Hanuman

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Namaste, Everyone

Happy Hanuman's Day

Tuesday is one of the days we remember and celebrate Hanuman

 

Om ham hanumate rudraatmakaaya hum phat svaahaa

 

 

Om we bow to The Highest Principle,

to Hanuman,

the manifestation of the Reliever of Sufferings,

Cut the Ego!

Purify!

I am One with God!

 

If you do not do Hanuman puja at this time, you still might want to read the

puja through in English.

Hanuman is God's perfect servant, and he is a manifestation of Rudra,

the Reliever of Sufferings.

The mantra requests the ego be cut and we be purified, and

proclaims Oneness with God

Can you see the connection?

In the perfection of this selfless service lies the release from

sufferings and the cutting of the ego, and there lies purity.

Hanuman on my altar is holding open his heart, and inside

are Ram and Sita, his All.

When we fill our hearts with the perfection of unconditional love,

all suffering is relieved.

That is how Hanuman is Strength, there is nothing stronger.

Bajarangbali ki jai!

 

Nitya

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Jai Hanuman,

Birthday coming up: April 4th...Hanuman Jayanti...also a full

moon that day...very auspicious! Swamiji, do you happen to know

about the Hanuman Yantra? I have the form...in fact a couple of

them, both with 8 petal lotus and different bhupuras...but, I can

find no information about color of bhupura or central circle...one

of the yantras has, also, a dvivalya....I am figuring that the

colors would be close to Durga Yantra...oranges and reds, because of

Hanuman's nature, but I'm not at all sure (especially since I once

saw one of these yantras and the colors were red, white and

blue!!!..but it was in a Western context so I wasn't sure about its

accuracy). I am hoping to begin a yantra practice with puja leading

up to his birthday...I am "planning" to make a pancha-mukhi Hanuman

in the center (where the bindu is). Any information??? I'd love ANY

information about Hanuman...I have the puja CD and book (thanks,

Swamiji). Could you suggest any books about color relating to

yantras? I have the Madhu Kanna book and some others...the color

infomation, though, is difficult to find..I'm a painter so this is a

wonderful practice for me.

I also have another question...a few days ago, a puja was

described to Ramakrishna, using the Shiva Puja (beginner's book) as

the basis for a puja for Sri Ramakrishna. I was really struck by

this and wondered if, for instance, I could do puja to Nityananda

Avadhuta in this manner??? Thanks for you help.

Namaste to all,

sadhvi

[Guest guest]

Hi Maureen,

I hope Nitya Shakti can clarify the terminology as she had brought

it up.

 

I do know that pancha-mukhi Hanuman is 5-faced Hanuman.

 

Jai Maa

Latha

 

 

 

, "Maureen Nielson"

<mnielson@n...> wrote:

> Hi,

> Will someone please explain what these are: bhupura, dvivalya,

and pancha-mukhi Hanuman? I didn't know there was a cd for Hanuman

puja, good to know. It goes on my wish list. I also have a Hanuman

yantra and would love to learn more about it.

>

> Many thanks,

> Maureen

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> nityashakti

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> Friday, February 27, 2004 12:13 PM

> RE: Hanuman

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>

> Jai Hanuman,

> Birthday coming up: April 4th...Hanuman Jayanti...also a

full

> moon that day...very auspicious! Swamiji, do you happen to know

> about the Hanuman Yantra? I have the form...in fact a couple of

> them, both with 8 petal lotus and different bhupuras...but, I

can

> find no information about color of bhupura or central

circle...one

> of the yantras has, also, a dvivalya....I am figuring that the

> colors would be close to Durga Yantra...oranges and reds,

because of

> Hanuman's nature, but I'm not at all sure (especially since I

once

> saw one of these yantras and the colors were red, white and

> blue!!!..but it was in a Western context so I wasn't sure about

its

> accuracy). I am hoping to begin a yantra practice with puja

leading

> up to his birthday...I am "planning" to make a pancha-mukhi

Hanuman

> in the center (where the bindu is). Any information??? I'd love

ANY

> information about Hanuman...I have the puja CD and book (thanks,

> Swamiji). Could you suggest any books about color relating to

> yantras? I have the Madhu Kanna book and some others...the color

> infomation, though, is difficult to find..I'm a painter so this

is a

> wonderful practice for me.

> I also have another question...a few days ago, a puja was

> described to Ramakrishna, using the Shiva Puja (beginner's book)

as

> the basis for a puja for Sri Ramakrishna. I was really struck by

> this and wondered if, for instance, I could do puja to

Nityananda

> Avadhuta in this manner??? Thanks for you help.

> Namaste to all,

> sadhvi

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[Guest guest]

Hi Maureen,

The bhupura or bhupur is the sacred enclosure that marks the

space of the yantra...it's usually square with "gates" leading into

it. The dvivalya: 2 (dvi) circles surrounding the lotus petals (in

this particular yantra). Sometimes these circles have to do with the

gunas or with time, depending upon where they are in the yantra. The

pancha-muki is the 5 faced version of Hanuman. There are alot of

very interesting books out on yantras ...Harish Johari's book is a

good introduction and there is one by Madhu Kanna that is amazing!

It's a really complex science based on numbers and geometry, use of

specific materials, etc. ...very difficult to find someone in the

West to study with but there are some people, students of Harish

Johari, who teach classes, mostly about color mixing. I'll bet

Swamiji could tell you what to do with your Hanuman yantra...is it a

copper one? Probably, I would imagine, it could be used in

connection with the Hanuman Puja book and tape you can order from

Devi Mandir but I wouldn't know how this should be done. Swamiji

will know.

Hanuman seems to me to be a very "forgiving" deity. I am really

inspired by his: devotion, intelligence, learning, austerity,

adventurousness, focus, loving heart, bravery, courage and, for me

personally, his insistance on being himself, no matter what the

circumstances...he doesn't mind "making a monkey of himself" when it

comes to his love for Lord Rama. I love that he just stood up in

front of all of those important people and chewed away at the

bracelet looking for Rama's name...then the story of when he arrived

in Lanka and didn't know how to find Sita and sat down on the beach

and cried...it was so touching. I always love doing puja to him,

remembering these stories..then I don't feel overly concerned

about "getting it right" and, instead, just focus on my love for him.

It sounds as though you are already there!

Oh, one other thing I wanted to mention. If you do have a copper

yantra....one thing I did with a copper Ganesha yantra was put it on

a xerox machine and enlarge it so I could see the sanskrit

mantras..then I got out my Sanskrit alphabet sheet and dictionary

and translated them so I knew what was on the yantra....then, of

course, I had to do a little "cleansing puja" for it...but, since

Lord Ganesha is the Lord of Communication, I guess he doesn't mind

xerox machines and computers too much!

Hope all of this is helpful to you...good luck with your practice.

Whoops, another thing....a Vaisnavite priest told me this in

December. I was feeling sad because I missed the chanting of the

1,000 names of Hanuman because of a catastrophe in my life...but the

priest told me that, in actuality, Hanuman doesn't like to hear his

1,000 names all that much. He said Hanuman prefers to hear the name

of Lord Rama...that what really pleases him is listening to "Shree

Ram, Jai Ram, Jaya Jaya Ram". The other thing is, though, that

Hanuman needs to hear the Hanuman Chalisa to "remember" how great he

is or he forgets and thinks he's just a monkey!

best love to you,

sadhvi