श्रीबगलामुखीकवचम्  

    

                   

       ध्यानम्

ॐ मध्येसुधाब्धि मणिमण्डपरत्नवेद्यां सिंहासनोपरि गतां परिपीतवर्णाम् ॥ पीताम्बराभरणमाल्यविभूषिताङ्गीं देवीं भजामि धृतमुद्गरवैरिजिह्वाम् ॥ १॥

ॐ  जिह्वाग्रमादाय करेण देवीं वामेन शत्रून् परिपीडयन्तीम् ।
गदाभिघातेन च दक्षिणेन पीताम्बराढ्यां द्विभुजां नमामि ॥ २॥

अथ श्रीबगलामुखी कवचम् प्रारभ्यते। 

श्रुत्वा च बगलापूजां स्तोत्रं चापि महेश्वर ।

इदानी श्रोतुमिच्छामि कवचं वद मे प्रभो ॥ १ ॥

वैरिनाशकरं दिव्यं सर्वाSशुभविनाशनम् ।

शुभदं स्मरणात्पुण्यं त्राहि मां दु:खनाशनम् ॥२॥

श्रीभैरव उवाच :

कवचं शृणु वक्ष्यामि भैरवीप्राणवल्लभम् ।

पठित्वा धारयित्वा तु त्रैलोक्ये विजयी भवेत् ॥३॥

ॐ अस्य श्री बगलामुखीकवचस्य नारद ऋषि: ।

अनुष्टप्छन्द: । बगलामुखी देवता । लं बीजम् ।

ऐं कीलकम् पुरुषार्थचष्टयसिद्धये जपे विनियोग: ।

ॐ शिरो मे बगला पातु हृदयैकाक्षरी परा ।

ॐ ह्ली ॐ मे ललाटे च बगला वैरिनाशिनी ॥१॥

गदाहस्ता सदा पातु मुखं मे मोक्षदायिनी ।

वैरिजिह्वाधरा पातु कण्ठं मे वगलामुखी ॥२॥

उदरं नाभिदेशं च पातु नित्य परात्परा ।

परात्परतरा पातु मम गुह्यं सुरेश्वरी ॥३॥

हस्तौ चैव तथा पादौ पार्वती परिपातु मे ।

विवादे विषमे घोरे संग्रामे रिपुसङ्कटे ॥४॥

पीताम्बरधरा पातु सर्वाङ्गी शिवनर्तकी ।

श्रीविद्या समय पातु मातङ्गी पूरिता शिवा ॥५॥

पातु पुत्रं सुतांश्चैव कलत्रं कालिका मम ।

पातु नित्य भ्रातरं में पितरं शूलिनी सदा ॥६॥

रंध्र हि बगलादेव्या: कवचं मन्मुखोदितम् ।

न वै देयममुख्याय सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् ॥ ७॥

पाठनाद्धारणादस्य पूजनाद्वाञ्छतं लभेत् ।

इदं कवचमज्ञात्वा यो जपेद् बगलामुखीम् ॥८॥

पिवन्ति शोणितं तस्य योगिन्य: प्राप्य सादरा: ।

वश्ये चाकर्षणो चैव मारणे मोहने तथा ॥९॥

महाभये विपत्तौ च पठेद्वा पाठयेत्तु य: ।

तस्य सर्वार्थसिद्धि: स्याद् भक्तियुक्तस्य पार्वति ॥१०॥

इति श्रीरुद्रयामले बगलामुखी कवचं सम्पूर्णम्।।

यदि आप अंग्रेजी में पढ़ना चाहते है तो निचे लिखे लिंक पर क्लिक करें।https://www.manblunder.com/articlesview/sri-bagala-mukhi-kavacham

WHO IS BAGALAMUKHI ( PITAMBARA)?

Bagalamukhi is the Eighth Mahavidya 

Bhagwati Bagalamukhi (बगलामुखी), Bagala or Maa Pitambara  (माँ पीतांबरा)  is the eighth Mahavidya in the famous series of the 10 Mahavidyas. 

The word "BAGALA" is a distorted form of Valga, meaning that bridles or reins, like horses, are placed in and around the mouths of animals to control them. Mukha means face. BAGALAMUKHI is thus understood as the one who canShe has a golden yellow colour and is therefore also known as Pitambari or Pitambara Maa. Pita is yellow).

Expounding the good power of the Goddess Baglamukhi the text Mantra Maharnnav (मन्त्र महार्णव) states -"The Mantra of the Goddess has the facility of the divine weapon Brahmastra instilled in it and the Goddess simply strikes terror in and paralyses the enemies of her Sadhaks. Repetition of her Mantra is enough to prevent even a tempest."

Bagala (the Goddess who seizes the Tongue): She is identified with the second night of courage and is that the power or Shakti of cruelty. She is described as the Devi with three eyes, wearing yellow clothes and gems, the moon as her diadem, wearing Champaka blossoms, with one hand holding the tongue of an enemy and with the left spiking him, thus do you have to meditate on the paralyser of the three worlds. 

She rules magic for the suppression of an enemy's gossip. These enemies even have an inner meaning, and therefore the peg she puts through the tongue could also be construed as a peg or paralysis of our own prattling talk. She rules deceit which is at the guts of the foremost speech. She can during this sense be considered as a terrible or Bhairavi sort of Matrika Devi, the mother of all speech. 

According to "Todala Tantra", her male consort is Maharudra. Seated on the proper of Bagala is that the Maharudra, with one face, who dissolves the universe. The pulling of the demon's tongue by Bagalamukhi is both unique and significant. The tongue, the organ of speech and taste, is often regarded as a lying entity, concealing what is in the mind. The Bible frequently mentions the tongue as an organ of mischief, vanity and deceitfulness. The wrenching of the demon's tongue is therefore symbolic of the Goddess removing what's in essentiality a perpetrator of evil.

