Beginner Puja –Day 4- More Q&A, We are finally talkin’

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

Thank you Henny for your questions and no I don’t regret AT ALL. Please keep ‘em coming.

Re your question on Asana, I confess to lack of much knowledge in this

area so I am going to have a visiting professor give us a post/class

on asana. So you will have to wait until then.

You said “I am trying to get a grip on the Sanskrit”

Me too!!

And then, you said “ I would like to know the meaning of 'tanno': is

it the 'giving' and 'sambho' the 'Bliss'?”

Well, Henny, “tanno” is more like “whom” in English. In the verse it

refers to the subject already mentioned. Here it refers to Shambho ,

so it can be loosely translated as “May that” … and “that” referring

to Shambho.

Swamiji has translated Shambho as “Giver of Bliss”

You also asked “And how does 'sada shiva'(sorry for the missing

pronunciation marks)differ from 'shiva'? Is it just an epithet, like

we would say 'our beloved Lord', or is there a difference in concept

(if I might call it that)? “

Very Good question Henny! And Sadashiva and Shiva are different

(well ultimately everything is one and the same but we wont go there)

Swamiji has talked about the 36 tattvas in the Kasyapa Sutra in the

book “The Guru and the Goddess”. He says, “Sadashiva” is “Pure

Consciousness” and “Shiva” is “the Consciousness of Infinite

Goodness”. I would encourage you to read “The Guru and the Goddess”

for deeper understanding.

The book is available at http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm

Onto Arjuna’s question, (which was mine too)

He said, “Why do we not offer the light and incense to Sri Ganesh first?”

So I forwarded it to Swamiji and he says, “The first flower goes to

Ganesh. This is a Beginner's Puja. We wanted to keep it simple.”

Grace sent me a picture of her newest Northern wall extension of her

altar. Thank you Grace for sharing it with us. The file is called

Grace_New_Altar.jpg. I have put it up in

Beginner%20Shiva%20Puja/

You certainly did your homework Grace, thank you – your active

participation in getting value out of this class means more to me

than you will ever know.

OK, I thank all of you that are reading these series and clarifying

your doubts. I will start the next post on the next few verses along

with a talk on FLOWERS

JAI MAA

NandaDo You

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[Guest guest]

which bring me to a question (and bear in mind i know so

little)--why WOULD we offer light and incense to sri ganesh at all if

this is a shiva pooja? (clearly i don''t know all the intricacies of

the path...) (and get ready for the question where various things are

offered to various ones during the pooja other than shiva).

> Onto */Arjuna/*’s question, (which

was mine too)

> He said, “/Why do we not offer the light and incense to Sri

*Ganesh*

> first/?”

>

> So I forwarded it to */Swamiji/* and he says, “/The first flower

goes

> to *Ganesh*. This is a Beginner's Puja. We wanted to keep it

> simple/.”

--

Be Love,

Berijoy

http://www.egyirba.net

[Guest guest]

ArjunaBerijoy <berijoy > wrote:

which bring me to a question (and bear in mind i know so little)--why

WOULD we offer light and incense to sri ganesh at all if this is a

shiva pooja? (clearly i don''t know all the intricacies of the

path...) (and get ready for the question where various things are

offered to various ones during the pooja other than shiva).

> Onto */Arjuna/*’s question, (which was mine too)> He said, “/Why do

we not offer the light and incense to Sri *Ganesh* > first/?”> > So I

forwarded it to */Swamiji/* and he says, “/The first flower goes> to

*Ganesh*. This is a Beginner's Puja. We wanted to keep it >

simple/.”-- Be Love,Berijoyhttp://www.egyirba.net

[Guest guest]

thank you, arjuna!  i got that now.

Arjuna wrote:

> Sri Ganesh was granted the boon by

Shiva that hew would be the first

> to be worshiped. Arjuna

>

> */Berijoy <berijoy >/* wrote:

>

> which bring me to a question (and bear in mind i know so

little)--why

> WOULD we offer light and incense to sri ganesh at all if this is a

> shiva pooja? (clearly i don''t know all the intricacies of the

> path...) (and get ready for the question where various things are

> offered to various ones during the pooja other than shiva).

--

Be Love,

Berijoy

http://www.egyirba.net