Guest guest Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Dear Narasimha, Namaskar. Thank you for so patiently and eloquently answering all of my questions. As per your suggestion I have moved the Puja room out of my basement. If you have a free moment I do have a technical question for you: Does the injunction not to cross the Meru bead when doing Japa apply to just one " session " ? Say a person does 3 malas of a certain mantra every day. After the first round the person must turn back and so on. I understand this. But does one have to remember on which side of the mala he finished so he can start on that side of the mala on the next day? If yes, what is the best way of remembering? I myself attach a paper clip on the side I finish with so I know to start on that side the very next day or for a different session on the same day. I hope I am being at least somewhat clear. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Namaste, >>> Does the injunction not to cross the Meru bead when doing Japa apply >>>to just one "session" ? Yes.>>>But does one have to remember on which side of the >>>mala he finished so he can start on that side of the mala on the next >>day? No. RegardsRavisbm_sharma <sbm_sharma Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:25:55 AM Crossing The Meru Bead Dear Narasimha, Namaskar. Thank you for so patiently and eloquently answering all of my questions. As per your suggestion I have moved the Puja room out of my basement. If you have a free moment I do have a technical question for you: Does the injunction not to cross the Meru bead when doing Japa apply to just one "session" ? Say a person does 3 malas of a certain mantra every day. After the first round the person must turn back and so on. I understand this. But does one have to remember on which side of the mala he finished so he can start on that side of the mala on the next day? If yes, what is the best way of remembering? I myself attach a paper clip on the side I finish with so I know to start on that side the very next day or for a different session on the same day. I hope I am being at least somewhat clear. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Narasimha acknowledges the tradition of reversing the mala, but, advises us not to be bogged down. Mala is part of external practice and is of less importance than the intention itself. In your case keeping the tradition limit to session is the simplest solution. I suggest you to not to complicate. Don't force yourself to do it even number of times. If you ask technically, if there is a way to mark the first beed, then you can note down which direction you ended in a session and then resume the reverse in the next session. This how ever, is a overhead which you may not really want. Best regards, Vijay , " sbm_sharma " <sbm_sharma wrote: > > Dear Narasimha, > > Namaskar. > > Thank you for so patiently and eloquently answering all of my > questions. As per your suggestion I have moved the Puja room out of > my basement. > > If you have a free moment I do have a technical question for you: > > Does the injunction not to cross the Meru bead when doing Japa apply > to just one " session " ? Say a person does 3 malas of a certain mantra > every day. After the first round the person must turn back and so on. > I understand this. But does one have to remember on which side of the > mala he finished so he can start on that side of the mala on the next > day? > > If yes, what is the best way of remembering? I myself attach a paper > clip on the side I finish with so I know to start on that side the > very next day or for a different session on the same day. > > I hope I am being at least somewhat clear. > > Thank you. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Thank you all! , " Vijaya Kumara Lakshmi Narayana Rao Pingali " <pvklnrao wrote: > > Narasimha acknowledges the tradition of reversing the mala, but, > advises us not to be bogged down. Mala is part of external practice > and is of less importance than the intention itself. > > In your case keeping the tradition limit to session is the simplest > solution. I suggest you to not to complicate. Don't force yourself to > do it even number of times. > > If you ask technically, if there is a way to mark the first beed, then > you can note down which direction you ended in a session and then > resume the reverse in the next session. This how ever, is a overhead > which you may not really want. > > Best regards, > Vijay > > , " sbm_sharma " <sbm_sharma@> > wrote: > > > > Dear Narasimha, > > > > Namaskar. > > > > Thank you for so patiently and eloquently answering all of my > > questions. As per your suggestion I have moved the Puja room out of > > my basement. > > > > If you have a free moment I do have a technical question for you: > > > > Does the injunction not to cross the Meru bead when doing Japa apply > > to just one " session " ? Say a person does 3 malas of a certain > mantra > > every day. After the first round the person must turn back and so > on. > > I understand this. But does one have to remember on which side of > the > > mala he finished so he can start on that side of the mala on the > next > > day? > > > > If yes, what is the best way of remembering? I myself attach a paper > > clip on the side I finish with so I know to start on that side the > > very next day or for a different session on the same day. > > > > I hope I am being at least somewhat clear. > > > > Thank you. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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