Guest guest Posted August 21, 2005 Report Share Posted August 21, 2005 today i visited rajarajeswari ashram iam namasivayam / male 50 /spiritual researcher /in chennai/India doing meditation for the past 6 years having spiritual quest i am looking for other spiritualists to share my experiences my url spiritualneed/ and thirumoolar/ namasivayam --- Group Owner <para_anuloma wrote: > Dear Members, > > Here is an explanation of the first name in Lalitha > Sahasranama. This and the subsequent postings are > purely my own views and based on my experiences and > have not been culled from any available text on the > meanings and 'artha' of the namas.And, therefore > it would not be out of place to tell that,any > defects concerning the translation or my analysis of > the meaning are solely mine and all credits in this > endeavour are my Gurunatha's. > > > (My Gurunatha, Sri Rajagopala Swami) > > I do not wish to imprint my ''foot prints'' on > anyone by way of following or by way of preaching. > Every individual should be both dependent(for the > sake of blasting the ego) and also independent(for > the sake of the jeeva winside which is fiercely > independent). Dependent on one's Guru and > Independent of other influences and finally chalking > one's path following one's inner spark of infinite > wisdom. > > > > Sree Mathre Namaha: > > I bow to the Auspicious Mother(Divine) > > Here the first reference is toward the Devi. > > > (Vageeshwari. Lalitha sahsranama is also known as > Vageeshwari Vidya) > > This is a litany composed by Vaageshwari and for Her > the supreme Godhead manifests as Motherhood.She > considers Rajarajeshwari as Her mother.And since the > yogis and yoginis first start anything in the olden > days thinking of Vighnaraja and then their Guru and > mother. Vageeshwari starts like that. > > This first name is not a mere formality. > > > > If one is clever one might ask me then what ever > happened to Vageeshwari's Guru and Ganapathy Dhyana? > > The answer to the question is: That is covered in > the Uttarabhaga and the sahsranama is strictly to do > with Divine Mother Rajarajeshwari(whose colloquial > name is Lalitha) and hence this reference to Mother > in the very first name. > > > > Yatho Vaa Imaani Bhoothaani Jaayanthe' > > This is the Taittriya Upanishad Vaak. This means > that 'the inchoatory point of this whole > existence'..and this refers to 'Mother'. > > > > The three vyahritis are also formed from Her > Majesty's yoni. Bhuhu,Bhuvaha and Suvaha(swaha). > > Now the first 21 verses in the litany of the > Sahasranama is called the vivarana of the descent of > Divinemother Rajarajeshwari. To be more specific it > is called 'Sthula rupa Avataara Varnana'. 'Sthula' > denotes physicality.Rupa denotes 'form'. 'Avatara' > denotes the descent of of the divine(The divine > descends for the human to ascend!) and 'varnana' > denotes description. > > > > 'Mother' is verily the inchoatory point of all > beings sentient or insentient. The Western cultures > place less importance to the concept of mother > except by way of worship of a few deities like > Virgin Mary and lady saints(not mention western > pagan Goddesses). And anyone who follows God as > Mother is looked with askance. The children there > have been brainwashed into considering God to be a > male figure. They even refer to their land as > Father-land. This disrespect(ignoring the greatness > of feminity is also a sign of disrespect) has sown > seeds of immorality by the unsparing sword of the > law of karma. > > > > The fatherhood notions bring out > effort,ambitions,etc which when not balanced by the > mother-upasana bring just material comforts but > spiritual dissatisfaction. > > > > Srividya upasana is bridge between both the male and > the female aspects. The Guru(even if it is a female) > is the purusha for the sadhakla or sadhaki and > Divine mother is the stree. > > > > We as human beings think mother is for comfort and > love. But the love which we get from our physical > mother though great cannot be equated to the love of > Divine mother who knows a person's entire karmic > history yet is compassionate enough to guide his or > her path. Will your physical mother still guide > knowing that you have killed all her > children,parents and husband in your pastlives and > that the killer is bron in this birth as her child. > She might still love her child but that love will be > tainted by the new information a bit unless she has > come up in the 'chakric' order(in other words she is > practicing maha-kundalini sadhana and has raised her > consciousness atleast to the 'anahata' region). > > > (Uncoiling of the internal serpent...Mahakundalini > and Veerakundalini sadhanas) > > Divine mother gives,Parokshasiri--divine comfort and > wealth, apart from ordinary wealth. This undying > wealth is in the form of vidya(which means many > things including mantric > knowledge),Viveka(discerning power),Samskara(good > cultured mind),saampradaya(a way to God and not just > a tradition),Keerthi(fame),Deiva jignaasa(the > curiostiy to know about God),Deivapoojaasakthi(the > desire to do worship of God),Bhakthi,and mukthi as a > result of this bhakthi. Without these true treasures > one does not have any value. > > > > To remember that one cannot even sniff the currency > notes when one is dead is a sobering thought(though > one might say spirts have the ability to sniff > things!..such spirits are to be even more pitied for > they even death does not release them from maya). > > > > The true wealth is called 'Sri' and material wealth > is called 'siri'. This small difference is not known > to many. > > That is why the appellative reference to > Rajarajeshwari Devi in the litany begins with Sri > Matha. It would be an insult to consider her to be a > mother who gives pocket money to her children! She > is the greatest mother of all mothers. > > > > Moolakuttama:The mother of the three kutas of the > panchadasi. > Muggurammala kanna amma: One who has given birth to > the three mothers(here the reference though > construed popularly as Lakshmi,saraswathy and > parvathy actually means the three gunas which are > like three mothers. These three gunas...the > satva,rajas and tamas give rise to anything and > everything in this physcial universe of ours) > > Will not be an affront to call Moolakuttamma as Siri > Matha? > > Yes, She gives wealth too in a physcial sense but > she gives more. > > Another reason for the syllable 'sree' coming in the > first is that any auspicious event should start with > an auscpicious sound. Sree is the holdy syllable. > > > > American scientists are doing lot of research in the > field of Cymatics. I have Bengali friend of mine who > is doing research in this field of Cymatics and She > says for certain sounds certain patterns are > formed(I had given it in an earlier posting of > mine). For example Om produces on the advanced > cymatic machine, a Srichakra(confirming the shiva > shakthi aiiykaa). And sree produced the symbol sree > in sanskrit in the same machine. > > Vageeshwari(the goddess of sound) knows better than > these budding American scientists and thus put this > sound in the beggining of the litany. > > > === message truncated === __ Start your day with - make it your home page http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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