{"id":814,"date":"2026-07-30T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=814"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T03:00:02","slug":"lesson-110-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-110-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 110 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-110.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Does the Puj\u0101r\u012b Do During P\u016bj\u0101?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 110<br>During the p\u016bj\u0101, through mantras, mudr\u0101s and mystical ritual, the priest invokes the Deity. All observances are precisely detailed in the \u0100gamas; every act, every intoned syllable is rich in esoteric meaning. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<br><br>BH\u0100SHYA<br>The puj\u0101r\u012b performs strict ablutions and disciplines to prepare himself for his sacred duty. Before the p\u016bj\u0101, he ritually purifies the atmosphere. As the p\u016bj\u0101 begins, he meditates on Lord Ga\u1e47e\u015ba, praying that all obstacles may be removed. He then beseeches the God to indwell the image, to accept the prayers of the votaries, and to shower blessings and love on all. Calling the name of the Deity and chanting mantras and hymns from the Vedas and \u0100gamas, the puj\u0101r\u012b makes offerings of unbroken rice, burning camphor, incense, holy ash, water, red turmeric powder, flowers and food. Sometimes offerings of milk, rose water, sandalwood paste and yogurt are poured over the m\u016brti as an oblation, called abhisheka. Bells are loudly rung, conch shells sounded, and musicians may play the temple drums and woodwinds. The puj\u0101r\u012b treats the Deity with utmost care, attending to Him as the King of kings. When the p\u016bj\u0101 has ended, the puj\u0101r\u012b passes the now sanctified offerings to those present. The Vedas state, \u201cDaily the sacrifice is spread. Daily the sacrifice is completed. Daily it unites the worshiper to heaven. Daily by sacrifice to heaven he ascends.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does the Puj\u0101r\u012b Do During P\u016bj\u0101? \u015aLOKA 110During the p\u016bj\u0101, through mantras, mudr\u0101s and mystical ritual, the priest invokes the Deity. All observances are precisely detailed in the \u0100gamas; every act, every intoned syllable is rich in esoteric meaning. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya. BH\u0100SHYAThe puj\u0101r\u012b performs strict ablutions and disciplines to prepare himself for his <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-110-dancing-with-siva\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing-with-siva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5304,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/5304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}