Re: Some questions about Hindu prayer and temple customs
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
Sahasranama
I don't know how you could possibly confuse following Patanjali's yoga darshana with this. One does not need to follow Pantanjali's yoga darshana, since ritual purification and daily prayers are necessary prerequisites for all Hindu rituals.
No confusion on my part... just another reference point of where cleanliness and purification may also be found outside a temple orientation. I am considering the questioner, so he may compare and contrast ideas.
And with yama and niyama a code of conduct to advance one's sādhana is at the core. The discipline is refocused within.
praṇām
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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