is this correct?

Shukla pakshe - starts from ponam (full moon) and
krishna pakshe - starts from bij ( new moon )Ardis Jackson <anandamama (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:
It is krishna pakshe (dark fortnight). Waning. Started on April 5.
From: "Dan" <dhkerrmail (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>Reply-To:
Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) comDate: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 22:29:49 -0000To:
Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) comSubject: [Devi_Mandir] Re: Kavach
I've had many intense dreams so far. None of Shree Maa and Swamiji;
but a dream of my old yoga teachers.I'm interested to find out why
people chant this massive text; from my own experience.I'd like to
get some help slaying negative thoughts.And I could use some
'armor!'danps: anyone know if it's still sukla? Is it waxing or
waning and what's the waning term?--- In Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com,
"Latha Nanda" <lathananda@y...> wrote:> How are we all doing on the
Kavach ....> > Here is one word that is repeated over and over again
and that word > is "raksha" which means "protection". Of course it
comes with > different case endings in Sanskrit - raksha, rakshen,
rakshed, > rakshech etc... If anyone is familiar with the case
endings for > Raksha , it will be great if you can share with us.> >
Well, I am chanting the Kavach as part of this group
sankalpa. I was > thinking that we should each measure our own
progress with our own > yardsticks . And I would love to know what
each of you hope to get > out of the one week per chapter> > For me,
personally, it is> > 1) Chant the chapter atleast once a day> 2)
Memorize ATLEAST one verse from the chapter. So at the end of the >
week, if I am asked what I got out of the Kavach - I can say ..."oh >
I know this verse ..."> 3) Learn as much of the vocabulary of the
Kavach as possible . It is > particularly suited to knowing the parts
of the body in sanskrit . > For example - Chibukum means chin, bahu
means arms etc ...> 4) And personally very ambitious - to get to
write atleast one of > the verses in sanskrit .> > > What do you hope
to get out of the week of Kavach ? Please do share > with the forum.
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Dear Sanju,

Shukla pakshe is the fortnight that ENDS with the full moon.
And Krishna pakshe is the fortnight that ENDS with the new moon.


So in other words, the first day AFTER new moon, is the first day of
the bright fortnight which is shukla pakshe.

Similarly for Krishna Pakshe, is the first AFTER purnima and
continues for the fortnight and ends in amavasya/new moon.

JAI MAA
Latha




--- In Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Sanjay Dhokiya <sdhokiya@y...>
wrote:
>
> is this correct?
>
> Shukla pakshe - starts from ponam (full moon) and
> krishna pakshe - starts from bij ( new moon )
>
> Ardis Jackson <anandamama@e...> wrote:
> It is krishna pakshe (dark fortnight). Waning. Started on April
5.
>
> From: "Dan" <dhkerrmail@y...>
> Reply-To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 22:29:49 -0000
> To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
> Subject: [Devi_Mandir] Re: Kavach
>
>
> I've had many intense dreams so far. None of Shree Maa and
Swamiji;
> but a dream of my old yoga teachers.
> I'm interested to find out why people chant this massive text;
from
> my own experience.
> I'd like to get some help slaying negative thoughts.
> And I could use some 'armor!'
> dan
>
> ps: anyone know if it's still sukla? Is it waxing or waning and
> what's the waning term?
>
>
> --- In Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Latha Nanda"
<lathananda@y...>
> wrote:
> > How are we all doing on the Kavach ....
> >
> > Here is one word that is repeated over and over again and that
word
> > is "raksha" which means "protection". Of course it comes with
> > different case endings in Sanskrit - raksha, rakshen, rakshed,
> > rakshech etc... If anyone is familiar with the case endings for
> > Raksha , it will be great if you can share with us.
> >
> > Well, I am chanting the Kavach as part of this group sankalpa. I
> was
> > thinking that we should each measure our own progress with our
own
> > yardsticks . And I would love to know what each of you hope to
get
> > out of the one week per chapter
> >
> > For me, personally, it is
> >
> > 1) Chant the chapter atleast once a day
> > 2) Memorize ATLEAST one verse from the chapter. So at the end of
> the
> > week, if I am asked what I got out of the Kavach - I can
say ..."oh
> > I know this verse ..."
> > 3) Learn as much of the vocabulary of the Kavach as possible .
It
> is
> > particularly suited to knowing the parts of the body in
sanskrit .
> > For example - Chibukum means chin, bahu means arms etc ...
> > 4) And personally very ambitious - to get to write atleast one
of
> > the verses in sanskrit .
> >
> >
> > What do you hope to get out of the week of Kavach ? Please do
share
> > with the forum.
>
>
>
>
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No. Shukla Pakshe is the bright fortnight. It starts with the first
day after the New Moon and runs for 15 days to Purnima (the Full
Moon). This is the waxing of the moon, the moon is getting bigger.
The Krishna Pakshe is the dark fortnight. It starts with the first
day after Purnima and runs for 15 days to Amavasya, the new moon.
This is the waning of the moon, the moon is getting smaller.
From: Sanjay Dhokiya <sdhokiya (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
Reply-To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 18:53:45 +0100 (BST)
To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: Re: [Devi_Mandir] Re: Kavach

