Expanding our puja and the meaning of the offerings

[Guest guest]

Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

Beginner Durga Pujas.

 

Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than the

actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into getting

all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

"Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

 

Here is a small way to increase the duration of the offerings ...

 

I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book and urge you

to refer to it for the other offerings.

 

When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner version we

just say

 

"Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

 

In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

 

"Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

Sarveshaam jiivanam param

paavanam yajna hetusca

snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

 

which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of purifying

or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this bath "

 

So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember that it

is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were doing the

offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah Shivaya"

above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

 

There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I request you

to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is available at

http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

 

Jai Maa !

[Guest guest]

latha i have a question maybe you or parv might want to address as i

am fairly certain others must be facing the same thing.

 

ok so i am starting to recite the chandi seed version only up to what

we are studying online on a daily basis. i was inspired by devnath

and wanted to get started. this takes more time than doing the shiva

puja, but i swapped the daily puja for daily chandi anyway, only due

to the issue of available time.

 

what do you think? i don't want to let go of doing the puja, and

actually wanted to go on to the advanced/cosmic, but am very much for

the chandi too. maybe chandi every day and puja 1x per week?

 

steve

 

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

> Beginner Durga Pujas.

>

> Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than the

> actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into getting

> all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

> "Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

>

> Here is a small way to increase the duration of the offerings ...

>

> I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book and urge you

> to refer to it for the other offerings.

>

> When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner version we

> just say

>

> "Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

>

> In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

>

> "Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

> Sarveshaam jiivanam param

> paavanam yajna hetusca

> snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

> Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

>

> which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of purifying

> or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this bath "

>

> So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember that it

> is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were doing

the

> offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah Shivaya"

> above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

>

> There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I request

you

> to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is

available at http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

>

> Jai Maa !

[Guest guest]

Hello fellow pujaris. I have a very basic question for you. What

does one do with all of the materials used for the shiva puja, or

whatever puja is being done (ie milk, honey, water, sindur, chandan

etc. that has been poured on the lingam). I have seen my mom drink

it, but if one does not want to drink it, then what? I use brasso

and other chemicals to clean my brass to make it shiny, so I am not

sure that I want to eat off of the dishes. Also, I am not quite sure

what metal alloys may be in the dishes and if I am pregnant, I

don’t want to be ingesting anything I shouldn’t. I

suppose I could use glass dishes, but I have only seen the use of

metal or brass dishes in mandirs.

Also, can any bhog be given or is there a specific food that we should give?

Thanks for the advice.

Saswati

On 5/6/04 7:52 AM, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda > wrote:

Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

Beginner Durga Pujas.

Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than the

actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into getting

all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

"Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

Here is a small way to increase the duration of the offerings ...

I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book and urge you

to refer to it for the other offerings.

When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner version we

just say

"Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

"Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

Sarveshaam jiivanam param

paavanam yajna hetusca

snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of purifying

or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this bath "

So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember that it

is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were doing the

offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah Shivaya"

above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I request you

to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is available

at http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

Jai Maa !

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[Guest guest]

Namaste Steve,

 

I would say that it depends on how much time you are able to

allocate for your practices .... short answer is we need both in a

day.

 

If you can set aside 1 hr (say ) every day, then my suggestion would

be to get a full puja completed within 30 mins, and spend the

remaining 30 mins on one or two chapters of Chandi depending on what

you can fit in.

 

Here is how I am trying to work on my sadhana ....

 

This is the prescription that Maa had given me - meditation in the

early morning, puja in the morning and chanting (Chandi etc) in the

evenings.

 

I broke the early morning meditation a long time ago , Chandi in the

evening is limping along, but the morning puja has been very

consistent.

 

I think the puja works for me because I have had this habit of

prostrating before the family altar right after my bath in the

mornings. I just have to sit down and rattle off from the puja book -

and substitute for mental offerings when I didnt have the energy

for the actual offerings ....

 

The Chandi in the evenings and the early morning meditations are not

established practices as yet and so there is a lot of struggle going

on to create and sustain them , but I have no doubt that I will

succeed.

 

I am happy that I have stuck with my puja because I get the feeling

of accomplishment of having completed a full puja within 15 mins in

the morning... I am just doing the beginner ...so ...

 

Jai Maa and do let me know how you plan to work it out.

 

I just realized after typing out all this - you have to go by what Maa has

suggested for you as sadhana. Ask HER !

 

Latha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...>

wrote:

> latha i have a question maybe you or parv might want to address as

i

> am fairly certain others must be facing the same thing.

>

> ok so i am starting to recite the chandi seed version only up to

what

> we are studying online on a daily basis. i was inspired by devnath

> and wanted to get started. this takes more time than doing the

shiva

> puja, but i swapped the daily puja for daily chandi anyway, only

due

> to the issue of available time.

>

> what do you think? i don't want to let go of doing the puja, and

> actually wanted to go on to the advanced/cosmic, but am very much

for

> the chandi too. maybe chandi every day and puja 1x per week?

