Guest guest Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 In Chapter 9 of the Devi Gita there is a wonderful description by the Goddess of how to attain to the Supreme devotion. Here is one verse I found on faith as it relates to increasing devotion: Chapter 9 v.19 ....."He sees My devotees with great faith, he listens to the Scriptures with faith... Throughout this scripture the Devi tells Himalayas to listen to this knowledge with faith. If you haven't read The Devi Gita yet it is highly recommended as it teaches the worship of the deity with form and the meditation on the Cosmic Divinity beyond form and knowledge as instructed by the Goddess herself. Please read this scripture with faith............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 hmm, thanks for passing this on, parvati ... i have this book and will go back to it 2nite. pranams, best to the mother ... "what one contemplates, one becomes ..." steve , "parv108" <parv108> wrote: > In Chapter 9 of the Devi Gita there is a wonderful description by > the Goddess of how to attain to the Supreme devotion. Here is > one verse I found on faith as it relates to increasing devotion: > > Chapter 9 v.19 > ...."He sees My devotees with great faith, he listens to the > Scriptures with faith... > > Throughout this scripture the Devi tells Himalayas to listen to > this knowledge with faith. > > If you haven't read The Devi Gita yet it is highly recommended as > it teaches the worship > of the deity with form and the meditation on the Cosmic Divinity > beyond form and knowledge as instructed by the Goddess > herself. Please read this scripture with faith............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 This is the little story my mother told me when i was alittle girl, some 40 - 45 years ago. It sowed the seed of Faith in my little heart, a seed that germinated, and has grown,grown, and is growing still into a beeg tree with deeeep roots. Thre was a poor little father-less boy,who had to go to school everyday through thick dark woods. He was very scared to go to school because of this path through the woods, and wept a lot. His mother told him that he had an elder brother in the woods, who was very busy tending to his many cows, and so could not be with them. But, she said, when ever he (the littlle boy ) felt the need for any help, he just had to call ' Gopala, Gopala' , and his brother would come to his aid. For a long time there was no need to call this brother Gopala. But every time he felt a little uneasy, and thought of calling his brother, he heard the tinkling of many cow-bells, and some-times a melody played on the flute. This reassured him that his brother was near-by. One day, however, the boy had to call Him. It was the teacher's birthday, and all the other boys were bringing gifts. Our little boy's mother could ill afford one. The boy did not want to face his teacher without a gift. So he went into the woods and called 'Gopala, Gopala'. A young cow-herd boy , extremely handsome , with a smiling face, appeared before him, followed by his herd of beautiful cows. 'Brother' Gopala heard his predicament, and gave him a very small cup of curds to be presented to the teacher. The teacher and his wife were not pleased with this little gift - till it was found out that the little cup never ran dry, that its supply of curds was inexhaustible! Who was his elder brother Gopala, but the Lord Krishna Himself, the Eternal Cowherd! This taught me very early in life, that 1. i could talk to God, 2. call him when i needed help. 3. That He would hear me. 4. that He will come and help me. To this day, it is true. The vague 'God' of my child-hood has crystallised into 'Devi' or 'Maa". i have also found that Faith means giving your all, there is no half-way. ' Faith guarantees nothing, but demands every thing '. - i heard these words in a Kung-Fu movie! Pranams to Swamiji , and all my fellow-travllers on The Path. Jai Maa ! V. R. Rukmani. On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:48:01 -0000, Steve Connor <sconnor wrote: > hmm, thanks for passing this on, parvati ... i have this book and > will go back to it 2nite. > > pranams, best to the mother ... > > "what one contemplates, one becomes ..." > > steve > > > , "parv108" <parv108> wrote: > > In Chapter 9 of the Devi Gita there is a wonderful description by > > the Goddess of how to attain to the Supreme devotion. Here is > > one verse I found on faith as it relates to increasing devotion: > > > > Chapter 9 v.19 > > ...."He sees My devotees with great faith, he listens to the > > Scriptures with faith... > > > > Throughout this scripture the Devi tells Himalayas to listen to > > this knowledge with faith. > > > > If you haven't read The Devi Gita yet it is highly recommended as > > it teaches the worship > > of the deity with form and the meditation on the Cosmic Divinity > > beyond form and knowledge as instructed by the Goddess > > herself. Please read this scripture with faith............... > > ------------------------ Sponsor --------------------~--> > Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Companion Toolbar. > Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! > http://us.click./L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM > > > --~-> > > Links > > > > > -- V. R. Rukmani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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