Divine Aspects in The Chakras

DIVINE
ASPECTS
IN THE
CHAKRAS
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The background of Sahaja Yoga is to be found in
Indian tradition, but Sahaja Yoga is not hinduistic.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi translated this ancient
Indian spiritual knowledge into Vishwa Nirmala
Dharma and Sahaja Yoga, whichconstitutes a
spontaneous connection to the Divine Energy.
CONTENTS P
1. Some Preliminary Propositions 4
2. Divine Aspects – Deities 7
3. Some Introductory Notes on Hinduism 8
4. Adi Shakti 9
5. Ganesha 13
6. Kartikeya 27
7. Vishnu 32
8. Lakshmi 43
9. Durga 56
10. Shiva and Parvati 74
11. Rama and Sita 88
12. Hanuman 95
13. Krishna and Radha 106
14. Jesus Christ 125
15. Brahmadeva and Saraswati 136
16. Parabrahma 140
17. Vishnumaya 144
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18. Bhumidevi 151
19. Kalki 156
20. Great Mantre – Mother’s Mantra 160
21. Some additional terminology 162
22. References 168
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1. SOME PRELIMINARY
PROPOSITIONS ABOUT OUR
HUMAN CONDITION
Before creation there must have been a non-
manifested creative energy, a non-manifested
creative potential. That potential is called as
Parabrahma : the Universal Consciousness, or God
Almighty, before creation took place and before
this Universal Consciousness became individual
consciousness by limitation.
There is no other way ! Without limitation there

would be nothing else than Universal
Consciousness. To start creation there has to be
limitation ... Otherwise Parabrahma has forcibly to
stay Parabrahma. Or: “Sadashiva” has to stay in His
Parabrahma-form, because creation can’t be
anything else than “moving away”, “projecting
away” from Parabrahma, the Divine “not-
awakened”, potential, virtual Principle of
everything. Otherwise Parabrahma would be
creating or recreating Himself, what is not
conceivable.
The Universal Consciousness itself, by assuming

limitation, becomes individual consciousness: it
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becomes Sattva, Raja and Tama gunas in the case
of the individual human being.
► Omnipotence becomes limited power.
► Omniscience becomes vidya: limitation of

knowledge.
► Divine desire becomes limited desire.
► Eternity becomes kala: limited time.
► Omnipresence becomes limitation in space and

time.
► Universal consciousness becomes individual

consciousness (or limited soul), deluded by
ignorance and doubt about his own situation.
Ignorance provokes outer senses, which are
responding to outer objects (maya) and reacting to
them. Ignorance and doubt become the cause of
transmigratory existence (karma and
reincarnation).
By self-realization and the ascent of Kundalini (vital

force, life force, spiritual power) this ignorance and
doubt can (at least partly) be removed.
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The false identification with Maya (with the body
and the outer world) disappears and generates the
bliss of the Spirit. One recognizes one’s own true
nature, which is a spiritual nature, by coming in the
centre channel (the Sattva Guna or Sushumna
Nadi), away from the left emotional channel (Ida
Nadi) and from the right mental and/or active
channel (Pingala Nadi): in the channel of balance.
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2. DIVINE ASPECTS – DEITIES
God Almighty/Sadashiva possesses uncountable

aspects that are also present in His Female
Creative Form Adi Shakti.
Adi Shakti deposits an amount of these aspects in

Her creation; She fills Her creation with qualities.
Some of these qualities are brought together in

divine creatures that we call as Devata: Deities.
These “Deities” are represented in our chakras
(spiritual powerstations) with a given number of
qualities and in Indian mythology they are named
as Deities.
“All deities are aspects of one God.”

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi: Shri Kundalini Shakti and Shri Jesus Christ,
Bombay, India, 26.11.1979
In the basic chakra, the Mooladhara, for instance

resides Shri Ganesha. His qualities are: innocence,
chastity, purity, patience, humility, generosity, joy,
discrimination and gravity (being firmly grounded in
Mother Earth).
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3. Some Introductory Notes on
Hinduism (from the BBC)
Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal. It also
exists among significant populations outside of the subcontinent and has over
900 million adherents worldwide.
In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world. Unlike
most other religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no single scripture, and
no commonly agreed set of teachings. Writers often refer to Hinduism as 'a
way of life' or 'a family of religions' rather than a single religion.
The term 'Hindu' was derived from the river or river complex of the northwest,
the Sindhu. Some claim that one is 'born a Hindu', but there are now many
Hindus of non-Indian descent. Others claim that its core feature is belief in
an impersonal Supreme Being, but important strands have long described
and worshipped a personal God. Outsiders often criticise Hindus as being
polytheistic, but many adherents claim to be monotheists.
Some Hindus define orthodoxy as compliance with the teachings of the Vedic
texts (the four Vedas and their supplements). However, still others identify
their tradition with 'Sanatana Dharma'. Nor can we define Hinduism according
to belief in concepts such as karma and samsara (reincarnation),because
Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists accept this teaching too.
 Hinduism originated around the Indus Valley near the River Indus in

