Guest guest Posted January 3, 2000 Report Share Posted January 3, 2000 Salon, The following was published by M on his Aham list. It is reprinted with permission. (Thank you.) Photos are in the files section, with the link at the end. Enjoy! Jerry ---------------------------- Aham, Some of you had wanted to see my home puja (worship) shrine. The first pic is of the whole puja. If you scan down to the second picture, you will see that the left side of the puja has two tiers. The first tier has a picture of Shri Gurudev. The white container contains kum-kum from Shanti Mandir. This kum-kum was used during the 9 day festival of the Devi, the Goddess, called Navratri. The stones you see are pure crystals. They have been extracted from a sacred piece of ground, and the only human hands to handle them to any extent have been mine. They resonate with the Pure Knowledge of Self, and my personal resonance as well. They are special and sacred. On the tier below that contains the representations of Lord Shiva. The small stone in the front is the Shiva linga. This linga is very special as well. Given to me by my father, he said a holy man gave it to him twenty years ago, and that it was not for him, but he would know who it was for when the time came. When he handed me the stone, he said he was the keeper, but I was the one who owned it. It is a natural linga, the most powerful, with the three lines of Shiva's three primary acts naturally ingraved on it. It has a series of unbroken circles which represnent eternity. It is one of a kind. The linga represents the formles absolute, Paramashiva. Behind it lies the Shiva Nataraj or Dancing Shiva. This represents the world as the dance of the Lord. The picture of the Devi represents the power of Lord Shiva, His Divine Shakti that manifests the world process. Above that is Lord Ganesh, the power of the Lord to remove obstacles. He is the Lord of categories, residing in the Muladhara, he is the essence through which all subsequent attainment in sadhana is possible. Beside Ganesh is the Divine symbol Om. It represents the Nada or Shabda, the dynamic essence of the world process. The third picture contains the heart of the puja. It contains the pictures of Shri Nityananda, Shri Muktananda, and Guruji. Below that is another pic of the Bhagavan, and to either side is a pic of the Bhagavan and Baba Muktananda. On the left is a brass bucket which holds the hand rolled incense from India. This stuff is exquisite. Beside the bucket is a piece of a coconut from a Yagna fire ceremony conducted by the Brahmin priest at the ashram. After the incence is burned during arati, it is placed in the piece of coconut until it is offered up the next day with a coffee and fruit offering, and is then received as prasad. It is now holy or sacred ash. The green container beside that holds more of the kum-kum from the Navratri celebration. The container was made by my little girl at school. The brass container beside that holds ash that has been consecrated and received as prasad. It is sacred ash. The bowl is the arati platter which is waved before the puja during arati. To the right of the platter is my incence burner. The small crystal container beside that contains holy water that has been consecrated. The brass bell is the bell used during arati. The small shot glass is used to hold the coffee that is offered up to the Bhagavan. The shell and coral were gifts given to me by a close yogi friend Martin. They are from the island of Hawaii. In front of all of that is my yogi shawl, which I got from Shanti Mandir. It was present for many arati ceremonies in front of the Bhagavan murti at the ashram, as well as many ceremonies in front of the Muktananda puja. It was also used for a yagna fire ceremony. Guruji personally held and blessed the shawl, as well as the Shiva Nataraj. To the far left of all of this is my white asana used for sitting during my devotionals. You can also see a few texts and some devotional tapes. I hope you have enjoyed sharing with my my very special and personal home puja shrine. Gurubhakti M NondualitySalon/Puja/ _ NONDUALITY SALON WEBSITE http://www.nonduality.com http://welcome.to/nondualitysalon MAILING LIST //nondualitysalon HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MAILING LIST //ndhighlights PHOTOS, GRAPHICS, ARTWORK, OTHER FILES NondualitySalon/ NONDUAL PEOPLE http://www.nonduality.com/morea.htm NONDUAL DELIGHTS http://www.nonduality.com/context.htm CHAT ROOM http://www.eScribe.com/religion/nondualitysalon/chat New to Chat? http://dragon.minopher.net.au/WebEd/protocol.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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