Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 nisparigrahA : Receiving nothing. According to the Medini, "parigraha means attendants. Wife, appropriation, root". She is none of these. BhAskarAya's Commentary. Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 I like this commentary, from T.V Narayana Menon. Translated into English by Dr. M.N. Namboodiri. The Thousand Names of The Divine Mother. Publisher : Mata Amritanandamayi Math. Amritapuri, Kerala. nisparigrahA : she who does not acquire or accept anything. She is complete in Herself, with all wishes fulfilled. Devi is one who does not amass anything. Parigraha means spouse, children, grain, wealth and so on. None of these apply to Her. Why, then does the actionless Devi need temples, puja, offerings of food, money and the like? It is the desire of the devotees; it is for their pleasure and peace of mind. We put diamonds and jewelry on children according to our wealth. What need does a child have for jewelry? The child does not know its value. It is all for the happiness of the adults. Amma says, "It is our mind that we should give to God. Then we will get it back purified. Presently our strongest attachment is to our wealth. Therefore, when we give wealth, it is like giving our mind. The benefit is not to God, but to ourselves." The dictionary says that Parigraha also means, "root". Since Devi is the root cause of everything, She herself is without root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 She is not greedy, does not hoard, does not lose her center and cling to material possessions, other people, etc. Unfortunate that "spouse" is considered a possession, children too. I don't think this means not to love others, raise children, create homes, but rather, not to lose one's center to those "things," as they are not your ultimate identity; also, it is not proper to consider others as possessions. To live in harmony with the universe, to live in dharma, at the same time that we play the various roles of our embodied forms...seems ideal. I've read descriptions of tantric relationships or interactions (in Passionate Enlightenment, which I've posted on before) which run akin to this, to allowing the embodied form its reality, but not believing in its reality. , "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...> wrote: > > > > I like this commentary, from T.V Narayana Menon. Translated into > English by Dr. M.N. Namboodiri. The Thousand Names of The Divine > Mother. Publisher : Mata Amritanandamayi Math. > Amritapuri, Kerala. > > nisparigrahA : she who does not acquire or accept anything. > She is complete in Herself, with all wishes fulfilled. > > Devi is one who does not amass anything. Parigraha means spouse, > children, grain, wealth and so on. None of these apply to Her. > > Why, then does the actionless Devi need temples, puja, offerings of > food, money and the like? It is the desire of the devotees; it is > for their pleasure and peace of mind. We put diamonds and jewelry on > children according to our wealth. What need does a child have for > jewelry? The child does not know its value. It is all for the > happiness of the adults. > > Amma says, "It is our mind that we should give to God. Then we will > get it back purified. Presently our strongest attachment is to our > wealth. Therefore, when we give wealth, it is like giving our mind. > The benefit is not to God, but to ourselves." > > The dictionary says that Parigraha also means, "root". Since Devi is > the root cause of everything, She herself is without root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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