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• Books (Chandi Path, Study of Chapter One, Study of Chapter Two, Chandi Pronunciation and Samputs)
• Book Review: Chandi Path
• Book Review: Chandi Path: Study of Chapter One
• Book Review: Chandi Path: Study of Chapter Two
• CDs (Maa chants Navarna Mantra, Chandi Path)

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• Patal Bhuvaneshwar
• Markandeya Muni story
• Special offerings for the Goddess

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Laksya means the goal. Lakshmi manifests the goal and every aim in existence. What our goals are is what we value; that which we value is our wealth. And it is in that sense that Lakshmi is the Goddess of Wealth -- our goals, our values, our aspirations.

Sri means the Highest Respect. Sa means peace. Ra means the mind. I means your heart or intuition. The Highest Respect is peace in the mind and in the heart. When we can experience peace in our minds and hearts, we are offering our respect.

When we worship, we focus our attention -- that is worship. As we practice to achieve greater intensity of focus, greater degrees of absorption, we find greater efficiency in our actions and greater peace in our hearts and minds.

That is Lakshmi's promise: "Whoever will pursue his/her goals with peace, they will find wealth.".

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• Swamiji performing Lakshmi Puja 2007
• Lakshmi Murti and established pot after Puja

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• Events Calendar
• Sponsor Puja at the Devi Mandir

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• Bookstore

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• Santoshi Maa Vrat and Her Mahima

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• Maha Lakshmi Ashtakam

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One time Indra's son Jayant assumed the form of a crow. And he was playing with Ram and Sita, and then he pecked Sita's foot. And Ram got mad, and he put a mantra on his arrow, and he sent the arrow in the direction of Jayant.

Jayant took off like a bird and rose into the sky. And wherever he went the arrow followed him. And the arrow chased Jayant all the way around the earth and no one could give him refuge, no one could help him, no one could save him in anyway. And so Jayant came back to Ram and bowed down to him and said, "Please, I've done wrong, please excuse me, please forgive me."

So, Ram being the compassionate one said, "I'm going to make your eye squinty, (that's why crows have squinty eyes), and then I'm going to forgive you."

So that was his punishment.