Notes on Swamiji's class on Navarana Vidhi, Devi Suktams

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Notes on Swamiji's class on Navarna Vidhi, DEvi Suktams folow.

 

You can watch the actual class here:

 

http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/node/1696

 

Love

srini

 

Sva: Your own

Sara: Ocean

Ti: personification

 

The Personification of your own ocean of existence, all you know is

Goddess Saraswati

 

Kara Nyasa: Everything I touch, I touch with the name of God.

 

Kama means to fulfill or satiate all desires other than the desire to

be with Mother.

 

Vedoktam Devi Suktam was composed by Ambrini, the daughter of Agastya

Muni who sang the Vedas.

 

<b>Q & A</b>

 

What does it mean to bow to the Guru?

 

With full attention we grok what the Guru is saying and exemplying,

follow the example of the Guru and apply it to our lives. This is not

about touching toes. To bow to the Guru is to humble ourselves, to

become the perfect container to receive th Guru's grace. This is about

bowing from your heart. Placing the highest part of me at the lowest

part of you will cause the blessings to flow.

 

Why do we repeat the nyasas at the end of the Chandi recitation? How

long do the benefits last?

 

The nyasas are before and after the Chandi Path. Its called Navarna

Samput. We have sandwiched the 700 verses between two Navarna Viddhis.

Do it as much we can. Do a minimum of one mala each time.

 

Yoga is chitta vritti nirodah, cessation of activity. How does it

relate to bowing to her in the form of activity?

 

When we bow to her in activity, we are not attached to the action, we

are not bound. We are doing it for Her, through Her.

 

The pin klim is in the navel - is that referring to the knot between

the lower chakras and the heart - if yes, could you say a little about

this please?

 

Klim is in the Manipura. Klim is the cause which dissolves the gross

body into the causal body in perfection. We are removing pin and

allowing the free flow of Kundalini to bring it into the Causal body.