Mahaganapathi homam update (short & super-short procedures)

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Dear Narasimhaji,

 

You are rendering a very great service to Jyotish with the Jagannath Hora

Software which has benifitted scores of students/researchers of Jyotish

 

Thanks for this offering too ( which will certainly be of help to householders

who cannot afford costly Homams)

 

May Ganeshji bless you with Riddhi ,Siddhi and remove all obstacles in your

path

 

Carry on your good work Sir

 

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David Hawthorne <david wrote:

Dear Narasimha:

 

Thank you very much for taking the time to create and share this knowledge

with the rest of us.

 

I am sure many of us appreciate your efforts and contribution.

 

Best wishes to you and yours...

 

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Fairfield, IA 52556

 

 

On

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Monday, December 31, 2007 12:03 PM

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Mahaganapathi homam update (short & super-short

procedures)

 

Namaste friends,

 

The latest version of " Sri Mahaganapathi Homam Manual: Laghu Paddhati (Short

Procedure) " is available at the link below. The procedure has been

fine-tuned some more for a better results and some explanations have also

been refined.

 

Also, a super-short procedure with bare minimum mantras is included as an

appendix, as per the advice of my guru. The short procedure taught earlier

was still too complicated for many people and contains several Sanskrita

mantras, some from Veda. The newer super-short procedure will allow more

people to take advatantage of homam. One can do a quick fire worship of

Ganapathi in 15-20 minutes using this super-short procedure.

 

The section on the benefits of homam has also been enriched more.

 

A new MP3 audio file that matches with the procedure given in the document

will soon be uploaded.

 

Best regards,

Narasimha

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Dear Ramadas ji,

 

 

> So why we have to cut short the methods ?

 

If I tell someone to make a twenty course meal and eat it, one will be able to make it only once in a blue moon. If one eats a delicious feast once every year or six months and starves at other times, what good is it? Will it give one much strength?

 

On the other hand, if I tell someone to boil lentils (dal) and rice and eat them with a pinch of salt, one will be able to make it everyday and eat it. It may not be too delicious, but it will taste good and will give one strength for sure.

 

The instruction we received was to spread a very simple Mahaganapathi homam procedure that can be done everyday by busy people of this age. Homam is a very efficient sadhana. Everything is impure in kali yuga, but fire is always pure. Worshipping Ganapathi in fire every morning has an amazing cleansing effect on one. However, any spiritual sadhana needs regularity for effectiveness.

 

I have performed long homas, like an 8-hour long Mahaganapathi homam and a 12-hour long Chandi homam. I have also performed short homas on a regular basis, like a 45-minute long daily Mahaganapathi homam and a 2-hour long daily Chandi homam. My experience is that a regular practice does much more to one than a one-off biggie.

 

 

BTW, the 45 minute long "short" procedure I taught in the manual is quite close to an authentic and perfect procedure. Regarding the 15-20 minute long "super-short" procedure, we too are not too excited by it. But we feel that something is better than nothing and that this will be a stepping stone to the other 45-minute procedure for a lot of people that are going to come and benefit from homam.

So many saintly souls are born into challenging circumstances in this age and a great amount of bad karmas is accumulated in the mad rush of this age. The amount of sadhana that is needed to burn those karmas is difficult to manage within the limited time most people allocate to spiritual sadhana in this age. Worship using an external fire is of great help and accelerates the process of burning karmas and cleansing self.

 

Some higher beings have decided that several spiritually inclined souls are to come to earth in the coming years and benefit from a regular practice of Mahaganapathi homam. They instructed my guru to spread a short Mahaganapathi homam procedure. The divine Mother also appeared to him and clarified that instruction. We are just laying the foundation as per the instruction received by us. We are just instruments in a big plan. The reason for the instruction we received may become clearer after more time

[Guest guest]

Dear Ramadas ji,

 

Thank you for your comments and I will give some quick replies.

 

 

> But my intention is when we do some traditional Yajnas like this,

 

What is taught in the manual is *not* a "traditional Yajna". Though we sometimes use the words yajna and homa exchangably, they are quite different. A yajna is bigger in scale, has many many strict rules and is performed to achieve some specific goals and performed only occasionally. A homa can be big or small, more flexible with rules and can be performed as a spiritual sadhana on a daily or weekly basis.

 

My manual is only for those who want *internal* purification and upliftment in the presence of a god in live external fire every morning. If someone has specific *external* goals (e.g. getting control over a person, defeating an enemy, killing a person, achieving wealth, getting a child etc), it is doable but a lot of rules are imposed on the procedure and it is not easy to learn. I am *not* serving such people with the manual.