Bagalamukhi has Hypnotic Powers.  

Bagala may be a Goddess of speech, and intrinsically is said to Tara and considered a sort of her. When sound becomes manifest as light, Tara becomes Bagala. When the brilliant light of speech comes forth, then Tara gains the effulgence of Bagala and cause all things to become still. Bagala is thus the stunning radiance that comes forth from the Divine Word and puts the human or egoistic word to rest.

Bagala gives an influence of speech that leaves others silent and grasping for words. She gives the decisive statement, the irrefutable conclusions, the pronouncement of ultimate truth. Hence she is propitiated for fulfilment in discussions and debates. No one can defeat her because she has the true power of Self-nature.

The weapon that puts an end to all or any conflict and confusion is that the weapon of spiritual knowledge, the weapon of Brahman (Brahmastra). The highest sort of Brahmastra (ब्रह्मास्त्र) is the question "Who am I?" or "What is the Self?"

Bagala turns each thing into its opposite. She turns speech into silence, knowledge into ignorance, power into impotence, defeat into victory. She represents the knowledge whereby each thing must in time becomes its opposite. As the still point between dualities, she allows us to master them. We contact her grace once we see the other hidden in each situation and are not any longer deceived by appearances. To see the failure hidden in success, the death is hidden in life, or the joy hidden in sorrow are ways of contacting her reality. Bagala is that the secret presence of the other wherein each thing is dissolved back to the Unborn and therefore the Uncreate.

Bagala is another of the frightening sorts of the Goddess. Her colour is yellow. She is clad in yellow clothing and is adorned with yellow ornaments and yellow flowers (particularly the champak flower). With her left, she catches hold of her opponent's tongue and together with her right, she strikes him on the top together with her mace. She sits upon a golden throne surrounded by red lotuses. By some accounts, she wears the crescent moon as a jewel on her head.

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Who is Matangi?

Matangi is the ninth Mahavidya.

Matangi relates to the Hindu deity, the deity of knowledge and therefore the consort of Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe. 

Mata virtually means that "a thought" or "an opinion." Matangi is therefore the deity power that has entered into thought or the mind. She is the word because of the embodiment of thought. She conjointly relates to the ear and our ability to concentrate, that is that the origin of true understanding that forms powerful thoughts. 

Matangi bestows information, talent and experience. She is that the deity of the word and of any outward articulation of inner information, as well as all sorts of art, music and dance. Matangi, like the Hindu deity, plays the Veena and rules over music or hearable sound normally, not simply the word. She is the manifest style of song. Like Hindu deity, she is symbolized by the cloud and by the thunder, further as by the rivers running into the ocean. She is that the moving sound, Nada, that flows within the delicate channels, Nadis, down through our entire body and mind. However, Matangi and Hindu deity area unit a bit completely different. 

Matangi is that the style of Hindu deity directed towards inner information. She is her dark, mystic, rapturous or wild kind. Hindu deity is usually a deity of solely standard learning, art and culture. Matangi rules over the extraordinary, which makes us on the far side the bounds of the standard. Matangi is an outcast or creative person who goes against the norms of society, whereas Hindu deity represents the information and virtue of the Brahmin or learned category that ne'er departs from correctitude. 

Matangi is that portion of the Hindu deity that is allied with the reworking energy of Kali. The guru (spiritual teacher) instruct us through the spoken word. Hence his vehicle among the deity is Matangi. Matangi represents the teachings of the guru and therefore the tradition. She represents the continuity of religious instruction within the world. By conformation her we tend to conjointly honour the guru. Those seeking to show others, notably to speak to the plenty of individuals, ought to look for the grace of Matangi. 

According to the Upanishads, the essence of the individual is speech. What we tend to categorical through speech is that the final product of all that we tend to take into ourselves in life. This final residue and illustration of who we tend to area unit through speech are Matangi. This, however, isn't standard or casual speech, however, the deepest expression of our hearts. The Divine Word has power, feeling, and keenness, which isn't mere human feeling however Divine cloud nine. The Divine Word isn't simply a theoretical or sensible statement however an effusion of energy and delight. This joy is another side of Matangi. Matangi is therefore a wild, sportive and rapturous deity. 

Matangi represents the ministerial power of the deity. She is the counsellor to Rajarajeshvari or Tripura Sundari, the Supreme Queen of the universe. She is named Mantrini and has power over all mantras, notably in their vocalization and articulation. She offers the North American nation the power to speak with all the opposite Gods and Goddesses through the facility of the mantra. really she rules over all sorts of information, counsel and teaching. Those seeking proficiency in these areas ought to honour Matangi. 

Matangi is dark emerald green in colour, the colour of deep knowledge and profound life-energy, which is also the colour of the planet Mercury that governs intelligence. She plays the Veena, an instrument sort of a stringed instrument, that shows her musical and moving power. She is gorgeous and carries numerous weapons to fascinate and subdue us. In this regard, she has equivalent ornaments and weapons as Sundari. She is usually aforesaid to own a parrot in her hands, which represents the powers of speech as inherent in nature. She sits on a throne manufactured from gems.

Once upon a time Vishnu and Lakshmi went to visit Shiva and Parvati. God Vishnu and Lakshmi gave Shiva and Parvati fine food, and some pieces fell to the ground. From these remains emerged a maiden endowed with good qualities. She asked for leftover food (uccishtha). Shiva told the attractive maiden, "Those who repeat your mantra and worship you, their activities will be fruitful & will be able to control their enemies and obtain the objects of their desires. After that, this maid was known as UCCISHTHA-MATANGINI.  She is the one that gives all the blessings.

