Guest guest Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Namaskar Diepak, There are several different methods of using fingers in japa. For example pulling the beads inwards it to draw something to you. Moving the beads outwards is for removing something like diesease, negativity, adversity, etc. Depending on the tradition, there are people who do not use gomukhi bags for counting japa but there are also many other traditions that do. If you know a pujari or priest near your home, please consult him. Maybe you can get a bigger copper vessel and cut the both openings of the japa bag to make them bigger so pulling the beads would be easier. Shall respond futher to you later. I'm typing with one eye open today (right eye cornea is scratched and I look like a bandit with a patch over it). Om Shree Gurudev Namaha Simone , Diepak Mehtani <diepakm> wrote: > Thanks Kariji for replying so promptly, > From what you said it appears clearly that you don't use gomukhi bag or any utensil with cloth to cover the Jaapa Mala while doing Jaapa i.e you do jaapa using your Holy Rudraksha Mala in the open. Am I right? > > While starting to do Jaapa, initially you allow to rest the Meru Bead on your middle finger and then start doing Jaapa by pulling the first bead adjacent to the Meru towards yourself or you initially allow the first bead adjacent to the Meru to rest on your middle finger and start doing Jaapa counting that bead that is resting on your middle finger. > > When doing Jaapa one needs to count the bead after each pull towards our self after the Mantra chanting or one need not count the bead because it is obvious that I having a 27+1 Holy Rudraksha Mala starting from first bead adjacent to the Meru and ending at the last bead just before the Meru have completed the 27 count of Mantra. > > Also the first bead to be counted should be same all the time i.e on both side of the Meru bead there are one adjacent bead each which can be a starting point for the Jaapa.So the question is that whether any one of the bead as mentioned above be made the starting bead randomly or the bead which has been made the starting bead for the first time remains the starting bead for the lifetime. > > Thanks and Pranaams > > D.Mehtani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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