Manjusha ; Swami's response:Q + A with Swami: Asuras?

February 14, 2009

Namaste Dan,

the first mantra is my altime favorite and the other two are close

seconds.....great minds think alike!

And every time Swamiji mentions the story of churning the Milk Ocean,

it makes me very happy.....Devs and Ashuras on opposite sides ina

tug-of-war to get the soma...

Jaaaaaaaaaaai Maa!

, bmarley343 wrote:

>

> reminds me of 3 mantras in particular

>

> this mantra is right after the achman in the first 10 or so pages of

> every book

>

> 1.

> Om apavitrah pavitro va sarvavastham gato-pi va

> ya smaret pundarikaksham sa bahyabhyantarah sucih

>

> OM the impure and the pure reside within all objects.

> who remembers the lotus-eyed Consciousness is conveyed to radiant

> beauty

>

> and from the prana pratistha suktam...

>

> 2.

> Kalakala Hi Devanam Danavanam Kalakalah

> Samgrhya Nirmito Yasmat Kalasastena Kathyate

>

> All the gods are fragments of the cosmic whole,

> also all the asuras are fragments of the cosmic whole.

> thus we make a house to contain all these energies.

>

> 3.

> Deva danava samvade mathyamane mahodadhau

> utpanni-si tada bumbha vidhrto visnuna svayam

>

> The Gods and asuras speaking together are the great givers of churning

> to the mind.

> Rise to the top of this pot to separate them from what is actually

> Vishnu Himself!

>

> which reminds me of the story of the churning of the milk ocean. the

> devas and asuras worked together to churn it.

>

> namaste all

> dan

>

> misra_manjusha <misra_manjusha

>

> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 4:29 am

> [www.ShreeMaa.org] Manjusha ; Swami's response:Re: Q + A with

> Swami: Asuras?

Namaste Vish,

>

> The second part of Swamiji's answer is the one that's been intriguing

> me actually! I think he's brought the real issue I had in mind, to the

> forefront.

> If objects change their perspectives depending on how you look at them,

> does it mean that it does not really matter how you look at things

> (because that might depend on which society you live in or where you

> come from) because it doesn't change the reality.

> Is our spirituality geared towards 'seeing' the entire object without

> being biased by any particular perspective? (I remember a certain story

> about an elephant and blind men)

> Would that mean Dev and Asuras are two sides of the same coin?

>

> Thanks Vish for engaging the discussion.

> Jai Maa and Jai Swamiji!!!!

>

> Manjushri

>

> , " inspectionconnection108 "

> <inspectionconnection108@> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste Manjusha: here are Swami's answers to your questions below

> >

> > SWAMI said:

> > " Everything in manifested existence has both.

> >

> > Also there is a way of looking at things, so that something that

> > appears as negative to one individual could appear as positive to

> > another. "

> > _______________

> >

> > Is there any geographical/historical connotation? Or do we all have

> > both the shining and dark forces within us?

> >

> > Jai Maa & Jai Swamiji

> > Manjushri

> >

>

February 16, 2009

i believe it was swamiji who also related it to breath

the So Ham

inhalation and exhalation is the churning of the devas and asuras.

to churn the nectar through pranayama - expansion of prana

the crown chakra is the top of mount meru.

churning the nectar, becoming the Hamsa

gauri_108 <gauri_108

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 3:31 pm

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