Bhuvaneshwari--- Bhuvanaparipaalini

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Dear Sadkulaangas,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I take pleasure in writing about this amsa of Rajarajeshwari Devi, Rajarjehwari Devi is beyond the Dashamahavidyas as per Suthaka tantropanishad but still Dasamaha vidyas have been made popular in the west(and consequently in India) by Arthur Avalon. All the ten are amsas of Rajarajeshwari Devi as per Suthaka Tantropanishad. And she stands here too on the top of the Dasha Hiranyagarbha(ten golden orbs).

 

 

 

 

Kulaanganis profess they know the secret but a mere siddhi in the dasha mahavidyas without caring for Ultimate is akin to pleasing the officers of an organisation and not caring for the Head of the organisation. Not that for every small thing one needs to please the Boss! Here i deviate bit from Kulaangi's view. This view is reiterated vehemently by my gurunatha. However one master says that every Godess activiated in a right manner will be the greatest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Bhuvaneshwari Devi)

 

 

 

 

 

Also Bhuvaneswari is an amsa of Rajarajeshwari. It is like the modern Isconites who say Krishna is great but Narayana is not and that Narayana himself came from Krishna,eventhough it is believed widely that Krishna is an amsa of Lord Narayana. I have no comments on them. They are chanting the name of Hari and are overseen by Him.

 

 

 

I had the opportunity of meeting Bhuvaneshari swamigal of Chennai and visited his Bhuvaneshwari peetham. His son Bharadwaj swamigal now runs the ashram.The elderly saint had done many many purascharanams of the bhuvaneshwari mantra and was glowing with varchas. He had solved many problems of people. His son Bharadwaja swamigal is continuing the tradition of Bhuvaneshwari worship and had done many crores of times the Bhuvaneshwari Mahamantra himself. I went to their old house in Triplicane in Chennai to see who they were. I was curious and experimenting with lot of people and siddhas and testing many to check whether they were genuine! Silly me! Instead of concentrating on God!

 

 

 

 

More than any of the Mahavidyas, with the possible exception of Kamala, Bhuvaneshvari is associated and identified with the earth, the creation in general, and the underlying energy that brings it to be and pervades it. She embodies the characteristic dynamics and constituents that make up the world and that lend creation its distinctive character.

 

The legend behind her origin says that in the beginning the sun appeared in the heavens. The rishis (sages) offered soma (a sacred plant) so that the world might be created. The sun then created the three worlds (lokas or bhuvanas). At that time Shodashi (Tripura-sundari) was the main power, or shakti, through whom Surya (sun) created the worlds. Having created the worlds, or having empowered the sun to do so, the goddess assumed an appropriate form and pervaded and directed the triple world. In this form she became known as Bhuvaneshvari, “mistress of the world.” It is further said that Bhuvaneshvari remains unmanifest until the world is created. That is, Bhuvaneshvari is particularly associated with the visible, created world.

 

The presiding deity of Mani-dwipa (name of a place) as described in Devi Bhagawat is an embodiment of the Mantra 'Hrillekha' (HRIM), Shakti and Mahalaxmi and also a companion of Lord Shiva in all of his divine activities and is called Goddess Bhuvaneshwari.Goddess Bhuvaneshwari is the preminent and a nurturer of the whole humanity. Her appearance is Sombre and her complexion is red. She blesses her devotee by making him fearless and also help him in the accomplishment of all the powers. In the scriptures her greatness has been described in detail.The Cryptic Mantra 'Hrim' contains the form of goddess Bhuvaneshwari. This mantra has been called as Pranav (OM) in Devi Bhagawat. A devotee who chants this cryptic mantra and methodically performs 'Homa' (burnt offering), feeds the brahmins with complete faith and devotion himself attains divinity.Sada Shiva is the cause behind the evolution of this creation and his

powers lies in goddess Bhuvaneshwari. Her ambrosia nurtures the whole world.Her complexion is red like a rising Sun and has three eyes. She possesses moon in her crown. Her soft smile gives information about her favour and kindness. A hook and a noose in her hand show her controlling power.

WORSHIP:Meditation :

UDYADDIN DYUTI MINDU KIRITANTUNGA KUCHANNAYANTRAYA YUKTAM SMERAMUKHIM TVARADANKUSHA PASHA BHITIKARAM PRABHAJE BHUVANESHIM

Cryptic Mantra - 'HRIM"

Method : The above mentioned mantra should be chanted for 1,25,000 times along with the worship of the Yantra for the fulfillment of any desire or accomplishment of any task. The mantra's chanting could be increased according to the complexity of the task.

