Pitri Tarpana Manuals Available Now

August 1, 2008

Namaste friends,

Now three detailed pitri tarpana manuals are available on the internet. They are

appropriate even for a novice and explain clearly the details of pitri tarpana.

The mantras are simple, the materials needed are few and it does not take too

long.

Homam (fire ritual) and pitri tarpanas (water ritual) are two of the most

important rituals of Hinduism and worth performing regularly. They cleanse a

person, remove various obstacles in material and spiritual lives and speed up

spiritual evolution. An aspirant desiring spiritual progress should take

advantage of them regularly. More about the philosophy of pitri tarpana is

explained below, where I reproduced an extract from the manual.

Please download the manuals from

http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana

There are three manuals - one with the regular procedure (taking 30-45 min), one

with a short procedure (taking 12-20 min) and one with a super-short procedure

(taking 5-8 min).

Please feel free to pass this word around to interested people. I hope this

information reaches with Her blessings as many interested souls as possible.

By the way, there is an important solar eclipse in a few hours. It is a great

time to perform pitri tarpanas. Actually, it is a great time to perform many

spiritual sadhanas.

Best regards,

Narasimha

Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam

Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana

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

External rituals are meant to create the internal visualization needed to affect

desirable internal changes in the long run. For example, one offers a full

coconut into fire as poornaahuti (complete offering) at the end of a homam (fire

ritual). This is symbolic of surrendering one's head or ego (sense of I-ness) to

god and burning it in the fire of wisdom and becoming free from ego. As one

keeps engaging in this act again and again, the visualization becomes stronger

and stronger and ego is slowly reduced.

One important ritual of Hinduism is tarpana. Tarpana means " satisfying " or

" satiating " . One acknowledges the debt one has to devas (gods), rishis (sages)

and pitris (ancestral manes) and tries to satisfy them using this ritual. Just

as gods are invoked in fire in a homam, pitris are invoked in water in this

ritual, then held in the palm and released in a specific way conducive to

freeing them.

One owes a lot to one's parents and ancestors. In modern scientific terms, one

owes all of one's genetic characteristics to one's parents and ancestors. Each

ancestor is actually present in the person as a genetic characteristic. In

karmik terms, one inherits some karmas of one's parents and ancestors and each

ancestor is actually present in the person as a kaarmik predisposition. The

latter approach obviously extends to multiple lives and some karmik

predisposition is inherited from the ancestors from a past life too, though they

may not be related to one in this life.

By thinking of the deceased ancestors with gratitude and trying to give them an

emancipation, one is actually trying to free oneself from various kaarmic

predispositions that one has as a result of the rina (karmik debt) with several

people. One can view this as an external event of satisfying and emancipating an

external entity (a pitri). Alternately, one can view this as an internal event

of satisfying and releasing an internal kaarmik predisposition. Ultimately, it

is the latter. However, one needs to externalize first and perform external

rituals, while thinking of what it means internally. This builds up one's

visualization and slowly brings about internal changes and eventually the

desired internal change itself.

Two external spiritual sadhanas are particularly powerful, useful and

recommended for every person desirous of fast spiritual progress:

1.. Homam (fire ritual): Gods are invoked in fire and satisfied with offerings

with mantras. Please see the homam website at

http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam for more. In the long run, a regular

practice of this ritual increases the subtle fire burning inside one's subtle

body, burns various impediments to spiritual progress and gives clarity, focus

and stability to the mind.

b.. Tarpana (water ritual): Gods, sages and manes are invoked in water and

satisfied with emancipation given to them. In the long run, a regular practice

of this ritual increases the release of various kaarmik predispositions and

weaknesses that are blocking one's spiritual and material progress.

This document describes the procedure of pitri tarpana with the relevant mantras

using a simple approach. This document is the regular procedure. There are also

documents giving a short procedure and a super-short procedure for the benefit

of those with time constraints or problem with Sanskrita language. Download them

from http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana.

