Dooj
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27 Oct: The tithi began and ended without ever falling at sunrise (kshaya); the day it runs through is kept.
Computed for New Delhi. Sunrise decides which tithi a day belongs to, so these can differ elsewhere.
The second lunar day of either fortnight (Shukla or Krishna Paksha) — a potent day, alongside Amavasya, for performing remedies against sorcery.
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Dooj or amavasya milk offering to Shiva against abhichar: the procedure
The speaker gives a small but very strong remedy for a house or person under heavy Abhichara, done on Amavasya or on Dooj of either paksha, whatever the weekday, in Pradosha within half an hour after sunset. Take milk of a single-colour desi cow, one and a quarter litres if it is for many people or one paav if for oneself alone, fill it into a clay Kulhad, place it at your pujan sthan and pray to Mahadeva to protect the house and to remove and bind any negative shakti or abhichar that has entered. Then, at once and barefoot, go to a nearby temple, pour the milk over the Shivling, leave the kulhad there upside down, do pranam and return. Nothing else: nothing mixed into the milk, no dhoop or deep, only the milk. He says this is a starting point for people who do no puja beyond an ordinary dhoop-deep; a second, stronger remedy that needs pujan and some spending on materials he withholds for a separate video.
Precaution: tension or kalah in the house may rise after the first milk offering
The speaker warns that the first time you do the milk offering to Shiva, something or other will happen: tension in the house may rise a great deal, or there may be kalah, whatever it is. He says to let it happen, and to do the upaya and see for yourself.
The purnahuti may fall in the Diwali maharatri itself, or up to the Dwitiya — but a havan in the Diwali mahanisha is not to be missed.
The vigil runs from the Monday night to the Tuesday morning. After that, do your sadhana for the two days that follow. The purnahuti you may, if you wish, do in the Diwali maharatri itself; or if you have further havan and the like to do, you can do it according to your convenience up to the Dwitiya tithi, on the Wednesday. But do this much without fail: perform a havan in the Diwali mahanisha.
A Ramayana chaupai used as a sabar mantra to petition Rudra's ganas
The speaker says the mantra he teaches is a chaupai of the Ramayana that is used in the sabar field as a Sabar Mantra with more than one prayog. Mahadev's Ganas, he says, carry our words to him and have also been given independent authority by Rudra to fulfil wishes if pleased on their own; this mantra petitions those ganas. Because the moon on Mahadev's head is the half moon of Dooj, not a full moon, and the mantra's connection runs through Rudra's ganas, it is made siddha only in a penumbral lunar eclipse — as he was taught. Since the Ramcharitmanas shows Mahadev meditating on Ram and Ram worshipping Mahadev, each the other's aradhya and servant, this one mantra brings the grace of both Ram and Rudra and coordinates two great powers.
If I am doing Kalika Yogini, what do I do for the five days?
If you are doing Kalika Yogini you will do that same one principally, but along with it you must do the Dhanteras pujan. The five-day anushthan — minimum, from Trayodashi to Dooj, or Dwadashi to Pratipada — is to be done of Bhagavati Kalika herself.
When should the yam deep daan be done — evening or after the meal?
He says plainly: do it in the same way as your parents or the elders of your family have been doing. Still, you should do the yam deep daan continuously at the evening time from Dhanteras up to the Dwitiya tithi — you should do it on all five days.
How is yam tarpan performed, and on which days?
If you wear the yajnopavit, if the janeu has been done, do yam tarpan. If you know the vidhi that is good; otherwise, tarpan takes place by the twelve names of Yamraj. Putting in white til and black til, making the janeu into a kanthi around the neck, facing the south direction, wearing pavitri and the rest and a white garment, tarpan is then done at the evening time. It is done all five days, but on Dhanteras, Chaudas and Amavasya it should certainly be done.
What if I am doing no sadhana at all and am confused?
If you are doing no sadhana, are not capable of doing one, do not have that much capacity to sit, or are very confused right now — the confusion is more than needed and the wish simply does not arise — then he gives a very small task. Begin from the day of Dhanteras, or else from Kali Chaudas, and do it at least up to Bhai Dooj. If you want to do it for three days, then Chaudas, Amavasya and Pratipada — do that much.
What happens if the chaukhat tilak is not done?
Very often you will find this too, he says: from not doing the tilak and the rest, injury to the foot begins on that day; people do get hurt. Take it as a kidvanti even so, but it should be done. If you will believe, then it is belief; otherwise consider it superstition, a kidvanti, whatever, and go wherever you wish, Europe or America, no problem. But it should be done. Everyone should certainly do the pujan of the dahleez, of your own chaukhat, on the night of Amavasya, as the Dehli Vinayak pujan. And if unfortunately there is no woman in the house, then one should do this pujan oneself.
What should be done for a Chandra-Ketu conjunction in the eighth house causing mental suffering?
If a Chandra-Ketu conjunction stands, even in the eighth house, and there is very great mental trouble, then you should do the upasana of Bhagwan Sadashiva, the speaker says: do daily dhyan and pujan of the Chandra upon Sadashiva's head. It is called the dooj moon — on the dooj, on the second tithi of the Krishna Paksha and also on the second tithi of the Shukla Paksha, you should particularly perform the abhishek and pujan of Bhagwan Shiva. Also, the two-mukhi rudraksha of Sadashiva should be got made with Chandra, or, if there is a Ketu-Chandra yoga, the nine-mukhi and the two-mukhi rudraksha got made along with Chandra and worn after pujan, and worn for life.
What preparation is needed for the Diwali sadhana?
Asked what preparation should be made for the Diwali sadhana and whether it is up to Ashtami or Navami, the speaker says the five-day sadhana for Diwali will run from Dhanteras up to Bhai Dooj. On the day of Navami as far as possible, or on the Dashami, the subjects will be discussed — up to the Dashami of the Krishna Paksha; the Ekadashi and Dwadashi, two days, will be in hand. For the rest he will keep posting messages in the group and will come live and discuss further if possible.
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