Shri Mataji: Shri Guru Nanak has talked about the Goddess, the Devi.

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Dear devotees of the Divine Mother,

 

Namaste – i bow to the Adi Shakti who resides in you!

 

" The word " Ardas " literally means " prayer. " But the traditional Sikh

Ardas has come to represent a specific form of prayer recited in

every Gurdwara program. It is recited before the Guru is transported

or brought into Prakaash, just before the hukam is taken, and again

when the Guru is set into Sukhasaan. It can also be recited before

undertaking any activity of significance, before leaving on a

journey, to give thanks, or as a way of daily remembering the Creator.

 

The core of Ardas is an invocation which Guru Gobind Singh recited at

the beginning of his epic poem Chandi di Vaar. In it, he calls upon

the power of Adi Shakti in the form of Pritham Bhagauti. He then

calls upon the Spirit of the Guru, elaborating upon the nine

manifestations from Guru Nanak through Guru Teg Bahadur. This part of

Ardas is unchangeable and should be recited in the original Gurmukhi,

if possible. Sikh ministers should be able to recite this short

prayer from memory, and should be prepared to offer Ardas at any

time, at the request of the Sangat. " (www.fateh.sikhnet.com/)

 

The Ardas is often adorned with various passages from the Guru Granth

Sahib.

The recitation of Ardas commences with the opening stanza of Var Sri

Bhagauti Ji written by Guru Gobind Singh Ji (The Var Sri Bhagauti Ji

is contained with the Dasam Granth). This smoothly written ode begins

by going through the order of meditation by placing Sri Bhagauti (The

Divine Mother) foremost above all else, and then systematically

referring to each of the other Gurus in turn entreating them for aid

and protection.

 

The opening verses of the Ardas reads:

 

Ardaas: Ek Onkar Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Sri Bhagauti Ji Sahae. Var

Shri Bhagauti Ji Ki Patshahi Dasvin

Ardaas: God is One. All victory is of the Wondrous Guru. May the

respected Shri Bhagauti (Divine Mother) help us! Ode of the respected

Shri Bhagauti recited by the Tenth Guru.

Pritham bhagauti simari kai gur nanak lain dhiai

First call up Bhagauti (The Divine Mother) in your mind, then

meditate on Guru Nanak.

 

Guru Gobind Singh was a worshipper of the Divine Mother (Shri

Bhagauti/Bhagawati). Not only did he entrench Her in the Ardas as is

evident from his writings, but also sought Her blessings for the

completion of the holy Granth Sahib:

 

Kripa kari hum par Jag Mata, Granth kara puran subh rata

Divine Mother of this universe shower Your blessings on me, so that I

shall be able to complete this Granth.

 

In his auto biography he writes,

 

Hemkunt parbat hai jahan, sapt sring sobhat hai tahan

Vaha hum anik tapasya sadhi, Mahakal Kalka aaradhi

In my previous life, I did lot of penance at Hemkunt, and worshipped

the primordial Mother (Mahakal Kalka) .

(Note: Aaradhi means worshipping a female deity.)

 

V. Wadher in " Guru Govind Rai (Singh) in Line Of Shri Rama And Shri

Krishna " has this to say:

 

" Govind Singh wrote that in his past life, he was a Rishi who

performed great penances at Hemkunt. He has given a graphic

description of a place in the Himalayas ensconced by twelve mountain

peaks. It was here that he was ordained by the Param Purukh to take

another birth for the specific purpose of uprooting adharma. This

story went well with the kind of life he led and the things he

achieved. He was born to Guru Tegh Bahadur because the latter too was

propitiating God to bless him with a great son. The whole stance of

this story is the same as of Dasaratha who also performed penances in

his earlier birth and was blessed by the Lord that He himself would

be born to him.

 

In the tradition of Lord Rama, Guru Govind Singh performed a year-

long Chandi Yagna at Naina Devi (the shrine of the Goddess of

beautiful eyes) overlooking Anandpur Sahib before launching upon his

mission. Lord Rama had done the same before marching into Lanka. The

Goddess, pleased with his austerities, had blessed Rama with victory.

