Day 9: Shiva puja class Aachamana

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Day 9 Shiva puja class- Aachamana

 

 

Namaste to all:

 

Today we will focus on “aachamana” which is the

purification of our mouth and hands. You will find

this on page 10 in the Beginner Shiva puja and on page

21 in the Advanced Shiva puja.

 

We will follow the mantras in the Advanced Shiva Puja

from pg.21 -23.

 

The purpose of aachamana is to purify our mouth and

hands so that everything we say and touch is purified

and clean. We say “Om Visnu” -"Om consciousness" as

we sip water to purify our mouth so that consciousness

can speak through us.

 

Let’s look at page 21 in the Advanced Shiva book:

 

The mantra begins “om kesavaaya namah svaahaa......

 

It ends on page 23 with “om suuryyascameti mantrasya

brahmaa rsih.......

 

Note: You will already have a small container of water

set up on your altar. You will use this water for aachamana. It has not been

purified yet but we will get to this soon.

 

 

We will follow the directions for aachamana from the

beginner shiva puja on page 11.

“Pour some water in the right palm. Sip some water

after each: om vishnu.

Except now we are adding 3 new mantras before this.

 

Om kesavaaya ..... (sip water)

Om maadhavaaya.....(sip water)

om govindaaya.....(sip water)

om vishnu (sip water)

om vishnu (sip water)

om vishnu (sip water)

 

Note: After sipping water on the last Vishnu take a

little more water and sprinkle the water on your hands.

Then dry them. We want to clean our hands after

having touched our mouth.

 

Swamiji explains the word kesavaaya:

Ka means the cause, the cause of origin(Brahma)

E means the protector (Vishnu)

Sa means Shiva.

Keshavaa is the one of beautiful kesh or hair. Or it

is the cause of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in unity.

 

The word Govinda:

Go in Sanskrit means light. It also means cow. Here

Swamiji interprets Govinda to mean one pointed light,

not one pointed cow. (lol)

 

After reciting “Om Vishnu “ 3 times,

the rest of the mantras are just a straight

recitation.

Begin....Om tat visnoh paramam padam.....

End...om suuryyascameti mantrasya......

 

Take note of the following mantra:

Om apavitrah pavitro vaa( Om the Impure and the Pure

reside within all objects)

Any thoughts or ideas on this?

 

Homework:

Please read aloud the sanskrit or transliteration of

the aachamana as described above in the Advanced Shiva

book pages 21-23.

 

Read the English as well. Write down any questions,

comments, or inspirations that come to you. Please

don't hesitate to ask a question or share an

inspiration. Looking forward to hearing from you all.

 

Om Namah Shivaaya!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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