2026 Celebrating Navarātri Festival: “today is a very great day for you to thank Her: thank Her for Her protection and for Her understanding as to what you have been tortured for”
"Today is the last day of Navarātri. And this should be the culminating point for all of us. As you see, within us lie, as you know that there are seven chakras for you ascent and two above it. So all these Nine Chakras are to be crossed in this lifetime. That should be your destiny.
But if you people go only on the Āgñyā move on Āgñyā, you cannot rise any higher. People have been lost on that chakra. So, that's a very important chakra for ......
Sixth, Ṣhaṣhṭhī of the Goddess, is regarded as a very important thing and they say that, `Goddess comes on a nāv,' on a boat, Calcutta [Kolkata] people believe it because the sixth day is very big to cross it. That is what today is the problem with all of us that we have this sixth day still sitting on our heads and we cannot get out it. So to come to the ninth stage, though we may do Pūjā, we may do anything, but we are still on the sixth. So it is just outwardly that we are doing Pūjā. Seventh day is the day, where I am there. But 7th and 8th and 9th has to be achieved by crossing your sixth."
1988-1019 Navarātri Pūjā (9th Day), Raise above Āgñyā (Left Āgñyā and Right Āgñyā), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Warje, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Nav Durgā Kī
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Manav. me ahankar. bhara hai
But mankind is full of ego,
Ap.ni Shakti se dur. khada hai
Divorcing itself from its own powers.
Peedith. narak. me bhayi, Par. kare Nirmala mayi
Mother Nirmalā grants Realization even to those suffering in Hell.
Devī par.marth. ko ayi re, Meri Nirmalā Mā
She has arrived for the salvation of all mankind, my Mother Nirmalā.
Śhrī Jagadambe Ayi Re
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"So the ascent starts evolving. In that, the play of the Devī is the Navarātri -- in your ascent -- from ages.
Navarātri that's why is the most important Pūjā. In Sahaja Yoga, Navarātri is the most important Pūjā, I would say. Though we can say in modern Sahaja Yoga Sahasrār Day is, because that's how you started getting your Realization.
But if you go to the whole historical events of evolution you'll find [that] Navarātri is the one which has brought you to Sahasrāra. Without the help of the Devī at different stages of your ascent, you could not have been in a position to receive your Realization. So all the steps that you took in the past are today worshiped and are used for thanking the Devī for what She did to bring you down here. So it's like a thanksgiving. Without Her work, nothing could have happened.
So when we read about the Devī, about Her Incarnations, how She came on this Earth to save Her bhaktas, people who were trying to ascend, to cross this Bhavasāgara, how She worked hard, how She fought the devils, how She cough... She killed the demons, single-handed, She took upon Herself the responsibility of making the people cross the Bhavasāgara.
Guru gave you the strength to have dharma but She is the One who brought you out. Even those who were dhārmik could not do it because of the demonic pressure. She's the One who fought, single-handed, with Her Powers of destruction. In Her Love for you She fought. She brought you to this level."
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, Switzerlan
"Nine are the days, in the night, when the Goddess had to fight the demons and to save Her children from the effects of negativity. On one side She was Ocean of Love and Compassion, and on the other side She was protecting them like a tigress; because the times were such that nobody could meditate, nobody could take the name of God, nobody could think even of Self-realization. But those who are sitting here today, you have been there also in those days, and you were all saved for today, for this day, so that you can achieve your Self-realization.
The form of the Goddess in those days was not Māyā Swarūpi[n]. She was in Her real form and that created a great awe, even among the disciples. So the question of giving them Self-realization was not there. First of all they were to be saved."
1990-0923 Navarātri Pūjā (4th Day), The Deities Are Watching You, Hall, Arzier-Le Muids, Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
"She came on this Earth, many a times, to kill the people who were doing wrong things, who were trying to kill good people. She has done Her level [best] to do that, and today we are celebrating Her birthday.
You all know so much about it, that I need not tell you, but what you have to know is that: She came on this Earth to save you from all kinds of troubles. For Her you were important, very important, because you were doing Devī Pūj. And so we are celebrating today this Devī Pūjā, with all our heart, because whatever ill people did to you, She came to destroy them. So today is a very great day for you to thank Her: thank Her for Her protection and for Her understanding as to what you have been tortured for.
I'm happy you are all here to celebrate Her birthday, and to be surrendered to Hers so that She can always, always, protect you, and give you Her blessings.
So may God bless you all, your children, your families, and that you bring great joy er [and] protection.
It's very kind of you to have come today, so far away. I'm very happy to see you. Moreover, you have got tomorrow also that you can celebrate.
Today we are not going to have any questions and solutions. We are just going to worship the Goddess, that's all.
I request Her to protect us from all kinds of problems that are facing us."
2003-1012 Navarātri Pūjā (8th day after Dussehra Day), Birthday of Śhrī Gaurī, Nevele Grande Hotel, 1 Country Club Road, Town of Wawarsing (outside Ellenville, 90 kms N of Manhattan), NY, U.S.A.
"These are the things you must understand. Why are you doing that and try to get rid of it and try to improve yourself, be alert and to receive it. Receive it as much as you can. This is what is the Pūjā is made for.
Now you have had nine Pūjās here and out of these nine Pūjās have we improved more, have we got more? Did we fill ourselves more with greater love, with greater joy, with greater understanding and with greater satisfaction?
This is the last day, so you have to think like that, then tomorrow is the day of jubilation. Because we have done what? That is what. So today you should go and make a complete picture of yourself. What have I got in these nine days? What have I got? Let us see, have I got this? Have I got that? All these things, you should just within yourself see and then enjoy that you have got all these things. It is the victory. Tomorrow is the day of victory. That you have become victorious about yourself and about your ignorance."
1988-1019 Navarātri Pūjā (9th Day), Raise above Āgñyā (Left Āgñyā and Right Āgñyā), Pratiṣhṭhān, NDA Road, Warje, Pune, Maharashtra, India
"The siddhis that people attempt to achieve are: Aṇima, Laghima, Mahima, Īśhatva, Vaśhitva, Prākāmya, Bhukti, Icchā, Prāpti, Mukti. Aṇima is to become like a small particle. Laghima is to become small, Mahima is to have a big form, Īśhatva is to create Gods out of human beings, Vaśhitva is the attraction, Prākāmya is the manifestation, Bhukti is the enjoyment, [Icchā] fulfillment of desire. Prāpti is the attainment, Mukti is the salvation.
These are all the siddhis that Sahaja Yogis can have."
1978-0907 Talk to Sahaja Yogis, Bīja Mantras, Śhrī Lalitā, Śhrī Chakra, 56 Ashley Gardens, Ambrosden Avenue (near Victoria Station), London, UK
Sahaja Yogi [reads]: What is Your prowess to be compared to? Where can one find this beauty (of Yours) most charming, (yet) striking fear in enemies? Compassion in heart and relentlessness in battle are seen, O Devī, O Bestower of boons, only in You in all the three worlds!
1980-0719 Comments on the Reading from Devī Māhātmyam, before the Talk on the Meaning of Pūjā, House of Pamela Bromley, 22 College Gardens, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Auṃ Twameva sākṣhāt Śhrī Siddhidātrī sākṣhāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devī namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily Siddhidātrī, the One who is the bestower of Siddhis (Divine Powers), Salutations to You!
Śhrī Devī Sūktam
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He Ādi Śhakti Mā
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Anyatha Sharnam Nāsti
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Jay Jagadambe
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Durgā Ādi Śhakti Śhrī Mātājī
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Śhrī Mātājī playing harmonium as Sahaja Yogis sing Devī Bhajans
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!