Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Sub: Significance of Raktha Beejan in our lives è Just as we are born with a pool of genes drawn from our ancestors, we are also born with a set of VASANAAS arising out of previous birth. VASANAAS can be defined as knowledge derived from memory particularly the impressions unconsciously left on the mind by past good or bad action, which produces pleasure or pain. è Our actions arise out of the RAAGHA DVESHA (likes and dislikes) arising out of the VASANAAS. The likes and dislikes cling to the objects of sense attachment. When a man thinks of the object of sense, attachment to them is born, from attachment arises desire, desire produces actions and actions direct the Karma either bad or good. A man is born again and again so as to experience consequences of his good or bad actions as per cosmic laws of Karma. è When you see a child prodigy, talents of certain children in music, fine arts or attraction towards particular colour or attraction towards a particular taste, are all due to VASANAAS of the previous births. On the negative side one can see a child born blind, deaf or mentally challenged and the logic for this is bad karma as how can a baby commit a sin to be punished that way. One may say that we do not remember anything from the past births and how the doctrine of re-birth is true due to VASANAAS. For this “MAHA PERIVAL” says even in this birth, we do not remember several things like having been in the mother’s womb for 10 months, but we accept this after understanding. When we cannot remember what is happening in this birth, how is it possible to remember the earlier births? è Every individual goes through the succession of birth as determined by his Karma either good or bad. If it is good, he raises further up and up inwardly and if it is bad he sinks further and further down. è Therefore it is important that all our actions should be surrendered to the ISHWARA (iswararpanam). In this regard one may note that even after doing the Pouja our Maharishis have given us the mantra which goes as Kaayenavacha………………………………………… Narayanayaithi Samarpayami. è The meaning of this Sloka goes thus: - The action done with this body, mind, power of speech, Karmendriya, Gyanendriya, natural ability is being surrendered to the Parama Purusha – NARAYANA. BY this no karma clings to the individual resulting in Chitta Suddhi. è Our desires are multifaceted. Satiation of one desire produces hundreds of other desires and multiplies in geometrical progression. Our elders have drawn an anology of this desire, to a forest fire which first starts from single tree to multiple trees and the process produces bright and brighter light till the area is fully consumed to leave the blacken soot. è Sometimes the desires are so bad that the person loses his sense of discrimination and goes to any extent - even a murder to satisfy his desire or achieve the objective. So this point emphasizes the need for control of our desires by using the sense of discrimination. This sense of discrimination is the only equipment, which distinguishes from animals, otherwise for all practical purposes animals and human beings are same without this sense of discrimination. è RAKTHA BEEJAN is fighting against DEVI in MAHATMIYAM. we see every drop of blood shed by the RAKTHA BEEJAN on earth, produces thousands of RAKTHA BEEJAN to fight against DEVI. DEVI drinks all the drops of blood to demolish the ASURA. This can be compared to the desires as aforesaid that one desire gives rise to multiple ones and if the desires are not controlled, the ignorant person would finally have a painful death due to bad karma. è Attention is invited particularly to MAHA SARASWATHI who is fighting with the RAKTHA BEEJAN. While MAHA KALI is Thamasic in Sathwik, MAHALAKSHMI – Rajasik in Sathwik, MAHA SARASWATI is Sathwik in Sathwik. This implies even if one is very Sathwik, possessing a very small element as Rajas OR Thamas would lead to uncontrolled desires. The learning point here is the importance of being totally Sathwik to gain the DEVI consciousness. In this regard the regular prayer of DEVI MAHATMEYAM, which contains powerful mantras, would definitely help a SADHAK to totally eliminate even the balance of Rajas and Thamas left to get Chitta Suddhi and gain the grace of DEVI. DEVI is so merciful that SHE gives us every time a fresh opportunity to wash away our sins. Our GURUS, SHASTRAS, TEMPLES are all the gifts of DEVI to wipe off our inner impurities for advancement inwardly in this birth OR in the next birth and this is the greatness of the sanatana dharma. JAI MAHA SARASWATHI GANAPATHY ==== VIJAYA Prasad Balasubramanian <besprasad wrote:All, I went through those parts of Devi Mahathmyam explaining Kali Devi. I've a Question after going through the parts. What is the significance of the Daemon rakthabija in our life ? Some one kindly explain. Regards Prasad On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:28:09 adi_shakthi16 <adi_shakthi16 wrote: >{Moderator's Note: Message edited by Moderator} >Please give reference to url of article when ever an article is quoted from web. >-------------------- > >Dear prasad, > >I apologize for not responding to your request in a prompt fashion. > >My tantrik gurudeva was a Kali bhakta from the shri Ramakrishna >lineage. > >Here are some facts i collecyted on 'kali' FROM AN ARTICLE ON THE >WEB... > > > >Kali-the mother goddess > >"according to the Devimahatmya, Kali sprang forth >from the furrowed brow of the goddess Durga in order >to slay the demons Chanda and Munda. > >Here, Kali's horrific form has black, loosely hanging, emaciated flesh >that barely conceals her angular bones. Gleaming white fangs protrude >from her gaping, blood-stained mouth, framing her lolling red tongue. >Sunken, reddened eyes peer out from her black face. > >She is clad in a tiger's skin and carries a khatvanga, a skull-topped >staff traditionally associated with tribal shamans and magicians. The >khatvanga is a clear reminder of Kali's origin among fierce, >aboriginal peoples. In the ensuing battle, much attention is placed >on her gaping mouth and gnashing teeth, which devour the demon >hordes. At one point Munda hurls thousands of discusses at her, but >they enter her mouth "as so many solar orbs vanishing into the >denseness of a cloud" . > >WIth its cosmic allusion, this passage reveals Kali as the >abstraction of primal energy and suggests the underlying connection >between the black goddess and Kala ('time'), an epithet of Shiva. > >Kali is the inherent power of ever-turning time, the relentless >devourer that brings all created things to an end. Even >the gods are said to have their origin and dissolution in her." > >"the Devimahatmya paints an even more gruesome portrait. Having slain >Chanda and Munda, Kali is now called Chamunda, and she faces an >infinitely more powerful adversary in the demon named Raktabija. > >Whenever a drop of his blood falls to earth, an >identical demon springs up. When utter terror seizes the >gods, Durga merely laughs and instructs Kali to drink >in the drops of blood. While Durga assaults >Raktabija so that his blood runs copiously, Kali avidly >laps it up. The demons who spring into being from the >flow perish between her gnashing teeth until Raktabija >topples drained and lifeless to the ground." > >Although the Puranas and earlier Sanskrit texts characterize Kali as >a hideous, frightening crone who deals death and destruction, her >victims symbolize the forces of ignorance and evil, making her in >fact a force for good. > >{}"the present-day idea of the goddess as dakshinakali has a >terrifying appearance, but the cronelike emaciation of the >Puranas has given way to voluptuous beauty. " > >Kali has a fierce but smiling face. >Her red tongue, protruding from her gaping mouth is taken either as a >sign of modesty or of her thirst for blood. (Even today >goats are sacrificed in most Kali temples, perpetuating >ancient ritual practices.) >Her untamed hair hints at unrestrained power and boundless freedom. >Alternatively, it may symbolize the mystery of death that encircles >life or the veil of illusion, made of the fabric of >space-time . >Her three eyes represent omniscience, for she >sees past, present and future. >The garland of severed heads around her neck represents the letters >of the Sanskrit alphabet, a Tantric metaphor for creative power. >Encircling her waist, a girdle of severed arms indicates >that she severs the bonds of karma and frees us from >the bondage of accumulated deeds. Her full breasts >symbolize nurturance. Her nakedness signifies freedom from >the veils of illusion, and her dark skin alludes to >the infinitude of the blue-black night sky. > >Kali's paradoxical combination of maternal >tenderness and destructive terror appears polarized on right >and left. Her lower right hand is held in the varada >mudra, extended to offer a boon. One of her greatest >boons is fearlessness, indicated by her upper right >hand, held in the abhaya mudra, upright with the palm >outward. Her upper left hand brandishes a bloodied curving >sword, and her lower left hand dangles a freshly severed >head. Behind these apparent symbols of destruction lies >a different story. The sword symbolizes the higher >knowledge that cuts through appearances and reveals things >as they really are. The severed head represents the >human ego, the limiting sense of I-me-and-mine that she >slays. Together Kali's four hands seem to say, "Take >refuge in me, let go of your existential fear, let me >slay your illusion of smallness and separation, and >you will merge into my infinite bliss." > >Kali haunts the cremation ground, and she is often pictured >standing on the chest of the ashen white Shiva, who lies >still as a corpse. {}According to Shakta and Tantric cosmology, it is the >feminine power that creates, sustains and dissolves the >universe while the masculine principle is the static >substratum. {} >That monistic principle found eloquent _expression in the poetry of >Ramprasad, the greatest of Kali's mystical poets, who lived in the >18th century. > >After a lifetime of extolling his beloved goddess in >human terms as gentle, elusive, playful, or mad, and in >cosmic imagery as the all-pervading creative and >destructive power, on his final day Ramprasad wrote that at >last he understood the supreme mystery that Kali is >one with the highest Brahman. Enlightenment brought >him to the ultimate consciousness beyond all >duality. > >Because of the Bengali devotional poets of the 18th >century, Kali's human and maternal qualities continue to >define the goddess for most of her Indian devotees to >this day. In human relationships, the love between >mother and child is usually considered the purest and >strongest. In the same way, the love between the Mother >Goddess and her human children is considered the closest >and tenderest relationship with divinity. >Accordingly, Kali's Indian devotees form a particularly >intimate and loving bond with her. " > >JAI MAHAKALI ! > >JAI GURUDEVA! > >********************************************************************* > >PRASAD, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DIRECT YOU TO OTHER WEBSITES AND >LINKS ON KALI. I CAN ALSO RECOMMEND BOOKS ON MOTHER KALI. 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Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 >> > > > > > > > > > > My most divine didi Smt. vijaya ganapathy, I thank you so much for this very devotional post. while i was totally captivated by everything you said in your divine post, i particularly enjoyed reading what you had to say in the following paragraph... Attention is invited particularly to MAHA SARASWATHI who is fighting with the RAKTHA BEEJAN. While MAHA KALI is Thamasic in Sathwik, MAHALAKSHMI – Rajasik in Sathwik, MAHA SARASWATI is Sathwik in Sathwik. This implies even if one is very Sathwik, possessing a very small element as Rajas OR Thamas would lead to uncontrolled desires. Dear ONE., i have couple of questions for you; please help me out. 1) MAHAKALI,, MAHALAKSHMI AND MAHASARSWATI THE HOLY TRINITY SYNONYMOUS WITH kali, lakshmi and sarswati - the wives of lord shiva, vishu and brahma? 2) KALI IS full of all three gunas. Her slaying of demons may indicate 'rajas' BUT OUT OF 'rajas- EMERGES 'sattwa' - BECAUSE WHEN SHE HELPS US TO conquer inner demons like ego, ignorance, greed, lust. desires, jealosy, etec etc... she is leading us to sattwa? is not it? also, her 'abhaya' mudra gives us a powerful message saying 'come what may , i will protect my devotees if they take refuge under my lotus feet," and although acquistion of wealth is considered a rajasic activity ( specially those blessed with lakshmi kataksham) - if that e wealth is used for the benefit of mankind, will that not be a sattwic activity? and finallky there are many of us who are very learned due to anugraha of sree sarswati devi, how can others benefit from this attwic guna? i am sorry just some silly questions that came to my mind... what i am trying to say is all these three gunas overlap. WHILE sree rama killing of ravana was rajasic, the econsequences were 'sattwic; for mankind. is this not? please , bear with me. Btw , TODAY IS THE SATRT OF bASANT PANCHAMI - THE START OF SPRING SEASON - SEASON OF LOVE.... love for the 'divine' In bengal, this is celebrated by offering parayers to sree saraswati devi! Maha vidya maha vani bharati vak SARASWATI arya brahmi kamadhenur vedagarbha ca dhisvari THE GREAT KNOWLEDGE, THE GREAT VIBRATION,the light of wisdom, sound, the spirit of all-pervading knowledge. she who purifies with wisdom, creative energy, the cow who fulfills all desires, the womb of wisdom, the LORD OF THE MIND. LET US SALUTE GODDESS SARASWATHI , vidya, bharati, MAATANGI ! with lots of love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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