Great-Bliss-Tantric-Sex-and-the-Path-to-Inner-Awakening

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A fire hearth (agni kunda) – A hole dug into the earth, shaped in a triangle, lined with bricks.
The maṇḍala of Vajravilāsinī – On cloth or paper, to place at the bottom of the fire hearth.
Wood (kāṣṭha) - For burning for the duration of your fire pūjā.
Flowers (puṣpa) – To place flower petals around the fire hearth to sanctify it.
Fire offerings (bali): Varies depending upon what you wish to create: white offerings (white
sesame seeds or rice) for pacifying inner and outer obstacles, yellow offerings (yellow mustard
seeds or clarified butter) for creating material abundance, red offerings (red flowers) for
attracting, and black offerings (black sesame seeds) for destroying obstacles. It is also common
to add some additional items to the fire offerings in a mix to make it special, like incense, herbs,
aromatic wood, dried fruits, nuts, and flowers. 10 lbs.
Offering bowl (bali patra) – To hold the fire offerings for the day, large enough for about 3 lbs.
Fire sticks (upaveṣa) – A stick of wood about 12-18” long, one end dipped in ghee. One for each
day to start the fire.
Ghee (ghṛita) – An offering to the fire deity that keeps the flames strong. 3 gallons.
Ghee Bowl (ghṛita patra) – To hold 1 gallon of ghee for a day.
A ladle (sruva) – A long spoon for feeding ghee to the fire.
A bandana (śirṣapaṭṭaka) – A white cotton cloth strip worn around the forehead and tied in the
back protects your hair from catching fire.
A mālā – To count mantra repetitions.
Matches (agniśalākā) – To start the fire.
Preparating the Site
To make the fire pit, dig a triangular hole in the ground one cubit wide and one cubit deep. Line
it with bricks, with some the bricks above the ground about one cubit. Place an image of the
maṇḍala of Vajravilāsinī in the bottom, and set up some fire wood in the center, and pour ghee
on the fire wood. Sprinkle flower petals around the fire pit.
Initial Practices - Sevā
Standing near the fire pit, pour some ghee on the wood, light the fire with a fire stick, and begin
your fire pūjā with the initial practices, and maintain a state of meditative absorption, with great
devotion and gratitude to the deity, and an awareness of emptiness, throughout the ritual. During
the fire pūjā, add a little ghee from time to time: use the ladle, put some ghee into the ladle, pour
the ghee from the ladle into the fire, using about 1 gallon of ghee per day. Do not leave the fire
unattended.
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