mahishasura’s episode from The Devi Mahatmya reveals that through active struggle with divine rajas, one can easily overcome enslavement to the indriyas and live righteously
The earth quaked and the mountains rocked in the wake of the Warrior Goddess, The Great Unity Of The Innate Powers (Saktis) of all the
This final victory represents the realization of the true Self, the end of all multiplicity, the steady experience of Oneness, and the passage from an
Perplexed by the multiple names invoked to refer to The Goddess- Devi, Chandika, Ambika, Kali, Ma Chamunda, Brahmani, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Narasimhi, Aindri and
raktabija, who strides onto the battlefield after the death of Chanda and Munda, is none other than the citta vrttis. That raktabija is symbolic of
What do these two asuras denote? chanda means ‘fierce’ or ‘passionate’ while munda denotes a ‘shaved head’. Generally a shaved head is symbolic of vairagya
The root word ‘bha’ in the names of shumbha and nishumbha means ‘light’. However, their light is not real like the light from the
The Supreme Goddess Is The Mother of the Universe, almost identical with the Brahman of Vedanta, but only at the transcendental level. No doubt The
Second Episode-mahishasuramardhini myth This is the second episode where The Adi Sakti Manifests As The Devi Durga and Overcomes mahishasura, the buffalo headed demon
The first episode reveals the power of tamas, the power of delusion, how in ordinary state of being, humans are all deluded. The first episode