“Puja is the act of showing reverence to a god, a spirit, or another aspect of the divine through invocations, prayers, songs, and rituals”. There are various types of Puja's for certain stages of life, holy days and daily offerings to god. The Satyam School of Leadership is about to open and there recently was a Puja to bless the building (there was also one before ground was broken on the site for the building and I am sure there are more to come). The four hour ceremony consisted of chanting, lighting candles, offering food, money and flowers to the creator, cracking of coconuts (to symbolize breaking the outer shell or ego and connecting with the spirit), ancient storytelling and many other interesting rituals. It was fascinating to be apart of and I was fortunate to have a colleague translate for me so I could better understand the meaning of each part of the intricate process. Check out this link for more info on Puja’s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Puja Ceremony
“Puja is the act of showing reverence to a god, a spirit, or another aspect of the divine through invocations, prayers, songs, and rituals”. There are various types of Puja's for certain stages of life, holy days and daily offerings to god. The Satyam School of Leadership is about to open and there recently was a Puja to bless the building (there was also one before ground was broken on the site for the building and I am sure there are more to come). The four hour ceremony consisted of chanting, lighting candles, offering food, money and flowers to the creator, cracking of coconuts (to symbolize breaking the outer shell or ego and connecting with the spirit), ancient storytelling and many other interesting rituals. It was fascinating to be apart of and I was fortunate to have a colleague translate for me so I could better understand the meaning of each part of the intricate process. Check out this link for more info on Puja’s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja
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BTW, if you are interested in yoga, I highly recommend Gurmuhk's Kundalini Yoga. It revitalizes the nervous system, and in this day and age that is exactly what we need with the stress/fast-paced lifestyle.
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