Guest guest Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 - " DEVINDER AHUJA " <devahuja <Ramakrishna > Tuesday, September 04, 2001 01:58 [ramakrishna] remnants of worship > What should one do with the remnants of worship > example ash dropping from agarbatti (incense), flowers > which wither away etc. > > Pranams > > Dev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One simple way to dispose of these without appearing 'irreverential' is to place it in the garden (near the trees or bushes....) jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 In our house, they call them " nirmalya " and it is buried under the plants so that people do not step on it. Some people throw them in the lakes, but one may object saying that it leads to pollution! regards, Vikas On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 DEVINDER AHUJA wrote : >What should one do with the remnants of worship >example ash dropping from agarbatti (incense), flowers >which wither away etc. > >Pranams > >Dev > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 As Vikas and Jay rightly say the remnants (nirmalya) are traditionally put at the root of Tulsi plant ensuring that it will not get trampled any time. If you ahve no Tulsi then you could put it at the root of any plant in the garden the only thing is to ensure that it does not get trampled. Another way is to offer it to a river however as Vikas says this may polute the environment. SO I believe the first solution is the best. Milind Vivekananda Centre [vivekananda] Wednesday, 5 September 2001 5:48 AM Ramakrishna Re: [ramakrishna] remnants of worship - " DEVINDER AHUJA " <devahuja <Ramakrishna > Tuesday, September 04, 2001 01:58 [ramakrishna] remnants of worship > What should one do with the remnants of worship > example ash dropping from agarbatti (incense), flowers > which wither away etc. > > Pranams > > Dev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One simple way to dispose of these without appearing 'irreverential' is to place it in the garden (near the trees or bushes....) jay Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah Vivekananda Centre London http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 A Swami from the Mission had a very interesting thing to say regarding this: " Since these items comprise one or more of the 5 primary elements(panchatattva), they must eventually meet the same end as that of the elements. Hence, it makes little difference 'what' you do with them after the worship. " Sounds regardless? Not, when you approach the subject technically, sans sentimentalism. Best regards, Debajit > >Vivekananda Centre [vivekananda] >Wednesday, 5 September 2001 5:48 AM >Ramakrishna >Re: [ramakrishna] remnants of worship > > > >- > " DEVINDER AHUJA " <devahuja ><Ramakrishna > >Tuesday, September 04, 2001 01:58 >[ramakrishna] remnants of worship > > >> What should one do with the remnants of worship >> example ash dropping from agarbatti (incense), flowers >> which wither away etc. >> >> Pranams >> >> Dev >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >One simple way to dispose of these without appearing >'irreverential' is to place it in the garden (near the trees or bushes....) > >jay > > > > > >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah >Vivekananda Centre London >http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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