Guest guest Posted November 16, 2003 Report Posted November 16, 2003 EXCELLENT WORDS . KEEP IT UP. --- jagbir singh <adishakti_org wrote: > 12) SRI > NIJARUNA-PRABHA-PURA-MAJJAD-BRAHMANDA-MANDALA > > — Her red brilliance engulfs all Universes. > — All created Universes are only Her Radiance. > > Sri Lalita Sahasranama, C. S. Murthy, Ass. Ad and > Printers, 1989. > > http://www.adishakti.org/ > http://www.al-qiyamah.org/ > > ------------------- > > > > PRAYER TO MOTHER > > Salutations to the Divine Mother who exists in all > beings in the > form of intelligence, mercy and beauty, salutations, > O Sweet Mother, > the consort of Lord Siva. O Mother Parvati! Thou art > Lakshmi, Thou > art Sarasvati. Thou art Kali, Durga and Kundalini > Shakti. Thou art > in the form of all objects. Thou art the sole refuge > of all. Thou > hast enchanted the whole world. The whole universe > is the play of > Thy three Gunas. How can I praise Thee? Thy glory is > indescribable. > Thy splendour is ineffable. Protect me. Guide me, O > Loving Mother! > > O Adorable Mother! Thou hast generated this great > illusion by which > all people walk deluded in this world. All sciences > have come from > Thee. Without Thy grace, no one can get success in > spiritual Sadhana > and salvation in the end. Thou art the seed for this > world. Thou > hast two aspects, viz., the unmanifested aspect or > Avyaktam and the > manifested aspect or the gross universe. The whole > world gets > dissolved in Avyaktam during Pralaya. Give me the > divine eye. Let me > behold Thy real majestic form. Help me to cross over > this illusion, > O Kind Mother! > > O Compassionate Mother! I bow to Thee. Thou art my > saviour. Thou art > my goal. Thou art my sole support. Thou art my guide > and the remover > of all afflictions, troubles and miseries. Thou art > the embodiment > of auspiciousness. Thou pervadest the whole > universe. The whole > universe is filled with Thee. Thou art the > store-house of all > qualities. Do Thou protect me. I again and again > salute Thee. O > Glorious Mother! Salutations to Thee. All women are > Thy parts. Mind, > egoism, intellect, body, Prana, senses, are Thy > forms. Thou art Para > Shakti and Apara Prakriti. Thou art electricity, > magnetism, force, > energy, power and will. All forms are Thy forms > only. Reveal to me > the mystery of creation. Bestow on me the divine > knowledge. > > O Loving Mother! Thou art the primal energy. Thou > hast two aspects, > namely, the terrible and peaceful. Thou art modesty, > gentleness, > shyness, generosity, courage, forbearance and > patience. Thou art > faith in the heart of devotees and generosity in > noble people, > chivalry in warriors and ferocity in tigers. Give me > strength to > control the mind and the Indriyas. Make me worthy to > dwell in > Thee. Salutations unto Thee. > > O Mother Supreme! When shall I have equal vision and > placid state of > mind? When shall I be established in Ahimsa, Satyam > and > Brahmacharya? When shall I have Thy cosmic vision? > When shall I get > deep abiding peace and perennial joy? When shall I > enter into deep > meditation and Samadhi? > > O Radiant Mother! I have not done any spiritual > Sadhana or service > of teachers. I have not practised any Vrata, > pilgrimage, charity, > Japa and meditation or worship. I have not studied > religious > scriptures. I have neither discrimination nor > dispassion. I have > neither purity nor burning desire for liberation. > Thou art my sole > refuge. Thou art my only support. My silent > adorations unto Thee. I > am Thy meek suppliant. Remove the veil of ignorance. > > > O Gracious Mother! Prostrations unto Thee. Where art > Thou? Do not > forsake me. I am Thy child. Take me to the other > shore of > fearlessness and joy. When shall I behold Thy lotus > feet with my own > eyes? Thou art the boundless ocean of mercy. When > philosopher's > stone turns iron into gold by contact, when the > Ganges turns impure > water into pure water, can'st Thou not turn me, O > Divine Mother, > into a pure soul? May my tongue repeat Thy Name > always! > > Sri Swami Sivananda in GEMS OF PRAYERS > > > > ----------- > > THE INDIAN CONCEPT OF THE DIVINE MOTHER > > Since the dawn of civilisation, when the primitive > man lived in a > matriarchal society, the worship of the Divine > Mother came into > practice. Later on, as civilisation progressed, the > matriarchal > pattern gradually faded out, and the father became > the head of the > family unit, where he was treated as the man in > authority and to > whom everyone looked for guidance and approval. > Consequently, there > was a change in the concept of God as such; the > Fatherhood of God > was established. But Mother worship persisted > simultaneously, since > this concept was psychologically more appealing to > the devotee, the > mother being nearest in filial affection to the > child. Subsequently, > a synthetic harmony between the Motherhood and > Fatherhood of God was > developed by the Hindu religion; the people > worshipped Sita and > Rama, or Radha and Krishna together. > > The concept of the human mind is based on relative > experience. > Subjective idealism, therefore, in its initial > stages, takes the aid > of objective and relative analogies. God is neither > limited to > abstract or concrete concepts. But it is easier to > establish a > conscious relationship with the Providence in terms > of benevolent > fatherhood or affectionate, kindly motherhood than > by the concept of > an unfathomable void. God is devoid of qualities, in > reality, but a > relative superimposition of the positive ideals of > goodness and > virtue is essential for self-culture and spiritual > progress of the > aspirant. > > Mother is very kind to her child. You are more free > with your mother > than with anybody else. It is the mother who > protects you, nourishes > you, consoles you, cheers you and nurses you. She is > your first > preceptor. She sacrifices her all for the sake of > her children. In > the spiritual field also, the aspirant has very > intimate > relationship with the Divine Mother. > > The Upasana or the worship of the Universal Mother > leads to the > attainment of knowledge of the Self. The Yaksha > Prasna in > Kenopanishad supports this view. Approach Her with > an === message truncated === Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote
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