 

Bhuvaneshvari’s beauty is mentioned often. The Tantrasara describes her as having a beautiful face, framed with flowing hair the color of black bees. Her eyes are broad, her lips full and red, and her nose delicate. Her firm breasts are smeared with sandal paste and saffron. Her waist is thin, and her thighs, buttocks, and navel are lovely. Her beautiful throat is decorated with ornaments, and her arms are made for embracing.Shiva is said to have produced a third eye to view her more thoroughly. In her hundred-name stotra (hymn) in the Shaktapramoda, she is said to be a beautiful young girl, to have a smiling face, and to have an attractive sexual organ. She is said to be the triangle itself (the schematic representation of the yoni).

 

(Bhuvaneshwari swamigal's padas)

(Bhuvaneshwari Swamigal)

 

(Bharadwaja swamigal,Bhuvaneshwari swamigal's son)

 

 

 

Here she is shown with four arms, two of them making the gestures of granting boons and removing fear respectively. These gestures express her gracious attitude towards the world, particularly towards her devotees.

 

The other two hands hold a goad and noose. These suggest control. The goad means that she controls evil forces or inner hindrances, such as anger, lust, and any obsession that interferes with spiritual development. The noose symbolizes the different bodily sheaths that hide, and therefore bind, the spiritual essence of a person, the atman.

 

 

THE MACROCOSM IS HER BODYThe fourth Great Cosmic Power in the Hindu pantheon is Bhuvaneshwari, or Bhuvanesi, as She is also named in certain areas of India.This Great Cosmic Power is worshiped as the Great Goddess who protects all manifested worlds. This attribute of the goddess is also suggested by Her name: the Glorious Queen, or the Governor (Ishwari) of the whole realm of creation, with all the worlds (Bhuvana) which are contained in Her.In other words, She is the Divine Mother who protects the worlds and consequently the whole universe is Her body on which the numerous beings that exist are like jewels adorning her.

SHE PROTECTS THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN WORLDSFrom a symbolic point of view, Bhuvaneshwari is depicted as a goddess with three eyes, sign of her complete knowledge of the manifested worlds, very big breasts (all the beings are nurtured and extract the essence of life from Her), and a smiling face, once again underlying the maternal aspect of this Great Cosmic Power.Her glory and greatness are signified by Her brightness filled with goodness that irradiates from Her, just as the rising sun or by the moon that drops the divine nectar (soma) from the goddess's head.

 

 

Bhuvaneshwari sustains all the worlds, with the beings and things that are characteristic to all of them, in a gesture of perpetual blossoming of the creation.In other words, we may say that Bhuvaneshwari is in fact the whole universe embodied as a deity. Her ardent worship attracts the cosmic vision of the Reality, surpassing thus any limits imposed by a certain opinion, or belief.The goddess's help is manifested mostly in the area of overcoming any types of false identifications and preconceived ideas, including ideas about social classes, race, religion, nation, etc., sublimating these at the level of global, superior understandings.This general vision offered to us by the Great Cosmic Power Bhuvaneshwari (when our aspiration is sincere and ardent enough to make it possible), offers the yogi an intuitive understanding of the great mysteries of the creation, determining him or her to understand and perceive the indescribable reality of the infinite.

HER WORSHIP GRANTS THE PERFECT VISION OF THE REALITYIn the four Hindu Veda-s Bhuvaneshwari is known as Aditi, the Great Cosmic Mother, infinite and indestructible, the origin of all manifestation, the primordial space.The light comes to life in Her and therefore She is the mother of all suns and of all the solar deities. The Divine Mother Bhuvaneshwari creates the space so that all the things in the manifested world could come up eventually.Similarly, the space of our consciousness is created also by Bhuvaneshwari so that we are allowed to manifest as individuals in the world in which we exist.Consequently, it has become obvious that on the level of the whole creation, space has several levels of manifestation, in a perfect harmony with

the resonances of the subtle energies. For instance, in the physical space that is around us there is also the mental space, which is also infinite as the physical space.This mental space also has several levels of subtlety, which culminate with the supreme space of the pure divine consciousness, which is beyond all manifestations. All these different types of space represent only various aspects and functions of Bhuvaneshwari.According to the law of correspondences and analogies from the spiritual oriental tradition the whole macrocosm is contained in the small, subtle space at the level of our hearts. In other words, the heart is the Bhuvaneshwari's residence.One of the infallible methods that allow us the communion with this Great Cosmic Power's gigantic sphere of force is to orientate our consciousness towards a loving investigation in this mysterious, subtle space of our spiritual heart.

 

 

SHE IS THE SCENE ON WHICH TIME DANCESBecause She represents the space, Bhuvaneshwari is complementary to Kali, who, as we know represents Time. The two goddesses represent thus the two main faces of the Great Goddess, Shakti, the infinity and the eternity.

