Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 I agree, and I hope it's ok if I share it with other friends whose practise of LS will undoubtedly be benefitted with this insight and wisdom. my pranams too. , asokan <ahumasokan> wrote: > pranam mata, pranam for revealing and sharing with us one of the greatest secrets of LS. kindly inform that great yogi of my sashtanga namaskaram at his lotus feet. > > asokan > > NMadasamy <nmadasamy@s...> wrote: > This is a repsot from our old inconversations series : > > Here is another in Shakti Sadhana's "Conversations About Srividya" > series. > > As usual, "Q" is me, asking all the dumb questions. "A" is an > accomplished Srividya upasak and guru, who (also as usual) offers > patient and lucid replies for the benefit of the Group, but in > return requests anonymity to avoid being flooded with queries from > too many people > > Q: Why were the Sri Lalita Sahasranama and other thousand-name hymns > composed? > > A: Why do you think? > > Q: I assume because it reflects what the sages discovered upon > contemplating Her? > > A: No. Think again. Start looking at the structure. Go further. What > is the first name? > > Q: shrI mAtA. The Mother. > > A: But why the Mother? Whose Mother? For that you must refer back to > Lalitopakhyana [i.e. Story of the Goddess Lalita; an important text > describing the Great Goddess of Srividya Shaktism], on how Lalita > manifested Herself. > > A: When the Devas were running away from the asura Bhanda, they > reached a hopeless situation, and they decided to do the mahaa yaga, > which is sacrificing oneself part by part and, ultimately, > completely. And they did it. And thus were all the Devas consumed by > the sacrificial fire. And from that fire arose a power - formless; > attributeless - that coalesced into Lalita, the ever playful one. > And what did she do first? She recreated the devas, thus becoming > the Mother of all Gods. Hence the name shrI mAtA. > > Q: I see ... > > A: Now lets take the second name, shrI mahArAjnI, the Great Empress. > How did She become that? Upon being recreated, the Devas decided > that in the coming battle they needed a leader composed of all their > powers - and that was manifest as Lalita in front of them. So they > crowned Her the Empress. > > As the Empress, Lalita needed a consort; so Shiva became a male > Lalita - like a twin to Her in every respect, except that He was a > male He was married to Her. And they ascended the throne, and She > became the third name of LS, srImatsimhAsaneshwarI on being seated > on the throne. Thus the early part of Lalitopakhyana was compressed > into the first three names. > > Q: And it goes on from there ............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 I salute that great Yogi who resides in South india and who is the object of devotion by the moderators of this discussion forum and the website I repeatedly bow my head to the great yogi vikram manoj_menon <ammademon wrote: I agree, and I hope it's ok if I share it with other friends whose practise of LS will undoubtedly be benefitted with this insight and wisdom. my pranams too. , asokan <ahumasokan> wrote: > pranam mata, pranam for revealing and sharing with us one of the greatest secrets of LS. kindly inform that great yogi of my sashtanga namaskaram at his lotus feet. > > asokan > > NMadasamy <nmadasamy@s...> wrote: > This is a repsot from our old inconversations series : > > Here is another in Shakti Sadhana's "Conversations About Srividya" > series. > > As usual, "Q" is me, asking all the dumb questions. "A" is an > accomplished Srividya upasak and guru, who (also as usual) offers > patient and lucid replies for the benefit of the Group, but in > return requests anonymity to avoid being flooded with queries from > too many people > > Q: Why were the Sri Lalita Sahasranama and other thousand-name hymns > composed? > > A: Why do you think? > > Q: I assume because it reflects what the sages discovered upon > contemplating Her? > > A: No. Think again. Start looking at the structure. Go further. What > is the first name? > > Q: shrI mAtA. The Mother. > > A: But why the Mother? Whose Mother? For that you must refer back to > Lalitopakhyana [i.e. Story of the Goddess Lalita; an important text > describing the Great Goddess of Srividya Shaktism], on how Lalita > manifested Herself. > > A: When the Devas were running away from the asura Bhanda, they > reached a hopeless situation, and they decided to do the mahaa yaga, > which is sacrificing oneself part by part and, ultimately, > completely. And they did it. And thus were all the Devas consumed by > the sacrificial fire. And from that fire arose a power - formless; > attributeless - that coalesced into Lalita, the ever playful one. > And what did she do first? She recreated the devas, thus becoming > the Mother of all Gods. Hence the name shrI mAtA. > > Q: I see ... > > A: Now lets take the second name, shrI mahArAjnI, the Great Empress. > How did She become that? Upon being recreated, the Devas decided > that in the coming battle they needed a leader composed of all their > powers - and that was manifest as Lalita in front of them. So they > crowned Her the Empress. > > As the Empress, Lalita needed a consort; so Shiva became a male > Lalita - like a twin to Her in every respect, except that He was a > male He was married to Her. And they ascended the throne, and She > became the third name of LS, srImatsimhAsaneshwarI on being seated > on the throne. Thus the early part of Lalitopakhyana was compressed > into the first three names. > > Q: And it goes on from there ............. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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