Guest guest Posted July 29, 2003 Report Share Posted July 29, 2003 Greetings to all, This is something which has been in my mind and ive decided to ask today what is Sadhana to Devi all about???... OM SHAKTHI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 A member asked the other day on this list, "what is Sadhana to Devi all about???" It can be many things, from simple pooja, to recitation of Her names or hymns of praise, to silent japa, to complex Srividya ritual, with infinite gradations in between. Whatever the approach, it is "all about" wisely enjoying the gift of this temporal world while striving toward transcendent realization of what lies beyond. One of the most commeon queries we receive here (often in the form of offline, personal notes to the moderators) is: How do I begin Shakti Sadhana. As with almost everything else in life, it's smart to start small -- don't immediately plunge in, trying elaborate ritual worship and three-hour japas and so on; but simply start conditioning your mind for an encounter with Her. Perhaps the finest, most simple and wonderful example I've seen is the following prayer (in English), composed by the great spiritual leader and Shakta guru, Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji), who is just wrapping up a long visit to the U.S., and preparing to return to the temple at Devipuram. In my personal opinion (and I do not claim to speak for anyone else, or for the other Shakti Sadhana moderators), if you read (*and* assimilate) all of the material on Guruji's site (linked below), you will come an extremely long way toward an accurate understanding of "what Sadhana to Devi all about" ... I urge any of our members who are searching for an entry point through which to approach Shakti Sadhana to learn and use this simple prayer, as described below. It will set you on your way: SEE THE GODDESS FAST Try this. It works. Spare 1 hour a day. Recite for 40 days in a row, 3 times daily. Repeat 3 times, stay silent for 20 minutes each time. All ye who tried speak of the result to me, positive or negative: "I ask for my Guru Devi's blessings. They are with me here and now. 1. Oh Devi, I have removed all my masks: anger, doubt, fear, shame, aversion, family, race and expectations of my conduct. 2. I have kept a fresh soft lotus in my heart for you to come and occupy. 3. I entreat you, please come, and enter it with your refreshingly cool and lotus-golden-white lights. 4. Fill me from head to toe with your glorious love, beauty, pleasure, wisdom, light, music, dance, poetry and compassion. 5. Let me enjoy wave after wave of these qualities in an unending series. 6. Protect me from evil. 7. I am open to your direction from within and without. Bless me in a crystal clear voice. Let me see your divine vision constantly in the lake of my clear mind and with my physical eyes. 8. Never leave me even for a moment. 9. I will not live without you. When my time comes, take me into your heart. 10. Let me be useful to all living beings; to help them realize your beauty and love. This is my constant prayer, aspiration and the goal of my life." NOTES: Notice that this prayer has several important components: * Removing masks. Being your true self. * Setting apart a lovely place for your divine presence. * Entreaty to divine to come with healing colors of lotus lights. * Let every nook and corner be filled with divine qualities. * This invocation is like a series of waves building up energy. * Seeking protection against false entities trying to lead you astray. * Surrender and opening up to divine presence and guidance. * Determination not to live without divine presence. * Preparedness for ultimate merger without limits. * Helping others is your nature. Therefore you help. Source: http://gurujiamrita.tripod.com/see_goddess_fast.htm Aum Maatangyai Namahe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 My goodness! There is so much erudition on this list I feel like I should be mailing in a per hour fee for it all! : ) The members may appreciate the information on Tara Sadhana in the Buddhist tradition which is found at this link: http://www.khandro.net/deities_Tara1.htm#divine%20bodhisattva An internal link to the article "Shri Tara Devi" is also worth a look re: the connection between the Tara of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tara of the Indian pantheon. "O compassionate and venerable subduing goddess, May the infinite beings, including myself, Soon purify the two obscurations and complete both collections So that we may gain full enlightenment." OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA - Devi Bhakta Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:03 PM Re: Sadhana to Devi A member asked the other day on this list, "what is Sadhana to Devi all about???" It can be many things, from simple pooja, to recitation of Her names or hymns of praise, to silent japa, to complex Srividya ritual, with infinite gradations in between. Whatever the approach, it is "all about" wisely enjoying the gift of this temporal world while striving toward transcendent realization of what lies beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 Can you kindly explain the line OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA? namasthe Prasad --------- DATE: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:21:38 "Interested Inquirer" <intinquirer >"O compassionate and venerable subduing goddess, >May the infinite beings, including myself, >Soon purify the two obscurations and complete both collections >So that we may gain full enlightenment." > >OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA __________ Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 I'll do my best. The closest thing to a literal translation into English would be: "O My Terror Do Hurry To Rays Sower." Tara the Dharma Goddess, Mother of the Buddhas ("the Terrible"), frees us from our fears, and we "hurry" to "hari" (praise) Her. She is the "seed sower" of the "rays" of the Buddha nature. This mantra is expressed in a condensed version of the "Praises to Tara" as follows: "OM to the transcendent subduer, Arya Tara, I prostrate. Homage to the glorious one who frees with TARE; With TUTTARE you calm all fears; You bestow all success with TURE; To the sound SOHA I pay great homage." The full version, from Venerable Thubten Chodron's Pearl of Wisdom, consists of twenty-one stanzas. This is the Venerable Lama Zopa Rinpoche's explanation of the mantra's meaning: "OM represents Tara's holy body, speech and mind. [in contrast to the impure body, speech and mind of the practitioner -- I. I.] "TARE means liberating from true suffering, the sufferings of samsara, our aggregates being under the control of delusion and karma. "TUTTARE means liberating from the 8 fears, the external dangers, but mainly from the internal dangers, the delusions, and also karma. "TURE means liberating from the ignorance of the absolute nature of the I; it shows the true cessation of suffering. "SOHA means 'may the meaning of the mantra take root in my mind.'" (from Tara the Liberator by Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Wisdom Publications.) Thank you for asking and, in my ignorance, I hope that I have been of some assistance to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 Thank you Devi Bhakta. >From a personal experience, this does lead one to a spiritual bliss. Feel it and experience the joy. Sometimes tears naturally began to flow, let it be. Let it flow ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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