Rudra Homa

Rudra Homa is the fire worship of Rudra, Sadashiva. Rudra is invoked in a sacred fire and all the energies of the cosmos manifest during the ritual. The powerful Sri Rudram and Chamakam from the Vedas is chanted as the oblations are offered to the Shiva Agni.

Etymology

Rudra in Sanskrit literally means the one who makes the unconsciousness cry and run away. Homa is a fire ritual.

Scriptural References

Sri Rudram

Rudra Prashna is also called the Rudradhyaya, the Shatharudriyam or Sri Rudram. This Sri Rudram is found in the mid portion of the Taittiriya Krishna Yajur Veda.

Whatever you wish does not get fulfilled because there is no space in your life where new creation can happen. Your life is filled with all old happenings which repeat themselves again and again monotonously leaving no new space for “NEW” happening to happen. For the new creation in your life to happen, first the rejuvenation has to happen. When the rejuvenation happens, only then there is any possibility of new creation.

Lord Rudra – a form of Lord Shiva – who is the God of Rejuvenation. Lord Rudra removes the unwanted happenings in your life thereby creating a space for new happenings to happen as per your wish.

Lord Rudra is the Deity who replaces you with a “NEW YOU”. He transforms lives. Rudra acts very fiercely against all your patterns, karmas and the unconsciousness. Sri Rudram The Vedic hymn that extols Lord Rudra is called the Sri Rudram. Sri Rudram depicts Lord Shiva’s Cosmic form. It is a powerful Vedic hymn on Lord Shiva, and renowned for its healing vibrations. It is chanted to invoke Lord Shiva's energy, intelligence and blessings.

Sri Rudram is also called the Namakam. Namakam literally means the hymn which is made of Namaha. Namaha in Sanskrit has two meanings. One is “Salutations” and the other is “Not mine”. Every time when you utter the word Namaha, actually the patterns and karmas get detached from you and get rid of the spell of patterns and karmas. Again and again repeating the word 'not me' – namaha - directly hits at the root of the ego, which is the sole culprit responsible for all our problems. Repeating the word namaha in your inner space breaks the unconscious part of our mind where the root cause of all the health problems resides. It is said that chanting of Sri Rudram is a direct way to Enlightenment.

Sri Rudram contains the most sacred five-syllabled Shiva Panchakshari – the “Nama Shivaya” mantra. “Shiva” means Causeless Auspiciousness. The chanting of Sri Rudram fills our lives with causeless auspiciousness.

Rudra is the Deity of anti-aging. It is the form of Shiva's rejuvenating energy which makes us younger day after day. Simply chanting the Sri Rudram with awareness can directly destroy the root of all mental and physical health problems.

Chamakam

Chamakam is the Vedic prayer to fulfil all our wishes. Chamakam is always chanted after Sri Rudram. By chanting Sri Rudram, the negativity and deep-rooted patterns are removed from us. As a result, a beautiful space is created in us for a new life. Through the power of Chamakam which prays for all the auspicious things to be in our life, our true desires are fulfilled leading us more and more towards a fulfilled life which is Living Enlightenment.

Chamakam is considered to be a very auspicious chant, and is. usually chanted on auspicious occasions like marriage, housewarming ceremony, etc..

Rudra Homa for Clearing Samskaras

Every day, in all our temples, all our ashrams, all our Centres, in the Rudra Homa Agni, in the fire of Rudra Homa, the people’s samskaaras should be offered.

All the people who are practicing the Samskaara Dahana Kriya in Bidadi, if you are doing it late night, next day those papers, those karmas, those Samskaaras, should be offered into the Rudra Homa Agni. Every day people should come to the temple and do Samskaara Dahana Kriya, tear those karmas, patterns, and put it in a corner where you should keep a box for all the offerings to be put in the Havan, Homa. Let the people put those papers, their karmas and go. You take it and offer it into the fire, the Rudra Homa fire. In places like Bidadi, the fire should be all the time kept so that whenever people want they can come and sit and do Samskaara Dahana Kriya and offer their sheet, offer their karmas and patterns in the fire, Agni, and go. - Paramahamsa Nithyananda

References

http://www.nithyananda.org/events/rudra-homa-rudra-abhisheka#gsc.tab=0 http://gateway.nithyananda.org/product/achala-murhthi-seva-homa/ http://vedic-temples.nithyananda.org/rudrahoma/