Sharad Navaraatri Pravachan—Night 6
Goddess of Auspiciousness at home and at heart
SALUTATIONS crores of times to the blessed Divine Mother who is the one Power that sustains the universe. She is the source of Power manifest in and through the...
Sharad Navaraatri Pravachan—Night 5
The Path of Prosperity
SALUTATIONS to the blessed Divine Mother, the life of our lives, the sole support of our existence, the very essence of our being, the inmost core of our consciousness, the goal and ultimate...
The science behind Navratri: Connecting the Macrocosm with the Microcosm
‘Nava’ has two meanings- nine’ and ‘new’ and it is an occasion that brings freshness and rejuvenation in our lives as we get back to our source for these nine...
Sharad Navaraatri Pravachan—Night 4
Lakshmi: The Supreme Sustainer
Today is the fourth day of the worship of the Godhead conceived as the Mother of all creation. From today we enter into the next phase of this deeply significant adoration of the...
Durga of the Vedas
The origin of Durga worship is said to be in Bengal. Her worship is now universal. Interestingly, there is a Rig Veda mantra which speaks of the Goddess welcoming the world with Her open arms.
“She...
Navaratri is a journey from the outer world of names and forms to the subtle world of energies
We are all floating in the effulgence of one scintillating unseen cosmic energy called the ‘Devi’. The Devi or the Divine Mother is...
Sharad Navaraatri Pravachan—Night 2
This conception of the great power, the Cosmic Spirit, as the Mother is very easy to understand. For the first impression of any soul who has come out into this world is that of the mother....
Sharad Navaraatri Pravachan—Night 3
We have dwelt yesterday upon Mother in Her aspect as Durga, Kali the Terrible, and tried to see and understand how beneath Her terrible exterior and how within Her drama of apparent destruction, She is in...
Sharad Navaraatri Pravachan—Night 1
The Mother is a mysterious, indescribable power of the Supreme Being. She is the dynamic aspect of the Supreme, Transcendent Being, which is infinity, eternity and ineffable peace, beyond the cognizance of the senses and...
The Hindu concept of Motherhood of the Divine
Since the dawn of civilisation, when the primitive man lived in a matriarchal society, the worship of the Divine Mother came into practice. Later on, as civilisation progressed, the matriarchal pattern gradually...
