To Adriane about the Chandi Path (was Just beginners)

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Adriane wrote:

 

These passages were really interesting. I did not know of the Chandi

Path. What is that?...

 

But I am wanting to know and read more on Hinduism. It is so rich

and full of beautiful, magnificent stories. What would be a good

book to read? I have read the Bhagavad Gita. I studied Eastern

Religions waaaay back when I was in college and it made so much

sense to me. Then I got into hatha yoga.

 

But what else would be good to read? I think of the Gopis longing

for Krishna and as a woman, could relate so well to those times in

my life when I had been in love and longing for "him." All of that

longing was in vain! It was for my "real" Beloved!

 

 

Dear Adriane ~ Here is the description of the Chandi Path on Shree Maa's

website :::hiding behind my protective Goddess Armor, just in case:::

 

"The Chandi Path is the story of how She manifests in the lives of devotees

to facilitate the recapture of divine authority from the demonic forces, to

fill our lives with love, respect, devotion and a sense of meaningful

purpose. In studying the Chandi Path we learn how to create a balance between

Two

Little and Too Much, how to surrender the arrogance of the Great Ego, and how

to cut through the selfishness of Self Conceit and Self Deprecation. Also

included are the Prayoga and Upasamhara Pujas."

 

I wish I could personally put the entire text of the Chandi into the word

file I will be creating in our files section, but just putting "The Armor

of the Goddess" is a bit daunting, and

I have committed to do at least that much, since I received a request to do

so. There will be a post in the next digest about how I am going to proceed

with this.

 

In terms of other things to read, there are, of course, so many wonderful

books on Amma's website. The one other book I would highly recommend (also

available from Shree Maa's website) is the "Cosmic Puja." I have only started

reading this, but it is a scriptural text and puja that not only relates to the

Goddess, but is also a prayer for the healing of Mother Earth. There is also

a lovely Ganesh puja incorporated into the "Cosmic Puja."

 

Here is what the blurb on the Shree Maa site says about the "Cosmic Puja."

Derived from the Chandi Path, the Cosmic Puja describes methods of worship

the Divine Mother in her forms as Mahalakshmi, Mahasarasavati and Mahakali.

Included is the "Panch Devata Puja," the worship of the five divisions of the

Hindu Dharma: Shiva, Shakti, Vishu, Ganesh, and the nine planets. Other pujas,

not widely available, are the Yantra Puja, Agni Prajvalitam (enkindling of

sacred fire), Nyasas of Matrika, Bahya Matrika and many more.

 

Even though, as it says, it derives from the Chandi, there are other

elements, like the Ganesh puja, which are not in the Chandi. Also, the mention

of

the 9 Planets is quite significant, especially for healing. My sister asked her

guru what she should do to help get better, and he said, "Recite the 9

Planets Mantras." (Okay ~ if anyone wants me to post these, I will also put

these

up on the Files page.)

 

I know the Chandi Path is available both at Shree Maa's bookstore and on

Amazon.com.

And before anybody lobs any verbal missiles at me for mentioning Shree Maa,

let me just say, these texts do not belong to any one guru. They are ancient

Hindu texts, and they belong to everyone. If you visit Shree Maa's website

(and then click on bookstore on the left side listing), you will find many more

wonderful books. Most of these are pujas. I recommend the Beginner Pujas at

first for anyone who is interested. Here is the link:

_http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/_ (http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/)

 

Again, these texts are ancient and belong to everyone. Jai all gurus for

their unique contributions to our lives ~ Linda P.S. Of course, there also

all

the wonderful books by Linda Johnsen. If you do a search under author on

Amazon.com, you will see the wonderful books she has contributed.