To Linda (and all) about the Mother Earth Sankalpa

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

Linda, in an effort to lighten your load i have copied below the

Mother Earth sankalpa info i saved from Shree Maa's original posts.

i don't see any conflict with Amma as She also told us to pray for

the welfare of Mother Earth. this vow has been a great blessing!

 

MOTHER EARTH SANKALPA

Take a sankalpa to pray to one or more or all the planets with japa

and/or homa as per your capacity and the following system. You can

do it in one asana, in one day or in one week or on the day of the

planet or in a month or over time--as you like. It is your sankalpa.

Just complete the sankalpa this year as an offering to Earth Mother.

 

Surya - Sunday

Chandra - Monday

Mangal - Tuesday

Buddha - Wednesday

Brihaspati - Thursday

Sukra - Friday

Sani - Saturday

Rahu/Ketu - any day

 

Surya

Om Hrim Hrim Suraya Namah

6,000 japa - that means 60 malas with Om Hrim Hrim Suraya Namah

and/or 600 homa oblations - that means 6 malas at the fire with Om

Hrim Hrim Suraya Swaha. japa should be done with fingers facing up.

 

Chandra

Om Aim Klim Somaya Namah

15,000 japa - that means 150 malas with Om Aim Klim Somaya Namah

and/or 1,500 homa oblations - that means 15 malas at the fire with

Om Aim Klim Somaya Swaha. Japa done with fingers facing down.

 

Mangala

Om Hum Srim Mangalaya Namah

8,000 japa - that means 80 malas with Om Hum Srim Mangalaya Namah

and/or 800 homa oblations - that means 8 malas at the fire with Om

Hum Srim Mangalaya Swaha. Japa done with fingers facing up.

 

Buddha

Om Aim Strim Srim Buddhaya Namah

17,000 japa - that means 170 malas with Om Aim Strim Srim Buddhaya

Namah and/or 1,700 homa oblations - that means 17 malas at the fire

with Om Aim Strim Srim Buddhaya Swaha. Japa done with fingers facing

sideways.

 

Brihaspati

Om Hrim Klim Hum Brihaspataye Namah

19,000 japa - that means 190 malas with Om Hrim Klim Hum

Brihaspataye Namah and/or 1,900 homa - that means 19 malas at the

fire with Om Hrim Klim Hum Brhaspataye Swaha. Japa done with

fingers facing sideways.

 

Sukra

Om Hrim Srim Sukraya Namah

21,000 japa - that means 210 malas with Om Hrim Srim Sukraya Namah

and/or 2,100 homa oblations - that means 21 malas at the fire with

Om Hrim Srim Sukraya Swaha. Japa done with fingers facing sideways.

 

Sani

Om Aim Hrim Srim Sanaiscaraya Namah

10,000 japa - that means 100 malas with Om Aim Hrim Srim

Sanaiscaraya Namah and/or 1,000 homa oblations - that means 10 malas

at the fire with Om Aim Hrim Srim Sanaiscaraya Swaha. Japa done

with fingers facing up.

 

Rahu

Om Aim Hrim Rahave Namah

12,000 japa - that means 120 malas with Om Aim Hrim Rahave Namah

and/or 1,200 homa oblations - that means 12 malas at the fire with

Om Aim Hrim Rahave Swaha. Japa done with fingers facing up.

 

Ketu

Om Hrim Aim Ketave Namah

12,000 japa - that means 120 malas with Om Hrim Aim Ketave Namah

and/or 1,200 homa oblations - that means 12 malas at the fire with

Om Hrim Aim Ketave Swaha. Japa done with fingers facing down.

 

JAI MA

 

 

 

Ammachi, nierika wrote:

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> Adriane wrote:

>

> These passages were really interesting. I did not know of the

Chandi

> Path. What is that?...

>

> But I am wanting to know and read more on Hinduism. It is so rich

> and full of beautiful, magnificent stories. What would be a good

> book to read? I have read the Bhagavad Gita. I studied Eastern

> Religions waaaay back when I was in college and it made so much

> sense to me. Then I got into hatha yoga.

>

> But what else would be good to read? I think of the Gopis longing

> for Krishna and as a woman, could relate so well to those times

in

> my life when I had been in love and longing for "him." All of

that

> longing was in vain! It was for my "real" Beloved!

>

>

> Dear Adriane ~ Here is the description of the Chandi Path on Shree

Maa's

> website :::hiding behind my protective Goddess Armor, just in

case:::

>

> "The Chandi Path is the story of how She manifests in the lives

of devotees

> to facilitate the recapture of divine authority from the demonic

forces, to

> fill our lives with love, respect, devotion and a sense of

meaningful

> purpose. In studying the Chandi Path we learn how to create a

balance between Two

> Little and Too Much, how to surrender the arrogance of the Great

Ego, and how

> to cut through the selfishness of Self Conceit and Self

Deprecation. Also

> included are the Prayoga and Upasamhara Pujas."

>

> I wish I could personally put the entire text of the Chandi into

the word

> file I will be creating in our files section, but just

putting "The Armor

> of the Goddess" is a bit daunting, and

> I have committed to do at least that much, since I received a

request to do

> so. There will be a post in the next digest about how I am going

to proceed

> with this.

>

> In terms of other things to read, there are, of course, so many

wonderful

> books on Amma's website. The one other book I would highly

recommend (also

> available from Shree Maa's website) is the "Cosmic Puja." I have

only started

> reading this, but it is a scriptural text and puja that not only

relates to the

> Goddess, but is also a prayer for the healing of Mother Earth.

There is also

> a lovely Ganesh puja incorporated into the "Cosmic Puja."

>

> Here is what the blurb on the Shree Maa site says about

the "Cosmic Puja."

> Derived from the Chandi Path, the Cosmic Puja describes methods

of worship

> the Divine Mother in her forms as Mahalakshmi, Mahasarasavati and

Mahakali.

> Included is the "Panch Devata Puja," the worship of the five

divisions of the

> Hindu Dharma: Shiva, Shakti, Vishu, Ganesh, and the nine planets.

Other pujas,

> not widely available, are the Yantra Puja, Agni Prajvalitam

(enkindling of

> sacred fire), Nyasas of Matrika, Bahya Matrika and many more.

>

> Even though, as it says, it derives from the Chandi, there are

other

> elements, like the Ganesh puja, which are not in the Chandi.

Also, the mention of

> the 9 Planets is quite significant, especially for healing. My

sister asked her

> guru what she should do to help get better, and he said, "Recite

the 9

> Planets Mantras." (Okay ~ if anyone wants me to post these, I

will also put these

> up on the Files page.)

>

> I know the Chandi Path is available both at Shree Maa's bookstore

and on

> Amazon.com.

> And before anybody lobs any verbal missiles at me for mentioning

Shree Maa,

> let me just say, these texts do not belong to any one guru. They

are ancient

> Hindu texts, and they belong to everyone. If you visit Shree

Maa's website

> (and then click on bookstore on the left side listing), you will

find many more

> wonderful books. Most of these are pujas. I recommend the

Beginner Pujas at

> first for anyone who is interested. Here is the link:

> _http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/_

(http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/)

>

> Again, these texts are ancient and belong to everyone. Jai all

gurus for

> their unique contributions to our lives ~ Linda P.S. Of course,

there also all

> the wonderful books by Linda Johnsen. If you do a search under

author on

> Amazon.com, you will see the wonderful books she has contributed.

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