Week 5
7. Bow Down to Guru
• Rama Lives in the heart of one:
• Who
Bows down to Guru and Brahmin with Respect
• Whose
hands Always perform Rama Puja
• Who
has Faith
• Our
Teachers
• Make
a List
• Our
24 Teachers
• The
Right Attitude
• Humility
• Bow
Down to Brahmin
Week 6:
We performed Paduka Puja in Kutiya
• Puja
Steps
1.
Invite the Lord - Avahanam
2.
Offering a seat to the Lord- Asanam
3.
Washing the feet of the Lord - Padyam
4.
Washing Lord’s hand – Arghyam
5.
Offering a drink to the lord – Acamanam
6.
Offering water to the lord – Snanam
7.
Offering Panchamrtam to the lord
8.
Offering clothes to the Lord - Vastram
9.
Offering Ashes to the Lord- Bhasma
10.
Offering Sandalwood paste – Gandhalepanam
11.
Offering rice grains to the Lord - Aksatah
12.
Offering a garland to the Lord - Puspam
13.
Offering incense to the Lord - Dhupah
14.
Offering Light to the lord - Dipah
15.
Offering Bhog to the lord - Naivedyam
16.
Offering Aarti to the lord. – Mangala Nirajnam
Week 7
8. Shivamanasapuja
• Can
we perform puja without any supplies?
• What
is the right time to perform puja?
Bhagavad gita
• 9.26
– Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit , water that
offering of love of the pure-mind, I accept.
• 9.27
– Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever
you give, whatever austerity you practice,
O Arjuna (Kaunteya), do it as an offering to me.
9 What is Faith
• Pujya
Gurudev’s Words
• Letter
to God
• A
light to guide us
• Walk
of Faith
To do:
Completed writing our understanding and values learnt from each of the sections. - Homework completed in class