Guest guest Posted March 3, 2005 Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 This is the message I sent out to our local Amma satsang done here in San Diego area. Any and all devotees that want to join us are VERY welcome. If you are in the area and can't get to the Devi Mandir to enjoy the nectar then please come join us. We always get a good crowd of 30-50 people and last year there were still 15 people that did the whole night with us. This year there will be more! Om Namah Shivaya Tuesday, March 8th is Maha Shivaratri, the Great Night of Shiva, the One Consciousness That is Pure Goodness, Pure Auspiciousness, where traditionally Shiva is worshipped and celebrated from sundown to sunrise. Everyone is invited to Prakashi and Surya's Devi Mandir (our home) for an incredible and shaktified night of worship through continuous chanting of bhajans, mantras, stotrams and sahasranams, dancing, aratis, abhishekams, meditation, readings and more, beginning at 5pm and ending a little after dawn the next day. You are welcome to come and stay for as long or as short a time as you like. It is said if one worships Shiva in the four quarters of this night, without sleeping, that one is assured Moksha. I don't know about such things, but I can tell you that it is always a very high and memorable event where Amma Mahadev's presence is VERY palpatable and easily felt. It is traditional to fast the whole day and night, but certainly not required. Some people just drink water, some allow juice and/or tea. Another type of fast consists of just eating "fasting foods", which are all fruits, nuts, milk products, sugar, honey, potatoes, carrot, beets, and spinach. We will have some of these available as well as plenty of chai of different types. Hey coffee too if you want/need it. If you want to contribute food, please bring light snacks/ finger food, fruits, nuts, potato chips, etc that can be left out for people to snack on, or dishes that can be eaten for breaking the fast after the night is over. Traditional dishes for prasad like Kheer and Halva would be most welcome. Juice is also nice. We will have bottled water available for everyone, but more is always welcome. Please make sure you take some of the prasadam before you leave! Please also feel free to bring musical instruments and please, please, please come and share leading a Shiva bhajan or two or three or more with us. Any style, any form, any way you like. Many people are converting other bhajans they normally sing to Shiva bhajans by substituing Shiva's names in. Never a bad idea to bring songsheet copies of your bhajans if possible. Or just come and sing along or dance or just sit and meditate and share your bliss and holy presence with us. If you have a special Shiva Lingam or Picture, etc, that you would like to have worshipped on the altar, that is encouraged, but I would prefer if at all possible, that you drop it off with me by Sunday, March 6. If you have been to our house before for Satsang, you might have noticed that I tend to make elaborate altars, that take hours to put together, and I would prefer to design this one in the same manner to give the highest respect to all items being worshipped. But if this isn't possible for you, then just bring it when you come and we will find a righteous place for it. Flowers and flower petals (especially rose petals) are most welcome. Datura flowers are very traditional, as are hibiscus (especially red), roses, and bel leaves (which I really don't expect to see). We are always happy to provide all sorts of cups, plates, utensils, etc., but since people have been asking what they can bring to help, if someone wants to supply more of these that is also welcome. If this interests you, give me a call (760-632-1226) so we don't have an overflow of these. In case anyone is interested in the schedule of the night's events, I can give this partial list Other items are being added: 5:20ish Start of Opening Arati. This is a very extended type of arati, where we will be ringing bells, blowing conches, offering light etc to open up the energy and space of the altar and the room. I will be blasting a recording of the performance of the arati in one of the holiest temples in India, the Mayadevi temple, during the night of the Sannyas Initiation of the Nagas at the 1998 Kumbh Mela in Hardwar, one of the holiest cities in India. Hardwar, literally the door of Har(a), a name of Shiva, is a place saturated for millenia with Shiva Consciousness and Worship, and is one of the four places that Amrit, the nectar of Immortality, fell. If you can make this, I would HIGHLY suggest it. It is incredibly powerful! 