to marci about Chandi Path

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marci wrote:

 

and

please i have not checked yet. . .but i can probably find the Chandi on

line and then you would not need to type it out. . . i will check and

get back. . .am just glad you have posted it and pointed the way to it.

 

 

 

 

Dear marci ~ if you want the book of the whole Chandi Path, which is both an

epic tale and a puja, which tells of the great battle between Durga and the

Army of Negative Thoughts, you can find it at Amazon.com under that very same

title. Translator is Swami Satyananda Saraswati. I did not want to seem to

be pushing anything that would cost money, and I wouldn't take on the job of

writing the entire book myself ... I'd be an old old lady by the time I was

done.

 

But this one chapter I just love ... it names all the forms of the Goddess,

and She is Everything. In a way it is similar to the Navajo and other Native

American ways. If you've heard the expression, " all my relations, " it means

exactly that ... not only people, but the trees, the grass, the stars, the

animals ... all are " all my relations. " This makes it very personal for you

would treat an animal or a flower or a snail with the same consideration you

would give to a loved relative. In the Chandi, it goes through, in a somewhat

similar way, that the Supreme Goddess is " the form of " ... everything ... and it

is quite a list. I love it in part because the Sanskrit ending ...

namastasyai , namastasyai , namastasyai , namo namah, which means " we bow to Her

continually, we bow, we bow " . She is the form of Intelligence, of Hunger, of

Sleep, of Energy, of Patient Forgiveness, just to name a few. This is one of my

favorite chapters of the Chandi.

 

If anyone is interested in just having this one chapter given to the group,

I will still be happy to do it.

Jai Jai Ma

Linda

 

 

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dear marci ~ not sure about the Devi Mahatmya, but yes, the Durga Saptasati

is the very same. I'm so glad you found it. Jai Jai Devi Ma ~ Linda P.S.

Isn't it incredible!

 

marci wrote:

 

dear Linda. . .is the Chandi the same as the Sri Durga Saptasati or the

Devi

Mahatmya?

 

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