[Advaita-l] Wearing religious marks

[Sankaran Aniruddhan]

namaste,

> This shloka which we say when we do tripundra dharana explains its 
> meaning:
>
> Fire is ash, air is ash, water is ash, earth is ash, ether is ash,
> Everything is ash, mind and these eyes are ash.

I have been taught to recite the maha mrityunjaya mantra (tryambakayam. 
yajamahe...) during tripundra dharana.

Aniruddhan

Sruti smRti purANAnAm Alayam karuNAlayam
namAmi bhagavatpAda Sam.karam lokaSam.karam