Mantra Yagna & Devi Puja : Importance of Sankalpa
Devi Puja
Dear Ones,
We wish you a blissful 2011.
There is a flurry of excitement as we all are nearing the visit of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji to the city. On 14th of January 2011, Guruji will be performing Mantra Yagna and Devi Puja. Welcoming the Devi Shakti into our lives will be more auspicious than ever before in the beginning of the New Year.
There is a very ancient practice of taking a sankalpa during the Pujas. It’s a practise of focusing and directing the energy of the puja for a specific purpose.
Here’s a short extract of importance of Sankalpa from Dinesh Kashikar ( Kashi bhaiya) a Vedic Scholar and a Chemical Engineer from an IIT Mumbai .
Sankalpa is derived from two words ‘SAT’ (which means Guna) and ‘KALPANA’ (which means imagination). So Sankalpa means a good intention.
So how does a sankalpa work??
It’s a simple two step process:
1) Identifying our intention.
2) Surrendering it to the Divine
During the pujas we bring the mind from the vastness of time and space to HERE NOW. With mind in present moment we identifying our intention and then we take flower and rice in our hand and drop it with water; thus surrendering it to the divine.
The Vedic Mantras which are chanted are also very important part of the process. As every sound has a effect on our being ; the ancient Rishis figured out which sound created what impact on brain and that is how the Mantras were created. The mantras chanted during the puja is the process of making the sankalpa manifest.
Just as Sunlight is present everywhere, but when we keep it under a magnifying glass it creates fire.
Sankalpa is like a magnifying glass. Attending the puja’s is definitely very beneficial, but taking a sankalpa makes it more powerful. The Choice is Yours.
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