Ucchhishta
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Ritual impurity left behind on food, clothing, water, or belongings through eating, touch, or bodily contact — must be kept away from items reserved for worship.
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What is Ucchhishta, and why must ritual garments, vessels, and dining utensils stay free of it?
Ucchhishta — impurity transferred through eating, touch, or bodily contact — must be kept out of anything reserved for worship: dedicated ritual clothes worn only for practice, separate vessels for Achamana versus deity offerings, and personal, unshared dining utensils.
May a japa mala be worn round the neck after japa?
Asked whether one may wear the mala round the neck for five or ten minutes after japa, seated on the asana, do another path, then wash the sumeru with water and put it back, the speaker says never make this mistake in life. Whoever gave that advice, and the videos that go viral on it — those people have no knowledge of these things at all.
What is the dosha of offering japa on a mala that has been worn?
After that you cannot do japa on that mala and dedicate it to the devatas, the speaker says. That mala has become juthan; it is a jutha mala. If you are doing japa for the pleasure of a devata, for the seva of your own devata, then the japa mala should never be worn round the neck. If you do wear it, its use will thereafter be only for wearing.
Should japa be done on a mala that has already been worn?
Not by doing japa on a mala that has already been worn and then wearing it, he says — do japa on a new mala, and then wear that.
Who may offer the madhu khappar in a silver vessel?
As for the madhu khappar in the silver vessel, absolutely everyone can offer it, he says — woman, man, child, elderly, everyone can offer it, having become pure. Offer it in a state of purity. There is no difficulty.
What should be done if the mother of the house is in sorrow?
If the mother of the house is in sorrow, he says, do the seva of Bhagavati Matangi; that is the best. In an ordinary way, do not do the seva in the Uchchha Chandalini swaroop.
What should be done with the daily dahi-bada bhog of Batuk Bhairav?
Asked what to do with the dahi-bada offered daily as bhog in Batuk Bhairav ji's japa, the speaker answers that whatever dahi-bada bhog is offered to Batuk Bhairav ji should be taken by you yourself — eat it with enjoyment.
Is Lankini only a rakshasi?
The speaker asks in what form Bhagavati Lankini was established in Lanka, and why she said nothing before Hanuman ji, how she let him enter. Lankini is not only a rakshasi: Mai too is there in a Lankini form. Recite the Sahasranama and you will find the Lankini form there to read — and you will say that this is the name of Lankini the rakshasi. But in the Sahasranama, he says, "mutra sudhani" is also written: that is, the place where mal and mutra are, in that place too is a form of Jagadamba. Nothing has been left out anywhere. This is Kaul, he says; this is the truth, and there is much to be known.
Any deity can be made famous, but the shastrokta description will not be found
You can make any devi or devata famous, the speaker says — what great matter is there in it? All right: but the shastrokta description of these you will not find. The form as described in the tantra shastra, and the manner of that description, is simply not a public description; that is the reality. Now you will find a temple of Uchchhishta Ganapati in the South — the temple of Uchchhishta Ganapati and of Bhagavati Nila Saraswati.
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