>

> steve

>

> , "Latha Nanda"

<lathananda>

> wrote:

> > Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

> > Beginner Durga Pujas.

> >

> > Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than the

> > actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into

getting

> > all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

> > "Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

> >

> > Here is a small way to increase the duration of the offerings ...

> >

> > I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book and urge

you

> > to refer to it for the other offerings.

> >

> > When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner version

we

> > just say

> >

> > "Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> >

> > In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

> >

> > "Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

> > Sarveshaam jiivanam param

> > paavanam yajna hetusca

> > snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

> > Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> >

> > which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of

purifying

> > or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this

bath "

> >

> > So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember that

it

> > is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were doing

> the

> > offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah Shivaya"

> > above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

> >

> > There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I request

> you

> > to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is

> available at http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

> >

> > Jai Maa !

[Guest guest]

thanks latha, and thanks for being our sadhana friend here at the

forum.

 

i agree the chandi is uphill. then again the shiva puja was too at

one time, and now it goes by kind of sweetly if that is a good word

to describe it.

 

will let you know ...

 

steve

 

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> Namaste Steve,

>

> I would say that it depends on how much time you are able to

> allocate for your practices .... short answer is we need both in a

> day.

>

> If you can set aside 1 hr (say ) every day, then my suggestion

would

> be to get a full puja completed within 30 mins, and spend the

> remaining 30 mins on one or two chapters of Chandi depending on

what

> you can fit in.

>

> Here is how I am trying to work on my sadhana ....

>

> This is the prescription that Maa had given me - meditation in the

> early morning, puja in the morning and chanting (Chandi etc) in

the

> evenings.

>

> I broke the early morning meditation a long time ago , Chandi in

the

> evening is limping along, but the morning puja has been very

> consistent.

>

> I think the puja works for me because I have had this habit of

> prostrating before the family altar right after my bath in the

> mornings. I just have to sit down and rattle off from the puja

book -

> and substitute for mental offerings when I didnt have the energy

> for the actual offerings ....

>

> The Chandi in the evenings and the early morning meditations are

not

> established practices as yet and so there is a lot of struggle

going

> on to create and sustain them , but I have no doubt that I will

> succeed.

>

> I am happy that I have stuck with my puja because I get the

feeling

> of accomplishment of having completed a full puja within 15 mins

in

> the morning... I am just doing the beginner ...so ...

>

> Jai Maa and do let me know how you plan to work it out.

>

> I just realized after typing out all this - you have to go by

what Maa has suggested for you as sadhana. Ask HER !

>

> Latha

>

>

, "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...>

> wrote:

> > latha i have a question maybe you or parv might want to address

as

> i

> > am fairly certain others must be facing the same thing.

> >

> > ok so i am starting to recite the chandi seed version only up to

> what

> > we are studying online on a daily basis. i was inspired by

devnath

> > and wanted to get started. this takes more time than doing the

> shiva

> > puja, but i swapped the daily puja for daily chandi anyway, only

> due

> > to the issue of available time.

> >

> > what do you think? i don't want to let go of doing the puja, and

> > actually wanted to go on to the advanced/cosmic, but am very

much

> for

> > the chandi too. maybe chandi every day and puja 1x per week?

> >

> > steve

> >

> > , "Latha Nanda"

> <lathananda>

> > wrote:

> > > Namaste All - especially for those that do Beginner Shiva or

> > > Beginner Durga Pujas.

> > >

> > > Ever felt like the preparation for the puja took longer than

the

> > > actual puja ? Especially after we take so much effort into

> getting

> > > all the offerings ready and they are just offered with an

> > > "Om Namah Shivaya ...... samarpayaami"

> > >

> > > Here is a small way to increase the duration of the

offerings ...

> > >

> > > I took this example from the Advanced Shiva Puja book and urge

> you

> > > to refer to it for the other offerings.

> > >

> > > When offer a milk bath to the deities, in the Beginner version

> we

> > > just say

> > >

> > > "Om Namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> > >

> > > In the Advanced book , pg 103 it says

> > >

> > > "Om Kamadhenu sadmudbhuutam

> > > Sarveshaam jiivanam param

> > > paavanam yajna hetusca

> > > snaanaartham pratigrhyataam

> > > Om namah Shivaya payah snaanam samarpayami"

> > >

> > > which is filled with meaning - it says "For the motive of

> purifying

> > > or sanctifying this holy union, we request you to accept this

> bath "

> > >

> > > So the next time we pour milk on the deity, let us remember

that

> it

> > > is for purifying our union with God. Of course if you were

doing

> > the

> > > offering to Durga, you would just replace the "Om Namah

Shivaya"

> > > above with "Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namah"

> > >

> > > There are similar such meanings for all the offerings. I

request

> > you

> > > to refer to the Advanced Shiva book for details. The book is

> > available at http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

> > >

> > > Jai Maa !