Book Title: Chicago Prashnottar
Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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________________ (142) this incense is burning in fire, all my vices may also be annibilated by bhakti (worship) and as the vapours of incense are going upward, similarly I may also åttain higher life.” 5. Then light a lamp with ghi (of cow's milk) and keep it before God saying in your mind "O Lord ! as lamp-light removes darkness, in consequence of your worship, the lamp of perfect and pure knowledge may become lighted in my heart so that the darkness of ignorance may be removed." 6. Then take good rice and keep it before God contemplating that the worship with rice may confer upon you eternal happiness. 7. Take all sorts of good pakwân (Cooked food) in a tray and keep it before God saying in your mind "O God ! I have been eating it from eternity, now I make an offering of the whole of it to you so that I may never feel hungry."

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