Nine Planet Upayas - Questions and Sharing

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Namascar-

Nanda or Devnath can you please give a bit more information regarding

the following?

 

1. Can the homa oblations be done in front of a fire in a woodstove

(with the door open)? There is a safety and weather issue here.

2. Are the number of homa oblations fewer than the japa because of

the power of the homa oblations, the time involved, or something else?

3. Where could someone in the USA get a Shakti's mala?

4. I think I understand the japa with figures facing up and down but

am not sure what you mean by "IN THE MIDDLE with fingers facing

sideways". The sideways part is clear but what do you mean by in the

middle?

5. Would the beads be counted/moved with the thumb and pulled across

the middle finger between the index and middle figures for all nine?

6. If we need to do this one planet a day or one planet per month,

what order/correspondance to days/months would you recommend?

7. For the "Swaha" would we make an offering from our heart to the

fire, fingertips leading or making an offering of rice or such? If so

with which hand and holding the mala how during the "Swaha"?

 

Sanga: I share a poem I sent to the Devi Mandir after receiving Shree

Maa's 9 planet chant CD last year. I was moved. It is simple but the

feeling strong.

 

Shree Maa 12-26-04

Guru and the Kite

 

I reach to touch Mother's feet

As her voice rings in Puja

Cajoling the sacred planets

To be kind in their influence

 

Mother is like the kite

Benjamin Franklin engaged

To reach out to the sky

Touching electricity

 

So I reach to you Mother

That the purity of your being

The heights you reach

Might somehow convey

 

The currents of our Lord

That shake us awake

The sharp purity of your innocence

That cuts the tethers

 

Allowing us to fly free

Om Tat Sat

 

Thank you Devanath and thank you Shree Maa. Om

-S

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> 1. Can the homa oblations be done in front of a fire in a woodstove

> (with the door open)? There is a safety and weather issue here.

 

Yes. I think somewhere here Swami has commented on this. Nanda?

> 2. Are the number of homa oblations fewer than the japa because of

> the power of the homa oblations, the time involved, or something else?

 

At fire is 10X more powerful.

 

> 3. Where could someone in the USA get a Shakti's mala?

 

red chandam, coral or crystal mala -- try here for starters:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=safari&rls=ne-

np&q=malas&btnG=Search

 

> 4. I think I understand the japa with figures facing up and down but

> am not sure what you mean by "IN THE MIDDLE with fingers facing

> sideways". The sideways part is clear but what do you mean by in the

> middle?

 

sideways = middle

 

> 5. Would the beads be counted/moved with the thumb and pulled across

> the middle finger between the index and middle figures for all nine?

 

or across the forefinger, or moved towards or away, there are as many ways to

count the

beads as there are sadus -- one thing heard often on this topic is not to cross

the Guru

bead, but that when you reach it to return

> 6. If we need to do this one planet a day or one planet per month,

> what order/correspondance to days/months would you recommend?

 

Surya - Sunday

Chandra - Monday

Mangal - Tuesday

Buddha - Wednesday

Brihaspati - Thursday

Sukra - Friday

Sani - Saturday

Rahu/Ketu - any day

 

> 7. For the "Swaha" would we make an offering from our heart to the

> fire, fingertips leading or making an offering of rice or such?

 

from our heart if there is no masala

>If so with which hand and holding the mala how during the "Swaha"?

 

mala held in left hand, offerings with right hand with mriga mudra

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fewer than the japa because of the power of the homa oblations, the

time involved, or something else?3. Where could someone in the USA

get a Shakti's mala?4. I think I understand the japa with figures

facing up and down but am not sure what you mean by "IN THE MIDDLE

with fingers facing sideways". The sideways part is clear but what do

you mean by in the middle?5. Would the beads be counted/moved with the

thumb and pulled across the middle finger between the index and middle

figures for all nine?6. If we need to do this one planet a day or one

planet per month, what order/correspondance to days/months would you

recommend? 7. For the "Swaha" would we make an offering from our

heart to the fire, fingertips leading or making an offering of rice

or such? If so with which hand and holding the mala how during the

"Swaha"?Sanga: I share a poem I sent to the Devi Mandir after

receiving Shree Maa's 9 planet chant CD last year. I

was moved. It is simple but the feeling strong.Shree Maa 12-26-04Guru

and the KiteI reach to touch Mother's feetAs her voice rings in

PujaCajoling the sacred planets To be kind in their influenceMother

is like the kiteBenjamin Franklin engagedTo reach out to the

skyTouching electricitySo I reach to you MotherThat the purity of

your beingThe heights you reachMight somehow conveyThe currents of

our LordThat shake us awakeThe sharp purity of your innocenceThat

cuts the tethersAllowing us to fly freeOm Tat Sat Thank you Devanath

and thank you Shree Maa. Om-S

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