5:45 (Sunset) First Abhishekam--Bathing of the Lingam(s). This is traditionally done 4 or 5 times throughout the night. First Milk, then yogurt, then ghee, then honey, the sugar or sometimes other items instead. In between the baths, the Lingam gets a rinse with Ganga Jal, water from Maa Gangaji. At the end, you have Panchamritam, nectar of five items. Pure bliss, especially considering that Amma's Padukam will be on that tray too, on either side of the Maha Lingam! 6:00 Shiva Sahasranam--1000 Names of Shiva Followed by All night continous bhajans interspersed with readings and other recitation chanting 9 PM Second Abhishekam 12 AM Third Abhishekam 4 AM Fourth Abhishekam 6:15 ish AM Fifth Abhishekam Followed by 108 repetitions each of Om Namah Shivaya, Maha Mrtunjaya Mantra, and Om Amriteshwaryai Namah Followed by Closing Arati and short meditation Then distribution of the MahaPrasad (and other special, secret treats)!!! So please call Surya at 760-632-1226 if you have any questions or comments or something you want to share. Otherwise we hope to see you there! BOM!!! Directions:1550 Loraine Drive, Leucadia.I-5 to Leucadia Blvd. West on Leucadia to Hwy 101. North on 101, 6 streets to Avocado St. (Leucadia Donuts on corner). Left on Avocado to Loraine Dr., 3rd house on right.Please Park on Neptune Ave, just past Loraine or at Grandview Beach Parking Lot on Neptune, North of Avocado about 1½ blocks away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Thank you for the invitation! May you have a truly blessed MahaShivaratri. Ardis On Mar 2, 2005, at 11:40 PM, Mahamuni wrote: > This is the message I sent out to our local Amma satsang done here in > San Diego area. Any and all devotees that want to join us are VERY > welcome. If you are in the area and can't get to the Devi Mandir to > enjoy the nectar then please come join us. We always get a good crowd > of 30-50 people and last year there were still 15 people that did the > whole night with us. This year there will be more! > Om Namah Shivaya > > Tuesday, March 8th is Maha Shivaratri, the Great Night of Shiva, the > One Consciousness That is Pure Goodness, Pure Auspiciousness, where > traditionally Shiva is worshipped and celebrated from sundown to > sunrise. Everyone is invited to Prakashi and Surya's Devi Mandir (our > home) for an incredible and shaktified night of worship through > continuous chanting of bhajans, mantras, stotrams and sahasranams, > dancing, aratis, abhishekams, meditation, readings and more, beginning > at 5pm and ending a little after dawn the next day. You are welcome to > come and stay for as long or as short a time as you like. It is said > if one worships Shiva in the four quarters of this night, without > sleeping, that one is assured Moksha. I don't know about such things, > but I can tell you that it is always a very high and memorable event > where Amma Mahadev's presence is VERY palpatable and easily felt. > > It is traditional to fast the whole day and night, but certainly not > required. Some people just drink water, some allow juice and/or tea. > Another type of fast consists of just eating "fasting foods", which > are all fruits, nuts, milk products, sugar, honey, potatoes, carrot, > beets, and spinach. We will have some of these available as well as > plenty of chai of different types. Hey coffee too if you want/need > it. If you want to contribute food, please bring light snacks/ finger > food, fruits, nuts, potato chips, etc that can be left out for people > to snack on, or dishes that can be eaten for breaking the fast after > the night is over. Traditional dishes for prasad like Kheer and Halva > would be most welcome. Juice is also nice. We will have bottled > water available for everyone, but more is always welcome. > > Please make sure you take some of the prasadam before you leave! > > Please also feel free to bring musical instruments and please, please, > please come and share leading a Shiva bhajan or two or three or more > with us. Any style, any form, any way you like. Many people are > converting other bhajans they normally sing to Shiva bhajans by > substituing Shiva's names in. Never a bad idea to bring songsheet > copies of your bhajans if possible. Or just come and sing along or > dance or just sit and meditate and share your bliss and holy presence > with us. > > If you have a special Shiva Lingam or Picture, etc, that you would > like to have worshipped on the altar, that is encouraged, but I would > prefer if at all possible, that you drop it off with me by Sunday, > March 6. If you have been to our house before for Satsang, you might > have noticed that I tend to make elaborate altars, that take hours to > put together, and I would prefer to design this one in the same manner > to