 

 

> we should follow the methods given in the original Homa procedure.

 

Well, there isn't really any single "original Homa procedure". There is a set of several procedures that are used in several traditions for several purposes. All procedures given when there are specific tasks involved have some complications and inappropriate to spread on the internet.

 

However, there are some simple homam procedures used in the past as a *daily spiritual sadhana* and the "short" procedure in the manual is one of them.

 

> Fire or Agni is pure.

 

And, Agni is *not* to be feared. Agni is to be loved, as he can be used as a medium for invoking divine presence to purify oneself.

 

Neither Agni nor the god in Agni is to be feared. If one is asking for a specific external goal, one better be prepared for punishment when something is messed up. But, when one only loves god and Agni and only wants to purify oneself in god's presence in Agni, I declare with confidence that there is *nothing* to fear. Any homam procedure one uses from the manual or elsewhere will only help one in that case.

 

> I am closing this discussion.

Thank you for bringing up some points which enabled me to write things that I did not get a chance to write before. It is the comments from people like you that enable me to refine the "explanation" part of the manual and answer more concerns of people! It is the kindness of Mother that there are friendly critics helping me to refine the document and thereby serve more people.

 

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> O SHRI RAGHAVENDRAAYA NAMAH> OM SHRI LAKSHMI NRUSIMHAAYA NAMAH> Dear Chi.Narasimha,> I am not against the method which you have given in your link.

> But my intention is when we do some traditional Yajnas like this,

> we should follow the methods given in the original Homa procedure.

> I dont want to elongate this discussion.I have given my views and

> others may differ as you said in this Kali Yuga everything is impure

> and Fire or Agni is pure.So as per me we have to follow the age

> old methods to perform this Agni Mukhena Ganapathy Homam.> I am closing this discussion.> With Shri Hari Vaayu Guru Naama Smarana,> Ramadas Rao.

 

 

 

> Dear Ramadas ji,

>

 

> > So why we have to cut short the methods ?

>

> If I tell someone to make a twenty course meal and eat it, one will

> be able to make it only once in a blue moon. If one eats a delicious

> feast once every year or six months and starves at other times,

> what good is it? Will it give one much strength?

>

> On the other hand, if I tell someone to boil lentils (dal) and rice and

> eat them with a pinch of salt, one will be able to make it everyday

> and eat it. It may not be too delicious, but it will taste good and

> will give one strength for sure.

 

> The instruction we received was to spread a very simple

> Mahaganapathi homam procedure that can be done everyday by

> busy people of this age. Homam is a very efficient sadhana.

> Everything is impure in kali yuga, but fire is always pure.

> Worshipping Ganapathi in fire every morning has an amazing

> cleansing effect on one. However, any spiritual sadhana needs

> regularity for effectiveness.

>

> I have performed long homas, like an 8-hour long Mahaganapathi

> homam and a 12-hour long Chandi homam. I have also performed

> short homas on a regular basis, like a 45-minute long daily

> Mahaganapathi homam and a 2-hour long daily Chandi homam.

> My experience is that a regular practice does much more to one

> than a one-off biggie.

>

> BTW, the 45 minute long "short" procedure I taught in the manual

> is quite close to an authentic and perfect procedure. Regarding the

> 15-20 minute long "super-short" procedure, we too are not too

> excited by it. But we feel that something is better than nothing and

> that this will be a stepping stone to the other 45-minute procedure

> for a lot of people that are going to come and benefit from homam.

>

> So many saintly souls are born into challenging circumstances in

> this age and a great amount of bad karmas is accumulated in the

> mad rush of this age. The amount of sadhana that is needed to

> burn those karmas is difficult to manage within the limited time

> most people allocate to spiritual sadhana in this age. Worship

> using an external fire is of great help and accelerates the

> process of burning karmas and cleansing self.

>

> Some higher beings have decided that several spiritually inclined

> souls are to come to earth in the coming years and benefit from

> a regular practice of Mahaganapathi homam. They instructed my

> guru to spread a short Mahaganapathi homam procedure. The

> divine Mother also appeared to him and clarified that instruction.

> We are just laying the foundation as per the instruction received

> by us. We are just instruments in a big plan. The reason for the

> instruction we received may become clearer after more time.

>

> The proof of the pudding is in eating it. If one tries a procedure

> given in the manual for a few months, one will know what it does.

>

> By the way, I have no problem with people doing longer

> procedures at all. There are many traditions and many

> procedures. While we are here to spread one particular

> procedure, we do respect all traditions.

>

 

> Best regards,> Narasimha