WHO IS MAHAKALI?

Maha Kali

Kali (Eternal Night): The first Mahavidya is Kali in a corpse. Hugely terrifying, laughing out loud, with hideous teeth, four arms holding a sword and skull and giving gifts to mudras and dispelling fear, wearing a garland of skulls, wildly waving tongue, completely naked (Digambara - dressed in the directions), with only a garland of demonic hands around his waist, with strands of a cascade of black hair piled Kali, who dwells in the centre of the cremation site

Kali - The Goddess of Yogic Transformation

As the chosen deity worshipped by Paramahansa Ramakrishna, one of the famous modern masters of the Hindu tradition, Kali is one of the most important famous of Maha Vidya, but still not well understood, we admire the anger in Ramakrishna: His love, happiness and universal spirit from her are a gift from Kali to us. Kali has already transmitted her message for modernity.

Meaning of Kali

Kali means beauty. The root Kal, from which the name comes, means "to count", "to measure". "Or" set in motion ", hence" time ". It is also related to what is well modelled or measured, hence beauty. Time itself has a movement, a rhythm, a dance that is the basis of all beauty This is also the rhythm of the life force that allows movement.

Kali is dark blue and wears a garland She has her long tongue sticking out and laughs. Sometimes instead of a tongue, she has two fangs. She has four arms and four hands and holds a helicopter head with one hand and one. Time is life. Life is our movement in time. We experience time through our own life force or prana. Kali as time is prana or the life force. 

Kali or the divine mother is our life. It is the secret force behind the work of our body systems and life energy. Only through them do we live and it is their intelligence that gives the body such a wonderful order. Kali is the love that exists in the heart of life; that is immortal life that cycles through life and death through the eternal nature of life Birth and permanent death is another meditative approach. 

The truth is that our soul, our pursuit of the divine, which is our eternal love, has never died and will never die, so that the things of the spirit and the senses may die and know cosmic life and divine grace us this eternal life But eternal life has Only the immortal can be immortal as nothing can change its own nature. The mortal and the ephemeral must pass. To achieve the eternity that is Kali, our mortal nature must be sacrificed. Thus, Kali appears terrifying and destructive to ordinary vision. The Nirvanic field, the realm of the unborn, the uncreated and the unmanifest. Kali only develops ways to take us further. When his power awakens in us, he works to remove all limitations and attachments so that we can transcend the entire field of the known. 

All things are achieved with her. time and breath, but what he achieves is not a merely external act but performs the spiritual work of our rebirth in pure consciousness. It generates energy for him and does the work when we surrender to his strength.

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Kali is that the love that exists at the guts of life, which is that the immortal life that endures through both life and death. Maintaining the attention of the eternal nature of life through the cycles of birth and death is another one amongst her meditational approaches. the reality is that our soul, our aspiration towards the Divine, which is our eternal love, never has died and never will die. To be responsive to that enduring aspiration is to die to the items of the mind and therefore the senses, and are available to grasp the cosmic life and Divine grace. 

Kali grants us this life. Yet life encompasses a price. Only that which is immortal will be immortal, as nothing can change its own nature. The mortal and therefore the transient must depart this world. to achieve the eternity that's Kali, our mortal nature must be sacrificed. Hence Kali appears frightening and destructive to the standard vision. Kali because the power of death and negation is Nirvana, the state of the dissolution of desire. 

 Kali develops forms only to require us beyond form. When her force awakens within us she works to interrupt down all limitations and attachments, in order that we'd transcend the whole field of the known. Kali is the power of action or transformation (Kriya-shakti). Through time and breath, all things are accomplished. Yet what she accomplishes isn't mere outer action. 

Kali is blueness in colour and wears a garland of skulls. She has her long tongue protruding and is laughing. Sometimes rather than a tongue, she has two fangs. Kali has four arms and 4 hands and holds a head chopper with one hand and a severed head dripping blood with the opposite. along with her other two hands, she makes the mudras of bestowing boons and dispelling fear. She wears a skirt product of human arms. Kali is portrayed as dancing during a cremation ground and striding on a corpse (who is that the style of Lord Shiva himself).

लिथुआनिया का सौंदर्य

सौंदर्य से भरपूर देश लिथुआनिया

मै अनंतबोध चैतन्य पिछले छह वर्षो से लिथुआनिया में रह रहा हूँ। यहाँ योग एवं भारतीय संस्कृति का प्रसार एवं प्रचार कर रहा हूँ। अक्सर लोग मुझसे यहां के बारे में पूछते रहते है।  इस लेख में मैं यहाँ के सौंदर्य और जीवन चर्या के बारे में लिख रहा  हूँ।  पूर्व के कुछ ही वर्षो में लिथुआनिया ने बहुत उन्नति की है।  यहाँ विश्व भर से विद्यार्थी पढ़ने के लिए आ रहे है और बहुत सारे पर्यटक भी लिथुआनिया के नैशर्गिक सौंदर्य को देखने के लिए आते है।  

सौंदर्य से भरपूर देश लिथुआनिया बाल्टिक रीजन में सबसे मजबूत देश है।  यहाँ की आबादी  लगभग 27 लाख है।  लिथुआनिया की भाषा संस्कृत भाषा से काफी मिलती जुलती है।  लिथुआनिअन और संस्कृत दोनों इंडो यूरोपीय भाषा परिवार की भाषाएँ है।  लिथुआनिया ने काफी संघर्ष किया अपनी संस्कृति और भाषा को जीवित रखने के लिए।  तीन मिलियन से भी  कम जनसँख्या होते हुए यहां के लोगो ने अपनी भाषा को नहीं छोड़ा। लिथुआनिअन बहुत पुरानी भाषा है।  

