Archive - Mar 21, 2008

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Chandi Sadhana 2008: Navarna Viddhi

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We continued our discussion of the Chandi Path with the Navarna Viddhi.

Navarna Mantra is the bija mantra of all three Divine Mothers, Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi, and Maha Saraswati. So it embodies all three Mothers.

The Mantra is Aim Hrim Klim Chamundayai Vicce. Swamiji provides a beautiful explanation for the mantra.

Aim is comprised of two letters a and i and the anuswara, m. a is the letter of creation and i is the letter of the causal body and m is perfection. Aim is the seed of wisdom. It means that the creation of perfection in the causal body is the wisdom. Aim is Maha Saraswati.

Hrim is everything that can perceived by the senses, conceived in the mind, known through intuition or meditation, and beyond. Hrim is Maha Lakshmi.

Klim is comprised of ka, la, i, and m. Ka means the cause, la means the gross body, manifested existence, i means the causal body, and anuswara m means perfection. So Klim is the cause of the perfect union between the gross body dissolving into the causal body. Klim is Maha Kali.

Cha means to move, Munda means head. So Chamunda is She who moves in the head, meaning the paradigm of reality, all that we know, all that we see.

Yai mean to or unto.

Vic means all that is knowable which is called samvit

Ce mean Chaitanya, consciousness

Thus the mantra means that the three gunas, the three Goddesses are constantly moving in the paradigm of reality giving birth to all that is knowable as perceived by consciousness.

Once we deeply intuitly the meaning we cease to say to the Goddess, "please don't change". We make ourselves the witness of nature and free us from the pain of attachment.

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Follow these links to useful resources on the Navarna Viddhi:

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Submitted by webdev on Fri, 2008-03-21 11:40.

Sharanagata Mantra Blog: March 15th 2008

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From Shree Maa's life: Inspiration on Taking Refuge

One day she traveled to the banks of the Brahmaputra River in Gauhati with a number of disciples. Seeing her approaching, the boatmen along the river ran u and bowed before her on the sand of the river bank. They asked in most respectful terms, "Maa, Maa, where are you going?"

Shree Maa replied, "I want to take my disciples to the Umananda Temple, on the island in the Brahmaputra River opposite from the Kamakhya Temple."

"Maa, Maa", the boatmen called. "Please ride in our boat."

As the boatmen rowed out to the island in the center of the river, one middle-aged man told his story in coarse and rustic Assamese language. He said that when he was a young man, one day there was a great storm in the area of Gauhati. "I was working on the boats with my family that day, and Shree Maa was a passenger. The boat began to toss about on the rough waters of the river, and everyone began to cry with fear. Only Shree Maa sat silently at the front of the boat uttering prayers. All of the other passengers were struck with terror, fearing that the boats would be sunk or capsized in the howling winds and turbulent waters. But seeing Shree Maa's composure, everyone took courage, and suddenly, as quickly as the storm had arisen, the winds subsided.

By the time we reached the shore, everyone knew that it was Shree Maa's blessings by which we were all saved. Since that time, all of the boatmen regard her as the Goddess of Kamakhya." - from "Shree Maa: Life of a Saint".

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With the blessings of our Gurus, we continued to make japa of the Sharanagata Mantra in 2008 and have offered more than 350,000 mantras. Thank You! The Japa totals as of March 15th 2008 are as follows:

Ambika

7,174
Ananda Kaanta

141,480
Aparna

8,964
Brindavanshakti

5,508
Devi

50,652
Eric

2,484
Jennifer

9,936
Jun

5,508
Kalachandra

5,724
Kaliananda

6,048
Kanda

6,048
Leela

7,452
Morningsong

7,128
Nanda

1,080
Parvati

7,344
Ramya

4,860
Rosario

4,860
Sivakumar

3,132
Srini

7,344
Tapomayi

1,080
Usha

58,488
Total

352,834
Submitted by webdev on Fri, 2008-03-21 10:05.