August 8, 2008

|| Hare Rama Krushna ||Namaskaar everyone,For those residing in India, there is a way to order copper Havana Kunda (they are almost the same dimensions as those recommended by Narasimha Ji) online from -http://shopping.rediff.com/shop/productdisplay.jsp?Copper-Havan-Kund---01269 & prrfnbr=10287965 & source=browse & frompg=Prayer%20AccompanimentsMay Sri Vishnu bless us all,Reema.sohamsa , "Manjunath, T (GE Healthcare)" <T.Manjunath wrote:>> Dear Narasimha,> > I live in bangalore & hope to get some guidance for mahaganapathy homan> from anyone you can suggest in bangalore> > Would Mr. Narayan iyer help if contacted? Please advice> > rgds> Manju> > ________________________________> > sohamsa [sohamsa ] On Behalf> Of Narasimha P.V.R. Rao> Monday, August 04, 2008 4:57 AM> sohamsa > Re: Pitri Tarpana Manuals Available Now> > > > Namaste Reema,> > If you are in Bangalore, there should be no problem at all in getting a> havan kund.> > Narayan Iyer is in Bangalore now. He has been doing Mahaganapathi homam> everyday since Dec 2006. You can get some guidance from him initially.> > What we think is ours is not always ours. One's house, cars, money,> name, fame and even body, are not really one's properties and belong to> god in reality. One is just a caretaker of those properties of god. What> better use of god's property than to use it for what we perceive as> god's work?> > Best regards,> Narasimha> > Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> > Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> > Spirituality: > <> > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> <http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org> <http://www.SriJagannath.org> > > > sohamsa <sohamsa , "Reema> Patel Sriganesh" reema_sriganesh@ wrote:> >> > || Hare Rama Krushna ||> > > > Namaskaar Narasimha Ji,> > > > Thank you for your generosity in offering the Havan Kunda as a gift.> It> > is divinely benevolent, the way you share your knowledge, and> resources,> > to help others' spiritual causes.> > > > I moved from Boston area to Bangalore a few months back (yes, I will> > miss our annual SJC conferences there). Your Indousplaza link is great> > because I at least know now what to search for. I hope to find it in a> > Puja pandaal here in Bangalore.> > > > Thanks a lot for affirming the Muhurta, btw.> > > > Best wishes.> > > > May Sri Vishnu bless us all,> > Reema.> > > > sohamsa <sohamsa ,> "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr@> wrote:> > >> > > Namaste,> > >> > > I will suggest just before sunrise, around 6 am. Vargottama Sun in> > lagna and Jupiter in 5th is good. Ketu will be in 12th. Guru hora will> > be running. Go for it.> > >> > > The best source for homa kundam is on indousplaza.com. Go to> > "religious and pooja" and "copper articles". "Copper Hawan Kund #1" is> > perfect for a homam at home and many people I know are using it in US> in> > their homes and apartments successfully. Direct link is below. These> > guys are very fast with shipping and ship from NJ/NY.> > >> > >> >> http://www.indousplaza.com/copper-hawan-kund-p-4818.html?cat=8 & cPath=8_1> \> <http://www.indousplaza.com/copper-hawan-kund-p-4818.html?cat=8 & cPath=8_> 1\> > > 88 & osCsid=2c0a3523d584bb82048157574b8e315f> > >> > > In fact, I keep a stock of this and gift to people who are> interested.> > If you live near Boston and can come to my house in Grafton, I can> > actually gift one to you. I can also drop it off somewhere on my way> to> > work (in Andover).> > >> > > Slowly more and more people are doing a daily or weekly homam from> > around the world. When this reaches a critical mass, it will be good> for> > the world and for sanatana dharma. However, we are not in a hurry and> > not forcing anyone. But the mails I get now and then from people who> > started recently are really touching and inspiring. One person wrote> > that he has a spiritual master and went to him for advice, showed the> > manual and asked whether or not he should do it. Look at his faith in> > his master! The master read it and said "go ahead and do it. Actually,> > you know what, I will also do it. Give me the manual" and both started> > doing it.> > >> > > Best regards,> > > Narasimha> > > > > > Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> > > > Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> > > > Spirituality: > <> > > > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> <http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> > > > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> > > > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org> <http://www.SriJagannath.org> > > > > > >> > > sohamsa <sohamsa ,> "Reema Patel Sriganesh"> > reema_sriganesh@ wrote:> > > >> > > > || Hare Rama Krushna ||> > > >> > > > Namaskaar Narasimha Ji,> > > >> > > > I never knew that one can do Pitri Tarpana with parents still> alive.> > But> > > > I am very happy to find out about this.> > > >> > > > About the Homam, yesterday was the first time I read the Ganapati> > Homam> > > > manual on your Website. I know that you have made it available for> > quite> > > > some time. But as fate would have it, I browsed through it for the> > first> > > > time yesterday (I have wanted to do Ganapati Homam for a long> time,> > and> > > > always thought that I'd begin doing it after moving to India. So> it> > was> > > > about time). So anyway, I was so touched by your kindest offer of> > > > serving as a Guru for the Homam for those of us not properly> > initiated> > > > into Homam that it alone made me want to begin Ganapati Homam in> the> > > > immediate future.