modern day Pakistan.
 About 80% of the Indian population regard themselves as Hindu.
 Most Hindus believe in a Supreme God, whose qualities and forms are
represented by the multitude of deities which emanate from him.
 Hindus believe that existence is a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth,
governed by Karma.
 Hindus believe that the soul passes through a cycle of successive lives
and its next incarnation is always dependent on how the previous life was
lived.
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 The main Hindu texts are the Vedas and their supplements (books
based on the Vedas). Veda is a Sanskrit word meaning 'knowledge'. These
scriptures do not mention the word 'Hindu' but many scriptures discuss
dharma, which can be rendered as 'code of conduct', 'law', or 'duty'.
 Hindus celebrate many holy days, but the Festival of Lights, Diwali, is
the best known.
4. ADI SHAKTI
When Parabrahma “awakened”, a desire was
born within Him to become active. Therefore He
transformed into Sadashiva. Sadashiva is the
eternal witness. He does not create. He just
watches and pushes His Female Part away from
Him to become active as the Divine Creative
Energy: Adi Sahkti.
Adi Shakti incarnated on this earth as Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi (1923 – 2011) to rescue humanity
from the negative tendencies in Kali Yuga and
bring mankind into a new era of love,
benevolence and harmony, called as
KritaYuga/Satya Yuga.
We will let Adi Shakti speak for Herself:
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“One has to know very clearly what is Adi
Shakti. As we say, it is the pure desire of
God Almighty, of Sadashiva. But what is the
Pure Desire of God Almighty? If you see,
your own desires come out of what? Not of
the Divine Love, but out of carnal or power
love. Behind all these desires there is love.
If you do not love something, you will not
desire it. This mundane love, for which you
spend so much time uselessly. Actually they
do not give you satisfaction, because it is
not true love. It is just infatuation; then you
just get fed up with it and jump to another
thing. Adi Shakti is embodiment of God's
Divine Love; It's God's Pure Love. In this
Pure Love He desired that He should create
human beings, who would be very obedient,
sublime, and like angels. That was his idea
to create Adam and Eve.
In India people talked about Kundalini since
long and that She is the Adi Shakti reflected
within us. She has said that: "I will be in
every one of them". Now understand that
this Adi Shakti is the power of Pure Love
and compassion. There is nothing else, She
has only the Pure Love within the heart.
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This incarnation had to come. The time had
come. There is a difference between fixed
time and a time which is Sahaja. Fixed time
is like: this train leaves this time and
reaches that time. But living things, which
are spontaneous and Sahaja cannot see
time. So one cannot say what time will be
available to receive this subtle knowledge
of Divine Love. Knowledge by itself also
could be very dry.
The first thing that is achieved through
Divine Love is your benevolence.
Benevolence itself is also a kind of a
misguided word. Benevolence means:
whatever is good for your Spirit. The Spirit
is the reflection of God Almighty. When the
Spirit in you starts reflecting itself in its full
beauty, then you become the giver. You are
no more the person who has to take
anything. You just become the giver, so
fulfilled. This advent came at a time when it
was just the time it should come. “
Adi Shakti Puja,Cabella, Italy, 06.06.1993
“That's how you have to grow. First of all

you have to know you are prophets and you
must know that I am the Holy Ghost. I am
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the Adi Shakti. I am the one who has come
on this earth for the first time in this form
to do this tremendous task. The more you'll
understand this the better it would be.”
Birthday Puja, Sydney, Australia, 21.03.1983
“So what I did only thing (is) that I put in

as my effort that I worked on the various
people’s personality and their Kundalini and
tried to find out: what are the permutations
and combinations that torture these people.
Why can’ t they get Realization? And by
1970 I found out the method which it is very
easy to raise the Kundalini of all the people.
That is how it is working. So Sahaja Yoga
means : born. Born with you ,is the right,
actually it’ s the right of everybody [???] to
get this.”
Press Conference, Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, Canada, 27.06.1997
"But today is the day I declare that I am the