In other words, we may say that Bhuvaneshwari creates in a certain way the stage on which Kali will perform Her dance of life and death.This analogy of Bhuvaneshwari with the stage of the universe allows us to notice that the supreme goddess represents at the same time the observer, and the one who enjoys and is involved in Kali's dance of life and death.

This is also an important theme for meditation, indicating one of the methods for the revelation of our Supreme Self through Bhuvaneshwari's worship. Consequently, Kali creates the events in time, and Bhuvaneshwari creates the objects in space.The deep understanding of these aspects is that all events represent nothing but "sequences" on the Divine Mother Kali's gigantic consciousness (Time), and all locations in space are mere phases of resonance with the Divine Mother Bhuvaneshwari, who represents space. Reaching thus the mysterious knowledge of the fact that the Great Cosmic Power Bhuvaneshwari is in fact the "base" on which we are supported and at the same time the subtle

reality that impregnates us every moment, we get the capacity of practicing the highest and most elevated yogic techniques with utter success, techniques that may lead us in a very short time to the Supreme Spiritual Freedom.Bhuvaneshwari is also correlated to the cardinal points the four main directions of space (north, south, east and west) are nothing but different visions or hypostasis of this Great Cosmic Power's presence, each of them having distinct qualities.HER RESIDENCE IS YOUR HEART'S HEARTAs a significant parallel, Kali creates in the same way what we name the "directions" of time, which as we know are the present, the past and the future. The Tantric spiritual tradition notes the fact that space is mysteriously particularized in

time.For instance, the spacial direction east represents almost always the beginning of an action, while the north represents the spiritual illumination. West is correlated to experience and the process of spiritual maturity, and south represents the fullness of the spiritual realization.Because of this, we may state that in a mysterious way, space contains time and similarly time contains space. Each moment in time is characterized by a location and a direction or spacial orientation.

Philosophically speaking, a certain place from space (be it physical or subtle) represents only a reflection of our vision on that particular reality. If this vision changes, the place, the space in which it was will certainly move and change too.Moreover, our visions or our imagination determine also the direction of our field of experiments. Thus, when we direct our minds to a certain space-time area, we will perceive various events and places that are characteristic to that particular area.Therefore the tantric writings of the Hindu sages say that Bhuvaneshwari represents God's very initial creative vision; in other words, the Great Cosmic Power Bhuvaneshwari represents the direction in which the Divine direct the attention towards the act of creation or the force of awareness of the manifestation.SHE REVEALS THE THREADS OF ILLUSIONThe modern science has reached just lately the conclusion according to which space (named in

the yogic terminology akasha) represents in fact the primordial "matrix" from which afterwards are born all the other elements (air, fire, water, and earth)for instance, the substance from which the earth is made is essentially a concentration characteristic to the space in a certain area.Under this aspect of primordial substance from which emerges everything in the manifested world, the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari is also known as Prakriti, or Mother Nature.However, we need to remember that this primordial space, fundament of any ulterior manifestation is essentially pure consciousness and consequently it is an ineffable expression of endless freedom and bliss.From a different perspective, Bhuwaneshwari is also Maya, or the cosmic illusion. Bhuwaneshwari spreads thus the infinite "threads" of the illusion in which ignorant people are entangled and thus they complicate their choices.When we measure, appreciate, or compare the different things or situations in life, we simply fall into Maya’s illusory trap, forgetting almost entirely the reality of the fundamental unitary space, the primordial matrix from which all things appeared.Any manifested form is in fact a system of energy waves that exist based on subtle relationships, or resonances with the macrocosmic sources of energy from the Infinite.Therefore, one of the important methods of transcending the illusion is to learn to see around us the sacred space of the Divine Mother Bhuwaneshwari, space that is in fact her gigantic, ineffable

consciousness that surrounds us in a kind and loving embrace.Consciousness is also the fundamental "field" in which all things and events appear and manifest. Consequently, a synthetic and effective awareness on this fundamental reality will immediately grant us the capacity of accessing any of her modalities of expression, through a simple act of focused will on our part.

