Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Namaste, I happened to be at a Sudarsana homam performed by a local priest at the house of some friends in North Carolina. The priest made a mistake which made me realize that others may be making that mistake too! That priest performed the homam with a small fire in a big rectangular aluminum tray. Of course, I had my copper homa kundam with me and had just performed a homam before going there and my host too had a copper homa kundam with him and either of us would've been happy to bring the homa kundam and lend it to the priest for the ritual. But the priest just performed in an alumimum tray, which is not ideal. But that is not the mistake I am referring to. He offered a full dry coconut and some grains as poornaahuti. Though dry coconut burns well if it catches fire, this gentleman dropped it away from the fire and it did not catch fire. The grains also did not burn. The food he offered before poornaahuti was also too much for the fire and did not burn. Had the full coconut caught fire, there would have been a big fire and everything would have probably burnt. But it didn't and a lot was left unburnt. It is in general not good if something offered in homa kundam does not burn, especially poornaahuti. Make sure that your poornaahuti burns. If you offer a dry coconut or a dry coconut half or a dry coconut piece in poornaahuti, make sure that it is in contact with fire (so that it catches fire). If you offer a regular coconut (advisable only if you have a big homa kundam and a big fire), make sure you pour enough ghee on it so that it catches fire completely. In any case, the poornaahuti needs to be burn fully. If poornaahuti or some other offerings don't burn fully, it is fine to burn it on the next day by performing homam in the same homa kundam. You can continue doing homam daily without emptying the homa kundam of the ashes from the previous day. But, if you do a one-off homam like that priest, make sure that your poornaahuti burns fully. When you are in front of a fire and making an offering, some of your karmas are brought to the top of the "pile of karmas" for burning. If you make the offering in fire properly with a decent mental focus, most of that karma burns and what is left for experiencing is minimal. On the other hand, if you make an offering and it does not burn, you brought out a karma to the top of the pile and it did not burn. You now have to face it! If you are one with a *perfect* sense of surrender who can take *anything* with an equal vision, all this is inapplicable. But, if you are still trying to get there and doing homam to help you get there, this is quite applicable. Best regards,NarasimhaDo a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homamDo Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpanaSpirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.netFree Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.orgSri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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