Guest guest Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 How did you spend Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? I'll tell you what I did after you all share your experiences. Love to all, Ardis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 , Ardis Jackson <ardis1@v...> wrote: > > How did you spend Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? > > I'll tell you what I did after you all share your experiences. > > Love to all, > > Ardis Listening to Maa chant the Navarna Mantra while driving long distances to spend a few hours with my grandparents. Praying, and in silence and now reading up on what all you folks have been up to! -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Ardis wrote : > > How did you spend Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? Dear Ardis and all, I was at work today. I did spend time to browse Swamiji's latest offering on Ramakrishna. At the Mandir, they would have done visarjana to the Shiva Lingams that Maa makes during the month of Magh. They would have with much fan fare and procession, immersed all the lingams in a little creek that runs across the Mandir property. So what did you do ? Jai Ramakrishna Nanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Jay Thakur!!!!!!!!!!!Jay Maa!!!!!!!!!!!!!Nanda <chandimaakijai > wrote: Ardis wrote :> > How did you spend Sri Ramakrishna's birthday?Dear Ardis and all,I was at work today. I did spend time to browse Swamiji's latest offering on Ramakrishna.At the Mandir, they would have done visarjana to the Shiva Lingams that Maa makes during the month of Magh. They would have with much fan fare and procession, immersed all the lingams in a little creek that runs across the Mandir property.So what did you do ?Jai RamakrishnaNandaKalacandra dd Mail - Com 250MB de espaço. Abra sua conta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Ramakrishna's Birthday First offering was an hour of japa. Second offering was Prayer Club. What a long list we had yesterday! So many new names. It really felt like sadhana yesterday. Third offering was Guru Gita Class. Thanks to Steve's inspired leadership, we really got going. All participated fully and shared their personal love of the Guru as well as their understanding of the text. Come on folks, join us next Saturday to deepen your understanding and expand your joy. Fourth offering was Shiva Puja Beginner substituting "Om namo bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya namo namah" for Om namo Shivaya. Also chanted the 108 Names of Shiva, did Arati and chanted the Shiva Chalisa. Afterward I chanted a mala of Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Satyanandaya Namo Namah". Fifth offering was readiing several chapters from "Ramakrishna: the Nectar of Eternal Bliss" by Shree Maa and Swamiji. Sixth offering: played some favorite music and danced my heart out for Thakur. Seventh offering was birthday cake (cheesecake) and singing of Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dear Ramakrishna, Happy to You. Shared with my daughter and my daughter-in-law who came up from San Bernardino. Shared some Ramakrishna stories with them. Eighth offering: Took my daughter and daughter-in-law in to town to a new coffee house where a friend of mine was playing guitar and singing. In my blessed state, every song was a love song to Sri Ramakrishna. Ninth offering: came home and gave my daughter some clothes that were given to me by a friend. Seeing her eyes light up in gratitude reminded me of the light in Thakur's eyes. Tenth offering: went to bed and relaxed back into japa, the background becoming the foreground " Om namo bhagavate Sri Ramakrishnaya namo namah." Thank you Thakur for a great birthday celebration. Your child, Ardis On Mar 13, 2005, at 4:47 AM, Nanda wrote: > > > Ardis wrote : > > > > How did you spend Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? > > Dear Ardis and all, > > I was at work today. I did spend time to browse Swamiji's latest > offering on Ramakrishna. > > At the Mandir, they would have done visarjana to the Shiva Lingams > that Maa makes during the month of Magh. They would have with much > fan fare and procession, immersed all the lingams in a little creek > that runs across the Mandir property. > > So what did you do ? > > Jai Ramakrishna > Nanda > > > > 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 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 I love when they do visarjan of the Shiva Lingams. It is truly magical and holy. Lots of joy! Ardis On Mar 13, 2005, at 4:47 AM, Nanda wrote: > > > Ardis wrote : > > > > How did you spend Sri Ramakrishna's birthday? > > Dear Ardis and all, > > I was at work today. I did spend time to browse Swamiji's latest > offering on Ramakrishna. > > At the Mandir, they would have done visarjana to the Shiva Lingams > that Maa makes during the month of Magh. They would have with much > fan fare and procession, immersed all the lingams in a little creek > that runs across the Mandir property. > > So what did you do ? > > Jai Ramakrishna > Nanda > > > > 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 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 >>>"I love when they do visarjan of the Shiva Lingams. It is truly magical and holy. Lots of joy! Ardis"<<< Namaste everyone! I'm still around! Just away for a bit. Please can someone tell me about the visarjan...what is it? why? how is it performed? what does the word mean, literally....everything about this ..it's of GREAT importance to me because of something that happened on Shivaratri with my Shiva Lingam. I missed you all. love, sadhvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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