THE COMPREHENSIVE METHOD
1. CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA WHILE PUTTING THE FIRST MUG OF WATER ON YOU (OR WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE SHOWER, IF YOU ARE TAKING A SHOWER)
- GAMGA CA YAMUNE CAIVA
- GODAVARI SARASVATI
- NARMADE SIMDHU KAVERI
- JALESMINA SAMNIDHIMA KURU
I INVOKE THE HOLY PRESENCE OF GANGA, YAMUNA, GODAVARI, SARASWATI, NARMADA, SINDHU AND KAVERI IN THIS WATER.
2. PUT ON FRESH CLOTHES
3. ENTER THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM OR OPEN YOUR ALTAR
GENTLY TAP ON THE FLOOR WITH YOUR LEFT HEEL AND SAY OUT LOUD, "OM HRIM ASTRAYA PHAT!"
4. PURIFICATION
ONCE INSIDE THE PUJA GRIHA, YOU BEGIN BY PURIFYING YOURSELF AND THE ENERGIES AROUND YOU. USE YOUR LEFT HAND TO TAKE A BIT OF WATER USING THE SPOON IN YOUR VESSEL AND PUT IT IN THE RIGHT ONE. CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:
- OM APAVITRAH PAVITRO VA
- SARVAVASTHAM GATO API VA
- YAH SMARET PUNDARIKAKSAM
- SA BAHYA ABHYANTARAM SUCIH
SPRINKLE THE WATER IN YOUR HAND ABOVE AND AROUND YOU.
5. SELF-PURIFICATION (ACHAMANA)
WATER IS CONSECRATED AND DRUNK THREE TIMES WHILE PERFORMING ACHAMANA. IT'S DONE THREE TIMES TO PURIFY YOU AT THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LEVEL. TO PURIFY YOU IN YOUR WAKING, SLEEPING AND DREAMING STATE. TO PURIFY THE THREE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE, THAT IS, GOODNESS, PASSION AND IGNORANCE. TO INFUSE YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE, EXISTENCE AND BLISS (SAT-CHIT-ANAND). TO IGNITE YOUR POTENTIAL, KINETIC AND CREATIVE ENERGIES.
WITH YOUR LEFT HAND, USING THE SPOON AGAIN, PUT SOME WATER IN YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:
- OM KESHVAYA NAKAH
DRINK THE WATER.
PUT ONE MORE SPOON AND SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:
- OM MADHAVAYA NAMAH
DRINK THE WATER.
ONE MORE SPOON THE SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:
- OM NARAYANAYA NAMAHA
DRINK THE HOLY WATER.
5B. PRAKSHALANA
ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THE ACHAMAN THREE TIMES, TAKE SOME MORE WATER IN YOUR RIGHT HAND (A SPOONFUL IS USUALLY ENOUGH) AND SYMBOLICALLY WASH BOTH YOUR HANDS WHILE SAYING THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:
- OM PUNDARIKAKSHAYA NAMAH
6. LIGHT THE LAMP
YOU CAN SIMPLY USE YOUR GURU MANTRA WHILE LIGHTING THE LAMP OR CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:
- OM AGNI JYOTIR JYOTIR AGNIH SVAHA
- SURYO JYOTI JYOTIR SURYAH SVAHA
- AGNIR VARCHO JYOTIR VARCHAH SVAHA
- SURYO VARCHO JYOTIR VARCHAH SVAHA
- JYOTI SURYAH SURYO JYOTIH SVAHA
(MAY THE DIVINE ENERGY BRING THE POWER OF AGNI IN THIS LAMP. THE LIGHT OF THIS LAMP IS AGNI, AND AGNI IS THIS LAMP... SVAHA, LET ALL AFFLICTIONS BURN)
7. INVOKE GANESHA (GANESHA DHYANA)
YOU CAN PRAY TO LORD GANESHA EITHER BY ANY MANTRA YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW OR BY FOLDING YOUR HANDS AND RECITING ANY OR BOTH THE MANTRA GIVEN BELOW:
VAKRATUNDA MAHAKAYA SURYAKOTI SAMAPRABHA
NIRVIGHNAM KURU ME DEVA SARVAKARYESU SARVADA.
TRANSLATION
( O LORD GANESHA OF CURVED TRUNK, MAGNIFICENT BODY EXUDING THE RADIANCE OF COUNTLESS SUNS, PLEASE BE BY MY SIDE AND HELP ME COMPLETE MY TASK.)
8. HANDLOCKS FOR GANESHA (GANESHA MUDRA)
SHOW THE THREE MUDRAS OF GANESHA.
👀 FIRST MUDRA OF GANESHA:
(A) BRING YOUR LEFT HAND CLOSER TO YOUR CHEST WITH THE BACK OF YOUR HAND FACING YOUR CHEST.
(B) CURL YOUR LEFT HAND A LITTEL AND GRAB IT WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND TO FORM THE MUDRA BELOW.
👀 SECOND MUDRA OF GANESHA :
(A) TUCK THE INDEX AND RING FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND IN YOUR RIGHT FIST
(B) LET THE MIDDLE FINGER OF YOUR LEFT HAND REMAIN OUTSIDE TO FORM THE TRUNK OF GANESHA.
(C) SLIGHTLY PROTRUDE THE THUMB AND LITTLE FINGER OF YOUR LEFT HAND TO FORM THE EARS OF GANESHA.
👀 THIRD MUDRA OF GANESHA:
IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SECOND MUDRA, JUST THAT GANESHA IS MADE WITH THE RIGHT HAND.
(A) TUCK THE INDEX AND RING FINGERS OF YOUR RIGHT HAND IN YOUR LEFT FIST.
(B) LET THE MIDDLE FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND REMAIN OUTSIDE TO FORM THE TRUNK OF GANESHA.
(C) SLIGHTLY PROTRUDE THE THUMB AND LITTLE FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND TO FORM THE EARS OF GANESHA PER.
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