Guest guest Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Dear All... oh well Dear Henny , It’s just you and me kid! Atleast for today's Q&A!. I sent your questions to Swamiji and here are his responses. You asked: "Am I the only one to find this difficult (especially the separation of the fingers in the prarthana mudra: ringfingers and little fingers just won't stay together)? A matter of practice I guess, but at the moment I only succeed with great difficulty or after some time. Can I use the mudras even though I cannot do it properly yet? " Swamiji says: "Yes. The practice and the attempt to perform it correctly mean that we are paying attention. That is the proof of our devotion." Swamiji often says that attention is the highest form of respect and demonstrates this by his total focus on the task at hand. You further asked:" When we offer the flowers, the mantras accompanying the first seven offerings contain a bija. In the last three, there appears to be none. Why is that? " You meant the last three three offerings which are "Ete Gandhapushpe "Om Namah Shivaya", " Om Haraya Namah", "Om Maheshvaraya Namah Swamiji says: "Shiva's bija is Om." There you go Henny!!! And we are all set to move onto the next phase of the Puja - Meditation. See you in the next post! Jai Maa Nanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Dear Nanda, Sorry I am a bit late, chores got the better of me. My question is how can we offer so much unpurified flowers prior to purifying the water to purify the flowers and whatever else we are offering? My second question is probably a bit premature. When do derobe the statute so that you can reoffer in the next puja( specifically the cloth offered and the garland.)? As to the mudras they , they the rest, just take practice and time. Though your discription helped me get my hands into the Dhenu mudra to date. So thank you. Jai Maa and Jai Swamiji Grace On 29/03/2005, at 12:54 PM, Nanda wrote: > Dear All... oh well Dear Henny <03.gif>, > > > > It’s just you and me kid! Atleast for today's Q&A!.<05.gif> > > > > I sent your questions to Swamiji and here are his responses. > > > > You asked: "Am I the only one to find this difficult (especially the > separation of the fingers in the prarthana mudra: ringfingers and > little fingers just won't stay together)? A matter of practice I > guess, but at the moment I only succeed with great difficulty or after > some time. Can I use the mudras even though I cannot do it properly > yet? " > > > > Swamiji says: "Yes. The practice and the attempt to perform it > correctly mean that we are paying attention. That is the proof of our > devotion." > > > > Swamiji often says that attention is the highest form of respect and > demonstrates this by his total focus on the task at hand. > > > > You further asked:" When we offer the flowers, the mantras > accompanying the first seven offerings contain a bija. In the last > three, there appears to be none. Why is that? " > > > > You meant the last three three offerings which are "Ete Gandhapushpe > "Om Namah Shivaya", " Om Haraya Namah", "Om Maheshvaraya Namah > > > > Swamiji says: "Shiva's bija is Om." > > > > There you go Henny!!! > > > > And we are all set to move onto the next phase of the Puja - > Meditation. > > > > See you in the next post!<01.gif> > > Jai Maa > > Nanda > > > > > Links > > • > / > > • > > > • Terms of > Service. > > Attachment: (text/enriched) [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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