ईसाइयत भी लिथुआनिया में काफी देर से पहुंची।  यहाँ के मूल निवासी पहले ईसाई नहीं थे।  वे सनातन में विश्वास करते थे।  अभी भी लिथुआनिया में काफी मात्रा में पगानियन रहते है।  यहां रोमुवा नामक जनजाति लिथुआनिया में आज भी पायी जाती है जो सनातन धर्म से काफी मिलती जुलती है।  

लिथुआनिया की राजधानी विलनियस है जो बहुत सुंदर है।  यहाँ लिथुआनियाई भाषा के अतिरिक्त अंग्रेजी और रसियन भाषा बोली और समझी जाती है।  ज्यादातर नौजवान और बच्चे अंग्रेजी काफी अच्छी बोलते है।  केवल बुजुर्ग लोग जिन्हे अंग्रेजी भाषा का अभ्यास नहीं है वो रसियन और लिथुआनिअन भाषा ही बोल पाते है। बड़े शहरो में कोनास और कलाइपेडा भी प्रसिद्ध है।  

लिथुआनिया की सीमाएं लातविया, पोलैंड, बेलारूस और रसिआ से लगती है।  4 घंटे में लिथुआनिया को एक छोर से दूसरे छोर तक बड़ी आसानी से पहुंचा जा सकता है।  लिथुआनिया में सामान्य कारों के लिए कोई टोल टैक्स नहीं है। रोड बहुत ही अच्छे है और 130 किलोमीटर प्रति घंटा की रफ़्तार से यहाँ के राजमार्गो पर कार दौड़ाई जा सकती है।  

अपराध दर लिथुआनिया में काफी हद तक कम है।  लोग थोड़े कम मिलनसार है लेकिन अच्छे है।  प्रदुषण भी बहुत ही कम है।  यहां बहुत सारी लेक है और नल से जल पिया जा सकता है।  ध्वनि प्रदूषण तो जैसे है ही नहीं।सर्दियों में सफ़ेद बर्फ की चादर और गर्मियों में हरे भरे मैदान पर्यटकों को लुभाते है।  यहां साफ सफाई बहुत है आपको आम तौर पर कही कचरा नहीं मिलेगा। 

यहाँ के लोग खाने और पिने के शौक़ीन है।  यहाँ शराब बहुतायत मात्रा में प्रयोग होती है लेकिन लोग सड़क पर गिरे या आपस में गली गलौच करते नहीं मिलेंगे। यहाँ शाकाहारी भोजन भी लगभग सब शहरो में आसानी से उपलब्ध हो जाता है।  बहुत सारे शाकाहारी रेस्टोरंट है।  यहां फल काफी अच्छे मिलते है।  किसी भी सुपर मार्किट में आपको बहुत सारी खाने की वस्तुएं उपलब्ध हो जायेंगी। 

लिथुआनिया में चार ऋतू होती है।  यहां सर्दिया काफी ठण्डी और गर्मियां भी 30 डिग्री से ज्यादा तापमान वाली है। वर्षा ऋतू में  वर्षा यहां बहुत अधिक होती है इसीलिए लिथुआनिया इतना हरा भरा है।  लीतु का अर्थ ही वर्षा होता है।  बहुत मात्रा में वर्षा होने के कारण ही इस देश का नामकरण लिथुआनिया हुआ होगा ऐसा प्रतीत होता है।  यहां बसंत ऋतू सबसे सुंदर होती है सभी और बहुत सुंदर फूल खिले होते है।  यहां पतझड़ भी देखने लायक होता है।  सुनहरे पत्ते अनायास ही मन को मोहते है।  

यहाँ की महिलाएँ औसतन लम्बी एवं सुंदर होती है।  यहाँ की प्रकृति के अनुसार परमात्मा ने यहाँ के लोगो को भी सुंदर बनाया है। यहाँ महिलाये बहुत सुंदर आभूषण एवं वस्त्र पहनती है।  यहां की पारम्परिक वेश भूषा भी काफी आकर्षित है।  यहां बहुत सरे फेस्टिवल मनाये जाते है। हर वर्ष 23 जून को  योनिनीश पर्व यहां बड़े आदर के साथ मनाया जाता है, सभी स्त्री एवं पुरुष एकत्रित हो नृत्य करते है और रात्रि भर कार्यक्रम चलते है।  जून के महीने में सूर्य लगभग 20 घंटे से ज्यादा  दिखाई देता है जो बहुत ही सुंदर लगता है।  

यहाँ बाल्टिक समुद्र है जहाँ का अम्बर बहुत प्रसिद्ध है।  अम्बर को यहां का सोना भी कहा जाता है।  कलाइपेडा में तो अंबर संग्राहलय भी है। यहां कई प्रसिद्ध दर्शनीय स्थल है।  यहाँ की नदियाँ भी काफी सुंदर है।  नेरिश एवं नयमुनस नदी यहाँ की प्रसिद्ध नदियाँ है।  यहाँ हंस काफी मात्रा में देखे जा सकते है। 

यह देश विश्व भर के पर्यटको को आकर्षित करता है एक वर्ष में  20  लाख से ज्यादा लोग लिथुआनिया की ऐतिहासिक धरोहरों को देखने आये।  

Who Shri Tripura Sundari?

