Simple mental puja

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Tiina Agur

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:47 PM

RBSC : Simple mental puja

 

 

Dear Friends, Kariji's link to instructions for a simple puja made me

remember another, a really nice one:

"Imagine holding the Divine Mother's hand and bathing Her by pouring

water over Her. Picture the water falling on all parts of Her body

and running down. All the while, call out to Her, 'Mother, Mother!'

and visualise Her form. Imagine doing abhisheka (ceremonial bath)

with milk, honey, ghee, sandal paste and rose water, one after the

other. When these substances flow down Her body, visualise each part

of Her form, from head to foot. Talk to Her, and pray to Her. After

bathing Her thus, dry Her body with a cloth. Drape a silk sari around

Her. Adorn Her with ornaments. Put a vermilion mark on Her forehead.

Put anklets on Her. Put a garland on Her neck and enjoy Her beauty.

Now do archana (worship) with flowers. Take the flower, which

represents your mind, and imagine offering its petals, one by one, at

Her feet. Or imagine offering your vasanas (negative tendencies) in a

fire burning in front of Her. After the archana, offer Her the

payasam (sweet rice pudding) of your love. Picture that you are doing

arati (waving of burning camphor) for Her, and see each part of Her

body shining brilliantly in the light of the flame. In the end,

imagine that you are circumambulating Mother. All the while keep

praying to Her. Try to do all this with pure love. Then your mind

will not wander anywhere.

"Children, if you just sit down thinking, 'I am going to start

meditating now,' the form won't appear in your mind. You'll only sit

there with your eyes closed, and after a while you'll remember, 'Oh!

I'm supposed to be meditating!' So when you sit for meditation, begin

by crying out to God, 'Oh God, won't You come into my heart? I cannot

see You without Your help. You are my only refuge!' Picture your

beloved deity standing in front of you. Then, after a while, His or

Her form will shine clearly in your mind."

"Look at the sky and try to visualise the form of your beloved deity

there. Try to imagine that He or She is moving with you. Try to see

your beloved deity's face in the moon or imagine that the moon is the

face of the Divine Mother or of Krishna or Rama. As the wind blows,

try to feel that it is the gentle caress of your beloved deity. Look

into the water and visualise the smiling face of your beloved deity

there. You can imagine that your beloved deity is calling you near,

hugging you, kissing you, caressing you, blessing you, and then

hiding in the clouds and coming out again a little later. By this

kind of imagination you go deeper and deeper into your own

consciousness. You enshrine His or Her form within your heart. You

open up more and more, and you get closer and closer to your own

Self."

Amma

 

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Tiina

 

 

 

 

 

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