great Camphor source

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Jai Maa dear family!

Here is a great source for refined Camphor. A little goes a long way,

and it is in the very convenient form of small crystals. It is what i

use, and it is the best i have found to date. here is the link:

 

http://www.krishnaculture.com/cgi-bin/miva?\

Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KC&Product_Code=CAM2

[Guest guest]

THANK YOU MUKTI MAA! I LOVE real camphor, but didn't know of any good source.

The camphor that is usually available is generally synthetic, I believe. It can

also contain ingredients other than the actual camphor. For this reason, it

should NOT be eaten.

 

Real camphor, or refined camphor, is also called edible camphor, which

indicates that it can actually be eaten, since it is pure and natural. Parvati

already mentioned all the wonderful benefits of camphor. I have heard that in

Tirumala (in Andhra Pradesh), at the Tirupati temple (very famous temple with

millions of visitors each year), they have a special use for camphor.

 

Each year, they take hundreds of pounds of camphor, cardamom, and sandalawood.

They grind this with rose water to make a watery paste. This paste then gets

painted on all the walls inside the temple. When you enter into the temple, you

feel like you've entered into another realm, because the aroma surrounds you

and transports you. It's meant to be cooling and calming, since thousands of

people must wait for hours to just get into the temple for a few seconds of

darshan. Sometimes people get a little emotional, as they are waiting with

intense longing to see Lord Venkateswara, so the camphor aroma helps to calm

them down and soothe the overheated mind.

 

In this temple, the murti of Sri Venkateswara (a form of Lord Vishnu) has a

kind of covering over the eyes. This is unusual, because normally the eyes of

hte murti are considered most important for darshan. That is where the shakti

emanates from quite powerfully, so people always try to see the eyes of the

deity. Here, the eye-covering signifies that the Lord is not seeing any faults

in the devotees who come before Him. He is simply giving them His full

blessings without considering whether they "deserve" it or not.

 

Here's the info from the krishnaculture page about camphor: Refined Camphor,

derived from the evergreen camphor tree (cinnamomum camphora), has medicinal

qualities as a stimulant, expectorant and diaphoretic. This is the highest

quality of refined camphor and may be added in small quantity to sweets and

sweet rice for special flavor. Camphor is used in ghee lamps for Deity worship

to purify the atmosphere and is the original natural insect repellant.

 

Here's a little trick I sometimes use if I need to light a lot of ghee lights

quickly. Sometimes ghee wicks take a little time to catch fire. You can take a

little camphor, crush it into a powder, and put a little on each ghee wick.

This will light very easily, and it adds a nice scent to the ghee lamp.

 

Jai Maa!

Ekta

 

--- muktimaa <muktimaa wrote:

> Jai Maa dear family!

> Here is a great source for refined Camphor. A little goes a long way,

> and it is in the very convenient form of small crystals. It is what i

> use, and it is the best i have found to date. here is the link:

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> http://www.krishnaculture.com/cgi-bin/miva?\

> Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KC&Product_Code=CAM2

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