Bhakti Yoga and imagined place in the worship of Devi

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Though there is a posting with regard to the practice of

bhakthiyoga, the worship of shakthi as Mother is

more different from the worship of Lord Krishna.

Th is very difficult to practice and the answer for

the question is very very secret and can be said

secret of secrets as defined by Lord Hayagreeva.

In vamachara it is practised to some extent.it is

dangerous too. In the worship of Krishna, it is

Radha. His consort surrendering to Lord. But here

it is Mother. hence ver difficult to comprehend.

Bhagvan Ramakrishna had talked about this

to one of his Disciple which is kept as secret and

none knows about it.i continue this with a narration

of a story in my next posting.

 

Kaushik

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"Alexandra Kafka" <alexandra.kafka

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Monday, February 18, 2002 1:13 AM

Bhakti Yoga and imagined place in the worship of Devi

 

> Kindly allow me some questions about Bhakti Yoga and the worship of Devi.

> In the Bengal Vaisnava tradition there is a practice where a serious

practitioner is given an esoteric identity within the realm of Vrindavana by

his or her guru. This includes the following details: age, colour of skin,

what kind of clothes you wear, etc. The practitioner memorises maps of

Vrindavana, where he or she lives, where he or she sports with Krishna, etc.

Usually the identity is that of a manjari, a young girl who assists in the

play of Radha and Krishna, but it could also be a friend of Krsna. This new

identity is called the siddha-deha, the perfected body. It is considered to

be the practitioners true identity. In meditation the practitioner enters

this "reality" and the goal is to enter permanently into it at one point.

This "imaginary" world is considered to be the highest reality, the cosmic

drama, the eternal spiritual play of Radha and Krishna.

> Does such kind of practice also exist in the Shakta tradition? Can Devi be

worshiped in a similar way?

> If it does not exist in the Shakta tradition, does such a practice exist

in the Shaiva tradition in connection with Parvati and Shiva ?

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> Kind regards

> OM SHANTI,

> Alexandra

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