Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 JAI MA!JUST GOT OF OFF THE PHONE WITH our beloved brother michael and darling child of AMMA and he informed AMMAs sun that AMMAs picture along with other divine beings such as GHANDI AND MARTIN LUTHER KINGS have been drawn on the walls of richmond cali.he told me that they just have to fill them in with the paint which will be complete before scholl is out. AMMAs sun just got off the phone with tyrone who is supervising the team that will draw AMMA in this childs neighborhood and he is suppossed to be showing this child sketches and giving paint estimates. AMMAs image is on the walls of richmonds ghettos.JAI MA! A BIG GIANT TEAR IS WALING UP IN THIS HEART. AMMA has reached the hood, now we must follow our MOTHER as we follow HER WHEREVER SHE GOES. >nierika >Ammachi >Ammachi > Re: To joanna about Manasa Puja >Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:42:56 EST > > > >Joanna wrote: > >In Manasa Puja one is to visualize a triangle and bindu in it , which >direction should the triangle be pointing ? the point towards a person or >a base ? > > > >Dear Joanna ~ the triangle and bindu, which comprise the yantra are >"drawn" >so that the top of the triangle points North. From the picture I have, it >appe >ars that the devotee also faces North. > >Traditionally, the yantra is "drawn," You can "draw" the yantra with drops >of water or sandle paste on any surface (so, of course, if you are doing >your >puja on your rug, you might want to have a special cloth, or even a piece >of >paper on which to draw the yantra. Here are the instructions for drawing >the >yantra as provided in the Chandi Path: "Draw the yantra with some drops of >water and/or sandal paste at the front of your seat. Place a flower or a >bindu >(again drawn with water, sandle paste, etc.) in the middle. > >Here is a way to see a wonderful diagram of "an example of how you could >organize all the items for your puja." >Go to this page: _/_ >(/) >Next click on the "Files" link in the box to the left side of the text and >picture. >Next click on "Beginner Shiva Puja" (click the text, not the folder) >Inside the folder are some more links and picture files. Click on the >picture file "pujajpg" > >Then you will have a wonderful diagram of a way to set up an altar with all >the items you need for a puja: Items for your altar like a picture or idol >of >your beloved guru or Diety or the Diety to whom you are offering the puja, >your incense, your candle or oil lamp, and the yantra. The diagram also >shows >where you might place flowers and other items to be offered; the water >pot, >and where your Asan (where you sit) is. It's a great diagram and makes >everything so clear. But like the bold above says, it's "an example..." > >If you want to find out more about how and when to use these items and the >abc's of doing a puja, come back out of the "pujajpg" and on the same page, >click on the text >"Beginner Puja.doc Though it appears to be a word file, it is actually >a >pdf file, but you can print it out. I'm printing out a few pages at a time >because there 66 pages. For some reason when I printed out the first 10 or >so, >the diagram I mention above printed out as part of the document, but if >you >are looking at the document on your computer, it doesn't appear, so that >is >why you'd have to go to the "pujajpg" file. > >I am curious because I may have missed a digest. What is the Manasa Puja? A >year ago, I never would have believed that I would have the strength to do >a >puja, but recently, for Mahashivaratri, I did the "Shiva Puja Beginner" >(Shree Maa Bookstore), and I did the whole puja. I was exstatic. Perhaps I >won't >be able to do longer pujas, but just to know that I do have the capacity to >do >some amount of worship makes me very happy. BTW, the "Beginner Puja.doc" >was >the result of an in-digest class on the Shiva Puja Beginner, with the goal >of >having everyone learn the basic steps in the process of any puja. So even >though it is about that one, it can be used as a guide for any puja. > >Jai Ma ~ Linda > > > > > _______________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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