Photo of the week – June 29 – July 6 2007
(Picture taken Father’s Day 2007 at Devi Mandir, Napa, CA)
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Temple of Divine Mother
Photo of the week – June 29 – July 6 2007
(Picture taken Father’s Day 2007 at Devi Mandir, Napa, CA)
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~~OM~~
There is the story of the farmer who heard the pundit discoursing on Gita in Sanskrit. The farmer was sitting in the back of the temple crying and crying, and the pundit went on and on and on, as pundits do. And at the end of his discourse, the hall was emptied, everyone went home, and the farmer was still sitting there crying and crying and crying.
And the pundit went up to the farmer and said, “Hey farmer, you’re obviously not a Sanskrit scholar, you probably didn’t understand a word that I said, how come you are crying?” And the farmer replied, “Your absolutely right Punditji. I didn’t understand one word that you said, but as you were speaking I saw Krishna standing on the chariot delivering the same discourse to Arjuna, and I couldn’t hold back my tears because the sight was so beautiful.”
Q: Why does the Shanti mantra bring so much noise both inside and outside? Like ringing a bell during the Shanti mantra. A: You know, Dilip, the bell is despised by all ashuras! They can’t stand the noise! In fact, I want to make such a racket that I can’t even hear the ashuras calling […]
Photo of the week – June 22 – June 29 2007
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~~OM~~ So remember when Ravana wanted to steal away Sita – He had Marich assume the form of a golden deer and walked the deer to the ashram. Sita said, “Ram look at that golden deer, I’ve never seen anything like that, please get that deer for me.” And Ram said, “I think this looks […]
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Every syllable of Sanskrit has seven levels of meanings:
~~OM~~ Q: The pure and impure reside in all objects. This sounds more like an acceptance of qualities of impurity. Why purify ourselves in sadhana instead of accepting the impure within us? A: The recognition of purity and impurity as inherent in all objects is the understanding and acceptance of Supreme Divinity made manifest. However […]
Photo of the week – June 15 – June 22, 2007
(Picture taken January 2007 at Devi Mandir, Napa, CA)
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~~OM~~ Shaktis leave Shiva and Vishnu and Brahma requests his sons to perform tapasya Daksha’s Enmity with Shiva and the 108 Shakti Pithas Parvati’s boon to the Gods and Himalaya’s questions The forms of Maya in the Gross Body, Subtle Body, and Causal Body The Manifestation of Maya Shakti, and Darshan of Her Universal form […]
~~OM~~ I’m going to tell you a story about a time where there was a great drought in all of India. Everyone was wanting for water. Except for Gautam Muni. Gautam Muni was worshipping Gayatri Devi and he had established a pot. And every day he would chant the mantras, and while every day the […]