 

 

 

 

BHUWANESHWARI AWAKENS THE THRILL OF THE INFINITEBhuwaneshwari is the space in which God’s endless will and love manifest. Indeed, always the pure and deep feeling of a sincere and unconditional love offers the feeling of space and infinite freedom.Such sublime love does not limit a person’s options and does not try to obtain or keep anything for itself, manifesting always altruistically.On the other hand, the ineffable space of love represents a nurturing space granting the people who are capable of it as well as to their loved ones the possibility of growing and develop.We may state that if love does not create the feeling of space and freedom, it does not represent a divine love, but it is merely the egoist expression of a possessive and non-spiritual affection.It is known the fact that such affection leads the persons in cause to absurd states of suffering and attachment especially when it is manifested

through a fierce jealousy.The frenetic worship of the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari makes possible even for such a person to transcend his or her pitiful limitations through the revelation of the fact that the genuine universal love has no form (it is not "contracting" and focuses on one person, or object), yet this real love is all the forms.BUILD HER A TEMPLE INSIDE YOUR OWN BEINGGod’s infinite love gives birth to the desire to create and then to follow then the wonderful spectacle of the Creation. From this perspective, Bhuwaneshwari creates the worlds in which the endless power of the divine love manifests.This divine game (Lila) is continuously effervescent because space (akasha) represents an infinite potential energy, which is always updated in the infinite ways and forms of the manifestation.Therefore, the yogic spiritual tradition says that the whole universe comes from the infinite space of the Divine Consciousness. Especially for those

struggling to become artists, or creators, the devotion for this Great Cosmic Power, Bhuwaneshwari, will prove unbelievably helpful.This devotion will help them create a sacred space inside their beings. At the same time, creating a certain space, we become free from stress and tensions, which are merely limited forms of our conceptions, preconceived ideas and attachments. PART 4In other words, the endless space can be assimilated to repose, rest, peace and perfect equanimity. This ineffable state is granted through Bhuwaneshwari’s grace and consequently one needs to obtain Bhuwaneshwari’s grace in order to find supreme peace and tranquillity.Bhuwaneshwari represents the power of

openness and infinite expansion, of equanimity in spirit and profound peace that contains in it all things and that cannot be disturbed. Indeed we will be able to understand this assertion better when we evoke the tantric teachings referring to the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari.These teachings say that the goddess is the originary space from which emerges any being and any thing. The Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari represents the Void in its creative form, from which then emerges the creation and which sustains the creation’s further development.It is important to underline the fact that this void is not the void anterior to the creation, which is transcendent and which is represented by the Great Cosmic Power Dhumavati. From the point of view of the location, Bhuwaneshwari is everywhere in the space.

 

Practically, we can say that we are always in Bhuwaneshwari’s sphere of consciousness but beyond this reality that implies a macrocosmic reality, the goddess represents more the very subtle space of our hearts in which is contained mysteriously the whole manifestation and which at the same time represents the sacred place in which we may become one with the consciousness of our Supreme Immortal Self, through spontaneous, beatific revelation.Bhuwaneshwari offers you the enlightment and revelation of the Self. To what concerns the iconographic representation of the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari, it resembles to the representation of Tripura Sundari, radiating a beneficial state.As we

mentioned in our previous articles, the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari has the colour of the rising sun, with the crescent moon on her forehead, four hands and three eyes. In two of her hands she holds a chain and respectively a stake, and with the other two hands she makes the gestures of casting away the fear (abhaya mudra) and the gesture of offering the wonderful spiritual gifts (varada mudra).Sometimes she is represented with a lotus and a jewel bowl in tow of her hands, and in other cases her left foot is placed on a jewel bowl.The Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari is sitting on a bed resembling a throne, which consists in representing the five forms of manifestation of the God Shiva, as we described them in the article about the Great Cosmic Power

Tripura Sundari.From this throne, the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari controls and organizes the movement of the entire universe. Different gods and goddesses who serve her and immediately obey her orders surround the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari.

 

Meditating with great perseverance on this beautiful goddess’s form, the sincere practitioner may obtain her infinite grace, become even enlightened, and reveal his or her supreme Self.Another modality through one may obtain her grace is to meditate on the reality of the infinite space. Another method is to develop and refine within ourselves the attitude of detached witnesses in the manifestation, witnesses who simply observe the various events, things, beings that may cross our paths, but without becoming ever identified with these aspects.Another modality is to try perseveringly to eliminate from our mind the idea that surrounding names and forms represent the Reality.This method is very resembling to the practices from

Jnana Yoga, and are based on the fact that everything we know is based on an over positioning of names and forms, which are in fact just conventions, over an unknown presence, which is nothing else but the creative void supported by an infinite energy.Of all these spiritual processes of worshipping the Divine Mother Bhuwaneshwari, becoming perfectly detached from the illusionary nature of the dual aspects of the cosmic illusion and manifesting a sincere and complete openness towards finding the Supreme Truth represent the most indicated ways of adoring Her and also

of honouring the charming presence of the Great Cosmic Power Bhuwaneshwari.

 

 

Yours Yogically,

Jai Bhuvaneshwari,

Subodha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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