Guest guest Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 font-family:Arial">Divine Members; font-family:Arial"> font-family:Arial">Jai Maa Durga font-family:Arial"> font-family:Arial">During my regular worship of Durga and Shiv, especially on Mondays and Fridays I would offer a full 3 to 4 hour prayer to Durga and Shiv. With Durga Puja being the main and Shiv Puja (small like a beginners puja but with special abhishek from Chapter 5 of Rudri) font-family:Arial">I would offer coconuts (husked) to Durga and Shiv as a final and special offering after all prayers/prasad etc have been offered. I reckon coconut is considered special in many traditions as well. I would keep all that is to be offered around me in a copper/steel/brass plate. The coconut(s) that I would normally break in front of Devi myself, at the end would break into half by itself half way through the puja with a nice perfect round break. The first time this happened was last year around July and since then this has been happening most of the time. The coconut breaks with a loud sound (just like when we clap our hands loud) into half and all coconut milk splashes out. Sometimes I get confused as to whether it should be considered as auspicious or not. It’s funny sometimes when I would want to break the coconut it would be so hard that I would hit hard with a special puja knife several times. Otherwise, without touching it cracks into half by itself and this happens only when I’m in Puja. font-family:Arial"> Anyone with any similar experience? font-family:Arial"> font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes">Regards 12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes"> font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes">Jay 12.0pt"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Nope...Sounds pretty auspicious to me though. Chris , "Jay Dayal" <dayals@c...> wrote: > Divine Members; > > Jai Maa Durga > > During my regular worship of Durga and Shiv, especially on Mondays and > Fridays I would offer a full 3 to 4 hour prayer to Durga and Shiv. With > Durga Puja being the main and Shiv Puja (small like a beginners puja but > with special abhishek from Chapter 5 of Rudri) > I would offer coconuts (husked) to Durga and Shiv as a final and special > offering after all prayers/prasad etc have been offered. I reckon > coconut is considered special in many traditions as well. I would keep > all that is to be offered around me in a copper/steel/brass plate. The > coconut(s) that I would normally break in front of Devi myself, at the > end would break into half by itself half way through the puja with a > nice perfect round break. The first time this happened was last year > around July and since then this has been happening most of the time. The > coconut breaks with a loud sound (just like when we clap our hands loud) > into half and all coconut milk splashes out. Sometimes I get confused as > to whether it should be considered as auspicious or not. It's funny > sometimes when I would want to break the coconut it would be so hard > that I would hit hard with a special puja knife several times. > Otherwise, without touching it cracks into half by itself and this > happens only when I'm in Puja. > > Anyone with any similar experience? > > Regards > > Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 My Dear Friend, What a wonderful experience. Maa Loves your coconuts. She wants them from you. And she don't want you to hurt your hands while making an offering to her hence she broke it herself saving you the trouble. JAI MAA JAI JAI MAA Dolly Jay Dayal <dayals (AT) connect (DOT) com.fj> wrote: Divine Members; Jai Maa Durga During my regular worship of Durga and Shiv, especially on Mondays and Fridays I would offer a full 3 to 4 hour prayer to Durga and Shiv. With Durga Puja being the main and Shiv Puja (small like a beginners puja but with special abhishek from Chapter 5 of Rudri) I would offer coconuts (husked) to Durga and Shiv as a final and special offering after all prayers/prasad etc have been offered. I reckon coconut is considered special in many traditions as well. I would keep all that is to be offered around me in a copper/steel/brass plate. The coconut(s) that I would normally break in front of Devi myself, at the end would break into half by itself half way through the puja with a nice perfect round break. The first time this happened was last year around July and since then this has been happening most of the time. The coconut breaks with a loud sound (just like when we clap our hands loud) into half and all coconut milk splashes out. Sometimes I get confused as to whether it should be considered as auspicious or not. It’s funny sometimes when I would want to break the coconut it would be so hard that I would hit hard with a special puja knife several times. Otherwise, without touching it cracks into half by itself and this happens only when I’m in Puja. Anyone with any similar experience? Regards Jay Take Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 day by day my sadhana and love towards Maa is intensifying..idont know where am i being led.jai maa durga jay.Lall and Dolly Singh <dolly8655 > wrote: My Dear Friend, What a wonderful experience. Maa Loves your coconuts. She wants them from you. And she don't want you to hurt your hands while making an offering to her hence she broke it herself saving you the trouble. JAI MAA JAI JAI MAA Dolly Jay Dayal <dayals (AT) connect (DOT) com.fj> wrote: Divine Members; Jai Maa Durga During my regular worship of Durga and Shiv, especially on Mondays and Fridays I would offer a full 3 to 4 hour prayer to Durga and Shiv. With Durga Puja being the main and Shiv Puja (small like a beginners puja but with special abhishek from Chapter 5 of Rudri) I would offer coconuts (husked) to Durga and Shiv as a final and special offering after all prayers/prasad etc have been offered. I reckon coconut is considered special in many traditions as well. I would keep all that is to be offered around me in a copper/steel/brass plate. The coconut(s) that I would normally break in front of Devi myself, at the end would break into half by itself half way through the puja with a nice perfect round break. The first time this happened was last year around July and since then this has been happening most of the time. The coconut breaks with a loud sound (just like when we clap our hands loud) into half and all coconut milk splashes out. Sometimes I get confused as to whether it should be considered as auspicious or not. It’s funny sometimes when I would want to break the coconut it would be so hard that I would hit hard with a special puja knife several times. Otherwise, without touching it cracks into half by itself and this happens only when I’m in Puja. Anyone with any similar experience? Regards Jay Take Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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