The 3rd Mahavidya "Shri Tripura Sundari"

There are ten Mahavidyas. The Shodashi(षोडशी) or Tripura Sundari is The third Mahavidya. Bhagwati Lalita Tripura Sundari (भगवती ललिता त्रिपुर सुंदरी) is the main deity of Shri Yantra (श्रीयन्त्र). The goddess Tripura Sundari is depicted in her Shodashi (षोडशी) aspect as a sixteen-year-old girl and is believed to represent sixteen kinds of desires. Tripura Sundari, also known as Shodashi, Lalita (ललिता) and Rajarajeshvari (राजराजेश्वरी).

Shodashi (the goddess who is 16 years old): It is the climax of the creative cycle when the entire universe is in full bloom like a flower. She is the presiding Deity of the Shri Vidya form of worship and is contacted either in the central circuit of the Shri Yantra or in your own yantra, the Nava-Yoni Chakra. Her anthropomorphic characteristics are brilliance, manifestation, sweetness, depth, fixity, energy, grace and generosity. She is sitting on the lotus that has blossomed out of the navel of Lord Shiva is a beautiful young girl of 16 years with four arms. Her complexion is like molten gold and Her beauty is continuously seen by Lord Shiva. At one point, she is being made one with Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Vishnu's consort. 

 Bhagwati Tripura Sundari (त्रिपुरसुंदरी)  - The Beauty of the Three Worlds 

Sundari is no ordinary beauty. She is the most blissful and beautiful of all goddesses as she represents the ultimate bliss at the source of all joys. The highest beauty does not reside in any object, although it is not separate from objects. The highest beauty is perception: "to hold the Infinite in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour," as the poet Blake so eloquently wrote. Beauty is derived from the light of consciousness that radiates through objects. It is never really contained in any object. Therefore, beauty can never disappear, but rather The light of beauty that we see in things is, therefore, the light of our own consciousness. By discovering it, we contact the sources of infinite delight within us. This is part of the Sundari revelation.

 The beauty of perception occurs only when the mind is cleansed of the known when the consciousness is cleansed of its conditioning and rests in pure consciousness without any memory residue. Then everything we see radiates with the light of eternity and is effulgent with the glory of our own Self as the Universal Self. Otherwise, the residue of our thoughts and emotions, like a dark film, obstructs the subtle and transparent beauty and presence in things, even though we can clearly perceive their physical characteristics. 

 Sundari represents the ultimate beauty of pure perception that arises when we see the entire universe in ourselves when we see all of nature as a reflection of the reality of consciousness. Sundari is, therefore, the beauty of nature but as seen through the spiritual eye of oneness - the view that the entire universe is Brahman (ब्रह्म) - there is nothing but God above, below, within, without, north, south, east or west, past, present or future. Sundari, therefore, is the Goddess of Vedantic knowledge, which is the knowledge of the Supreme or Divine Being. She teaches us that everything is the self and that the world is Brahman or the Absolute. From her perspective, Samsara is Nirvana (निर्वाण); the world of illusion merges with the Absolute. Hence, she is the most beloved Goddess form among Swamis and Vedantic Masters. She represents the knowledge of the Supreme Being. 

 The entire universe exists for the delight of consciousness, which is the game of the Divine Mother. Creation arises in joy and returns to joy. We are passing figures in the eternal game of it, who have not yet understood the source of the energy that Our pain and suffering is a delusion, a misconception born of ignorance and ego. Because we try to control or possess joy from the standpoint of the separate self, we separate ourselves from the true joy that is universal. the image of joy shows us the way out of our error, which is not denying ourselves happiness but discovering the true happiness we seek, which is to be one with everyone. Lalita awakens the receptive soul to the happiness that underlies everything. things.

 The great Yantra or energy pattern that underlines the entire universe, arising from the ॐ mantra. She is the deity who lives on the summit of Mount Meru, the cosmic mountain or the mountain of the spine, and gives the commands through which the entire universe moves. She is the divine love, which is the central motivating force behind the universe and which is the original impulse in our own hearts.

Sundari is also called Rajarajeshvari or "the highest ruler of the universe". All the commands that govern the universe arise from it, including the command that enables us to develop spiritually or to give spiritual teachings in the world. We must seek their command in order to do something meaningful in life. However, their command is not based on authority but on love. To get their approval we just have to be open to their love. What she allows us is to love her and to love everything. However, in order to discover their commands, we must be willing to give up our own selfish desires and try to control things. Tripura Sunday is often depicted as a young girl at the age of 16. As such she is called “16” (षोड़श) or “the young girl” (बाला). It is at this stage of a woman's life that the delightful aspect of her existence is most pronounced. It is their nature to play, seek new experiences and charm others. Your innocence attracts all that is true and good. Sunday is the power of consciousness, Chit Shakti. It is the consciousness of the Supreme Self, Paramatman(परमात्मन), as one with the Supreme Reality or the Absolute,(परब्रह्म). Because of true knowledge, it is called, Samvit (संवित)  which is the power to understand all things as consciousness itself. Bhagwati Lalita is thus the power of spiritual knowledge (ज्ञान शक्ति), which is more a question of feeling and perception than of thinking and analysis is. That is why she is the form of the goddess most worshipped by those who follow yoga. Bhagwati Shodasi is the form of the goddess who represents the pure consciousness and the bliss that flows from it. It combines the being of Kali (काली) with the knowledge of Tara (तारा) and adds the bliss dimension of spiritual realization.

This article translated from talks between Swami Shri Vishwadevanand Puri Ji and Anantbodh Chaitanya on Shri Vidya. 

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Shri Yantra: The Manifestation of Sacred Geometry

Shri Yantra: The Manifestation of Sacred Geometry by Alakh Yogi Shri Anantbodh Chaitanya 

What is sacred geometry? 

