Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Dear Linda, thank you very much for your suggestions. I am very embarassed now by my moaning about the Chandi (part of it showing off and part sheer terror caused by the whole experience and the thought of ever having to do it again), and I see now that there are many ways of handling this, including choosing the Seedha Path or smaller portions (the prayers for peace are beautiful indeed). And I also see that it would definitely not be a good idea to abandon the practice because I did not enjoy it much:). I guess the whole point of reciting the Chandi is to offer all our problems and assumed failures to Her, and I thought I'd come emptyhanded:). Again, thank you for taking the time and trouble to offer your help and sympathy. It is much appreciated, with love, Henny , nierika wrote: > > Henny wrote: > > ...As chanting > the entire Chandi still takes me about four and a half hours, this is > not something I am able to do every day. But perhaps it would be > helpful to select a few verses and use these as a 'shortcut' for > helping us to remember to offer all our negativities to our Divine > Mother for transmutation. So that every time we feel anger or sadness > rising, we could throw these in the fire of these few (or even one) > verse of the Chandi, in the faith that She will come whenever > remembered with devotion... > > Dear Henny ~ wow if you are chanting the Chandi if four and a half hours, > that is stupendous. It takes me several weeks to get through it all, and I have > to go chapter by chapter. But there is a "shortcut." Nanda told us about it > when we were studying the Chandi last year. Because of my difficulty in > getting through the whole thing, I asked Nanda for help remembering this "shortcut" > she had mentioned. It is called the "Seeda Path." I'm not sure what that > means or why these specific chapters are pulled together as a unit to be > considered an appropriate puja or recitation. Perhaps Nanda can remind us about that > aspect of it. But here are the parts of the Seeda Path. > > 1. The introduction pages, to just before the "Seven Verses which Express > the Essence of She Who Relieves all Difficulties. > 2. Praise to the Night of duality. > 3. The System of worship with the 9 lettered mantra. > 4. Chapters 1 - 13. > 5. The system of worship with the 9 lettered mantra. > 6. Vedic Praise of the Goddess. > 7. The song which gives the key to perfection. > > Even this seems like it would take me several days to do. I don't know if > this would be considered appropriate, but the part I would recite, especially if > I was struggling with negative emotions or any difficulty would be the very > beginning, that starts with > sri manmahaganadihipataye namah > We bow to the Respected Great Lord of Widsom > > and then goes through the prayer to the Divine Fire > > om agnir jyotir jyotir agnih svaha... > > and then goes through the > > om buh (gross body) , om bhuvah (subtle body) om sva (causal body).. .. > > and then goes through all the eta ganhapuspe > > and then goes through the phrase that includes your country, state, city, > etc. > > and finally ends up on the last two pages, invoking peace. These two pages > are two of my favorite pages in the whole Chandi, and once, when I was going > through a very difficult time, > I just kept reading these two pages over and over, so you might even shorten > it to just these two pages. > > The first page begins with: > om santa dyauh sant prthivi santam idamurvantariksam... > Peace in the heavens, Peace on the earth, Peace upwards and permeating the > atmosphere... > > om santani purva rupani santam no-stu krtakrtam... > Peace to all that has form, Peace to all causes and effects... > > om prthivi santir antariksam santir dyauh... > Let the earth be at Peace, the atmosphere be at Peace, the heavens be filled > with Peace... > > tabhih santibhih sarva santibhih samaya moham yadiha... > Thus by means of Peace, altogether one with the means of Peace, Ignorance is > eliminated, Violence is eradicated, Improper Conduct is eradicated, Confusion > is eradicated, and all that is, is at Peace... > > and ends with > > om santih santih santih > > I could just read those two pages over and over and over. > > Jai Durga who eradicates confusion and brings peace ~ Linda > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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