My father's passing -- Prayers

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Om Namah Sivaya,

 

Dear Len,

 

My prayers that God bless you and your loved ones with peace at this

time. May your father's soul find peace.

 

Swamiji had answered a question about prayers for loss of one's

parent and i am cutting and pasting it below. There are two messages -

and they are pasted below one after the other. Jai MAA!

 

***********************first question**********************

 

Is there a puja that is particularly well suited to the loss of a

parent?

Generally when a soul has left the body we recite the 1000 names of

Vishnu.

Give your departed relative the highest respect. We would light a

candle in front of the person's picture, offer fresh flowers daily,

and say at least 1 mala of Gayatri daily in the person's honor.

 

***************Follow up question**************************

 

This about the following question and answer

" . Is there a puja that is particularly well suited to the loss of

a parent? Generally when a soul has left the body we recite the 1000

names of Vishnu.

Give your departed relative the highest respect. We would

light a candle in front of the person's picture, offer fresh

flowers daily, and say at least 1 mala of Gayatri daily in the

person's honor.

"

How many times? We must to say some sankalpa?

 

For eleven days. Say in the Sankalpa:

 

PITRI SHRADDHAMAHAM KARISHYE

 

Latha's post script :

 

So the sankalpa would be

"Om Adya Jambudvipe ....etc etc ....satyananda gotre , shri

kalachandra krtaitat ,PITRI SHRADDHAMAHAM KARISHYE"

 

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Jai MAA!! Jai Swamiji!

 

ramya

 

 

, Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108>

wrote:

>

> My father passed away this last Thursday. I seem to

> recall that immediate family of the deceased are

> supposed to not participate in pujas, sankalpas, etc.

> for a period of time. Can someone explain what would

> be appropriate?

>

> -- Len/ Kalipadma

> ...mrityorma amritam gamaya...

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