Re: [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Cosmic Puja #6 > > > > Yes, in my case I have had to work to understand Who these deities are in my life, since I am of European descent.? My family deity would be Jesus Christ, since they are Christians.? That is what I think of when I am reciting these mantras.? I am not sure the village deity would translate into anything in my life, since we do not have such a concept in the USA. > > --- On Fri, 7/17/09, srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu wrote: > > > srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu > [www.ShreeMaa.org] Re: Cosmic Puja #6 > > Friday, July 17, 2009, 8:00 PM > > > ? > > matapitrbhyam namah > We bow to the Mothers and Fathers > > This reminds me of the famous exhortation from Taitriya Upansihad that we are taught as children: > > Treat your mother as a God. (maatru devo bhava) > Treat your father as a God. (pithru devo bhava) > Treat your teacher as a God. (acharya devo bhava) > Treat the guests also as God. (adhiti devo bhava) > > istadevatabhyo namah > We bow to the chosen deity of worship > > Or the Deity we like the most. How do you find your ishta devata? This is a very common question. The answers are: (a) follow your heart (b) learn more about them and you will find the deity you love the most - read their stories, learn their mantras, worship them daily. © Which deity has the attributes you would like to have the most? Your ishta could be your Guru too! > > kuladevatabhyo namah > We bow to the family deity of worship > > Every family has its own family deity. In India, Hindu families make an annual pilgrimage to the Kula Devata temple and also on special occasions. > > As an example, my Kula Devata is Yoga Narasimhar of Sholingur in Tamil Nadu. Narasimhar is the man-lion avatar of Lord Vishnu > > gramadevatabhyo namah > We bow to the village deity of worship > > This is the deity of the village from which your ancestors hailed. Could be the same as the Kula Devata. > > Again, my example: My village is Poondi and the main deity of the village is Santhana Venugopalar Swamy - Lord Krishna. > > Love, > srini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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