teaching worship-puja

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I have always thought that Durga was the most powerful Goddess . Is

Saraswati as powerful as Durga?

 

Peace

 

Jake

 

 

, "inspectionconnection108"

<inspectionconnection108> wrote:

> Today my 14 year old son and I, and our friend along with her 12

> year old son, went to the home of one of Shree Maa's devotees.

The

> boys demonstrated puja to the Goddess Saraswati and then we talked

> about the meaning and method of worship.

>

> We are white and all the guests: children 7-15, and their parents,

> are East Indian.

>

> Everyone felt very fulfilled and happy with the experience.

>

> We were glad we could share our love of God, and they were glad to

> receive a deeper understanding of practices that they had witnessed

> but not fully understood.

>

> One 14 year old boy said he understood the method and meaning of

> worship for the first time in his life, and he has been involved

with

> this worship since he was young.

>

> The children related to Saraswati because she is the Goddess of

> learning and the arts. They understood the value in connecting to

> her when they are in need of help in their studies, and they also

> learned that the mantras of the puja are powerful formulas to

involk

> the different aspects of the Goddess in their own lives.

>

> The mantras are not just fanciful poems, but precise invocations of

> the fundamental stuff of all Creation, the Shakti which comprises

all

> Creation, which were cognized and passed on for thousands of years

by

> pure souls devoted to God.

>

> These powerful verses, molded into melodic passages, wake up the

> Goddess and draw Her to the devotee as a Mother comes when her

child

> cries out in distress.

>

> The Goddess cannot resist our entreeties. She must and will come.

> She is our own nature. She is in us and all around us. She is

> everything and we are Her own.

>

> The lesson we learned today: do not wait until you can pronounce

all

> the mantras perfectly, or until you can sit straight and tall.

Call

> on Her from your heart right now, in English, and She will hear you

> and come.

>

> Devotion and longing is the real key. Start from where you are.

> Don't delay. How can a Mother disregard her crying child?

>

> She is our Mother and as you establish a relationship with Her, it

> becomes easier and easier to learn the mantras, and to sit longer.

>

> Make a promise to yourself. 10 minutes a day for 7 days. See what

> happens. Share your results with us.

>

> Thank you.

>

> Love and Jai Maa

>

> Shree Maa's child,

>

> Vishweshwar