give the highest respect to all items being worshipped. But if > this isn't possible for you, then just bring it when you come and we > will find a righteous place for it. > > Flowers and flower petals (especially rose petals) are most welcome. > Datura flowers are very traditional, as are hibiscus (especially red), > roses, and bel leaves (which I really don't expect to see). > > We are always happy to provide all sorts of cups, plates, utensils, > etc., but since people have been asking what they can bring to help, > if someone wants to supply more of these that is also welcome. If > this interests you, give me a call (760-632-1226) so we don't have an > overflow of these. > > > > In case anyone is interested in the schedule of the night's events, I > can give this partial list Other items are being added: > > 5:20ish Start of Opening Arati. This is a very extended type of > arati, where we will be ringing bells, blowing conches, offering light > etc to open up the energy and space of the altar and the room. I will > be blasting a recording of the performance of the arati in one of the > holiest temples in India, the Mayadevi temple, during the night of the > Sannyas Initiation of the Nagas at the 1998 Kumbh Mela in Hardwar, one > of the holiest cities in India. Hardwar, literally the door of > Har(a), a name of Shiva, is a place saturated for millenia with Shiva > Consciousness and Worship, and is one of the four places that Amrit, > the nectar of Immortality, fell. If you can make this, I would HIGHLY > suggest it. It is incredibly powerful! > > 5:45 (Sunset) First Abhishekam--Bathing of the Lingam(s). This is > traditionally done 4 or 5 times throughout the night. First Milk, > then yogurt, then ghee, then honey, the sugar or sometimes other items > instead. In between the baths, the Lingam gets a rinse with Ganga > Jal, water from Maa Gangaji. At the end, you have Panchamritam, > nectar of five items. Pure bliss, especially considering that Amma's > Padukam will be on that tray too, on either side of the Maha Lingam! > > 6:00 Shiva Sahasranam--1000 Names of Shiva > > Followed by All night continous bhajans interspersed with readings and > other recitation chanting > > 9 PM Second Abhishekam > > 12 AM Third Abhishekam > > 4 AM Fourth Abhishekam > > 6:15 ish AM Fifth Abhishekam > > Followed by 108 repetitions each of Om Namah Shivaya, Maha Mrtunjaya > Mantra, and Om Amriteshwaryai Namah > > Followed by Closing Arati and short meditation > > Then distribution of the MahaPrasad (and other special, secret > treats)!!! > > > So please call Surya at 760-632-1226 if you have any questions or > comments or something you want to share. Otherwise we hope to see you > there! BOM!!! > > > Directions: > 1550 Loraine Drive, Leucadia. > I-5 to Leucadia Blvd. West on Leucadia to Hwy 101. North on 101, 6 > streets to Avocado St. (Leucadia Donuts on corner). Left on Avocado to > Loraine Dr., 3rd house on right. > Please Park on Neptune Ave, just past Loraine or at Grandview Beach > Parking Lot on Neptune, North of Avocado about 1½ blocks away. > > > > Sponsor > > > <22305_0205_016_b_300250_a.gif> > <l.gif> > > Links > > • > / > > • > > > • Terms of > Service. > > Attachment: (text/enriched) [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2005 Report Share Posted March 5, 2005 Impossible not to! - Ardis Jackson Friday, March 04, 2005 9:04 PM Re: Maha Sivaratri Invitation Thank you for the invitation! May you have a truly blessed MahaShivaratri.ArdisOn Mar 2, 2005, at 11:40 PM, Mahamuni wrote: This is the message I sent out to our local Amma satsang done here in San Diego area. Any and all devotees that want to join us are VERY welcome. If you are in the area and can't get to the Devi Mandir to enjoy the nectar then please come join us. We always get a good crowd of 30-50 people and last year there were still 15 people that did the whole night with us. This year there will be more!Om Namah ShivayaTuesday, March 8th is Maha Shivaratri, the Great Night of Shiva, the One Consciousness That is Pure Goodness, Pure Auspiciousness, where traditionally Shiva is worshipped and celebrated from sundown to sunrise. bigger>bigger>fontfamily>Everyone is invited to Prakashi and Surya's Devi Mandir (our home) for an incredible and shaktified night of worship through continuous chanting of bhajans, mantras, stotrams and sahasranams, dancing, aratis, abhishekams, meditation, readings and more, beginning at 5pm and ending a little after dawn the next day. You are welcome to come and stay for as long or as short a time as you like. It is said if one worships Shiva in the four quarters of this night, without sleeping, that one is assured Moksha. I don't know about such