Durga, the Reliever of Difficulties (A story)

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Durga, the Reliever of Difficulties

 

Yesterday when Shree Maa was preparing the Durga-murthi on our Cosmic

Altar, she was talking to Durga as the Goddess-herself standing right there.

She was recalling to Durga and me memories from her childhood and early life as

a wandering sadikha (in Northeast India and throughout the Himalayas). She told

how year after year when she was quite young she would cry and cry at the

completion of the nine days of the Durga Puja when all of the clay murthis of

Durga were submerged back into the river. She was so sad to see the

Durga-mother go away that even her Grandma could not console her.

And then, some time later as " Sadikha Ma " , she returned home to Assam and

to the Kamakhya Temple for one of the annual Durga Puja Celebrations. During

this time of her tapasya, she was always going in and out of Samadhi naturally.

It happened on the tenth day of the autumn Navaratri (Dashami) that Maa was

desiring very strongly to go to heaven, to leave her body. So she went to a

tall rock-ledge overlooking the Brahmaputra River near Kamakhya, and just as she

leaped off of the rock to jump into the river, the Goddess Durga appeared to her

in an aurora of bright light and threw her down to the ground and she was

knocked unconscious. After some time, a few people from the Shiva Temple just

nearby were prompted by the main disciple of a 217-year old living Yogi,Ram Nath

Aghori Baba, to go outside. They came and found Shree Maa lying there and had

her carried to his temple to bring her back to consciousness. They resuscitated

her by giving her sips of hot milk. Shortly after this she went off wandering

again for some distance on foot to a quiet and small Durga Temple on the

outskirts of Guwahati, and one of her devotees there took care of her for some

time. This story of the power of Goddess Durga Shree Maa is telling for the

first time.

Even now in the Temple of the Devi Mandir, Durga continues to watch over

Shree Maa, Swami Satyananda, and all of us children of the Divine Mother. Shree

Maa is teaching us: " When we are pure in heart calling to the God or Goddess,

then surely they are always with us! We are nothing " .

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, Everyone!

Kamala O'Nanda

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Namaste Kamalaji!

Thank you so much for sharing this story. It's so nice to hear of Shree Maa's

experiences as 'Sadikha Ma'. Jai Maa!

 

 

 

, " kamalaji_india " <kamalaji_india wrote:

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> Durga, the Reliever of Difficulties

>

> Yesterday when Shree Maa was preparing the Durga-murthi on our Cosmic

Altar, she was talking to Durga as the Goddess-herself standing right there.

She was recalling to Durga and me memories from her childhood and early life as

a wandering sadikha (in Northeast India and throughout the Himalayas). She told

how year after year when she was quite young she would cry and cry at the

completion of the nine days of the Durga Puja when all of the clay murthis of

Durga were submerged back into the river. She was so sad to see the

Durga-mother go away that even her Grandma could not console her.

> And then, some time later as " Sadikha Ma " , she returned home to Assam and

to the Kamakhya Temple for one of the annual Durga Puja Celebrations. During

this time of her tapasya, she was always going in and out of Samadhi naturally.

It happened on the tenth day of the autumn Navaratri (Dashami) that Maa was

desiring very strongly to go to heaven, to leave her body. So she went to a

tall rock-ledge overlooking the Brahmaputra River near Kamakhya, and just as she

leaped off of the rock to jump into the river, the Goddess Durga appeared to her

in an aurora of bright light and threw her down to the ground and she was

knocked unconscious. After some time, a few people from the Shiva Temple just

nearby were prompted by the main disciple of a 217-year old living Yogi,Ram Nath

Aghori Baba, to go outside. They came and found Shree Maa lying there and had

her carried to his temple to bring her back to consciousness. They resuscitated

her by giving her sips of hot milk. Shortly after this she went off wandering

again for some distance on foot to a quiet and small Durga Temple on the

outskirts of Guwahati, and one of her devotees there took care of her for some

time. This story of the power of Goddess Durga Shree Maa is telling for the

first time.

> Even now in the Temple of the Devi Mandir, Durga continues to watch over

Shree Maa, Swami Satyananda, and all of us children of the Divine Mother. Shree

Maa is teaching us: " When we are pure in heart calling to the God or Goddess,

then surely they are always with us! We are nothing " .

> Happy Saint Patrick's Day, Everyone!

> Kamala O'Nanda

>