RE: earth mother sankalpa homa

[Guest guest]

>>"Suggestion: maybe you can put the copper homa kunda in the

fireplace where it vents out, and hopefully it will face either east

or north. Just a thought. Some sources say that a yagna or Homa

should always be covered up (performed under something, i.e. tent,

etc.,). Swami, will this be ok?

 

JANARDANA DASA"<<<

 

Dear Janardana,

Thanks very much for your additional suggestions. I think,

eventually, I will have some friends come and build a homa kund

according to proper Vaastu. What I was told recently by a visiting

Shivachariar was to set up my homa kund in the SouthEast and face

East, if possible. He showed me, outdoors, the best spot and, happily,

it is in a spot that is rocky and open..so it should be very safe.

Since I'm planning on doing it outdoors, this will be fine for me...my

woodstove is not the kind where you can leave the door open safely and

we don't have a fireplace.I notice, like you said, that the homas I

have gone to are usually performed under a tent but I have also seen

ones that are done with no covering. This practice really has so many

fine points and so many very specific "regulations" if you were to do

it according to Vedic tradition (and, of course, being a woman, you

wouldn't be doing it). It makes me very grateful to have Swamiji

simplifying and cutting through things so that, at least, we can begin

knowing we are being guided by someone who knows the path well,

through years of immersion in this practice. I don't know whether I

would have started homa if I hadn't met Swamiji through this e-group,

as I had been "warned" about being "properly trained". To me, one of

the most amazing, greatest, most inspiring and wonderful things about

Maa and Swamiji is that they ENCOURAGE us to do these ancient

practices and teach us through the doing of them...always to reach a

little further and to extend ourselves a little more than we thought

we could. Things are not "watered down" or treated lightly and, at the

same time, we are not told..."oh, YOU can't do THAT!" The opportunity

is offered and, if we take it, we learn...slowly but surely. I am very

grateful for this rare generosity.

 

best regards and thanks again for your help,

sadhvi