IF YOU HAVE WISH TO START SADHANA (GAYATHRI MANTRA)

                                                NOTE THIS DETAILS

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           YOU CAN START GAYATHRI SADHANA ON ANY FULL MOON DAY. YOU CAN CARRY OUT THE ROUTINE IN THE MORNING OR AT NIGHT. PRAYING TO THE DIVINE MOTHER IN THE FORM OF GAYATHRI IN THE MORNING IS THE VEDIC WORSHIP WHILE THE EXACT SAME ROUTINE, WHEN UNDERTAKEN AT NIGHT, BECOMES HER TANTRIC METHOD OF WORSHIP. THE MAIN THING IS TO BE CONSISTENT OF CHANTING IN THE MORNING, FOLLOW THAT TILL YOU COMPLETE THE PURUSHCHARANA, IF YOU START YOUR SADHANA BY CHANTING ONLY IN THE EVENING, STICK TO THAT TILL THE END, IT IS ALSO PERFECTLY FINE TO SPLIT YOUR SESSION INTO MORNING AND EVENINGS. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU DO THAT, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE SAME ROUTINE TILL YOU FINISH YOUR PURUSHCHARANA. PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SESSION, YOU'VE TO DO PURIFICATION, NYASA AND ALL THE OTHER STEPS AS SPECIFIED LATER IN THIS CHAPTER. OF COURSE, YOU ONLY HAVE TO PERFORM THE SEVEN STEPS IF YOU CHOOSE THE BRIEF INVOCATION OVER COMPREHENSIVE INVOCATION. THE IDEA IS TO TRAIN YOUR MIND BY DOING THE SAME THING AT PRECISELY THE SAME TIME FOR THE AMOUNT OF MINUTESOR HOURS EVERY DAY FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF DURATION.

                                                      WHO CAN DO THIS SADHANA

               ANY PERSON, OF ANY, RELIGION, ABILITY OR BACKGROUND CAN DO THIS SADHANA WITH OR WITHOUT INITIATION. MENSTRUATING WOMEN CAN START OR CONTINUE THEIR SADHANA WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS WHATSEVER. COMPLETE SBSTINENCE MUST BE PRACTICED THROUGHOUT THE PURUSHCHARANA. THERE'S NO DOSHA (ISSUE) IN CASE OF WET DREAMS OR ANY OTHER INVOLUNTARY RELEASE OF SEXUAL GRATIFICATION IS FORBIDDEN.

                       

                                                                            DIET

                        THROUGHOUT YOUR PURUSHCHARANA, YOU SHOULD BE ON A STRICT VEGETARIAN DIET. DAIRY IS ALLOWED BUT NO MEAT, SEAFOOD OR EGGS. NO ONION OR GARLIC EITHER. BE CAREFUL OF EATING BISCUITS, CAKES, CHEESES, AND SUPPLEMENTS THAT MAY CONTAIN ANIMAL-DERIVED INGREDIENTS. IF YOUR DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED ANY MEDICATION. FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT WITHOUT ANY OF THE CONSIDREATIONS ABOVE.

                                                                          LAMP

                      

  

                      IDEALLY, THE LAMP USED IN THIS PURUSHCHARANA SHOULD BE MADE OF BRASS. AN EARHEN LAMP OR A SILVER LAMP CAN ALSO BE USED. THE WICK MUST BE OF COTTON. IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO USE BRAIDED COTTON THREAD (LIKE THE COMMON SACRED RED THREAD, MAULI, FOR EXAMPLE, OR ANY OTHER ) TO USE AS A WICK. THE OIL USED IN THE LAMP SHOULD BE EITHER GHEE OR SESAME OIL. OF YOU ARE DOING THIS SADHANA IN WINTERS IN A COLD REGION. I WOULD RECOMMEND USING SESAM OIL AS GHEE SOLIDIFIES VERY QUICKLY AND IT MAY PUT OUT YOUR LAMP. ONCEAGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE CONSISTENT . IF YOU START YOUR SADHANA BY LIGHTING A GHEE LAMP, STICK TO THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR PURUSHCHARANA.

                                                                     DIRECTION

                      THE ASPIRANT SHOULD FACE EAST, NORTH OR NORTHEAST WHILE DOING THE CHANTING AND THE YAJNA. 

