Kara Mala
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Japa performed by counting on the 16 finger phalanges rather than a physical mala, with the 10 Digpalas and 9 Grahas mapped onto them — three specific phalanges (Shani, Nairritya, and Yama) are traditionally skipped.
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What is Kara-mala japa, and which finger phalanges are traditionally skipped?
In Kara-mala japa, the 10 Digpalas and 9 Grahas are mapped onto the 16 finger phalanges, with three phalanges — associated with Shani, Nairritya, and Yama — traditionally omitted during japa.
Panchopchar pujan, with the 108 paths counted on supari, karmala or a mala while a single flower is held in hand.
The speaker says the pujan of Batuk Bhairav will be done by the ordinary panchopchar vidhi, and the 108 paths will be done upon a single flower. Keep something to count with — you can count with supari, with the karmala, or with a mala in the other hand. In one hand you will hold a red or yellow flower, or a rose, and holding that flower do the 108 paths; or if you are doing less, 27 paths, then do 27, and that flower is to be offered first of all.
Does a mantra become siddha if japa is done on the fingers without a mala?
Asked whether a mantra japa done on the fingers, when one has no mala, will not become siddha, the speaker answers no — it is not so. But he adds that japa without a mala is a matter that becomes different once you go a little practically into it.
Does japa done on a kar mala while travelling count toward an anushthan?
Asked whether japa done on a kar mala while travelling counts within a daily anushthan of 51 malas of Ram naam, or only what is done seated at the puja place, he distinguishes ajapa jap from seated japa. While on travel you may do ajapa jap; at least your chain will not break. Do not bring it into the count — if you have a sankalp of a sava lakh or five lakh, do not count the travelling japa — but do keep doing the japa.
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