is this correct?
Shukla pakshe - starts from ponam (full moon) and
krishna pakshe - starts from bij ( new moon )
Ardis Jackson <anandamama (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:
It is krishna pakshe (dark fortnight). Waning. Started on April 5.
From: "Dan" <dhkerrmail (AT) yahoo (DOT) com>
Reply-To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 22:29:49 -0000
To: Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: [Devi_Mandir] Re: Kavach
I've had many intense dreams so far. None of Shree Maa and Swamiji;
but a dream of my old yoga teachers.
I'm interested to find out why people chant this massive text; from
my own experience.
I'd like to get some help slaying negative thoughts.
And I could use some 'armor!'
dan
ps: anyone know if it's still sukla? Is it waxing or waning and
what's the waning term?
--- In Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda@y...>
wrote:
> How are we all doing on the Kavach ....
>
> Here is one word that is repeated over and over again and that word
> is "raksha" which means "protection". Of course it comes with
> different case endings in Sanskrit - raksha, rakshen, rakshed,
> rakshech etc... If anyone is familiar with the case endings for
> Raksha , it will be great if you can share with us.
>
> Well, I am chanting the Kavach as part of this group sankalpa. I
was
> thinking that we should each measure our own progress with our own
> yardsticks . And I would love to know what each of you hope to get
> out of the one week per chapter
>
> For me, personally, it is
>
> 1) Chant the chapter atleast once a day
> 2) Memorize ATLEAST one verse from the chapter. So at the end of
the
> week, if I am asked what I got out of the Kavach - I can say ..."oh
> I know this verse ..."
> 3) Learn as much of the vocabulary of the Kavach as possible . It
is
> particularly suited to knowing the parts of the body in sanskrit .
> For example - Chibukum means chin, bahu means arms etc ...
> 4) And personally very ambitious - to get to write atleast one of
> the verses in sanskrit .
>
>
> What do you hope to get out of the week of Kavach ? Please do share
> with the forum.
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Hi all. I've been in the background trying to learn Kavach. (I'm very
excited to have been exposed to Chandi Path which I believe has plenty
to keep me occupied for this lifetime, at least)

I recently was taught Gayatri Mantra by a mantra teacher, and it was
quite a revelation. The correct meter, articulation and intonation
combine to produce the vibration which does not occur scientifically if
all three are not present (IMHO). I realized that much of my Kirtan
activities,etc. were foolery. It's the old business of trying to do
something and actually doing it. (I realize also intention is VERY
important). This teacher explained that mantra is an ORAL TRADITION.

The way we were taught this single 32 beat mantra was by repeating a
single word back to teacher, one by one, until a phrase was built, then
repeating single phrase-then next phrase, etc. At the end of 1/2 hour
we were all actually chanting a credible Gayatri.

Would it be possible to take Chandi CD and develop a learning CD or
CD's. Would dovetail nicely with Swamiji's study guides. It might go
something like this: 1st word space 2nd word space; 1st two words
space or whatever--1st phrase space etc. So we have a chance to repeat
after teacher. I believe each line could be logged as a separate"
number", so that it could be looped on playback-or several lines could
be construed as a playlist.

My experience was that the learning speeds up exponentially in this way.

I'm unfamiliar with sound editing, but I'm told it's very easy with the
right software. If we divided the labor, we might be able to approach
the oral tradition's teaching methods.

Namaste-Larry