Countdown to Navaratri - Sankalpas- 20 days to go

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Namaste Steve,

 

It was fun to hear of your chanting experience and the "looks" that

you got . Keep going ! Keep at it ! And come back and tell us about

it !

 

Regarding the sankalpas that you can take for Navaratri .... you can

start small or you can start big. It is upto your mental makeup

really. In my personal case, I am a "do" or "die trying" kind of

person - so doing the entire Chandi at one shot was the kind that I

thrive on. But to be fair I had already nibbled some of it before I

decided to go all the way with Chandi.

 

If you want to take a sankalpa, take some thing that you can sustain

for the 9 days.

 

Here is a list of suggested Sankalpas for Navaratri and hoping

people can chime in as well

 

Small size Sankalpa - to be followed for 9 days

 

1) One maala of the Navarna mantra everyday

2) Chant the 32 names of Durga or Siddha Kunjika stotram once a day

 

Medium Size Sankalpa

 

1) Beginner Durga Puja for the 9 days

2) 11 times of 32 names of Durga and 11 times of Siddha Kunjika

stotram

3) Chanting Kavach, Argala, Kilakam or doing the entire Prayog of

the Chandi

 

Large Size Sankalpa

 

1) Doing the Seedha Path of chandi

2) The entire Chandi - cover to cover

 

Super Size Sankalpa

 

1) What ever Swamiji does, plus fasting , plus Gawd knows what else !

 

 

JAI MAA

Latha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "bingo_ridley"

<bingo_ridley> wrote:

> hi latha ... thanks again for all this, it is a joy coming here

and

> reading.

>

> here is my question of the day ... for people like me, who are

just

> learning the shiva puja [day 4] ... and who live far away from

> Napa ... can you suggest an appropriate mode of participation in

> Navaratri ... a sankalpa or particular mantra ... or is that best

> left to the individual? i will perhaps fast or something on that

> order, or get some idea from the posts here.

>

> here is something you might enjoy, latha. i am doing the shiva

puja,

> and i do not live alone, so i have to integrate that into my

family

> life.

>

> well, my wife is jewish and i had a feeling she looked at me funny

> when i was working on the memorization out loud, on the mat with a

> blanket thrown over my head and shoulders ... yes indeed, i was

> right, i did remind her of a rabbinical scholar busy at his

> prayers ... and i was happy to hear that did not bother her a bit,

> and she was happy with me.

>

> om shalom!

>

> steve c.