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Archive for June, 2009
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The Origins of Zen
While researching the history of Kanchipuram, I came across a story that says Bodhidharma, the individual credited with bringing Zen to China, was originally from Kanchipuram and was the originator of Shaolin kung fu. It makes some sense because Kanchipuram was a center for martial arts. I like how Bodhidharma is described as being a [...] -
Tamil Nadu Temples
When I was searching for videos on Kanchipuram, I came across this video on YouTube. It is very well done and will give you a sense of the beauty to be found in Tamil Nadu. The section on the temples for each of the nine planets (Navagraha) is very nice. It appears about half way [...] -
Support of health during chemotherapy
<<Dear Ben, Often times my clients have good experiences and sometimes very good one…today I got a report of a very good one. Mrs. W for whom you arranged urgently went into hospital for her chemotherapy due to cancer – her past experiences were horrible – this time however she felt good all the time, [...] -
Shiva Abishekam
Kanchipuram is sometimes called the city of 1000 temples. Obviously there are the well known, major temples like the Kamakshi and Ekambeshwara temples, but most of those thousand temples are in the surrounding area and are smaller, often a bit neglected, but which sometimes have amazing histories. Maintaining temples and performing proper pujas is a [...] -
Family effects
In the vedic texts it is said that the effects of the yagya are felt throughout the family, and for seven generations in the past and seven generations in the future. Can we objectively know that these events were related to the yagyas? No. But they are consistent with the effects of yagyas being profoundly [...] -
Spiritual effects of yagyas
It doesn’t matter what sadana or spiritual path you follow. The effect of the yagyas is to enliven the inner transcendent aspect of life within the context of your chosen path. So it doesn’t matter what teacher or tradition you follow, the yagya program will accelerate your growth and support your continued success in your [...] -
Ingredients…
Those who know even a little bit about the vedas, are aware that they are very old and so the rituals that are a central part of the vedic system are equally as ancient. Obviously they come from a time in which technology is not what it is today, but the brilliance of these rituals [...] -
General support for change
A lot of the time, the effects of the continued yagya program are felt within the context of our normal day to day life as just a sense of positive support and accelerated and continued change and growth. In a way it is nothing fancy or splashy, but when you think about it, these kinds [...] -
A fast recovery
The yagyas provide support for the entire life experience and this includes health, particularly because the yagya routine includes Mrytunjaya which is a very powerful health related mantra. So it makes sense that participation in the yagyas would bring support to that area; not so much in the form of a miraculous healing, but rather [...] -
Homa kund…
I found the following in the Hindupedia and have summarized it because it is an interesting perspective on why we perform yagyas, and what we can expect the results to be. <<Agni (the god of fire) is called the face of all gods and is central to the performance of yagya. Oblations of wood and ghee [...]