TM -Elucidation - the true backgrounds of the TM- Meditation - movement

The Pujas of the Shankara order

Panchayatana puja (Pañcāyatana pūjā) is a system of worship ('puja') in the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. It consists of the worship of  the five deities being Shiva, Vishnu, Devi or Durga, Surya and an Ishta Devata such as Ganesha or Skanda or any personal god of devotee's preference. Sometimes the Ishta Devata is the sixth deity in the mandala.

The Panchayatana puja has been attributed to Adi Shankara, and it is a practice that became popular in medieval India. However, archaeological evidence suggests that this practice long predates the birth of Adi Shankara.

Gurustrotam

The TM-Puja is a special version of gurustrotam evtl. created by 'Ashu Kavi', Pandit Veni Madhava Sastri.

Adi Shankara begins his 'Gurustotram' or 'Verses to the Guru' with the following Sanskrit Sloka, a widespread devotional song (Bhajan) (Guru Mantra): Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara. Guru Sakshath Parambrahma, Tasmai Shri Gurave namaha. (Prarthana(prarthana , s.u.) means prayer or worship.)

Acharya Vandana Puja
Purification :
apavitrah pavitro va sarvavastha.n gato.api va
yah smaretpu.nDariikakSham sa bahyabhya.ntarah shuchiH
(haribhaktivilasa Kap.3 v37, garu.Da purana)

Invocation : narayanam padmabhavam vasishhTham shaktiM cha tatputraparasharam cha vyasam shukam gauDapadam mahantam govindayogiindramathasya shishhyam
( guruvandanam v1 / gurustotram v20)
shrii shamkaracharyamathasya padmapadam cha hastamalakam cha shishhyam
tam troTakam varttikakaramanyan asmataguruun santatamanatosmi
(guruvandanam v2 / gurustotram v21)
shrutismRitipurananam alayam karuNalayam
namami bhagavatpadam shankaram lokasha~Nkaram
(guruvandanam v3 / gurustotram v22)
shankaram shankaracharya keshavam badarayanam
suutrabhashhyakRitau vande bhagavantau punah punah
(guruvandanam v4 / gurustotram v23 )
yad.hdvare nikhila nilimpaparishhatsiddhiM vidhatte.anisham ,
shriimachchhriilasitam jagad.hgurupadam natvatmatRiptiM gatah .
lokaGYanapayodapaTanadhuram shriishamkaram sharmadam ,
brahmanandasarasvatiiM guruvaram dhyayami jyotirmayam
(prarthana v5)
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avahanam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
asanam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
snanam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
vastram samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
cha.ndanam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
akshatan samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
pushhpam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
dhuupam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
diipam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
achmaniyam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
naivedyam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
achmaniiyam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
tambuulam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
shrii phalam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
(upacharas)
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karpuuragauram karuNavataram samsarasaram bhujagendraharam
sadavasantam hRidayaravinde bhavam bhavanii sahitam namami
(prarthana - upacharas / shiva shloka)
aratrikyam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
achmaniiyam samarpayami shriguru charana kamalebhyo namah
(upacharas)
gururbrahma gururvishnur gururdevo maheshvarah
guruHsakShat parambrahma tasmai shri gurave namah
(gurudevastuti v6 / guru mamtra)
akhandamandalakaram vyaptam yena characharam
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah
(gurudevastuti v4 / guru stotram / guru pranam)
shrii+ brahmanandam parama sukhadam kevalam GYanmurtim
vishvatiitam gagana sadrisham tattvamasyadi lakshyam
(gurudevastuti v2 / guru gita)
ekam nityam vimalam achalam sarvadhiisakShibhutam
bhavatiitam trigunasahitam sadgurum tvam namami
(gurudevastuti v3)
aGYana timirandhasya GYanajana shalakaya . chakShuruunmiilitam yena tasmai shrii gurave namah
(gurudevastuti v5 / guru gita v34)
pushhpaJNjaliM samarpayami shrii guru charana kamalebhyo namah
(upacharas)
 
The english translation(alt.meditation.transcendental)
Purification: Whether pure or impure, whether all places are permeated by purity or impurity, Whoever opens himself to the expanded vision of unbounded awareness gains inner and outer purity.

Invocation: To Lord Narayana, to lotus-born Brahma the Creator, to Vasishtha, to SHAKTI and his son, Parashara, to Vyasa, to Shukadeva, to the great GaudaPada, to Govinda, ruler among yogis, from him to his disciple, Shri Shankaracharya, from him to his disciples, Padma Pada and Hastamalaka, to him, Trotakacharya and Vartika-Kara, to others, to the eternal tradition of our abode of the wisdom of the Shrutis, Smritis and Purana, to the abode of compassion, to the personified glory of the Lord, to Shankara, emancipator of the world, I bow down.
To Shankaracharya, the Emancipator, adored as Krishna and Badarayana, to the two authors of the commentary on the Brahma Sutras, I bow down To both expressions of the Divine, in Shankara, I bow down again and again At whose door the whole galaxy of gods pray for perfection day and night Adorned with immeasurable glory, preceptor of the whole world, having bowed to Him we gain complete fulfillment. Skilled in dispelling the cloud of ignorance of the people, the bestower of happiness, the glorious emancipator, Brahmananda Sarasvati, full of brilliance, Him I bring to my awareness.

16 OFFERINGS
Offering the invocation to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering a seat to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering a ablution to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering cloth to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering sandalpaste to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offereing full rice to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering a flower to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering incense to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering light to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering water to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering fruit to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering water to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.

Offering a betel leaf to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering a coconut to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down Offering camphor light. White as camphor, the incarnation of kindness, the essence of creation garlanded by the Serpent-King. Ever dwelling in the lotus of my heart, Lord Shiva with Mother Divine to Him I bow down. Offering light to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. Offering water to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
Offering a handful of flowers Guru Dev is the glory of Brahma the Creator, Lord Vishnu the Maintainer, and the great Lord Shiva Guru is the glory of the Supreme Transcendent personified, to Him, to the glory of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. The Unbounded, like the endless canopy of the sky, the omnipresent in all creation, the sign of That has been revealed, to Him, to Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.

Guru Dev, Shri Brahmananda, Guru Dev, in the glory of the bliss of the Absolute, in the glory of transcendental joy, in the glory of Unity, the very embodiment of knowledge, who is beyond the universe like the sky, as the goal of "that thou art" and other (Shrutis which grant eternal unity of life).
The One, the Eternal, the Pure, the Immovable, the Witness of all intellects, whose status transcends thought-- the Transcendent along with the three gunas, the true preceptor, to Shri Guru Dev, I bow down.
The blinding darkness of ignorance has been removed by the application of the ointment of knowledge, the eye of knowledge has been opened by Him, therefore to Him, to Shri Guru Dev, bow down. Offering a handful of flowers to the lotus feet of Shri Guru Dev, I bow down. .....................