To Nirmalananda

January 19, 2007

Namaste

Is this the great soul Nirmalananda of North Carolina? The wonderful

musician and potter who loves Maa and loves to sing and play music and

have a great time?

If so, so happy to hear from you. Hope you are well and keeping the

Divine Fire burning in N.C.

Is it great to post and meet this way. So much wonderful sharing and

harmony here. Maa and Swami surely organized a great on-line, world

wide satsunga. Just like them to blow our minds and open our hearts

in unexpected ways. Who would have thought this was even possible?

Let alone that it would work so well.

Spreading the bhav worldwide, no, universe wide. Spreading pure love

and harmony throught the universe.

Talk to you soon.

love

vish

-- In , Nirmalananda Saraswati

<nirmalananda1008 wrote:

>

> Namaste Vish,

>

> Your presence here is really inspiring. Thank you for all the good

information in your posts.

> Jai Maa.

> Nirmalananda

>

> inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108 wrote:

Namaste

>

> I will be happy to answer your questions, but I would like to know if

> you have ever chanted before? What sadhana do you perform? How long

> do you sit in one asana and meditate or chant or pray?

>

> The Chandi sadhana as we chant every Sunday at the Mandir, takes about

> 2.5 hours and we do not stop, or move our knees off the ground for

> that entire time. {at least that is the goal}.

>

> So, help me understand you current positiion regarding sadhana, and I

> will be happy to talk more.

>

> Also, tune into the live Chandi this Sunday at 9:30 am Pacific time,

> and watch and chant along. There is live video and audio as we chant

> with Maa and Swami. It is very cool.

>

> Jai Maa Jai Swami

>

> vishweshwar

>

> , G <aniruddhan@> wrote:

> >

> > Pranams and thanks. Could you please tell me the number of verses to

> the breath for each meter and other details of pranayama while

> chanting. Jai Maa.

> >

> > inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> > NAMASTE

> >

> > To Chant the entire Chandi, is a complete sadhana in itself. Sitting

> > upright, keeping knees on the ground, chanting a spectfic number of

> > verses to the breath in the specific meter, and performing pranayama

> > while chanting: all these facets of the sadhaana involve and invoke

> > all parts of a human- thus, once fully engaged, one can more easily

> > become fully present and absorbed in the Goddess. If She wills it.

> > In addition, the chapters themselves tell a sequestial story of the

> > defeat of the armies of the Great Ego and the Ego itself at Chandi's

> > hands.

> > This is the real time story of exactly what is happening in our own

> > inner life, every day. This is not a story book, or tale of some long

> > ago fable to teach us a lesson. No, this is a practical guide to our

> > inner landscape, and a step by step course of action to follow to

> > reach a well defined goal.

> > chapter one: The balance of too much and too little

> > chapter 2: slaying of the armies of great ego

> > chapter 3: slaying of great ego

> > chapter 4: the Gods praise the Goddess

> > chapter 5: the Ambassador of self- conceit

> > chapter 6: slaying of sinfull eyes

> > chapter 7: slaying of passion and anger

> > chapter 8: slaying of seed of desire

> > chapter 9: slaying of self-deprecation

> > chapter 10: slaying of self-conceit

> > chapter 11: the God's song of praise

> > chapter 12: the Fruits of reciting the Chandi

> > chapter 13: the Granting of Boons

> >

> > So, as you can see, the text itself lead the devotee through the

> > actual steps of defeating all the forces of duality in oneself, all

> > the forces which prevent one from becoming a servant of

circumstances,

> > as it states in the Gita.

> > So, to reach to beautiful and lofty goal of life described in the

> > Gita, Swami recommends chanting the Chandi.

> > Swami and Maa recommend tuning into the live broadcast of the Devi

> > Mandir family, along with Maa and Swami, chanting the Chandi in a

> > group at the sacred homa in the Temple, every Sunday at 9:30 am

> > Pacific time, and join us in chanting.

> > The Chandi Path text and full CD set, can be purchased thru the web

> > site: www.shreemaa.org and that is also where one can tune into the

> > live boradcast.

> > Also, tune into the evening Gita study, live every night at 6:30 PM

> > Pacific time, from the web site. Prior classes are stored at the web

> > site too.

> > In summary, the Gita provides a vision of the goal for a devotee, and

> > the Chandi provides a practical method to achieve that goal.

> >

> > Jai Maa Jai Swami

> >

> > vishweshwar

> >

> > , G <aniruddhan@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Vishweshwarji,

> > >

> > > You've given a beautiful summary of Swamiji's wonderful class. I

> > have a question which perhaps you or someone else can answer since it

> > has more to do with the Chandi than the Gita. Swamiji may not want to

> > take the time to address a Chandi question during Gita class. Could

> > you please explain more about the step by step process in the Chandi

> > to get rid of the ego, or refer me to the appropriate sections of the

> > text? I know the entire Chandi is itself a description of this

> > process, but I am having trouble seeing what our actions should be in

> > this regard according to the Chandi, other than recitation of the

text

> > itself. In the Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna to be a yogi, then

lays

> > out all the forms of yoga and the ways to practice it. This is easier

> > for me to understand. Please forgive my ignorance of the Chandi.

> > >

> > > inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> > > NAMASTE

> > >

> > > Monday night was the first Gita class by Swami and it was

incredible.

> > > Tomorrow at 6:30 PM Pacific time, the 2nd class will commence.

Don't

> > > miss it.

> > >

> > > This text so clearly states the goal of all life: to be an

instrument

> > > of God in this world, and to witness God using us to perform His

> > > Action in this world. To completely surrender to God, not giving up

> > > due to failure, as in the English meaning of the word, but

loving God

> > > so much, you only want to serve Him, whole heartedly and without

> > > regard to the fruits of your actions. To be so wrapped up in

giving,

> > > that you cease to give, and God becomes the Doer.

> > > Swami says that the Gita is the vision of the goal, and the

Chandi is

> > > the way to realize the goal. Chandi gives a step by step process to

> > > get rid of the ego, so that we can live the goal of Gita: that I

> > > become an instrument of God, a pure vehicle for God to act in this

> > > world. Swami stated Saint Francis was an example of God being the

> Does.

> > >

> > > All this from the prologue.

> > >

> > > I hope we can discuss this together. It promises to be a wonderful

> > > experience.

> > > If you missed tonight, go to the web site and view the class

there.

> > > It is just so full.

> > >

> > > Jai Maa Jai Swami

> > >

> > > vishweshwar

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January 19, 2007

Jai Maa, Vish!

Yes, Maa's fire is still burning here in North Carolina, in my heart and everywhere else in this universe! It's good to hear from you too.

I am truly amazed how great the world wide satsang has become. Now we can all check in daily to see what's going on, back home at Mom's house.

God willin' and the creek don't rise (as the locals say around here), I'll see you at Shivratri next month. Take care and keep the Bhava - (I know you always keep the Bhava! You're kind of like a burning fire yourself, hehe)

Dancing in the fire of Maa's love, and Swamiji's divine inspiration,

Love,

NIrmalananda

inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108 > wrote: Namaste