terça-feira, 9 de outubro de 2007

Mantra Mudra Puja with HG Suhotra Prabhu Tapovanacari

http://www.suhotraprabhu.com/texts/puja.php

The mantras

There are 16 upacaras (items of offering), thus there are 16 offering mantras. Below is a list of 20 mantras. This list contains more than 16 only because there are some repetitions. What this list shows is the order in which the upacaras are offered during the puja; accordingly, acamana (purification of the mouth) is offered at 3 different times (after the first time the acamana mantra changes to idam punaracamaniyam, "I again offer acamana.") Also, at the end an offering of sarvam (all upacaras) is made to conclude the puja to each worshipable personality.

In this way, though there are only 16 upacaras, in the course of my puja I am chanting 20 offering mantras.

1. idam asanam--offering a seat (all these upacara mantras are to be spoken together with the mantra that addresses the Deity, such as klim gopijanaballabhaya namah).

2. etat padyam--offering water to the lotus feet

3. idam arghyam--offering water to the hands for washing

4. idam acamaniyam--offering acamana

5. esa madhuparka--offering a sweet drink

6. idam punaracamaniyam--offering acamana a second time

7. idam snaniyam--bathing

8. idam sottariya vastram--offering cloth

9. imani abharanani--offering ornaments

10. esa gandhah--offering sandalwood and scented oils and purfume

11. esa dhupa--offering incense

12. esa dipa--offering a lamp

13. etani sacandana puspani--offering flowers

14. etani sacandana tulasi--offering tulsi leaves

15. idam naivedyah--offering foodstuffs

16. idam paniyajalam--offering water to drink

17. idam punaracamaniyam--offering acamana a third time

18. etat tambulam--offering mouth freshener

19. idam malyam--offering garlands

20. idam sarvam--offering everything

Outline of the steps of worship

At the start, I do a preliminary acamana, chanting the om apavitra verse and doing pranayama mudra
I offer obeisances and wake Their Lordships
Offering prayers to the spiritual master (Sri Guruvastakam etc.) and Panca-tattva and Hare Krsna mahamantras I clean the altar, change the Deities' water, set up the puja items
Full acamana (om kesavaya manah etc.), visnu smaranam, mangala santi, bhuta-suddhi, obeisances, om apavitra acamana with pranayama mudra.
With mantras and sprinkling of water I draw a protective circle around the place of puja, show khadga-mudra for dig-bandha (closing the directions), and purify everything within the circle with Nrsimha-mantra.
Worship of Ananta-Nrsimha Deity and Nrsimha-sila (bathing, cloth, ornaments, gandha, throne, offering everything, chant Nrsimha-gayatri, arati of dhupa-dipa-puspa while chanting Nrsimha prayers. This is done with mantra-mudra.
Worship of Srila Prabhupada with all upacaras except tulasi and mala which will be presented later to HDG as prasadam. The whole worship is done with mantra-mudra.
Worship of Gauranga, 16 upacaras with mantra-mudra.
Worship of Sri-Sri Jagannatha-Sudarsana silas. This is the main worship. 16 upacaras are offered. Most are mantra-mudra offerings except for naivedya. Tulsi and puspa offered to feet of SSJS silas during the offering of these upacaras; more tulsis and flowers are offered to all silas at the conclusion of the worship.
The mudras, as they are offered to Sri-Sri Jagannatha-Sudarsana when the upacara mantras are chanted