2023 Celebrating Navarātri Festival: “…… seventh day to celebrate the Incarnations of these Seven Powers …… and to give them the vision of God.”
"Today is the Seventh Day of the Goddess when She incarnated on this Earth in Her Seventh Incarnation. On this day She incarnated again and again on this land, around this area, seven times. And She is being expressed through the exuberance of the Mother Land. That She has created all the temples which have come out of the Mother Earth spontaneously.
The seven of these represent the seven chakras of the Sahasrāra, the Śhaktis of the chakra ... of Sahasrāra.
So we are so fortunate today to be here on the seventh day to celebrate the Incarnations of these Seven Powers: of these Seven Powers which came on this Earth to give protection to the whole world, to look after the Saints, and to give them the vision of God.
They have killed so many devils and rākṣhasas, and established the blissful, innocent life here.
God looks after the innocent. He loves only the innocent and not the ones who are cunning, who are troublesome. He goes a little way towards people who are not so good as these are, tries to save them, to help them, but up to a point. Then it gives up.
This is what has happened in this area before also. They were many kings who ruled these areas where they were people who worshipped the Goddess and lived a righteous, innocent life. And those who tried to insult the Mother perished forever and ever."
1985-0329 Śhrī Śhailaputrī Devī Pūjā (English + Hindi) (7th Day of Chaitra Navarātri), Exhibition Hall, Basement of the Puruṣhottam Hotel, Talnoo, Naddi (11 kms NNE of Dharmaśhālā), Himachal Pradesh, India]
Te devā abruvana - Namo Devyai Mahādevya shivāi satatam namah.
Namah prakrutyai Bhadrāyai niyatāh prantāh sm-tām.
The Gods spoke thus, Salutations to the Great Goddess, the bestower of auspiciousness.
We all humbly surrender and obeise to the Prakruti (mother of the entire creation).
One who bestows benedictions and rules over the entire world.
"Today, we have gathered here to do the Devī Pūjā.
This Pūjā was performed many a times and the Devī was requested by the Devas to save them from the tyranny of devilish people. Today I feel the same way, that we are now in the grip of a funny situation; that there are people who are themselves devils, I think, -- and also [who are] mesmerized by them -- who are trying to do something which they should never have done. But they don't know that there is a climax of everything. And that point has arrived where all the good people, especially the Sahaja Yogis should put all their mind to the destruction of these horrible personalities like Mahiṣhāsura.
In those days, it was very simple because devils came as devils and you could see them, that they are devils, and all their behavior proved that they were devils. Why they did it? Why were they cruel? Because so-called 'human beings' as they are -- they are not -- they are by nature devilish and they want to do something by which they can destroy human beings, and good human beings. It is evident that the time has come for them to be destroyed."
2001-1021 Navarātri Pūjā (5th Day), You Should Become Really Soldiers of Love and Peace (Overcome Hatred with Love or To Hate is a Very Bad Quality), Sportcamp, Avras, Loutraki, Greece
Tāmagnivarnā tapasā jwalanti. Vairochanim karma faleshu jushtām.
Durgā Devim sharanam prapadyā mahe asurannash yitraye te namah.
We all surrender to Dévi Durga.
Who is having the complexion like the flames of burning fire,
who is resplendent with the knowledge, who rewards the actions.
Salutations to the destroyer of demons.
"So for today's Navarātri, I have to tell you that ... just try to keep in mind that today you are worshiping the Ādi Śhakti and not only Durgā. And you are worshiping Durgā and all these Goddesses to thank them because, if they had not saved you that time, you had been so frightened, you would have become bad people and would not have been here. That is why we are thankful to them for saving us and giving us this protection at that time when we were very helpless.
May God bless you!"
1991-1013 Navarātri Pūjā (6th Day), False Religion and Recognize Me, Tent, Cabella Ligure, Alessandria, Italy
"...... Mahākālī and Mahāsaraswatī, both are the Powers of Śhrī Sadāśhiva. Ādi Śhakti first formed Herself into Mahākālī, which is the Power of Desire. But all these powers are nothing but the Power of God's Love. So, in the series of this Great Love of God, Ādi Śhakti had to first become the Power of Desire.
In the same way, Sahaja Yogis who are bestowed with this Power of Love have to have full desire in their heart. Desire to love. That desire is very different from the other kinds of human love we have known. In other kinds of human love, when we have relations with others, we have expectations, and that's why it is very disappointing."
1985-1019 Navarātri Pūjā (cusp between the 6th Day and 7th Day), Complete Dedication, Gymnasium, Weggis (19 kms E of Luzern on Luzern Lake), Lucerne, Switzerland
Kālarātri Braham stutām vaishnavi skanda mātaram.
Saraswatim-aditim-daksha-duhitaram namāmah pāvnam śhivām.
Salutations to the Goddess, who is the last night, who is praised by Brahmadeva,
who is the power of Śhrī Viṣhṇu, the mother of Śhrī Kārttikeya, Śhrī Saraswatī, Śhrī Aditi (Mother of Gods), the daughter of Dākṣha and the consort of Śhrī Śhiva.
Jaya Tvam Devī Chāmuṇḍe jaya bhū-tāpa-hāriṇi,
Jaya Sarva-gate Devī Kālarātrī namostute Victory be to You, O Devi Chamunda,
Victory be to You Who destroys the suffering of all living beings.
Victory be to You, O Devī Who is present everywhere.
Salutations to you O Kālarātrī (the longest night)</b>
(from Argala Strotram)
Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Kālarātrī sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily Śhrī Kālarātrī, the One who is the dark night of dissolution, Salutations to You!
Jay Bhagavatī
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Parameśhwarī Bhagavatī Nirmalā
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Ajit Kadkade Rāg Durgā Heart Anahata Chakra
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Bhavānī Aṣhṭakam
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Mahāmāyā Mahākālī, Jay Śherawālī
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Śhrī Durgā Chalisa
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Devī Atharva Śhīrṣha
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Sahaja Yogi: You are the Queen of the Universe. And we are Your devotees, we are Your disciples. So if we are allowed to crown You, it means that we have to have complete adherence, allegiance and surrender.
1987-1004 Talk to Sahaja Yogis (Dussehra Day), before, during and after the Evening Program, after Śhrī Rāma Pūjā, Centre International, Les Avants, Vaud, Switzerland
"But this Pūjā is to be done with full understanding, and with full recognition that it's a great fortune. Even the Devas are jealous of you, all the Ṛiṣhis are jealous of you, so many people are jealous of you. The greatest advantage for you, greatest fortune. Make full use of it. And they are very simple things that can please, very simple. You know your Mother can be pleased with very, very simple things. It's like that only. It's how much heart you have put into it, is the point. "
1980-0719 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, The Meaning of Pūjā, House of Pamela Bromley, 22 College Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!