                                                                          CLOTHING

                           ANY COLOR IS IKAY BUT THE BEST ARE RED, YELLOW AND WHITE. IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD WEAR NO MORE THAN TWO PIECES OF RED, YELLOW OR WHITE LOOSE-CLOTH ON YOUR BODY - ONE TO COVER YOUR LOWER BODY AND THE OTHER TO COVER THE UPPER PART.  IF YOU ARE IN VERY COLD PLACE, YOU CAN EITHER USE A HEATER IN YOUR ROOM OR SEW YOUR UPPER CLOTH WITH WOOLEN SHAWL. WOMEN CAN WEAR A SAREE, BLOUSE, ETC.

                                                        BEADS BAG (GOMUKHA)

            

                       IF YOU USE CHANTING BEADS, THEN I RECOMMEND USING A BEAD BAD CALLED GOMUKHA. MOST OF YOU WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THE GOMUKHA. IT'S GOT TWO OPENINGS, ONE IS LARGER THAN THE OTHER. IT IS DESIGNED SO WHEN YOU PUT THE ROSARY IN IT, THE BEADS DON'T TOUCH THE GROUND OR DIRTY HANDS, AND ARE KEPT PURE.

                     YOU CAN WEAR IT AROUND YOUR HEAD IF YOU LIKE. THEN YOU CHANT WITH THE BEADS INSIDE IT, THE INDEX FINGER, HOWEVER, REMAINS OUTSIDE THE SMALLER OPENING OF THE GOMUKHA.

                                                                              SEAT

                   THE BEST SEAT WILL BE A BLANKET ON WHICH YOU SHOULD SPREAD THE SAME COLORED CLOTH YOU COVER YOUR BODY WITH. OR, IF YOU ARE WEARING REGULAR CLOTHES (AND NOT ONE OF THE THREE COLORS MENTINED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION) WHILE DOING PURUSHCHARANA, YOU CAN JUST PUT A YELLOW CLOTH ON YOUR SEAT. THE NATURE OF THIS SADHANA REQUIRES YOU TO SIT ON THE FLOOR. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT, YOU MAY TRY SITTING IN A CHAIR AND SETTING UP A TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH LAMP, POTS, ETC. PERSONALLY, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIMENTED WITH THAT. IF YOU DO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF YOUR SADHANA.

                      OTHER THAN A BLANKET, YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A STANDARD MEDITATION CUSHION OR USE ANY SEAT MADE FROM COTTON.

                     A SEAT MADE OUT KUSHA GRASS IS ALSO PERMISSIBLE FOR THIS SADHANA.

                                                                           POSTURE

                       TRY TO MAINTAIN STILLNESS OF YOUR POSTURE WHILE YOU CHANT WITH UTMOST MINDFULNESS, FAITH AND DEVOTION. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO REMIND YOU THAT MANTRA SADHANA IS NOT ABOUT RECKLESS CHANTING OF A MANTRA JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TICKING OFF AN ITEM ON YOUR LIST. IT IS THE SOULFUL PROCESS OF BECOMING ONE WITH YOUR DEITY SO YOU MAY ELEVATE YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY, MATERIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

                      THINGS YOU WILL NEED FOR GAYATHRI SADHANA

                1. A LAMP (BRASS, SILVER, OR EARTHERN)

                2. GHEE OR SESAME OIL AND WICK FOR YOUR LAMP

               3. FIVE SMALL WATER POTS, A SMALL SPOON AND A SAUCER IF YOU ARE PERFORMING THE COMPREHENSIVE INVOCATION. THE POTS CAN BE OF SILVER, COPPER OR BRASS. THIS IS THE STANDARD FOR EVERY SADHANA AND DETAILS ON HOW TO LAY OUT THE POTS (PATRA) CAN BE FOUND IN THE CHAPTER "ARRAGEMENT OF POTS (PATRASADANA)" IN DETAILED NOTES".

             4. STANDARD INGREDIENTS FOR FIRE OFFERINGS (YAJNA) AS MENTIONED IN THE CHAPTER "HOW TO MAKE FIRE OFFERINGS (YAJNA).

             5. IN ADDITION TO THOSE INGREDIENTS, YOU WILL NEED FIREWOOD. YOU CAN EITHER WOOD FROM A SACRED FIG (FICUS RELIGIO. COMMON NAME : PEEPUL), MANGO (MAGNIFERA  INDICA,  COMMON NAME: PLASHA OR DHAK). YOU CAN ALSO USE THE WOOF FROM DEODAR (CEDRUS DEODARA. COMMON NAME : DEVADARU) OR TEAK (TECTONA GRANDIS, COMMON NAME : SAGAUN OR SHEESHAM).

           6. CHANTING BEADS MADE FROM RUDRASHA

           7. A LOT OF FAITH,M DEVOTION AND DISCIPLINE

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