Guest guest Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 AUM SAI RAM Salutations to Our Divine Mother Sai! Our Divine Mother Sai exists in all beings in the form of truth, love, compassion, intelligence, spiritual wealth and beauty. Her Divine Shakti which is pure and imperishable energy exists in all and in every form. Durga Puja is the most popular Hindu festival in which Lord Shiva, the Creator, the Sustainer and the Destroyer is adorned as Devi, the Divine Mother Durga. The Lord is immeasurably merciful, loving, caring, affectionate, sweet and gentle. As He fondly and without fail looks after all the needs of His children, His devotees look upon Him as Devi, Mother. In the spiritual field also, the aspirant who is a spiritual child approaches the Lord as Mother. The purpose of his existence is to identify himself with the Eternal Spirit, to realize his inner divinity and to unite himself with the Divine so that they become ONE. His spiritual sadhana starts with worshpping the mother as God. During the first three days of Navaratri (Nine Nights) the Divine Mother is worshipped as Durga. We pray to Mother Durga to remove and destroy all our negative qualities, our defects, our failings, our shortcomings and our sensual desires. We ask the Mother for Purity of character, action, thought and word. Once the process of elimination and purification is complete, the next step is to forge a transcendent spiritual personality endowed with pure, saatwic and divine qualities. To acquire this spiritual wealth, the aspirant worships the Divine Mother as Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu and the Giver of the boons of prosperity and bliss, for the second set of three days. After the completion of these six days, the aspirant becomes fit to receive Supreme Knowledge and Wisdom from Saraswati Mataa, who is the very embodiment of Divine Knowledge. The tenth day, VIJAYA DASAMI, marks the victory of the liberated soul from the clutches of the material and illusory world. God and I are ONE. JAYA SAI DURGA MATAA! JAYA SAI LASKHMI MATAA! JAYA SAI SARASWATI MATAA! [The Sri Sathya Sai Centre of Curepipe, Mauritius is celebrating Durga Puja (or Navaratri) from the 19th to the 27th of October this year. All are welcome to be with us on this very auspicious occasion.] At the Lotus Feet of Sai Anita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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