Devi Mahatmyam

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20/02/2020 4.Maya and Brahman Are One ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. #There is no indication to give us an idea that it contains within itself this marvelous power. But the moment this self-same electric current is made to spring into dynamism through a system of wiring through a circuit, we find this static force springs into a wonderful dynamism. ##It travels with lightning speed; it is able to give a shock; or to make an electric bulb spring into incandescence and manifest as light; it manifests itself as the whirling motion in a fan; it manifests itself as...

======================================================================== ======================================================================= 27/12/2019. 3.Maya and Brahman Are One ======================================================================= ======================================================================== 3.1 #This exposition of the Devi Tattva goes to explain to us how the Supreme Shakti is all in all. It tells us that whatever we see, whatever we perceive in this phenomenal universe before us, is nothing but the outcome of this supreme power of the Para Brahman, viz. the primal force. *She is called the Adi-Shakti. *She is also known as the transcendental power—Para-Shakti. *She is known as the superlative, the great power—Maha-Shakti. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.2 #What exactly is the relationship between this great-Divine Power and t...

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 30/11/2019. Essence of Devi Mahatmyam-2. ======================================================================== In answer to this query which, though it has been put into the mouth of Raja Suratha and Vaishya Samadhi, yet is a universal question which agitates the minds of all thinking men and women all over the world, Rishi Medha gives his wondrous exposition of the greatness of the Devi. He says; “O my children! A mysterious delusion dwells in the mind of man, by which his pure reason is blinded, by which delusion he is again and again made to cling and go back to those very objects and persons from which he is subject to so much pain and suffering. This delusion, this veiling power, is really the mysterious power of the divine Mother. It is She who is the cosmic illusion. It is She who is at the back of projection of this ...

======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/10/2019 Essence of Devi Mahatmyam-1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It begins this way. A king of the Surya Vamsa to which Lord Rama also belonged, named Suratha, is overcome and overwhelmed by his foes, who compel him to flee his kingdom. He takes shelter in a forest. He is deeply afflicted and dejected, deprived of all his wealth and retinue; and he is wandering forlorn, destitute of everything, in a very wretched condition. His mind again and again goes back to the bitter fate which he has suffered. Thinks of his kingdom, his wealth, his ministers and the way in which the kingdom is likely to be governed under the new rulers. While he is in this state of mind, he happens to come to the v...

======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/09/2019 GOD AS MOTHER : SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA 1. BHARATIYA SANKALPAM OF THE DIVINE MOTHER -4. POST-4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROSTRATIONS again and again to the blessed Divine Mother who is the source, substratum and the ultimate goal of all creation. The Mother is a mysterious, indescribable power of the Supreme Being. She is the dynamic aspect of the Supreme, Transcendent Being, which is infinity, eternity and ineffable peace, beyond the cognisance of the senses and the mind. Upon this very solemn and holy occasion which marks the commencement of the sacred annual nine-day worship of the Deity in Its aspect as the Supreme Mother, the first day of the Navaratra culminating in Vi...

04/08/2019 GOD AS MOTHER : SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA 1. BHARATIYA SANKALPAM OF THE DIVINE MOTHER -3. POST-3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Devi is synonymous with Shakti or the Divine Power that manifests, sustains and transforms the universe as the one unifying Force of Existence. In fact, worship of Devi is not sectarian, it does not belong to any cult. By Drive or Shakti we mean the presupposition of all forms of existential power, the power of knowledge, of omniscience. These powers are the glorious attributes of God—you may call Him Vishnu or Siva or as you like. In other words, Shakti is the very possibility of the Absolute’s appearing as many, of God’s causing this universe. Shakti and Shakta are one; the power and the one who possesses the power cannot be separated; God and Shakti are like fire and heat of fire. Devi-worship or Shakti-worship is therefore worship of God’s g...

16/06/2019 GOD AS MOTHER : SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA 1. BHARATIYA SANKALPAM OF THE DIVINE MOTHER - POST-2. The Upasana or the worship of the Universal Mother leads to the attainment of knowledge of the Self. The Yaksha Prasna in Kenopanishad supports this view. Approach Her with an open heart. Lay bare your mind with frankness and humility. Lay your thoughts be pure and sublime. Become as simple as a child. Pulverise your individual entity, the egoistic nature, cunningness, selfishness and crookedness. Make a total, unreserved, ungrudging self-surrender to Her. Chant Her Mantras. Worship Her with faith and devotion. Navaratri is the most suitable occasion for doing intense Sadhana. These nine days are very sacred to Mother. Plunge yourself in Her worship. It is an occasion symbolising the victory of the higher, divine forces over the lower, negative qualities that find their expression in injustice, oppression, aggrandisement, greed, selfishness, hatred and a host of other un...