॥ Nithyanandam॥
Before we begin the Sri Guru Puja and Shiva Puja today, we request all the Puja participants and everyone participating in this Puja, physically here and online, to declare the following with integrity and authenticity. If you are agree to this, please say "Yes" loudly:
- I authentically cognize, which is internally process, understand and declare the truth that Cosmic Energy exists. 2) I authentically cognize, which is internally process, understand and declare the truth that Swamiji, Nithyanandeshwwara Sadashiva and Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti – Guru Paduka and Atma Linga – are the Chinmaya Vigrahas – embodiment and representation of that very Cosmic Energy.
- I authentically cognize, which is internally process, understand and declare the truth that whatever I offer during the Pada Puja & Shiva Puja to Swamiji and to Nithyanandeshwara Sadashiva and Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti will reach the cosmic source of energy directly.
Sri Guru Puja and Sri Shiva Puja
- I authentically cognize which is internally process, understand and declare t*he truth of – "Sohamasmi" – that even when I pray I am Him.*
Let us now enter into the Sri Guru Puja, followed by the Shiva Puja. Please be seated in a meditative space of gratitude and deep restful awareness in your Ananda Gandha. The Sanskrit Mantras we are going to chant will directly take us to a meditative space of Guru Bhakti, the deep feeling connection with the GURU.
SRI GURU PUJA
॥ तत्त्वाचमनम् ॥ tattvāchamanam ॥
Achamana is the ritualistic cleansing of the mouth.
Here āchamana is called tattvāchamanam because the mantras used for the āchamana are the three tattvas (principles) - ātmatattva (the principle of the soul - the individual Consciousness), vidyātattva (the principle of the science of transcending from identifying ourselves as Jiva to Shiva), shivatattva (the principle of Shiva - The Cosmic Consciousness).
आत्मतत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । विद्यातत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । शिवतत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा ।
ātmatattvaṃ śodhayāmi svadhā । vidyātattvaṃ śodhayāmi svadhā । śivatattvaṃ śodhayāmi svadhā ।
Sri Guru Puja and Sri Shiva Puja
Kriya: Keep your right hand like a cow's ear (Gokarna). Please take a uddharani of water in your right hand and drink the water after each of the three mantras given above.
Kriya: Wash your hands
॥ सद्गु रुवन्दनम् ॥ sadguru-vandanam ॥
The Sri Guru Puja begins with the Sadguru Vandanam, in which we offer gratitude to our ultimate spiritual master, Sadguru THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. The meaning of the mantra is:
I surrender onto that Sadguru who is Nithyananda, the Eternal Bliss, the bestower of Supreme Happiness, who is the personification of Wisdom, who is beyond duality, who is omnipresent, to whom the supreme goal is giving the experience of - 'You Are That' (tat tvam asi); who is Oneness, Eternal, Pure and Immovable, who is the Direct Witness (Sākshi) of the beginning and source of all Beings, who is beyond emotions, and the who is without the three qualities called Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Kriya: Now please take some flowers into your folded hands, close your eyes and offer the flowers at the Sri Guru's divine feet at the end of the mantra.
नित्यानन्दं परम सुखदं केवलं ज्ञान मूर्तिं । द्वन्द्वातीतं गगन सदृशं तत्वमस्यादि लक्ष्यम् ॥ एकं नित्यं विमलं अचलं सर्वधी साक्षि भूतं । भावातीतं त्रिगुण रहितं सद्गुरुं तं नमामि ॥
nityānandaṃ parama sukhadaṃ kevalaṃ jñāna mūrtiṃ । dvandvātītaṃ gagana sadṛśaṃ tattvamasyādi lakṣyam ॥ ekaṃ nityaṃ vimalaṃ acalaṃ sarvadhī sākṣi bhūtaṃ । bhāvātītaṃ triguṇa rahitaṃ sadguruṃ taṃ namāmi ॥
॥ गुरु परम्परा वंदनम्॥ guru paramparā vaṇdanam॥
In the Guru Parampara Vandanam we offer our gratitude to the eternal lineage of all Gurus, the Enlightened Masters. The meaning of the mantra is:
I surrender to the Lineage of all the Enlightened Masters which has Sri Nithyanandeshwara Sadashiva as the beginning, Sri Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti as the middle, and my Guru Sri Nithyananda as the entirety - from the source onwards.
Kriya : Now please take some flowers in your folded hands and offer the flowers at Guru's lotus feet at the end of the mantra.
नित्यानन्देश्वरसमारम्भाम् नित्यानदेश्वरिमध्यमाम् । नित्यानन्द पर्यन्तांवन्दे गुरुपरम्पराम् ॥
nithyānandeśvarasamārambhām nithyānadeśvarimadhyamām। nithyānanda paryantāṁ vande guruparamparām ॥