Lord Krishna had taken Arjuna to the temple of the Goddess for

seeking her blessings before the battle with the Kauravas.

 

RULING DEITY

 

According to tradition, Chandi is the ruling deity of the Jalander

Peeth, the triangle pervaded by the Goddess of which Jalander, Kulu

and Vaishno Devi form the three angles. In Punjab when the Shaktas

(the worshippers of Shakti) ruled the roost, the Mother was known to

be residing in every nook and corner of the triangle, alternatively

known as the Trigarth Peeth. The important shrines of the Goddess in

this region bear testimony to this point. There are Ambala (Ambalaya -

the home of the Goddess), Chandigarh (the fortress of the Goddess),

Kalka (abode of Kali), Naina Devi (in the Shivaliks), Asa Devi (in

the Dhaulaladhars), Hidimba (in the Kulu hills), Vajreshwari (the

Mother of Thunderbolt) at Kangra, Jwala Devi (the Mother of the

Flaming Mouth) at Jwala Mukhi, Chintpuri in Hosiarpur and finally

Vaishno Devi (the Vaishnavi Mother) in the Jammu Hills. " (end)

 

So Guru Gobind Singh kept Shri Bhagauti (Maha Devi) over and above

Nanak and the other Sikh Gurus. Such was his highest esteem towards

the Divine Mother that he composed the Ardas seeking supplication

from Her. Thus all Sikhs, unknowingly or knowingly, are actually

worshipping and seeking the blessings of Shri Bhagauti (The Divine

Mother) everyday. But try telling them that truth and you will be

enlightened by a collective ignorance stretching back centuries.

 

There are a number of articles by Sikhs trying to depreciate, even

erase, the Divine Feminine (Bhagauti/Bhagawati). i do not wish to

confuse readers by stating all the different interpretations and

reasons given by Sikhs to distance themselves from the Primordial

Mother (Bhagauti/Bhagawati).

 

But how are they going to delete the Aykaa Mayee (One Mother) who is

entrenched in their Jap Ji Sahib, the most revered daily morning

prayers that opens the voluminous Guru Granth Sahib? No Sikh wants to

discuss about the Aykaa Mayee because they just are too conditioned,

and rote learning of little understood Gurumkhi scriptural text does

little to stimulate the mind. In all my life as a Sikh i never heard

any priest, parent or Sikh talking about the Aykaa Mayee. Till today

i am unable to understand why they are so blind or deaf to the

word " Aykaa Mayee " .

 

The 1430-page Guru Granth Sahib refers to God Almighty (Waheguru) as

both Father and Mother i.e., God and His creative aspect Adi Shakti.

The Divine Feminine is not only entrenched in the Holy Scriptures of

Sikhism and Hinduism but the Bible and Qur'an as well. Shri Brahma,

Vishnu, Shiva, Ganesha, Durga, Mahakali, Saraswati, Nanak, Buddha,

Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, etc., are all Her creation. She is your Self

and mine too.

 

Try as Sikhs may, they can neither rid the Bhagauti (The Divine

Mother) of their Ardas nor the Aykaa Mayee of the Jap Ji Sahib from

the Guru Granth Sahib. Both are daily recited with reverence the

world over. Both praise the Divine Feminine--the Aykaa Mayee (The One

Mother), Sri Bhagauti/Bhagawati (Divine Mother), the Adya Shakti

(the Power of God Almighty)!

 

But how can the ignorant and conditioned religious masses be made to

realize that? How can they wake up when their own gianis know as much

about the Divine Mother as a donkey knows about the Guru Granth Sahib.

 

regards,

 

jagbir

 

 

" Meditation is nothing but the state of remaining in the constant

company of the every-loving Bhagawati. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 

 

" We have also Sikh community. They came to Sahaja, but they said, " We

cannot worship Goddess. " I said " Why? " Surprised at it, because Shri

Guru Nanak has talked about the Goddess, the Devi. The first sentence

of His book is Adya. Adya is the Adi Shakti. And for this, if the

Sikhs stupidly say, then why do they have a 'Chandi'-'garh'. That's

so stupid also, nothing to really compare. "

 

Shri Mataji, 2001 Christmas Puja