To Lall about sattvic Devi worship

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Lall (ambaji?) wrote:

>> i wrote a while ago to you , am a bhakta shakta sadhaka

>> totally devoted to The Goddess / Divine Feminine, especially

MAHA DEVI

>> BHAGAWATI DURGA MATA KALI MA .

>> I am looking for information about

pooja to Devi , >> especially food offerings to Kali

Ma and other aspects of >> The Goddess...

>> i would like to join a

Shakta sampradaya and >> enter oficially hinduism , there is

some information about >> how to become a hindu in the

pages >> www.hindu.org and >>

www.himalayanacademy.com...

Dear Lall ~ I think someone on the digest already wrote to you about

this, but I will add again, to add another voice to the

recommendation that was made.

The Chandi Path, a book which is available on Shree Maa's website at

the bookstore, is not only a story of the great battle of Ma Durga

over the Army of Negative Thoughts, the book is also a system of

worship. The entire book can be recited as a puja offering to Ma

Durga, as well as to Kali, Saraswati and Laksmi, all the Goddesses

who helped Ma Durga restore the balance of the celestial realms. Here

is the link to the bookstore page:

http://www.shreemaa.org/bookstore.htm Chandi Path is the first book

on the page.

If you go to the CD page: http://www.shreemaa.org/audio.htm ...

towards the bottom of the page you will find that you can order both

the book and an Mp3 CD, which I am assuming takes the place of the

cassette tapes of Maa and Swamiji chanting the Chandi Path. This is

wonderful. I have an old version of the text, and the cassettes are a

bit difficult to use, so I am very happy that Shree Maa and Swami are

keeping up with the times and making this available to us in a new

way. If you get both at the same time, there is a savings of the

amount they cost.

If you go to our Page, and go to the "Files" section, you will

find a folder entitled Chandi. This folder has all the files related

to the class held last year for the digest members to become more

familiar with the Chandi Path and how to work with it. But, in the

final analysis, the Chandi Path, as I mentioned above, is worship,

and you can add additional basic elements of a puja, such as flower

petals, sandlewood, etc., to enrich your worship of Ma Durga even

more.

(Please note: these items are mentioned within the text of the Chandi,

so you might want to just read it through once and make a note of the

items mentioned. Swamiji always applauds efficiency, and efficiency

in performing a puja is knowing what items you need for the puja and

having them ready and at your altar or your side as you do the puja.)

The Chandi Path is what you are looking for. If it seems too daunting

(although I don't think, from reading your emails, that you would

feel daunted by anything that would help you worship Ma Durga) you

can instead start with the booklet, "Durga Puja Beginner," and the

accompanying cd, "Durga Puja Beginner." Again, these are found on the

bookstore and cd areas of Shree Maa's website.

In the meantime, you can start right away. Use the Durga mantra:

Om Hrim Shrim Dum Durgayai Namaha

(If I have mixed up any of the bijas, someone please let Lall know.)

You can offer one of more malas of this wonderful mantra, and if you

have a picture of Ma Durga, you can offer her flowers (put some fresh

flowers in a vase). I have often done this with wild flowers. If you

don't have a picture of Durga, go to our Page:

/ then go to the Photos

section. The very first photo "book" is pictures of Durga. Click on

the book, and it will bring up all the wonderful pictures of Durga.

Click on a picture you feel drawn to, and that will bring up a larger

copy of the picture. Then you can just print it out and put it on your

altar. There are some beautiful inspiring images you could choose.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ma Durga Ki Jai

Don't wait ... you can start anytime. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji, our Beloved Guru~ Linda