To Lindaji on her reply about sattvic Devi worship

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, nierika wrote:

 

"Swamiji always applauds efficiency"

 

Jai Maa, Lindaji, my sweetie pie sister!

 

i am also applauding! Can you hear??? :<) Your post is absolutely

outstanding; so filled with wonderful suggestions. i am smiling ear

to ear. i am so inspired, myself, i feel like chanting the Chandi

right now! :<)

 

Jai Chandi Shree Maa! Jai Shiva Swamiji! Jai Thakur Ramakrishna Deva!

Your sister always,

muktimaa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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_

(http://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_

(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_

> (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

>