Vedanta in Practice
A Micro-Blog from Swami Vimokshananda – earlier at Durban, Singapore and Dublin – now at Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India – "A private diary for public consumption!"
Tag: Durga Puja
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Navaratri – Day 2 ——————————————————————————– After Estcourt, the second day of Navaratri was spent in Pietermaritzburg Sub-centre. I was treated to ideal idlis for the morning breakfast…The deco inside the shrine was so charming. A good number of devotees had assembled. Barry was the MC for the function. Here I narrated why navaratri was…
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A Summary written by my Guest-writer Kissoon Behari continues from last week’s post. In today’s post he deals with Section Three of the Devi Mahatmyam. Chapters 5 to 13 fall under this Section which are dedicated to Mahasaraswati. Thus the Summary concludes with this instalment. SECTION THREE CHAPTER 5 Sumbha and Nisumbha, two proud and…
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A Summary written by my Guest-writer Kissoon Behari continues from last week’s post. In today’s post he deals with Section Two of the Devi Mahatmyam. Chapters 2 to 4 fall under this Section which are dedicated to Mahalakshmi. The final part will appear in this blog on 7th November, 2012. SECTION TWO CHAPTERS 2 and…
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Durge smritaa harasi bheetim ashesha jontoh swasthaih smritaa matimateeva shubhaam dadaasi| Daaridraya dukha bhaya haarini kaa twadanyaa sarvopakaara karanaaya sadaardra chittaa || When called to mind in a difficult pass, you remove fear for every person. When called to mind by those in happiness, you bestow a mind still further pious. Which Goddess but you,…
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Happy Shubha Vijaya! This year is the fourth year that I was blessed to witness Navaratri celebration here in our Centres of South Africa. Two years back, Mother made me visit all our branches in Northern Natal about which you might have read in this blog here. I have no hesitation to say that of all…
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