Jami/Surya: Anusthana Questions and Search Posts

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Namaste Jami,

 

I will forward your question to Swamiji on "Anushthana"

and "Marjana" .

 

"Tarpana" means offering to ones departed ancestors.

 

Also to answer Surya's question - the only way to search for posts

posted by a single person , is to type in the /email id of that

person - in this case - mahamuni (for you Surya ) in the Search

box .It will display results for the current day's page. You will

have to hit "Previous" all the way to go back to the page that

contains your post. This is a very tedious method of searching but

the only one that I know.

 

Another way would be to go to the month that you think your post

appeared in and browse the posts for that month. Unfortunately you

cant apply the Search facility for a specific month.

 

Jami ,I will spend sometime poking around too and suggest that you

check the posts in the month of April 2004 to look for information

on Puracharana.

 

Jai Maa

Nanda

 

 

 

, Jami Blakeley <jami108>

wrote:

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> Jai Maa!

>

> I would like to say that I am loving being a part of

> this group! I have been on many e-mail groups,

> probably too many, but this one is far and away the

> very best of the bestest best!

>

> I have recently gotten the strong desire to perform an

> anusthana of my mantra. An anusthana, as I understand

> it, is a process whereby one purifies oneself to

> experience the full power of a mantra. One recites

> the mantra typically a total of 100,000 times, a

> specific number every day until the goal is reached.

> Then one offers the mantra in homa 10,000 times,

> followed by tarpana of the mantra 1,000 times, and

> marjana 100 times. Finally, one offers bhojana, or

> food offering, to ten persons. This is what I have

> read.

>

> To actually do this at some point will require

> preparation and learning, and I have many, many

> questions. The first and most obvious is, "What are

> tarpana and marjana, and how would they be performed

> in this context?"

>

> My prostations to Shree Maa and Swamiji.

>

> Jai Maa!

>

> --Aravind

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