Guest guest Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 ||Namah Shivaya|| Dear Sri Narsimha ji, I follow your teachings and lessons very closely and have been reflecting on beginning the Ganapati havan as per your teching and illustrations. However I live in a modern apartment in UK,with fire/smoke alrams; have no personal open ground or balcony. Is there an option I can explore with candle or small lamp and following your homam procedure. I will appreciate your views, please do forgive me if this is not an appropriate forum for this query and do ignore. Thanks and best wishes, Sharat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 Dear Sharat ji, I believe deepa homam can be performed with a deepam, with drops of oil offered into the deepam with mantras. However, compared to fire in regular homam, fire in a deepa homam is restricted and unfree. Thus, a regular homam is far more effective than a deepa homam. But, if you have no better choice, it can certainly be considered. Some people living in apartments in USA have performed Mahaganapathi homam, but I am not that familiar with UK. If you use dry coconut pieces only (i.e. no wood) and put the right amount of ghee, it actually generates hardly any smoke. However, that takes a little bit of practice. Doing the homam near a window and keeping the window open can also help. There is a smoke detector right next to the door (which is always kept open) of the room in which I do my daily homam at my house. It goes off very rarely. If Ganapathi wants you to worship Him in fire, He will show you the way. Best regards, Narasimha ------------------------------- Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam Spirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org ------------------------------- - " Sharat " <gidoc Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:32 AM Ganapati Havan/Homam > ||Namah Shivaya|| > > Dear Sri Narsimha ji, > > I follow your teachings and lessons very closely and have been > reflecting on beginning the Ganapati havan as per your teching and > illustrations. > However I live in a modern apartment in UK,with fire/smoke alrams; > have no personal open ground or balcony. Is there an option I can > explore with candle or small lamp and following your homam procedure. > > I will appreciate your views, please do forgive me if this is not an > appropriate forum for this query and do ignore. > > Thanks and best wishes, > > Sharat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 ||Namah Shiavaya|| Dear Narsimha ji, Namaskar Appreciate your comments which are very helpful. I hope Lord Ganesha shows me the way! Best wishes Sharat , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr wrote: > > Dear Sharat ji, > > I believe deepa homam can be performed with a deepam, with drops of oil > offered into the deepam with mantras. However, compared to fire in regular > homam, fire in a deepa homam is restricted and unfree. Thus, a regular homam > is far more effective than a deepa homam. > > But, if you have no better choice, it can certainly be considered. > > Some people living in apartments in USA have performed Mahaganapathi homam, > but I am not that familiar with UK. > > If you use dry coconut pieces only (i.e. no wood) and put the right amount > of ghee, it actually generates hardly any smoke. However, that takes a > little bit of practice. Doing the homam near a window and keeping the window > open can also help. > > There is a smoke detector right next to the door (which is always kept open) > of the room in which I do my daily homam at my house. It goes off very > rarely. > > If Ganapathi wants you to worship Him in fire, He will show you the way. > > Best regards, > Narasimha > ------------------------------- > Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam > Spirituality: > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org > ------------------------------- > > - > " Sharat " gidoc > > Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:32 AM > Ganapati Havan/Homam > > > > ||Namah Shivaya|| > > > > Dear Sri Narsimha ji, > > > > I follow your teachings and lessons very closely and have been > > reflecting on beginning the Ganapati havan as per your teching and > > illustrations. > > However I live in a modern apartment in UK,with fire/smoke alrams; > > have no personal open ground or balcony. Is there an option I can > > explore with candle or small lamp and following your homam procedure. > > > > I will appreciate your views, please do forgive me if this is not an > > appropriate forum for this query and do ignore. > > > > Thanks and best wishes, > > > > Sharat > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Dear Narasimha ji, Thank you very much for reply. I am also in the same situation. I am staying in an apartment in USA. Could you please elaborate how the people living in apartment in USA are doing? Is it through dry coconut pieces? Thanks and Regards, Kumar Ghanta , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr wrote: > > Dear Sharat ji, > > I believe deepa homam can be performed with a deepam, with drops of oil > offered into the deepam with mantras. However, compared to fire in regular > homam, fire in a deepa homam is restricted and unfree. Thus, a regular homam > is far more effective than a deepa homam. > > But, if you have no better choice, it can certainly be considered. > > Some people living in apartments in