Overcome evil with her

Monday, 08 October 2018

Overcome evil with her

Times in The Speaking Tree  India, Spirituality | ET

By MN Chatterjee

The autumn festival of Durga Puja commemorates the victory of Goddess Durga over the buffalo-demon Mahishasura and celebrates her annual visit to the terrestrial home of her parents.

The central image of the mother goddess is in iconographic conformity to her description in Devi Mahatmyam, popularly known as Chandipath, which is recited during the puja.

 

Flanked by Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartikeya and Ganesha, the 10-armed embodiment of Shakti has a weapon in each hand, with lion as her mount, and the spear thrust into the chest of the demon in human form, half emerged from the carcass of a slain buffalo.

Durga is the militant manifestation of Parvati, Shiva’s consort. The Devi Mahatmyam refers to her identification with Shakti, power, Maya, illusion, and Prakriti, nature.

As Shakti, she epitomises divine power and surpasses the gods in what is considered to be a male preserve. As the personification of Maya, in the Madhu-Kaitabha legend, she deludes the demons so that Vishnu can overpower them. The armour given to her by Vishnu is the elusive Maya that makes her invisible. Maya as a complex concept can be a positive force when resorted to by the deity as a necessary aid to subdue the evil elements.

The destruction of evil forces seems to be a kind of lila, a game for her. As Prakriti, she is inseparably connected with the physical world. According to the scriptures, she personifies earth itself and stands for cosmic stability, sustains all beings of this earth and provides food for all, from her own body.

DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.

Quote from the True charm and Power of Vedanta

It is essential that the mind must be quietened to be able to meditate . when the mind becomes quiet, its effect will be produced on the whole life . words and deeds-everything-will become peaceful serene. Life will become peaceful, character too will become pleasing and mellowed. Character will imbibe softness. Restlessness will not do.

This happens to everyone-everyone knows about it. In this mind thinks of objects other than the object of mediation. In this case one has to try to concentrate the mind again on the object of mediation. If the mind is coloured by sense pleasures or the desire for enjoyment, it will be attracted towards these objects. If the mind is attracted towards the sense object due to desire for enjoyment let it remain alert and be aware of it. Curtsey spiritual initiation

But, if He exists?

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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