Q&A with Swamiji .....39...Chandi and Bhagavad Gita

[Guest guest]

Question from Latha:

 

What makes chanting the Chandi a more powerful practice than say for

example chanting the Gita.

 

 

Swamiji's response :

 

All the scriptures are powerful. But there are special qualities in

the Chandi. The meaning, watching all of our negativities being

destroyed; watching Her come to life in Chapter Two; the rishis

experiencing extreme joy; in Chapter Four She asks for what we are

praying; again in Chapters Eleven and Chapter Thirteen She grants

boons; in Chapter Five we say that we are doing the same sadhana as

the Gods performed and You made them divine, why will You not do the

same for us?

 

There are too many reasons to write in an email.

[Guest guest]

latha

 

now i am resuming my practice after the moving hiatus i am

approaching it somewhat like ardis with doing a chapter or more at a

time. for elana's benefit, as well as my own, i read both the

sanskrit and english text outloud.

 

last night we read the negativities being destroyed [she got a

little upset with the limbs being cut off!] ... anyway, swamiji's

point is well taken ... the bhagavad gita is obviously

REMARKABLE! ... and yet the Chandi is, in a very different way ...

really, i never read such a real-time account of the destruction of

ego, anywhere.

 

to me it re-asserts the power of the ego, so we do not underestimate

it. there are no light-weight fixes to this spiritual challenge we

face as human beings. this does not make it morbid or heavy, it

makes it as interesting and compelling as it could possibly be.

 

we have a funny little alcove by the stairs of the new house, my

wife and i will use it for meditation. the hiatus made me re-think

my schedule, so i will be practicing regularly at 5:00 a.m.

 

finally, the chandi path inspires us to see gods and goddesses

everywhere. this is a blessing, i have also never encountered this

inspiration in such detail.

 

detail -- that is what the chandi path brings us, real detail in

sadhana.

 

it is all very beautiful. thank you all, thank you shree maa,

swamiji, parvati, latha, all forum members.

 

steve

 

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> Question from Latha:

>

> What makes chanting the Chandi a more powerful practice than say

for

> example chanting the Gita.

>

>

> Swamiji's response :

>

> All the scriptures are powerful. But there are special qualities

in

> the Chandi. The meaning, watching all of our negativities being

> destroyed; watching Her come to life in Chapter Two; the rishis

> experiencing extreme joy; in Chapter Four She asks for what we are

> praying; again in Chapters Eleven and Chapter Thirteen She grants

> boons; in Chapter Five we say that we are doing the same sadhana

as

> the Gods performed and You made them divine, why will You not do

the

> same for us?

>

> There are too many reasons to write in an email.