Mission :- Purascharana and Chandi

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GREAT NEWS ALL Y'ALL !!!!

 

I heard back from Swamiji regarding the Purascharana and the Chandi.

 

Here is what he has to say, when I mentioned our plans to Him.

 

Swamiji says :

 

"I love the idea!

 

Actually Purascharana means "Prefatory rite," something that we do

"Before" the "Main Event." It is often used as a sankalpa within a

sankalpa at the homa fire, like performing 1,000 navarna mantra

oblations before reciting the Chandi at the fire.

 

In this case it works perfectly to perform 10 malas of Shiva's mantra

before a Chapter of Chandi. We worship both Shiva and Shakti, and I

bless you all with the highest attainment of their grace. "

 

Yipppeeeeeee! So what are we waiting for ? And no worries about

finding 90 Brahmins to feed (Hey, back off, he's MY brahmin, go find

your own !!!!) after we are done.

 

For those that preferred to do the Chandi alone, that works well too.

Or if you wanted you could do a 1000 of the Navarna Mantra or a

mantra of your choice or none at all.

 

Let us pick a day - how about Purnima - April 4th 2004. Swamiji had

recommended that date for another event also. We will cover each

section for a week and move on to the next. There are 18 sections -

almost four and a half months - as long as the American Idol series

almost !!!!

 

1)Kavach -- Swamiji always recommends this as the first one.

2)Rg Vedoktam Ratri Suktam

3)Navarna Viddhih

4)Chapter 1

5)Chapter 2

6)Chapter 3

7)Chapter 4

8)Chapter 5

9)Chapter 6

10)Chapter 7

11)Chapter 8

12)Chapter 9

13)Chapter 10

14)Chapter 11

15)Chapter 12

16)Chapter 13

17)Rg Vedoktam Devi Suktam

18)Siddha Kunjika Stotram

 

So we take each chapter - chant it for 1 week beginning on Sunday and

ending the following Saturday. We could bring up any questions we

have on the chapters through the week, measure our own progress by

our own yardsticks , maybe meet up for a discussion on Sunday at 11

AM to see if there are unresolved questions and get ready to move on

to the next section.

 

How does that sound to everyone ? Any suggestions ?

 

THANK YOU LYNNE AND CHRIS ! THUMBS UP TO TRUE SATSANGHA !

 

JAI MAA

Latha