Sacred geometry is beyond religion and doctrine, yet many of its principles have been adopted by different religions in their architecture and art. Through the centuries, architects around the world have used certain geometric principles to build their temples, monuments and cathedrals—intended as symbolic models of the universe. Sacred geometry merges the physical, tangible aspects of creation with the spiritual essence behind them. It is the meeting of the seen and the unseen, the manifest and the unmanifest, the finite and the infinite, the mundane and the profound. Sacred geometry has played an integral role in the philosophy, architecture and art of numerous cultures since time began. 

 Why we need this? 

 Throughout the process of evolution, man has always found ways to guard and secure himself by using cosmic forces. History offers us infinite insights and instances of people who’ve employed these forces of nature to their advantage in the form of talismans, yantras and various other mystic charms as a sacred geometry 

What is Shri Yantra? 

 The Sanskrit term Shri yantra originates from “yan” or “yam” meaning “medium” and “tra” meaning “instrument” or “tool”. Here Shri represents wealth and Yantra is an instrument, apparatus or an amulet endowed with protective powers, its ultimate purpose is to unite us with our higher selves. Shri Yantra holds supreme status among all mystic sciences and disciplines. Tantric gurus have collectively declared Shri yantra as the best medium for manifestation and wish fulfilment. The Shri Yantra is considered to be the tool for obtaining and fulfilling all worldly desires and for material manifestation. 

The Shri Yantra is a mathematically precise design and based upon Golden Proportion or Phi ratio. Everything that exists in nature, is constructed in a proportionately precise manner and this proportion is called the Golden/Phi ratio. The Shri Yantra means “holy instrument” and can also be known as the Shri Chakra or “holy wheel”. It contains all form of sacred geometry/golden ratio, is mathematically precise and can also represent the union of the Divine Masculine and Feminine (The upward triangles meeting the downward triangles. 

Staring at the central dot or ‘Bindu’ of the Shri Yantra is known and proven to create changes within the brain and the stimulation of the Pineal gland by focusing our attention on the ‘3rd eye’ area. The Pineal gland is a small endocrine gland in the brain. It produces melatonin, a serotonin derived hormone, which affects the modulation of sleep patterns in both seasonal and circadian rhythms. Its shape resembles a tiny pine cone (hence its name), and it is located in the epithalamus, near the centre of the brain, between the two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two halves of the thalamus join. The typical Shri Yantra with its central point (Bindu) and concentric circles of petals and other geometries are conceived of as a sacred dwelling in which the presiding deity and their entourage take up residence. So you move through each layer pay attention to what elements are being brought in. Look at the number behind each of the segments like the 9 strings or why are there 4 triangles for the Shiva and Shakti. 

 The Bindu represents the location of the highest manifestation of the deity as well as the focal point through which the deity transcends the relative plane, with its form and structure to merge into the formless consciousness. To help visually understand, the Bindu is the centre of the Shri Yantra and the dot is the symbol of AUM – it represents the piercing, breaking or bursting through (Bindu Vedhana) and it is the final stage. This is the very same formless consciousness in which the devotee merges with the highest truth. The Shri Yantra is then fully activated in its Divine nature and reveals the true potential and nature of the devotee in this merging and loving Shri relationship with the Divine as the divine. 

 
How Shri Yantra Works 

Exploring Yantra Dynamics Shri Yantra is an energy mapping machine. It is a blueprint that radiates a specific frequency due to its unique geometric construction. When focusing or meditating on a Shri Yantra, the mind automatically comes into alignment and resonates to the particular energy of the yantra. This sequence of resonance is magnified as one consistently meditates over it. Shri Yantra acts as a reservoir of divine energy. It is a medium through which the invincible energy acts on an individual. This channelled energy possesses an intense power to attract and manifest the desired experiences. 

 Significance of Shri Yantra in Modern Times. 

 Primitive people began wearing amulets and yantras to protect themselves from an often frightening world. Shri Yantra guarded the user against enemies, animals and provided protection against the evil eye. In our modern societies, our fears, needs and challenges are more sophisticated in nature. In this age, we are tortured by inflation, crime, natural and man-made disasters. There are the ever-expanding inner demons such as anxiety, frustrations and mental illness too, to name but a few. The use of yantra in present-day is therefore much more relevant than ever before.

अनंतबोध चैतन्य की श्रीगुरु स्वामी श्री विश्वदेवानन्द जी से पहली मुलाकात

 मुझसे बहुत लोग पूछते है कि मैं (अनंतबोध चैतन्य) स्वामी जी (गुरूजी ब्रह्मलीन स्वामी श्री विश्वदेवानन्द पुरी जी) से कैसे मिला। आज मैं  बताना चाहूँगा। ये बात है 2003 की मैं  और श्री त्रयम्बकेश्वर चैतन्य जी श्रीनर्मदा परिक्रमा के लिए श्री ओंकारेश्वर तीर्थ में थे और वहां से श्रीसाम्बसदाशिव का विधिवत पूजन कर माँ नर्मदा जी से प्रार्थना कर हमने अपनी श्री नर्मदा जी की यात्रा आरम्भ की।  

