Going beyond Names and Forms!!!

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Dear devi bhaktas,

 

this evening when i was reciting the 1000 names of sree lalita,

 

i found that among the 1000 names of Sree lLalita are included...

 

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Om durgayaii namaha

 

salutations to her who is difficult of acess

 

Om maha-laksmyai namaha

 

salutations to her who is mahalakshmi

 

Om parvatyai namha

 

salutations to her who is parvati, the daughter of the himalayas

 

Om bhuvaneshwaryai namaha

salutations to her who is bhuvaneshwari, the sovereign of the

universe.

 

om narayanyaii namaha

 

salutations to her who is narayani, the counterpart of narayani

 

 

om vijayayaii namaha

salutations to her who is victorious

 

om jayaii namaha

salutations to her who is designated as the victorious one

 

om siva-dutyai namaha

salutations to her who is shiva's ambassador

 

these names are just a few examples that i wanted to bring to the

attention of the devotees here...

 

if you look at a list of names for durga , all the above mentioned

names durga, mahalakshmi, bhuneshweri, jaya, vijaya, parvati, shiva-

duti, narayani etc appear or show up in that list...

 

so does it mean sree lalita and durga are same?

 

all it goes to show are some of the attributes are common to all

these manifestations of the divine mother- for example, vijaya

(victorious). jaya(again the victorious one), shiva-duti (ambassador

of shiva)etc...

 

while describing the divine mother, we either describe her physical

appearance (whether she is blue or red, how many arms, etc) her

physical beauty (description of her eyes, face, body etc) or her

abodes , or her source (whether she is wife of so- and so) or her

many gunas (like durga-inaccessible or one who overcomes

difficulties, jagan mata -mother of the universe) etc....

 

all these go to show that the Divine MOTHER IS ONLY ONE - ADI-SHAKTI

OR PARA SHAKTI FROM WHOM ALL THESE OTHER FORMS AND NAMES ORIGINATE...

that is why we need to go beyond the names and forms and as collin

and bodhiavasa and more recently ompremji has so eloquently pointed

out ! it is the 'motherhood' or the qualities of 'motherhood' we are

looking at- the compassion, the kindness, the nurturing qualities of

forgiveness, forbearance, tolerance. patience nd ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL

THESE THE DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS -CHAITANMYA RUPINI or sat-chi-ananda

rupini or truth-bliss -consciousness !!!!!

 

the form is just for visualization - by all means , focus on the form

of your ishtadevata (be it kali, durga, sree lalita etc.... ) but it

is necessary to understand that all these different names and forms

are only one and the same divine principle- ADI SHAKTI OR PARA

SHAKTI!

 

SO. sree lalita sahasaranama says...

 

OM NAMA-RUPA VIVARJITAYAI NAMAHA

SALUTATIONS TO **HER** WHO AS* PARA BRAHMAN IS WITHOUT NAME AND

FORM. *

 

i humbly request beloved shakta and bhakta collin to throw more

light on this based on his readings of tantric literature.

 

love and more love