One who has to save the humanity. I
declare I am the One who is Adi Shakti, who
is the Mother of all the mothers, who is the
Primordial Mother, the Shakti, the desire of
God, who has incarnated on this Earth to
give its meaning to itself, to this creation,
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to human beings, and I am sure through My
love and patience and My powers I am
going to achieve it. I was the One who was
born again and again, but now in my
complete form and complete powers I have
come on this Earth, not only for salvation of
human beings, not only for their
emancipation, but for granting them the
Kingdom of Heaven, the joy, the bliss that
your Father wants to bestow upon you."
The Messiah-Paraclete Shri Mataji, London, UK , 02.12.1979
5. GANESHA
The name Ganesha is a Sanskrit compound, joining the

words gana, meaning a group, multitude and isha, meaning
lord or master. The word gana, when associated with
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Ganesha, is often taken to refer to the gaņas, a troop of
semi-divine beings that form part of the retenue of Shiva,
Ganesha’s father.
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5.1 In Indian tradition
Ganesha is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in

the Hindu pantheon. Devotion to Ganesha is widely diffused and
extends to Jains and Buddhists.
Although he is known by many attributes, Ganesha's elephant head
makes him easy to identify. Ganesha is widely revered as the
remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva
(deity) of intellect and wisdom. As the god of beginnings, he is
honoured at the start of rituals and ceremonies.
Ganesha typically holds an axe or a goad in one upper arm

and a pasha (noose) in the other upper arm. Ganesha has
the head of an elephant and a big belly.
Ganesha is a popular figure in Indian art. He may be
portrayed standing, dancing, heroically taking action
against demons, playing ...
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A few of his many names:
Vinayaka (the peerless one), Vighnarāja (the ruler of

obstacles), Dvaimātura (one who has two mothers),
Vighnesha (Lord of obstacles), Ganādhipa/ Ganapati (Lord
of the ganas), Ekadanta (one who has one tusk), Heramba
(the five-headed form of Shri Ganesha), Lambodara (one
who has a pot belly), and Gajanana (having the face of an
elephant). Vinayaka is a common name for Ganesha that
appears in the Purānas and in Buddhist tantras. This name
is reflected in the naming of the eight famous Ganesha
temples in Maharashtra known as the Ashtavinayaka.
The names Vighnesha and Vighneshvara (Lord of

obstacles) refers to his primary function in Hinduism as
the master and remover of obstacles (vighna).
But essentially he is presented as an innocent child.
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The 108 names/mantras of Shri Ganesha
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Iconography
A 13th-century statue of Ganesha in Mysore District,Karnataka
Ganesha typically holds an axe or a goad in one upper arm

and a pasha (noose) in the other upper arm. This statue
has four arms, which is common in depictions of Ganesha.
He holds his own broken tusk in his lower-right hand and
holds a delicacy to distribute to his devotees.
Ganesha was created by Parvati using clay to protect her
chastity and Shiva beheaded him when Ganesha came
between Shiva and Parvati. Shiva then replaced Ganesha's
original head with that of an elephant.
The Brahmanda Purana says that Ganesha has the name
‘Lambodara’ because all the universes (i.e. cosmic
eggs: brahmāṇḍas) of the past, present, and future are
present in him.
Upon Ganesha's forehead is a third eye (tilaka), which
consists of three horizontal lines.
Bhalachandra ("Moon on the Forehead"). Ganesha is often
described as red in color.
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Vahana: Mouse (mūṣaka : shrew or rat)
Vigneshvara : Ganesha is the protector of Dharma (rules of
conduct, morality). Ganesha is considered to be the Lord
of letters and learning. He is said to have written sacred
texts with his broken tusk.
Ganesha is identified with the Hindu mantra “Aum”, also
spelled “Om”. He personifies the primal sound.
First chakra
According to Kundalini yoga, Ganesha resides in the
first chakra, called Muladhara. Mula means "original,
main"; adhara means "base, foundation". The muladhara
chakra is the principle on which the manifestation of the
primordial Divine Force rests. In the Ganapati
Atharvashirsa is said: "You continually dwell in the sacral
plexus at the base of the spine”. Ganesha holds, supports
and guides all the other chakras, thereby "governing the
forces that propel the wheel of life".
Ganesha is popularly held to be the son of Shiva and
Parvati.
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The family includes his brother,the war god Kartikeya.
Ganesha is presented as an unmarried brahmachari, with
the qualities of Buddhi (intellect), Siddhi (spiritual power),
and Riddhi (prosperity).
There can hardly be a Hindu home in India which does not
house an idol of Ganapati. ... Ganapati, being the most
popular deity in India, is worshipped by almost all castes
and in all parts of the country. Devotees believe that if
Ganesha is propitiated, he grants success, prosperity and
protection against adversity.
Ganesha is a non-sectarian deity. Hindus of all
denominations invoke him at the beginning of prayers,
important undertakings, and religious ceremonies.
Dancers and musicians, particularly in southern India,
begin art performances such as the Bharatnatyam dance
with a prayer to Ganesha.
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Mantras such as “Om Shri Gaṇeshāya Namah” (Om,
salutation to the Illustrious Ganesha) are often used. One
of the most famous mantras associated with Ganesha,
is “Om Gaṃ Ganapataye Namah” (Om, Gaṃ, salutation to
the Lord of Hosts).
Devotees offer Ganesha sweets such as modaka and small
sweet balls called laddus. He is often shown carrying a
bowl of sweets, called amodakapātra. Because of his
identification with the color red, he is often worshipped
with red sandalwood paste (raktacandana) or red flowers
and dūrvā grass.
Festivals associated with Ganesh, are called ‘Ganesh
Chaturthi’ or ‘Vināyaka chaturthī’ and the ‘Ganesh
Jayanti’ (Ganesha's birthday).
Street festivities in Hyderabad, India, during the festival of Ganesha

