2020 Celebrating Navarātri Festival: “the significance of Pūjā … is this, that when you do the Pūjā you recognize Me”
"I’ve told you before also but again today I want to tell you the significance of Pūjā. The significance is this, that when you do the Pūjā you recognize Me. By your recognition and your surrendering, the Deities get happy. They’re overjoyed that you have recognized it. You are fully identified yourself that you are understanding Me in My full form, that you are coming closer to them. And I tell the brothers feeling happy when the younger ones are coming to meet. So, they start releasing My vibrations with a greater force – much greater force. You have seen that after Pūjā sometimes when you do not absorb vibrations, I get little tired because the vibrations start coming out of all the chakras and you do not absorb, so the give and take process is not balanced. The identification in the West is very slow because of mental activity. Your attachment to your mental activity and your rationality is very great. With Pūjā the vibrations try to detach you from your mental activity, from your rationality, and then you are station into the Realm of Divine Existence."
1980-0420 Pūjā, Significance of Pūjā, Flat of Marie Rouger, Paris, France
"So to recognize Me, what should we do? If we recognize, then you are protected.
...... if you could recognize Me, to understand Me, that I am Divine Personality. It’s an Incarnation. That’s all the Deities want. Then they’ll look after you in every way. They’ll give you all the powers. They’ll give you all the satisfaction, all the protection that you want."
1991-1013 Navarātri Pūjā (6th Day), False Religion or Recognize Me, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy
"...... the Greatest Power that is belonging to the Mother is your protection. Protection from all kinds of things – all the left-hand side protections are there. They are described, as you must have learnt on the Devī Māhātmyam – what a protections She gives you. So tremendous in Her protecting power. And this protecting power gives you understanding – how kind She is and how, I should say, how very-very protective, extremely protective. She’ll guide you all the time that you should be protected – on the left side. And through Her gaṇas She looks after you. But on the right side also. Those who are on the right side, the Goddess puts Her Powers to put you right, to bring you back to normal conditions, to humble you down and make you understand that you are a child of the Mother and you have to behave like a child.
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So the protection is also built in your body. By gaṇas on the left-hand side and by reactions on the right-hand side. But the greatest thing is the blessings of the Mother. The way She looks after you, the way She loves you and the way She cares for you – which you should never take it for granted."
2002-1027 Navarātri Pūjā (13th day after Dussehra Day), Develop Wisdom through Meditation, Bhakti and Śhraddhā, Lake Piru Recreational Area Campground, 4780 Piru Canyon Rd, Piru (87 kms NW of Los Angeles), CA, U.S.A.
Kamala-dal’āmala komala kāntī
Kalā kalit’āmala bhāla-late,
Sakala vilāsa kalā nilaya-krama
Keli chalat-kala haṁsa kule,
Ali-kula sañkula kuvalaya mandala
Mauli milad bakulāli kule, Jaya, jaya, he
Like a tender, lovely spotless Lotus-petal the crescent Moon adorns Your forehead;
Your movements are like a graceful and playful group of Swans;
Like a swarm of bees to fragrant flowers, the stars adorn Your forehead.
Victory to You!
Ayi Giri Nandini:
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Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Chandraghaṇṭā sākshāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namaḥ
O Divine Mother, You are verily Śhrī Chandraghaṇṭā, the one Who use the Moon as Her bell, Salutations to You!
"The emblem of the Ādi Śhakti, of course you know, is a thing like this, you see, is ... we call it a ... a[n] elliptical isn't it. This is elliptical, elliptical. You all know that. But the mark of the Ādi Śhakti is the Half-moon and a star. You can put a Half-moon and a Bindu -- is a what you call a bindu? -- is a point.
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But that point is a star. So, you see, the Islam follows the star, the inside, and below that is this, what you call, they call it the Moon. But that's the half mudrā, or we can call it the half ...... half of the coil. But half, according to the Western mind, half means is bad. But half is the one that takes everything within itself. You see, the one like the bottom of the sea. Bottom of the sea is always bigger than ...... the sea itself.
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So this ... the Half Śhakti takes all the śhaktis into Itself. And the Bindu represents the Heart or we can say the Ātmā. So is the complete thing, is the Ādi Śhakti and the Bindu. That's the Islam seal. And in the same way this is the seal, this is the seal of the Ādi Śhakti, is a half circle. Is not even half -- we shouldn't say now first night's Moon and a star. And why this is used, because this is the thing coming from the creation, from the nature.
So that also what we call Islam is nothing but is the creation of Ādi Śhakti."
1985-1217 Pūjā (English+Marathi+English), The Purity Inside, House of Dr. Saṃghavī, Nasik, Maharashtra, India
Dear All,
Today is the third day of Navarātri. We worship the golden complexion Goddess Chandraghaṇṭā who rides a lion or tiger. She has a half-moon shaped like a bell on Her forehead or who uses the moon as Her bell. During the battle between Her and the demons, the horrible sound produced by Her bell sent thousands of demons to hell.
"...... the Goddess always uses lion as Her vehicle. That is the vāhana specially used when at different levels She has to be compassionate as well as very harsh to the people who are trying to destroy humanity."
1986-1009 Public Program (6th Day of Navarātri), Lions Club International, G.D. Birla Sabahghar, 29, Ashutosh Choudhry Avenue, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Hinasti daitya tejamsi swanena pooryaya jagat,
Sā ghanta patu no Devī papebhyo nah sutaniva.
O Devī, may your bell which fills the world with its sound and destroys the power of asuras, protect us from sins, just as a mother protects her children
(Devī Mahātmyam, chapter 11)
Apne Panah Mein Hame Rakhna
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Maiyā tere Charno Ki
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Nirmal Mā Jagdambe Mā
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Śhrī Jagadambe Ayi Re
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Mahāmāyā Mahākālī, Jay Sherawali
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"When there is worship always there’s a bell rung. That is good for all the negativity to run away.
1982-1009 Bestowing of Boons Pūjā, House of Maria Laventzi, Irchester (near Wellingborough), UK
"This is the work, one has to do, is to bring the religions in their purest form and not adhere to them, whatever form has been created or done by human beings.
These religions are not created by human beings but by incarnations. So, human beings have made them artificial, they have made all kinds of nonsense with them."
1988-1014 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, Navarātri Celebrations (4th Day), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India
We bow and pray to You Śhrī Mahākālī, please Hear us:
We pray for the destruction of all negative forces that incite hate and aggression, especially religious groups involved in killing in the name of God.
Political dictatorship and religious fanaticism have given an official seal to mindless violence.
Śhrī Ādi Śhakti, please undo the evil that men have done.
Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!