Guest guest Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Jai Maa, beloved didi, Ramyaji! The explanation of the 5 Principles is simply beautiful! :<) Your sister dissolving in Maa's Love, muktimaa , "n_ramya108" <n_ramya108 wrote: > > Namaste Everybody, > > Today is new moon and it is tuesday. > > It says in Kali Puja book page 107, that "Whoever will worship on the Tuesday night of the > New Moon, offering the five principles to the Great Foremost She Who Takes Away the > Darkness, the Supreme Goddes of the 3 Worlds, > and recite these 100 names, actually becomes a manifestation of She Who Takes Away > Darkness, and knows no obstacles from anywhere in the three worlds." > > These are verses 30 and 31 of the Kali 100 names stotram. All the names are so beautiful! > Please do read them when you have a chance. New Moon is a great time to worship Kaali > Maa. She is dark - and She takes away all our darkness and shows us the light! Jai Kaali > Maa! > > Swamiji explains the "5 principles" in the verse above in a very beautiful way - He shows > us how we can all offer these 5 principles as we recite Kali's 100 names. > > The 5 principles are the 5 M's: Maach, Maamsa, Madira, Mudra, Maithuna. > > Maach (fish) moves about the Ganga and Jamuna, the ida and pingala in our body as we do > pranaayam. So we make this offering by doing pranaayam while we chant. > > We offer mamsa (meat) by controlling our senses and focussing our attention on the > divine, on our chanting, on the fire. > > We offer madira (literally wine) -- the wine we offer in the nectar of our pure devotion. > > Mudra means parched grain and this is offered in fire sacrifice - it stands for offering the > fruit of our karmas. > > Maithuna is the rising of the kundalini from the mooladhara to the sahasra chakra. > > This is my understanding of the five principles based on what Swamiji explained and i pray > that i have understood correctly! Hope this helps to make your Kali puja even more > beautiful! Thank you! > > Jai MAA! Jai Swamiji! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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