> > > >> > > > So, with your blessings, I pray to begin the Homam for Sri> > MahaGanapati> > > > come this Ganesha Chaturthi at 6AM or 12 PM IST. I am still> debating> > > > between the two Muhurta (6AM Muhurta is a nice morning Muhurta but> > has> > > > retrograde Jupiter in the 5th, whereas 12 PM Muhurta has panchanga> > > > dosha). If you have bandwidth, kindly do reply with your take on> the> > two> > > > Muhurta. My biggest worry is sourcing the Homam Kunda on time> before> > > > Ganesha Chaturthi.> > > >> > > > May Sri Vishnu bless us all,> > > > Reema.> > > >> > > > sohamsa <sohamsa ,> "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr@> wrote:> > > > >> > > > > Namaste Reema ji,> > > > >> > > > > Pitri Tarpanam is not done just for one's own parents of this> > life.> > > > One can do it for grandparents, great grand parents etc. One can> > even do> > > > it without taking specific names also, i.e. for all people one has> a> > > > debt to.> > > > >> > > > > Another thing... One's mother or father of past life may be> > suffering> > > > somewhere and that may be blocking one karmikally now. So many> > things> > > > are there.> > > > >> > > > > In the old days, pitri tarpanas were a regular sadhana item,> even> > for> > > > people with living parents and grandparents.> > > > >> > > > > I can assure you that a regular practice of homam and tarpanam> are> > > > enough to transform a person spiritually. If 30 min can be spent> > > > everyday on a homam and 20 minutes every weekend on a tarpana, it> > can> > > > make a tremendous difference.> > > > >> > > > > Satya Narayana vrata manual is on my mind. I will create 3> > versions -> > > > regular, short and super-short. But there are some customized> homam> > > > manuals to go out first. My main task for now is to enable a bunch> > of> > > > fire worshippers who perform homam everyday. I do not care which> god> > or> > > > which homam. I need to offer homam manuals for more gods. But I> will> > get> > > > to Satya Narayana vrata also. Just have some patience.> > > > >> > > > > Best regards,> > > > > Narasimha> > > > >> > > > > > Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> > > > > > Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself:> http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> > > > > > Spirituality: > <> > > > > > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> <http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> > > > > > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> > > > > > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org> <http://www.SriJagannath.org> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > sohamsa <sohamsa > , "Reema Patel Sriganesh"> > > > reema_sriganesh@ wrote:> > > > > >> > > > > > || Hare Rama Krushna ||> > > > > >> > > > > > Namaskaar Narasimha Ji,> > > > > >> > > > > > Thank you so very much for this sharing of Vedic rituals! With> > God's> > > > > > blessings my father and mother (in-law) are still with me, but> I> > am> > > > > > happy to know that in the event we have to do Tarpanam, that> > we'll> > > > be> > > > > > able to do so with the knowledge you've shared.> > > > > >> > > > > > Kindly take into consideration my earlier request of> publishing> > Sri> > > > > > Satya Narayana Vrata manual. As you know the Vrata is done> > > > differently> > > > > > by different people, and Skanda Purana provides a very general> > > > guideline> > > > > > of how to do the Vrata, especially of Pujas to be performed on> > that> > > > day.> > > > > > Hence, I look up to you to show us the proper way to the best> of> > > > your> > > > > > knowledge.> > > > > >> > > > > > Best wishes.> > > > > >> > > > > > May Sri Vishnu bless us all,> > > > > > Reema.> > > > > >> > > > > > sohamsa > <sohamsa , "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr@>> > wrote:> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Namaste friends,> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Now three detailed pitri tarpana manuals are available on> the> > > > > > internet. They are appropriate even for a novice and explain> > clearly> > > > the> > > > > > details of pitri tarpana. The mantras are simple, the> materials> > > > needed> > > > > > are few and it does not take too long.> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Homam (fire ritual) and pitri tarpanas (water ritual) are> two> > of> > > > the> > > > > > most important rituals of Hinduism and worth performing> > regularly.> > > > They> > > > > > cleanse a person, remove various obstacles in material and> > spiritual> > > > > > lives and speed up spiritual evolution. An aspirant desiring> > > > spiritual> > > > > > progress should take advantage of them regularly. More about> the> > > > > > philosophy of pitri tarpana is explained below, where I> > reproduced> > > > an> > > > > > extract from the manual.> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Please download the manuals from> > > > > > >> > > > > > > http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > There are three manuals - one with the regular procedure> > (taking> > > > 30-45> > > > > > min), one with a short procedure (taking 12-20 min) and one> with> > a> > > > > > super-short procedure (taking 5-8 min).> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Please feel free to pass this word around to interested> > people. I> > > > hope> > > > > > this information reaches with Her blessings as many interested> > souls> > > > as> > > > > > possible.> > > > > > >> > > > > > > By the way, there is an important solar eclipse in a few> > hours. It> > > > is> > > > > > a great time to perform pitri tarpanas. Actually, it is a> great> > time> > > > to> > > > > > perform many spiritual sadhanas.> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Best regards,> > > > > > > Narasimha> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > Do a Short Homam Yourself:> > http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> > > > > > > > Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself:> > http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> > > > > > > > Spirituality: > <> > > > > > > > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3):> http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net <http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net> > > > > > > > Free Jyotish software (Windows):> > http://www.VedicAstrologer.org <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org> > > > > > > > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website:> > http://www.SriJagannath.org <http://www.SriJagannath.org> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > External rituals are meant to create the internal> > visualization> > > > needed> > > > > > to affect desirable internal changes in the long run. For> > example,> > > > one> > > > > > offers a full coconut into fire as poornaahuti (complete> > offering)> > > > at> > > > > > the end of a homam (fire ritual). This is symbolic of> > surrendering> > > > one's> > > > > > head or ego (sense of I-ness) to god and burning it in the> fire> > of> > > > > > wisdom and becoming free from ego. As one keeps engaging in> this> > act> > > > > > again and again, the visualization becomes stronger and> stronger> > and> > > > ego> > > > > > is slowly reduced.> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > One important ritual of Hinduism is tarpana. Tarpana means> > > > > > "satisfying" or "satiating". One acknowledges the debt one has> > to> > > > devas> > > > > > (gods), rishis (sages) and pitris (ancestral manes) and tries> to> > > > satisfy> > > > > > them using this ritual. Just as gods are invoked in fire in a> > homam,> > > > > > pitris are invoked in water in this ritual, then held in the> > palm> > > > and> > > > > > released in a specific way conducive to freeing them.> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > One owes a lot to one's parents and ancestors. In modern> > > > scientific> > > > > > terms, one owes all of one's genetic characteristics to one's> > > > parents> > > > > > and ancestors. Each ancestor is actually present in the person> > as a> > > > > > genetic characteristic. In karmik terms, one inherits some> > karmas of> > > > > > one's parents and ancestors and each ancestor is actually> > present in> > > > the> > > > > > person as a kaarmik predisposition. The latter approach> > obviously> > > > > > extends to multiple lives and some karmik predisposition is> > > > inherited> > > > > > from the ancestors from a past life too, though they may not> be> > > > related> > > > > > to one in this life.> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > By thinking of the deceased ancestors with gratitude and> > trying to> > > > > > give them an emancipation, one is actually trying to free> > oneself> > > > from> > > > > > various kaarmic predispositions that one has as a result of> the> > rina> > > > > > (karmik debt) with several people. One can view this as an> > external> > > > > > event of satisfying and emancipating an external entity (a> > pitri).> > > > > > Alternately, one can view this as an internal event of> > satisfying> > > > and> > > > > > releasing an internal kaarmik predisposition. Ultimately, it> is> > the> > > > > > latter. However, one needs to externalize first and perform> > external> > > > > > rituals, while thinking of what it means internally. This> builds> > up> > > > > > one's visualization and slowly brings about internal changes> and> > > > > > eventually the desired internal change itself.> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Two external spiritual sadhanas are particularly powerful,> > useful> > > > and> > > > > > recommended for every person desirous of fast spiritual> > progress:> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > 1.. Homam (fire ritual): Gods are invoked in fire and> > satisfied> > > > with> > > > > > offerings with mantras. Please see the homam website at> > > > > > http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam> for more. In the long run,> > a> > > > > > regular practice of this ritual increases the subtle fire> > burning> > > > inside> > > > > > one's subtle body, burns various impediments to spiritual> > progress> > > > and> > > > > > gives clarity, focus and stability to the mind.> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > b.. Tarpana (water ritual): Gods, sages and manes are> > invoked in> > > > > > water and satisfied with emancipation given to them. In the> long> > > > run, a> > > > > > regular practice of this ritual increases the release of> various> > > > kaarmik> > > > > > predispositions and weaknesses that are blocking one's> spiritual> > and> > > > > > material progress.> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > This document describes the procedure of pitri tarpana with> > the> > > > > > relevant mantras using a simple approach. This document is the> > > > regular> > > > > > procedure. There are also documents giving a short procedure> and> > a> > > > > > super-short procedure for the benefit of those with time> > constraints> > > > or> > > > > > problem with Sanskrita language. Download them from> > > > > > http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> <http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana> .> > >> >>

August 9, 2008

Hi Narasimhaji,

A very good manual, I will start performing immediately, but please clarify my

doubts

I would like to know, why tarpana cannot be performed inside one's house and it

can be done inside house on specific days?

Also, please tell me if we can do tarapana on terrace or we have to go outside

house premises?

Thanks & Regards,

Prasad A. Pole

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