The aarti lamp is usually waved in front of the deities at the end of the puja. Worship at home The shrine A lot of Hindus worship every day at home, at a shrine in their house. For this a Hindu needs the following: Object Use in worship Sense used A bell To awaken the god and let them know you are ready to worship. Hearing Food offerings Food, usually fruit, is given as an offering to the gods.
Taste Murti A image or statue of the god being worshipped. Sight Incense Incense is burnt. It fills the room, which reminds worshippers that Brahman is always there. Incense is also burnt to purify the atmosphere. Smell Kum-kum powder Marks the head of the worshipper and the god to show respect. The traditional Hindu shrine includes a bell, food offerings, murti, incence and Kum-kum powder. A bell. When God has form, He is referred to by the term Paramatma. This is almighty God, whose three main forms are Brahma; the creator, Vishnu, the sustainer and Shiva, the destroyer.
Hindus believe in many Gods who perform various functions; like executives in a large corporation. These should not be confused with the Supreme God. The unique understanding in Hinduism is that God is not far away, living in a remote heaven, but is inside each and every soul, in the heart and consciousness, waiting to be discovered.
And the goal of Hinduism is knowing God in this intimate and experiential way. Hinduism is both monotheistic and henotheistic.
It, too, is celebrated over a period of days. For Hindus, there is no weekly worship service, no set day or time in which a community is called to gather publicly. Instead, all worship can be performed to icons in the home shrine, which is why the home is a very important place of worship in India. The best word that describes and summarizes Hindu worship is puja, which means respect, homage, or worship.
Each morning, one member of the family, usually the father or the mother, will perform a short puja at the altar. This may include saying prayers, lighting a lamp, burning incense, making offerings of fruit and flowers, and ringing a bell. The goal in this worship is to please the gods through all five senses.
Much the same thing happens in temple worship, though the rituals are much more elaborate there, since deities are believed to inhabit the temple images at all times, rather than just when invited, as in a home puja.
In temple worship, the priest performs the puja , then on behalf of the god he returns to the people some of what they first brought as offerings—food, flowers, etc. This is called prasad , which means grace, goodwill, or blessing. In this way, the offerings are then received back by the devotees as a blessing. What is Hinduism?
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