Mother Earth Sankalpa - Clarification 2- The three choices

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0pt">This choice is recommended for those of us that are beginners and

do not have access to a fire place or havan kund . You will of course,

chant the prescribed number of times per planet as given in the main

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Choice 2: Chant the mantras at the fire

ONLY. You will replace the "namah" at the end of each mantra with

"swaha". So for example, the sun mantra would become "om hrim hrim

suryaya swaha". Again, the number of oblations offered to the fire

would be as given in the main post

/message/16335 This choice

is recommended for those that are familiar with doing a homa and have

access to a fireplace or havan kund. Choice 3: Do a japa of the

mantra AND chant the mantras at the fire. ie this choice includes

BOTH choice 1 and 2. So for example , for Surya you would do

New Roman">6,000 japa - that means 60 malas with Om Hrim Hrim Suryaya

Namah AND 600 homa oblations - that means 6 malas at the fire with Om

Hrim Hrim Suryaya Swaha This choice is recommended for those that

have access to doing a homa and those that would like to do japa.

0pt">Obviously, the simplest choice is choice 1, but choice 3 is

recommended for those of us that have the energy, time and love to

complete this sankalpa. Hope this helps JAI MAA Nanda

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Dear Nanda,

 

I received the Navagraha stotram CD just a few days ago and decided

to to your group. My husband and I have been listening to

the CD each day (as a meditation) and I wanted to know of the

appropriateness of this practice and can this be a long term

practice.

 

Due to ill health I find the mind (and body) are very heavy at the

moment and it's less strain for me to just listen to the Navagraha

CD...it's easier on the mind, and certainly easier for my husband

who can't seem to get his tongue around any mantras.

 

Best Wishes,

Wendy

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