questions for swamiji

[Guest guest]

Very good questions are being asked. Thank you Dan, Manya, Chandamakjijai. It

brings up a question for Swamiji I have on a much more basic level. Swamiji,

you are the only person I think can answer this.

 

I have read that when you were unable to have a fire that you offered puffed

rice into a red cloth and then gave the rice to the birds or children. I live

in an apartment and therefore cannot have fire, cannot toss the unburnt remmains

to the birds and have no one I can give them to. There is quite a bit of of

grain or masala left after a fire sacrifice. Can I use raw grain in the ritual

and is it permissable to use that in cooking after I have offered it as a sort

of prasad? I would love to make offerings in a Chandi homa, but I am prevented

by this problem. Many pranams to you and Shree Maa.

 

Kumari from Kitchener