Guest guest Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Dear Nandaji Please advice if the pouring of milk after purnahuti is done before or after the aarti. or immediately after the purnahuti mantras? what is the significance of pouring milk. I have seen in many places the hawan kund is left to burn even after the homa is over (even we have been doing this all the while) is this proper practice? any specific mantra for pouring milk? is the milk poured specifically to set the fire out? and how much is normally used..say 1 liter? Jai Maa JayNanda <chandimaakijai > wrote: Namaste Kalidas,Can you please explain what you mean by putting the deity in the fire ? Did you visualize or actually put an idol in the fire ?I am curious to know.In the Chandi, the Goddess emerges as a pillar of fire (Chapter 2) , so the fire IS the deity.The way I have seen it put out at the Mandir - the sequence is to do an offering and then mantras for completion called Purnahuti, and then pour milk over the fire. If you dont have sufficient milk, you can pour whatever you have and then follow up with water.Hope this helps. Please let me know of further questionsNanda, "mahakali108" <mahakali108> wrote:> namaste,> > a few days ago i did my first fire puja.> i then wanted to put out the fire, also since i didnt want to leave a > fire unattended.> however, i had put the diety in the fire and had worshipped the diety > in it, so it didnt feel right to just put out the fire without > removing the diety. > so i just mentally visualized the diety leaving the fire so i could > put it out in a respectful manner.> but really, what is the prescribed way to do this?> > om namah shivaya> kalidas Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Hi Jay, I've seen Swamiji use water at a retreat. Jia Maa! Chris , Jay Dayal <jai_dayal> wrote: > Dear Nandaji > > Please advice if the pouring of milk after purnahuti is done before or after the aarti. or immediately after the purnahuti mantras? what is the significance of pouring milk. I have seen in many places the hawan kund is left to burn even after the homa is over (even we have been doing this all the while) is this proper practice? any specific mantra for pouring milk? is the milk poured specifically to set the fire out? and how much is normally used..say 1 liter? > > Jai Maa > Jay > > Nanda <chandimaakijai> wrote: > Namaste Kalidas, > Can you please explain what you mean by putting the deity in the > fire ? Did you visualize or actually put an idol in the fire ?I am > curious to know. > > In the Chandi, the Goddess emerges as a pillar of fire (Chapter > 2) , so the fire IS the deity. > > The way I have seen it put out at the Mandir - the sequence is to do > an offering and then mantras for completion called Purnahuti, and > then pour milk over the fire. If you dont have sufficient milk, you > can pour whatever you have and then follow up with water. > > Hope this helps. Please let me know of further questions > Nanda , "mahakali108" <mahakali108> > wrote: > > namaste, > > > > a few days ago i did my first fire puja. > > i then wanted to put out the fire, also since i didnt want to > leave a > > fire unattended. > > however, i had put the diety in the fire and had worshipped the > diety > > in it, so it didnt feel right to just put out the fire without > > removing the diety. > > so i just mentally visualized the diety leaving the fire so i > could > > put it out in a respectful manner. > > but really, what is the prescribed way to do this? > > > > om namah shivaya > > kalidas > Links > > > / > > > > > > > > > > > > Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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