यात्रा के चौथे पांचवे दिन श्री नर्मदा जी के तट पर ही स्वामी आत्मानंद जी जो महानिर्वाणी अखाड़े के महामंडलेश्वर है वो अपनी तीन लोगो की मंडली के साथ हमें मिले। बहुत सारा शास्त्र चिन्तन हुआ।  हम लोगो ने लगभग पांच छह दिन साथ में ही परिक्रमा की। वहां स्वामी आत्मानंद जी ने मुझे पूछा आप किस के शिष्य हो ? मैंने  कहा मैं अभी गुरु की खोज में ही हूं। तो उन्होंने मुझे निर्वाण पीठाधीश्वर स्वामी विश्वदेवानंद जी के बारे में बताया। मैंने कहा कि मेरी कुछ शर्ते है जो उन पर खरा उतरेगा उन्हें ही गुरु के रूप में धारण करूँगा।  स्वामी जी ने कहा आपको कैसे गुरु चाहिए? मैंने कहा जो भाई भतीजा वाद से ग्रस्त न हो, और चेली वाद से परे हो। जो पुरातन पंथी न हो। जो क्षेत्र वाद से परे हो।  जो लालची न हो, और संकुचित विचारधारा के न हो।  स्वामी आत्मानंद जी बोले हमारे आचार्य जी इन सब से परे है।  आप एक बार उनसे मिल लीजिये फिर बताइयेगा। स्वामी जी ने मुझे कहा की आचार्य जी को भी किसी योग्य विद्वान की खोज है। यही पहला मेरा परिचय गुरूजी से स्वामी आत्मानंद जी ने करवाया। 

क्योकि स्वामी आत्मानंद जी श्रीनर्मदापरिक्रमा के उद्देश्य से परिक्रमा नहीं कर रहे थे वो तो केवल भगवती की कृपा प्राप्ति के लिए हर वर्ष कुछ दिन नर्मदा जी के किनारे विचरण करते थे। स्वामी आत्मानंद जी नर्मदा जी के किनारे आश्रम बनाना चाहते थे और उन्होंने बहुत सुंदर आश्रम श्री नर्मदा जी के तट पर बनाया भी।  उसके बाद  त्रयंबकेश्वर चैतन्य जी और मैं भगवती श्री नर्मदा जी की परिक्रमा मार्ग पर अग्रसर हो गए।   श्री नर्मदा जी के तट पर बहुत आनंद की प्राप्ति हुयी।  नित्य प्रति सत्संग और शिवाभिषेक हुए।  बहुत दिव्य महापुरुषों के दर्शन भी हुए।  मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि श्रीनर्मदा परिक्रमा के पुण्य स्वरुप ही श्री गुरु की प्राप्ति हुयी। 

पुनः मैं 2004 के उज्जैन कुम्भ में महानिर्वाणी अखाड़े की छावनी में मुझे गुरु जी के प्रथम दर्शन हुए।  उसके बाद अप्रैल 2005 में मेरी गुरु जी से फोन पर बात हुयी। गुरु जी ने मुझे  श्री संन्यास आश्रम, अहमदाबाद में  आने को कहा। गुरु जी की  आज्ञानुसार मैं आश्रम में उपस्थित हुआ।  गुरु जी ने मुझसे पुछा 'कि मैं साधु क्यों बनना चाहता हूँ ?"

मैंने कहा कि मैंने पढ़ा है "यद् अहरेव विरजेद् तदहरेव प्रवजेद्" तो मुझे वैराग्य हो गया है अतःएव मैं विधिवत गुरु की शरण में रहकर उपासना और सेवा करना चाहता हूँ।  गुरु जी बहुत प्रसन्न हुए  उन्होंने मुझे कोठारी से मिलने को कहा।  उस समय स्वामी कृष्णानंद जी संन्यास आश्रम के कोठारी थे।  आश्रम में मुद्रा बहन, जयश्री बहन और बिखु काका मैं प्रथम दिन ही मिला।  फिर गुरूजी ने मुझे लंगोटी, वस्त्र और मंत्र दिया। गुरूजी ने कहा "कि आज से तुम्हारा नाम अनंतबोध चैतन्य हुआ।" और  मुझे मठाम्नाय के बारे में भी बताया।  गुरूजी ने न मुझसे मेरी जाती पूछी न ही जन्म स्थान और न ही मेरी शिक्षा के बारे में कुछ पूछा।  फिर दो तीन दिन बाद गुरु जी ने मुझे अपने पास बुलाया और गीता व उपनिषद के बारे में मेरा कितना अध्ययन है इसके बारे में पूछा। मैंने गुरूजी को बताया कि मैंने बाबा गुरु जी नरवर से प्रस्थान त्रयी का अध्ययन किया है और श्री सांगवेद महाविद्यालय नरवर से दर्शन विषय में आचार्य किया है।  उसके बाद मैंने मेरी पारिवारिक पृष्टभूमि के बारे में गुरूजी को अवगत कराया। गुरु जी ने कहा कि वो मेरी जन्म भूमि चलेंगे। और गुरूजी मेरी जन्म भूमि गए भी।  गुरूजी ने कहा कि मैं कोई भगोड़ा नहीं हूँ।  गुरु जी की बातों को याद करके अभी भी मुझे रोमाञ्च होता है।  

तो ऐसे मेरी गुरु जी के साथ मुलाकात हुयी। 

ॐ नमो नारायणाय। 

स्वामी श्रीशरदपुरी जी महाराज

   ।। श्रीशरदपुरीमहाराजपञ्चम् ।। 

 विद्यावैभवसंयुतं शिवकृपास्नातं शुभाढ्यं गुरुं वेदार्थैकविवक्तृरूपमतुलौदार्यैस्सदाढ्यं द्विजं शास्त्रोल्लाससमन्वितं हरिकथागानैस्सदानन्दितं वन्दे श्रीशरदं पुरीं मुनिवरं सत्यैकनिष्ठं प्रभुम्।।१।।

