Sharing Meanings of the 108 names of Maa Durga.
Blessings to all !
श्री ॐ श्रियै नमः। Shree Auspicious
उमा ॐ उमायै नमः। Uma Mother or Lady of the Mountains
भारती ॐ भारत्यै नमः। Bharati Goddess of Speech
भद्रा ॐ भद्रायै नमः। Bhadra
शर्वाणी ॐ शर्वाण्यै नमः। Sharvani Consort of Sharva
विजया ॐ विजयायै नमः। Vijaya Conqueror
जया ॐ जयायै नमः। Jaya The Victorious
वाणी ॐ वाण्यै नमः। Vani
सर्वगताय ॐ सर्वगतायै नमः। Sarvagataya
गौरी ॐ गौर्यै नमः। Gauri Goddess of Purity and Posterity
वाराही ॐ वाराह्यै नमः। Varahi Shakti of Varaha, A Sow Headed Goddess
कमलप्रिया ॐ कमलप्रियायै नमः। Kamalapriya
सरस्वती ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः। Saraswati The Goddess of Learning
कमला ॐ कमलायै नमः। Kamala
माया ॐ मायायै नमः। Maya She Who is Illusion
मातंगी ॐ मातंग्यै नमः। Maatangi Goddess of Matanga
अपरा ॐ अपरायै नमः। Apra
अजा ॐ अजायै नमः। Aja She Who Has No Birth
शांकभर्यै ॐ शांकभर्यै नमः। Shankbharye
शिवा ॐ शिवायै नमः। Shiva Shiva's Half
चण्डी ॐ चण्डयै नमः। Chandi The Fierce Goddess
कुण्डलिनी ॐ कुण्डल्यै नमः। Kundalini She Who Has the Form a Coil
वैष्णवी ॐ वैष्णव्यै नमः। Vaishnavi The Invincible
क्रियायै ॐ क्रियायै नमः। Kriyayai
श्री ॐ श्रियै नमः। Shri Auspicious
इन्दिरा ॐ ऐन्द्रयै नमः। Indira The Goddess Lakshmi, Wife of the God Vishnu
मधुमती ॐ मधुमत्यै नमः। Madhumati She Whose Nature is as Sweet as Honey
गिरिजा ॐ गिरिजायै नमः। Girija Daughter of Himalaya
सुभगा ॐ सुभगायै नमः। Subhaga She Who is the Seat of all Prosperity
अंबिका ॐ अंबिकायै नमः। Ambika The Mother of the Universe
तारा ॐ तारायै नमः। Tara One Who Ferries Across (Samsara)
Why can we eat 'living' plants but not 'living' animals while having a journey on path of spirituality ?
Answer : Killing of both ANIMALS and PLANTS is prohibited.
Bhagwat Gita has answer to this. There are Three types of Guna. 1/n
Read on
Sattva: Sattva is Calm, Saintly. Its brings up quality that allows spiritual holiness, forgiveness and submission to God.
Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction.
Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart. (BG 17.8)
Raja : Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease. (BG 17.9)
Durga Dwatrinshati Namamaala - 32 Names to removed difficulties of life
Maa Durga gave these rahasya namas to devtas when they asked Maata Mahishasurmardhini of a most saral upaay for removing worst to worst difficulties in life. Maa gave these 32 names to always be remembered
A lot of conversations revealed people's helplessness and confusions on about how to start a spiritual life and sadhna of their interest without a Guru. Let's see how a Guru makes an impact in one's life.
Seeking gnyaan from a Shidha guru makes a strong impact in one's life. When a guru checks the eligibility of the seeker and educates him, the seekers life would start to bloom like a padma(Lotus). Guru Upadesha is very important in ones life.
Every praani (living Being) is equally eligible to get this gnyaan depending upon how strong his virtues and will power is to attain the Para Bhraman. Guru's grace is Eeshwar Icha ( Bhraman's Will ). There would be number of tests of our patience on the path of spirituality.
Its said in Shreemad Bhagvat Purana that in the beginning of Treta yuga saints ,sages introduced deity worship in the form of idols when they saw people are doing Disdain (Tiraskar ) , Malice and disrespecting each other. 1/3
My dear King, when great sages and saintly persons saw mutually disrespectful dealings at the beginning of Tretā-yuga, Deity worship in the temple was introduced with all paraphernalia.
So what are the other ways we can worship our Bhagwaan?
Shree Krishna has explained this in Gita in a beautiful and clear manner. Which we will explore later in the day.
One Of our Follower asked a very cute and a genuine doubt:
What is the difference between Shrimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad Gita?
Ok So here are answer to few questions (though very trivial but important)
Srimad Bhagavatam or the Bhagavat Puran, is the 5th major purana amongst 18 different puranas. It contains 12 different parts (skandhas) and around 18,000 verses. Similar to the other Puranas, the Srimad Bhagavatham is written by Sage Vyasa.
Sage Shuka, who was Vyasa's son, recited the Bhagavatam to King Parikshit who was cursed to die in 7 days, by Sage Shrungi.
What happened to King Parikshit?
Well, For that we needs lot of threads but lets continue with the differences.