USA have performed Mahaganapathi homam, > but I am not that familiar with UK. > > If you use dry coconut pieces only (i.e. no wood) and put the right amount > of ghee, it actually generates hardly any smoke. However, that takes a > little bit of practice. Doing the homam near a window and keeping the window > open can also help. > > There is a smoke detector right next to the door (which is always kept open) > of the room in which I do my daily homam at my house. It goes off very > rarely. > > If Ganapathi wants you to worship Him in fire, He will show you the way. > > Best regards, > Narasimha > ------------------------------- > Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam > Spirituality: > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org > ------------------------------- > > - > " Sharat " <gidoc > > Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:32 AM > Ganapati Havan/Homam > > > > ||Namah Shivaya|| > > > > Dear Sri Narsimha ji, > > > > I follow your teachings and lessons very closely and have been > > reflecting on beginning the Ganapati havan as per your teching and > > illustrations. > > However I live in a modern apartment in UK,with fire/smoke alrams; > > have no personal open ground or balcony. Is there an option I can > > explore with candle or small lamp and following your homam procedure. > > > > I will appreciate your views, please do forgive me if this is not an > > appropriate forum for this query and do ignore. > > > > Thanks and best wishes, > > > > Sharat > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Dear Kumar ji, Yes, they use only dry coconut pieces. Wood definitely produces smoke. If you use dry coconut pieces mainly and pour small quantities of ghee, there is hardly any smoke during homam. Only when the fire finally goes away can there be a good amount of smoke. Imagine that you are stir-frying some vegetables in a bit of oil. If you put too much oil, oil will burn and produce smoke. If there isn't enough oil, vegetables will burn and produce smoke. If you balance vegetables and oil correctly, there will be no smoke and vegetables will be cooked well. However, in the cooking analogy, you abruptly turn off fire when the vegetables are ready. In a homam, you cannot do that. As long as the coconut piecess, sesame seeds etc are burning, you keep pouring drops of ghee at the right places to keep it burning smoothly. It is easy to avoid smoke. But, once you are done, the " end game " will produce some smoke. Instead of putting a whole or half coconut, put small dry coconut pieces. For example, if I put two 1.5 " x1.5 " pieces of dry coconut, they burn easily for 40 minutes. It is a good idea to start off with two or more pieces, so that one can help re-bring the fire in the other one if it goes away. After the fire is fully established, it is stable. In the beginning, when a piece just catches fire, the fire can go away. If there are two pieces, they can help each other (just as two spiritual aspirants can help each other in the beginning if one of them is wavering). Best regards, Narasimha ------------------------------- Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam Spirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org ------------------------------- - " kumar_gh_2000 " <kumar_gh_2000 Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:47 PM Re: Ganapati Havan/Homam > Dear Narasimha ji, > Thank you very much for reply. I am also in the same situation. I am > staying in an apartment in USA. Could you please elaborate how the > people living in apartment in USA are doing? Is it through dry > coconut pieces? > Thanks and Regards, > Kumar Ghanta > , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr > wrote: >> >> Dear Sharat ji, >> >> I believe deepa homam can be performed with a deepam, with drops of > oil >> offered into the deepam with mantras. However, compared to fire in > regular >> homam, fire in a deepa homam is restricted and unfree. Thus, a > regular homam >> is far more effective than a deepa homam. >> >> But, if you have no better choice, it can certainly be considered. >> >> Some people living in apartments in USA have performed > Mahaganapathi homam, >> but I am not that familiar with UK. >> >> If you use dry coconut pieces only (i.e. no wood) and put the right > amount >> of ghee, it actually generates hardly any smoke. However, that > takes a >> little bit of practice. Doing the homam near a window and keeping > the window >> open can also help. >> >> There is a smoke detector right next to the door (which is always > kept open) >> of the room in which I do my daily homam at my house. It goes off > very >> rarely. >> >> If Ganapathi wants you to worship Him in fire, He will show you the > way. >> >> Best regards, >> Narasimha >> ------------------------------- >> Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam >> Spirituality: >> Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net >> Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org >> Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org >> ------------------------------- >> >> - >> " Sharat " <gidoc >> >> Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:32 AM >> Ganapati Havan/Homam >> >> >> > ||Namah Shivaya|| >> > >> > Dear Sri Narsimha ji, >> > >> > I follow your teachings and lessons very closely and have been >> > reflecting on beginning the Ganapati havan as per your teching and >> > illustrations. >> > However I live in a modern apartment in UK,with fire/smoke alrams; >> > have no personal open ground or balcony. Is there an option I can >> > explore with candle or small lamp and following your homam > procedure. >> > >> > I will appreciate your views, please do forgive me if this is not > an >> > appropriate forum for this query and do ignore. >> > >> > Thanks and best wishes, >> > >> > Sharat >> > > > > > || Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Dear Narasimha ji, Thank you very much for detailed answer. I will do it very soon. Thanks once again. Kumar , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr wrote: > > Dear Kumar ji, > > Yes, they use only dry coconut pieces. Wood definitely produces smoke. If > you use dry coconut pieces mainly and pour small quantities of ghee, there > is hardly any smoke during homam. Only when the fire finally goes away can > there be a good amount of smoke. > > Imagine that you are stir-frying some vegetables in a bit of oil. If you put > too much oil, oil will burn and produce smoke. If there isn't enough oil, > vegetables will burn and produce smoke. If you balance vegetables and oil > correctly, there will be no smoke and vegetables will be cooked well. > > However, in the cooking analogy, you abruptly turn off fire when the > vegetables are ready. In a homam, you cannot do that. As long as the coconut > piecess, sesame seeds etc are burning, you keep pouring drops of ghee at the > right places to keep it burning smoothly. It is easy to avoid smoke. But, > once you are done, the " end game " will produce some smoke. > > Instead of putting a whole or half coconut, put small dry coconut pieces. > For example, if I put two 1.5 " x1.5 " pieces of dry coconut, they burn easily > for 40 minutes. It is a good idea to start off with two or more pieces, so > that one can help re-bring the fire in the other one if it goes away. After > the fire is fully established, it is stable. In the beginning, when a piece > just catches fire, the fire can go away. If there are two pieces, they can > help each other (just as two spiritual aspirants can help each other in the > beginning if one of them is wavering). > > Best regards, > Narasimha > ------------------------------- > Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam > Spirituality: > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org > ------------------------------- > > - > " kumar_gh_2000 " <kumar_gh_2000 > > Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:47 PM > Re: Ganapati Havan/Homam > > > > Dear Narasimha ji, > > Thank you very much for reply. I am also in the same situation. I am > > staying in an apartment in USA. Could you please elaborate how the > > people living in apartment in USA are doing? Is it through dry > > coconut pieces? > > Thanks and Regards, > > Kumar Ghanta > > , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr@> > > wrote: > >> > >> Dear Sharat ji, > >> > >> I believe deepa homam can be performed with a deepam, with drops of > > oil > >> offered into the deepam with mantras. However, compared to fire in > > regular > >> homam, fire in a deepa homam is restricted and unfree. Thus, a > > regular homam > >> is far more effective than a deepa homam. > >> > >> But, if you have no better choice, it can certainly be considered. > >> > >> Some people living in apartments in USA have performed > > Mahaganapathi homam, > >> but I am not that familiar with UK. > >> > >> If you use dry coconut pieces only (i.e. no wood) and put the right > > amount > >> of ghee, it actually generates hardly any smoke. However, that > > takes a > >> little bit of practice. Doing the homam near a window and keeping > > the window > >> open can also help. > >> > >> There is a smoke detector right next to the door (which is always > > kept open) > >> of the room in which I do my daily homam at my house. It goes off > > very > >> rarely. > >> > >> If Ganapathi wants you to worship Him in fire, He will show you the > > way. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Narasimha > >> ------------------------------- > >> Homam manual and audio: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam > >> Spirituality: > >> Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net > >> Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org > >> Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org > >> ------------------------------- > >> > >> - > >> " Sharat " <gidoc@> > >> > >> Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:32 AM > >> Ganapati Havan/Homam > >> > >> > >> > ||Namah Shivaya|| > >> > > >> > Dear Sri Narsimha ji, > >> > > >> > I follow your teachings and lessons very closely and have been > >> > reflecting on beginning the Ganapati havan as per your teching and > >> > illustrations. > >> > However I live in a modern apartment in UK,with fire/smoke alrams; > >> > have no personal open ground or balcony. Is there an option I can > >> > explore with candle or small lamp and following your homam > > procedure. > >> > > >> > I will appreciate your views, please do forgive me if this is not > > an > >> > appropriate forum for this query and do ignore. > >> > > >> > Thanks and best wishes, > >> > > >> > Sharat > >> > > > > > > > > > > || Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih || > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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