 विद्या के वैभव (ऐश्वर्य) से युक्त, भगवान् शिव की कृपा से नहाए हुए, वेदों के अर्थ विशेष वक्ता स्वरूप, अतुलनीय उदारता से सदा धनवान्, ब्राह्मण, शास्त्रों के ज्ञान से उल्लासित, हरि की कथा से सदा आनंदित,सत्य के प्रति एकनिष्ठ, मुनिवर, श्रीशरद पुरी जी महाराज को मैं प्रणाम करता हूं।। 

 नानाख्यानकथासुगाननिपुणं ब्रह्मौजसा भासितं विज्ञानाक्षियुतं ह्यदृश्यमपि यस्संलोकयेद्दृश्यवत् नम्रत्वादिगुणैर्महत्वपरकश्शैवार्थयुक्तं यतिं वन्दे श्रीशरदं पुरीं शमकरं लोकोपकारे रतम्।।२।। 

 अनेक प्रकार के आख्यान और कथाओं को गाने में जो अत्यंत निपुण हैं , ब्रह्म के तेज से विभासित हैं, विज्ञान की दृष्टि वाले हैं , अदृश्य को भी जो साक्षात् दृश्य की तरह देख लेते हैं , नम्रता आदि गुणों के कारण महान्, शैव अर्थ से युक्त , महात्मा, शांति प्रदान करने वाले , संसार के कल्याण में लगे रहने वाले , श्री शरद पुरी महाराज को प्रणाम करता हूं।

 दिव्यत्वप्रतिपादकं सुविमलं देवार्चनातत्परं पुण्याभाविलसन्मुखं शिवगुरोर्मोदाम्बुधौ मज्जितं सारल्यप्रतिमूर्तिमेव सुगुरुं श्रौतप्रभाभासितं वन्दे श्रीशरदं पुरीं मखकरं विप्रप्रियं भावुकम्।।३।। 

 दिव्यत्व का प्रतिपादन करने वाले निर्मल चरित्र देवताओं की अर्चना में तत्पर पुणे की आभा से विरासत मुख वाले शिव गुरु की आनंद सागर में डूबे हुए , सारल्य की प्रतिमूर्ति, सच्चे गुरु , श्रौत की प्रभा से उद्भासित,यज्ञ कराने वाले , ब्राह्मणों के प्रिय और भावुक, श्री शरद पुरी महाराज को मैं प्रणाम करता हूं। 

 तात्पर्यार्थविवेचकं सुमनसां कार्यैस्सदानन्दितं विद्वद्भिर्बहुशास्त्रधारिपुरुषैर्भक्त्या समावन्दितं लोकालोकसुखप्रदं भगवतीपूजाश्रियोद्भासितं वन्दे श्रीशरदं पुरीं शतगुणं मोहादिभिर्वर्जितम्।।४।। 

 तात्पर्य अर्थ का विवेचन करने वाले सज्जनों के कार्यों से सदा आनंदित होने वाले , विद्वानों और बहुत से शास्त्रों को धारण करने वाले पुरुषों के द्वारा , भक्ति पूर्वक वंदन किए जाते हुए, लौकिक और अलौकिक सुख प्रदान करने वाले , भगवती की पूजा रूपी श्री से उद्भासित स्वरूप वाले,सैकड़ों गुणों को धारण करने वाले , मोह आदि से दूर श्री शरद पुरी महाराज की मैं वंदना करता हूं। 

 सत्यार्थप्रियमाशुतोषशरणं श्रीरामपूजाश्रयं दिव्यार्थप्रतिपादकं सदसतोर्भेदे सुदक्षं धिया दाने रागयुतं च दीनजनतोद्धारे रतं सत्प्रियं वन्दे श्रीशरदं पुरीं हरिगुणं धर्मैकचिन्तारतम्।।५।। 

 सत्य अर्थ को प्रेम करने वाले , आशुतोष भगवान् शिव की शरण लेने वाले , श्री राम की पूजा ही है आश्रय जिनका ऐसे, दिव्य अर्थ के प्रतिपादक , सत्य और असत्य में अपनी बुद्धि के द्वारा भेद करने में बहुत ही निपुण, दान देने में राग युक्त , दीन जनता का उद्धार करने में लगे रहने वाले , सज्जनों के प्रिय, केवल धर्म का चिंतन करने में लगे रहने वाले , भगवान् विष्णु के गुणों का ध्यान करने वाले, श्री शरद पुरी महाराज को मैं प्रणाम करता हूं।

Magical effects of sound therapy

Magical effects of sound therapy

 Indian ancient literature has a mention of chants and sound therapy on multiple occasions to overcome serious illnesses. The “Pran”, “Tejas” and “Ojas”, in the body are the basic elements which control the “Vaat”, “Pitt” and “cuff”. To balance these energies, there is an essential requirement of sounds, waves and mental chants, which have been proved to be very effective. Nowadays many countries are researching in the field of sound healing therapy. 

The Tibetan Singing Bowl Session, which is also known as Sound & Vibration Healing Therapy is quite renowned therapy. The sound of singing bowls resonates and vibrates helping one to relax, meditate, sleep or any other benefit you might find from them. In Italy, studies are being carried out on the effects of Mozart Music and its effects on the mind. 

The sound healing technique is very effective on our mind waves and brain functions. Due to sound waves, waves and mental chants, the brain creates pneumatic energy which is beneficial for the nerves, veins, arteries and hormonal secretion. These waves create energy with every breath we inhale or exhale. 

This combination of generated energy and sound waves re-energise the destroyed cells and fibres and cures blockages and regular practice makes the patient healthy. It has been found beneficial for hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. “Our physical health is dependent on both bodily and mental health. A healthy mind leads to a healthy body. Do you know that cosmic sounds generate energy and waves which can cure a dull mind?”