things, but I can tell you that it is always a very high and memorable event where Amma Mahadev's presence is VERY palpatable and easily felt. It is traditional to fast the whole day and night, but certainly not required. Some people just drink water, some allow juice andor tea. Another type of fast consists of just eating "fasting foods", which are all fruits, nuts, milk products, sugar, honey, potatoes, carrot, beets, and spinach. We will have some of these available as well as plenty of chai of different types. Hey coffee too if you want/need it. If you want to contribute food, please bring light snacks/ finger food, fruits, nuts, potato chips, etc that can be left out for people to snack on, or dishes that can be eaten for breaking the fast after the night is over. Traditional dishes for prasad like Kheer and Halva would be most welcome. Juice is also nice. We will have bottled water available for everyone, but more is always welcome. Please make sure you take some of the prasadam before you leave! Please also feel free to bring musical instruments and please, please, please come and share leading a Shiva bhajan or two or three or more with us. Any style, any form, any way you like. Many people are converting other bhajans they normally sing to Shiva bhajans by substituing Shiva's names in. Never a bad idea to bring songsheet copies of your bhajans if possible. Or just come and sing along or dance or just sit and meditate and share your bliss and holy presence with us. If you have a special Shiva Lingam or Picture, etc, that you would like to have worshipped on the altar, that is encouraged, but I would prefer if at all possible, that you drop it off with me by Sunday, March 6. If you have been to our house before for Satsang, you might have noticed that I tend to make elaborate altars, that take hours to put together, and I would prefer to design this one in the same manner to give the highest respect to all items being worshipped. But if this isn't possible for you, then just bring it when you come and we will find a righteous place for it. Flowers and flower petals (especially rose petals) are most welcome. Datura flowers are very traditional, as are hibiscus (especially red), roses, and bel leaves (which I really don't expect to see). We are always happy to provide all sorts of cups, plates, utensils, etc., but since people have been asking what they can bring to help, if someone wants to supply more of these that is also welcome. If this interests you, give me a call (760-632-1226) so we don't have an overflow of these. In case anyone is interested in the schedule of the night's events, I can give this partial list Other items are being added: 5:20ish Start of Opening Arati. This is a very extended type of arati, where we will be ringing bells, blowing conches, offering light etc to open up the energy and space of the altar and the room. I will be blasting a recording of the performance of the arati in one of the holiest temples in India, the Mayadevi temple, during the night of the Sannyas Initiation of the Nagas at the 1998 Kumbh Mela in Hardwar, one of the holiest cities in India. Hardwar, literally the door of Har(a), a name of Shiva, is a place saturated for millenia with Shiva Consciousness and Worship, and is one of the four places that Amrit, the nectar of Immortality, fell. If you can make this, I would HIGHLY suggest it. It is incredibly powerful! 5:45 (Sunset) First Abhishekam--Bathing of the Lingam(s). This is traditionally done 4 or 5 times throughout the night. First Milk, then yogurt, then ghee, then honey, the sugar or sometimes other items instead. In between the baths, the Lingam gets a rinse with Ganga Jal, water from Maa Gangaji. At the end, you have Panchamritam, nectar of five items. Pure bliss, especially considering that Amma's Padukam will be on that tray too, on either side of the Maha Lingam! 6:00 Shiva Sahasranam--1000 Names of Shiva Followed by All night continous bhajans interspersed with readings and other recitation chanting 9 PM Second Abhishekam 12 AM Third Abhishekam 4 AM Fourth Abhishekam 6:15 ish AM Fifth Abhishekam Followed by 108 repetitions each of Om Namah Shivaya, Maha Mrtunjaya Mantra, and Om Amriteshwaryai Namah Followed by Closing Arati and short meditation Then distribution of the MahaPrasad (and other special, secret treats)!!! So please call Surya at 760-632-1226 if you have any questions or comments or something you want to share. Otherwise we hope to see you there! BOM!!! Directions:1550 Loraine Drive, Leucadia.I-5 to Leucadia Blvd. West on Leucadia to Hwy 101. North on 101, 6 streets to Avocado St. (Leucadia Donuts on corner). 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