Simple, effective Forms of Daily Sadhanas

Simple, effective Forms of Daily Sadhanas

Idea/ intention/ motive/ motivat‭ion for this post -

One MUST NOT waste / squander away... 0ne's -

1) precious and limited TIME,
2) hard earned ( And/ or - hard-LY earned ) MONEY, and
3) physical, mental, emotional ENERGIES !!

etc., etc. USELESSLY and UNNECESSARILY.

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Now...
In the current times, people are hard pressed for TIME.

As such, SOME 'recurring thoughts' I am putting across for those set of people who think that going to the temple(s) and offering some prayers/ puja/ archana there-in AND spending their hard-earned money in temples ( in ANY form/ format/ scale ) is good for them and suffices as a religious rite.

Even if they were to indulge in this activity, once in a while. Say - weekly / fort-nightly/ monthly.

My take -
Certainly... that'll be for sure good.


There is a CAVEAT -
But, in general, a MUCH BETTER method I am putting here-with- belows.

It does NOT cost ( in terms of : time, money, energy, etc. ) much.



111) For those who have faith in Lord Shiva/ Shakti -

MUST place a Narmadeshwara Shivalinga ( these are sourced from the Narmada river ) in the place of worship.

( Small/ medium sized Narmadeshwara Shivalinga has NO need for any 'pran-prathistha' ritual.
Lord Shiva resides, by default, as the saying goes. )

"Narmada ka kankar-kankar Shiv... "

NOW...

Easiest way to propitiate Lord Shiva is...
( To be performed DAILY )

AA) Perform Jala-Abhishek ( Offering/ bathing with water ).

Here -
a) Even a little amount of water offered by a metal ( say - copper ) tumbler, shall suffice.

b) After performing the 'abhishek' this energised water may be offered to the roots of a plant/ tree or else offered to the ( say, rising ) SUN using a copper tumbler ( lota ).

c) One Must treat this energised water with all the due respect.

BB) Thereafter, offer AT LEAST one Bilwa (Bel) leaf.
To be offered face down on the Narmadeshwara Shivalinga.

CC) The mantra to be chanted mean-while ( during abhishek and offering of bilva leaf ) may be any of -

a) OM NAMAH SHIVAYE
b) OM NAMO BHAGVATE RUDRA-YE
c) Any of the forms of the Mrityunjaya or Maha-mrityunjaya mantra should suffice -

Say -

OM TRAYAMBAK-AM YAJA-MAHE SUGAN-DHIM PUSHTI-VARADHA-NAM
OORVA-RUKA-MIVA BANDHA-NAAT MRIT-YOR-MUKSHAYEE MAATRII-TAAT !!


NOTE  -
Shakti HERSELF is resident in the Narmadeshwara Shivalinga ( which is = Lord Shiva ) HIMSELF and vice-versa.

So... one gets the fruits of Shakti worship, as well,
while praying/ offering worship to Narmadeshwara Shivalinga.


Why I am stating ALL this is... SO THAT FOR THE PEOPLE... there is NO need to run around here and there.

i.e. to THIS temple and THAT temple.

Must DO this if you have faith in this simple ritual.
Else MUST NOT think about the same.

Especially if one wants to squander one's hard earned money/ time and energies in any of - a,b,c... x,y,z temples.

Advantage -
Kids in the family get some 'samskar', early on in life.

This energizes one's residence with the Shiva-Shakti energies.

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222) For those who have faith in Lord Vishnu/ Narayana -

MUST place a Shaligrama stone ( found in the Gandaki river in Nepal ) in the place of worship.

NOTE -
Lord Narayana along-with Goddess Lakshmi is said to be naturally residing in the Shaligrama.

Easiest way to propitiate Lord Vishnu/ Narayana is...

AA) Offer at least some rock candy and/ or jaggery to
the Shaligrama. Along with some leaves of Tulsi.

Everyday.

Later... one can partake of this offerings; as prasadam.

BB) The mantra to be chanted mean-while ( before, during or
after offering the 'prsadam' to HIM ) may be ANY/ ALL of -

a) OM NAMO BHAGVATE VASU-DEVAYE
b) OM NAMO NARAYAN-A-YE
c) OM NAMO VENKATESH-A-YE
d) OM NAMO GOVIND-A-YE
e) OM NAMO MADHAV-A-YE
f) KLEEM KRISHNA KLEEM
g) SHRI RAMA JAYA RAMA JAYA JAYA RAMA

etc., etc.

There can be many more mantras to propitiate Lord Vishnu/ Narayana.
One can always select any one of those that suits one's liking/ taste.

NOTE -
Both Lakshmi and Narayana NATURALLY reside in the Shaligrama stone.
As such... whilst worshipping Lord Narayana we are worshipping Goddess Lakhsmi, as well.


333) For those who have faith in Lord Vishnu or Narayana AS WELL as Lord Shiva -

One MAY, for sure, place BOTH - a Narmadeshwara Shivalinga as well as a Shaligrama in the place of worship.
And perform worship in the afore-said format.

This hardly takes 3-5 minutes.

This is BEST.

444) For a round of mantra chantings- one can easily source a Rudraksha bead mala for the Shiva mantras; alternately -

a Tulsi bead mala for the Sri Hari mantras.

555) In either case one MAY light a lamp ( this will be good ), incense and/ or camphor.


NOTABLE END-POINT -
There is NO point running around going to ALL the temples.

SPENDING ONE'S VITAL - TIME, MONEY AND ENERGIES.

Better have the above mentioned sacred items at home. Briefly pray to/ worship them EVERYDAY.

Any/ all members of the family ( husband, wife, etc. ) can do so.

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Most importantly - one MUST focus ALL ones' energies to ones' WORK.

WORK implies ones' means of LIVELIHOOD.

Say... one will have dependents.

No deity in no temple will take care of them or even their basic needs.
One has to by means of WORK... and WORK alone.

Thereby - effectively one saves- time, money and energy.

ONE MUST NOT FOLLOW THE CROWD AND BECOME A SHEEP IN THE HERD.

Talking about "bhed-chaal" here.

Of course  - renowned/ ancient, etc. temples/ peethas one MUST visit; as and when appropriate. Once in a while, IFF in close vicinity.

Say... if one visits a town/ city for some personal work.
And some ancient teerth or temple is nearby.
Then one can go and pay tributes.

There is NO point going 300/ 800/ 1000/ 1500/ 2500 kms. away... just in the name of pilgrimage.

This message esp. - for young people.

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ALL THIS I am putting forth... after visiting several many of temples over the last 10-20-25 years.

Today, feeling that I enriched the people around the temple's eco system.

Thereby ALL THE WHILE ... reducing my available funds ( = money ) ... albeit this is a rather slow process.

( And... still the Gods / Goddesses seem like unhappy. )

For instance...
Several years back... I went to pray to/ pay respects to Shani Maharaj @ Shingnapur ( MH ) ...

Offered Shani Maharaj 1 litre mustard oil AND 1 litre Gingelly ( til ) oil.

( Stating this fact... in lighter note. Albeit to drive a point. )

Well... well... well...
even that SEEMS TO HAVE NOT appeased or pleased Shani Maharaj; till this day.

Point is... one's KARMA appeases or pleases ANY/ ALL Gods or Goddesses.

NOT plain dogmatic rituals ALONE.

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POINT I AM MAKING -

Must have heard- "Boond-boond se ghada bharta hai."

Then, listen to this as well...

"Boond-boond choone se ek bhara hua ghada khali bhi ho jata hai."

Comprendo !!

EoP