Confessions of a Chanter (2)

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I have the privilege and honor to lead a Chandi recitation on Sunday

mornings at the Mandir. The group that gathers is the same crew ,

occasionally spiced with a visiting family member.

 

It takes us three hours to finish the book , cover to cover, and by

the time we are mid way through the chanting we have the Mandir

pretty much to ourselves.

 

Chapter 13 comes around and the time to ask for a boon ....

yessssss ! Emboldened by the fact that I am among friends I ask

aloud to Maa to bless us all with pure devotion , AND THEN if She is

so pleased with us, I rattle off a laundry list of requests ...

 

a) grant Mr A that his stocks will go up in value

b) grant that Mr B's kids will come and visit him

 

etc etc

 

Usually this is met with good natured laughter and a certain

lightheartedness ... now that we have completed the chapters and all

that is left is the home stretch. And it felt so "right" to ask for

all these goodies...

 

Until one day Maa came into the temple when we were chanting chapter

13...

 

We stopped for the boon ... and all my cronies were looking to see

what I would do. I prayed and asked for Pure Devotion and Maa

said "JAI Maa"

 

I chickened out and never asked for all the fun stuff that I

normally ask for - I didnt want to appear frivolous before Maa.

 

Then I realized , if I cant ask in front of Maa, I shouldnt be

asking it at all ! So I havent asked Her for anything else but

devotion from then on ...

 

PURE DEVOTION !

A TASTE OF PURE DEVOTION !

 

Please bless us with a taste of pure love and devotion this

Navaratri !

 

JAI MAAAA !!!

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--- On Thu 10/14, Latha Nanda < lathananda =""> wrote:

Latha Nanda [ lathananda ]

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:19:33 -0000

Confessions of a Chanter (2)

I have the privilege and honor to lead a Chandi recitation on Sunday

mornings at the Mandir. The group that gathers is the same crew ,

occasionally spiced with a visiting family member.It takes us three

hours to finish the book , cover to cover, and by the time we are mid

way through the chanting we have the Mandir pretty much to ourselves.

Chapter 13 comes around and the time to ask for a boon .... yessssss

! Emboldened by the fact that I am among friends I ask aloud to Maa

to bless us all with pure devotion , AND THEN if She is so pleased

with us, I rattle off a laundry list of requests ...a) grant Mr A

that his stocks will go up in valueb) grant that Mr B's kids will

come and visit himetc etc Usually this is met with good natured

laughter and a certain lightheartedness ... now that we have

completed the chapters and all that is left is the home stretch. And

it felt so "right" to ask for all these goodies...Until one day Maa

came into the temple when we were chanting chapter 13...We stopped

for the boon ... and all my cronies were looking to see what I would

do. I prayed and asked for Pure Devotion and Maa said "JAI Maa" I

chickened out and never asked for all the fun stuff that I normally

ask for - I didnt want to appear frivolous before Maa.Then I realized

, if I cant ask in front of Maa, I shouldnt be asking it at all ! So I

havent asked Her for anything else but devotion from then on ...PURE

DEVOTION ! A TASTE OF PURE DEVOTION !Please bless us with a taste of

pure love and devotion this Navaratri !JAI MAAAA

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