Guest guest Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Namaste All, In Verse 3 of the Siddha Kunjika Stotram, we pray to Goddess to grant perfection of meditation. Why do we pray for this? Why do we meditate? Please share your thoughts! Love srini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 To quite the mind so we can truely experience union with God (oneness)One pointed concentration on union with the beloved!srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu wrote: Namaste All, In Verse 3 of the Siddha Kunjika Stotram, we pray to Goddess to grant perfection of meditation. Why do we pray for this? Why do we meditate? Please share your thoughts! Love srini Jai Maa,Devi Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 Namaste all: I sit to meditate, or perform puja, or sit at the divine fire, or perform seva, with the intention to experience a God centered life, rather than an ego centered one. I think of meditation as all action performed as an offering to the Divine. So the perfection of meditation is experiencing the God-ness behind and throughout all action. Otherwise, ego based action only provides short term benefits and leaves me feeling unfulfilled. Jai Maa Jai Swami vishweshwar , " srini_sadhu " <srini_sadhu wrote: > > Namaste All, > > In Verse 3 of the Siddha Kunjika Stotram, we pray to Goddess to grant > perfection of meditation. > > Why do we pray for this? Why do we meditate? > > Please share your thoughts! > > Love > srini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 I think it is summarized best in the first verse:This is the Key to Perfection: By theses mantras the meditation of the Goddess Chandi becomes easy. THUSBy annihilation of ego, self-conceit and self-deprecation we arise to wakefulness. The Goddess grants us Perfect Meditation by which we are able to preserve entire existence. Once passion and anger are slain then the Boons are offered. Peace is obtained on all levels and our Energy supply comes directly from Bhavani, the female Lord of Being and we become! Full and complete. OneBy these mantras we obtain the drive to do more, to add just one more chapter, to study to consume every word. Mother is GOOD she knows what we need. And she provides it all.We have but to trust and follow her lead.Jai Maasrini_sadhu <srini_sadhu wrote: Namaste Friends, Thank you for your kind participation on the Chandi Discussion. This week let us chant the Siddha Kunjika Stotram. Please share your thoughts and questions on this Stotram. Love srini Jai Maa,Devi Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Be Simple. Be True. Be Free. All your questions on Spirituality and Sadhana answered at http://www.shreemaa.org Raise money for Devi Mandir just by searching the Internet on GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.comJai Maa,Devi Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks for catching me up Srini! " In Verse 3 of the Siddha Kunjika Stotram, we pray to Goddess to grant perfection of meditation. Why do we pray for this? Why do we meditate? " Svaha! The little self is cast into the fire of knowledge and what remains is One- " I am the only One here...no other exists beyond Me. " , " srini_sadhu " <srini_sadhu wrote: > > Namaste! > > Yes we chanted and discussed the two Suktams and are now discussing > the Siddha Kunjika Stotram. > > But please do share your thoughts and questions about the two Suktams. > > Love > srini > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 Namaste all, thank you for your inspiring comments on the Siddha Kunjika Stotram. To be quite honest, I have some problems with this one because I don't understand the meaning of the mantras beginning with dhaam dhim dhum, and then the 8th mantra with all the sanskrit letter groups, which according to note 3, have something to do with taking the energy up. The mind is very busy during recitation trying to figure out what all this means and how these mantras are supposed to 'work' and why they are part of this explanation of the navarna mantra. As it does not succeed, thoughts come saying how it does not make any sense to recite things one does not understand etc. etc. Nevertheless, I will go on reciting in the hope that understanding will come in time, and I am looking forward to Swamiji's class on this stotram. with love, Henny , devi <student61754 wrote: > > > > I think it is summarized best in the first verse: > This is the Key to Perfection: By theses mantras the meditation of the Goddess Chandi becomes easy. THUS > By annihilation of ego, self-conceit and self-deprecation we arise to wakefulness. The Goddess grants us Perfect Meditation by which we are able to preserve entire existence. Once passion and anger are slain then the Boons are offered. Peace is obtained on all levels and our Energy supply comes directly from Bhavani, the female Lord of Being and we become! Full and complete. One > > By these mantras we obtain the drive to do more, to add just one more chapter, to study to consume every word. > Mother is GOOD she knows what we need. And she provides it all. > We have but to trust and follow her lead. > Jai Maa > srini_sadhu <srini_sadhu wrote: Namaste Friends, > > Thank you for your kind participation on the Chandi Discussion. > > This week let us chant the Siddha Kunjika Stotram. > > Please share your thoughts and questions on this Stotram. > > Love > srini Jai Maa, > Devi > > > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > > > Be Simple. Be True. Be Free. > All your questions on Spirituality and Sadhana answered at http: //www.shreemaa.org > > Raise money for Devi Mandir just by searching the Internet on GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com > > > > > Jai Maa, > Devi > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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