THE PRIMORDIAL ENERGY
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Let us bow down
I will chant a few verses from Chandi. Chandi is the slokas - chants uttered by Markandeyar from the Himalayas. It is said that just by the vibrations of the Chandi mantras, Markandeyar carved the Himalayas! This is a very beautiful recitation. I will read one chapter of Chandi.
The word Chandi means the primordial Energy which creates and into which everything disappears. This whole Chandi is chanted as respect to Devi who is considered to be the daughter of the Himalayas, who is the Energy of the Himalayas. If you just allow this mantra to penetrate you, that is enough. It is so powerful - it is said to be the most powerful mantra amongst all the mantras. Let me tell you the meaning of one mantra:
Yaa devi sarva bhootheshu Vishnu mayethi samsthitha, namasthasyai namasthasyai namasthasyai namonamaha
Let me explain:
See, for a product to exist, you need three things. For eg. take a pot - to make it, you need clay, the potter to make it and the energy which is given to the pot by the potter. He will make a pot and leave it. It will be in the shape of the pot as long as the energy he gave it is there. If an energy equivalent to it or greater than it enters it, it will go back to clay form. The energy that sustains matter is the 'Vishnu Maya'. The whole universe was originally pure energy; now it is matter as water, hills, rivers, this mike, this carpet, this cloth, buildings, your body etc.
The energy that sustains all these things in their shape without letting it go back to the energy form is called Vishnu Maya. The power that continues to sustain this whole world without it returning to the original form of energy is called Vishnu Maya.
The first sloka or verse gives
respect to Vishnu Maya: O
Devi! You who are existing in
the form of energy in all - I
bow down to you, I bow
down to you, I bow down to
you.
We chanted this at teachers'
training session at the ashram
for Mother's day. This
morning, I was in the mood
of the Mother and I picked
up this book and started
reading. Each and every
mantra goes so deep.
Worship at Haridwar, foothills of Himalayas - 2006
Remember and bow down to the mother who gave you birth, who gave you the physical body. Remember the mothers who carry you in their heart - your husband, your beloved, your wife. Whomsoever carries you in your heart, remember them and bow down to them; they are all your mothers. Remember your spiritual Master - the mother who gave you spiritual life. Bow down to the three mothers who carry you in their bhoogarbha - womb, hridgarbha - heart and gnanagarbha - womb of spiritual wisdom.
Paramahamsa May 2005, Himalayas