Chaturthi.
An annual festival honours Ganesha during ten days,
starting on Ganesha Chaturthi, which falls in late August
or early September. The festival begins with people
bringing in clay idols of Ganesha, symbolising Ganesha's
visit. The festival culminates on the day of ‘Ananta
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Chaturdashi’, when idols (murtis) of Ganesha are immersed
in water.
Mythology
There are two mythological stories about Ganesha.
A story says that Parvati had made a boy out of the dirt of
her body, since she was cursed that she could not have a
child again. The boy of dirt became alive. This boy was
guarding the way while Parvati was taking a bath, as
Parvati told the boy to gaurd the place and not allow
anyone to come in. Shiva wanted to meet his wife Parvati.
The boy did not allow him. Shiva became angry. He cut off
the head of the boy. Then, as Parvati came out and
exclaimed that this was her son, Shiva sent his men to
look for a human head in the forest to replace Ganesha's.
His men brought him a elephant head. The head of an
elephant was fixed to make the boy alive again. Therefore,
Ganesha has a head of an elephant.
Ganesha was having a race with his brother

Kartikeya. The first one to go around the world would be
the winner. Kartikeya raced off the next day, but Ganesha
stayed and thought about how he could win. Eventually he
sat on his mount, a rat, and went round his parents (who
represent the whole world in Hindu scriptures) seven
times. Thus, Ganesha was declared the winner due to his
intelligence.
5.2 In Sahaja Yoga

In our subtle system Ganesha resides in the
Mooladhara chakra.
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“Adi Shakti first created Shri Ganesha. Shri
Ganesha is the source of wisdom. He is the
source of auspiciousness, and he is a child.
He is an eternal child. And this behaviour of
abandonment is very destructive if there is
no wisdom. First thing he wants to
establish, is wisdom within ourselves. But
we start a theory or a kind of pattern of life
without any development of our wisdom.
But the worst was when the freedom
became the criteria of life. People became
extremely dominating and egotistical. The
first answer you always get is. . . . What’s
wrong?. . . You ask them why they are doing
this? They say. . . What’s wrong?. . I mean it
is wrong because it is not auspicious. . . .
What’s auspiciousness?. . . Absolutely like,
you can call them people without brains.
Brainless people. Brainless means: there is
no wisdom. What is the power of the brain,
is wisdom. So life started drifting into a
destructive pond, we should say, of no
return. And every kind of faith was
accepted as a blessing, and nobody would
think that this is wrong, this is not for
human life. Even the animals are not like
that.”
Krishna Puja, New York, USA, 08.06.1997
“One may say: "Mother, what is the source

of this wisdom?" The source is Shri
Ganesha, who is the giver of wisdom. Once
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Shri Ganesha is insulted and he disappears
behind the clouds of ignorance, then people
start doing things which are unwise. This
happens with many things. Supposing these
days in the democratic countries they are
not supposed to say anything about
morality, about how people should behave,
what should be their relationships. They
don't try to look after the society, because
they think that looking after the society is
not our job. It's a private affair. As a result
people take freedom into their hands and
start insulting Shri Ganesha. When Shri
Ganesha is insulted, complete blockage
takes place in a human being. He becomes
an idiot, a stupid fellow. He does not
understand how to go further without
wisdom. Without wisdom, whatever step
one takes,is destructive. We have to
respect Shri Ganesha within us, specially all
these democratic countries who are going
to dogs. Their families are destroyed
because their life style is so horrible. Their
children are ruined. In every way they are in
a big jeopardy. This wisdom can easily be
brought back if we awaken their Kundalini.
If Shri Ganesha knows that Kundalini is to
be awakened, He forgives and forgets
everything and comes to support you and
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assist the Kundalini's ascent. He is there at
every chakra to support you till you get
realization.”
Ganesha Puja, Berlin, Germany, 21.07.1993
“This manifestation of Ganesha within us is

very important. I think, not that it is only
the blessings, but also the foundation stone
of spiritual life is Shri Ganesha.”
Ganesha Puja, Pune, India, 21.12.1991
“Our health would be the best if we look

after Shri Ganesha, because he is all the
time repairing our body. He is all the time
looking after, protecting us, and our Shri
Ganesha is in the Mooladhara. He is the one
who is looking after our Kundalini, He is
protecting our Kundalini. If anything
happens to us, the Kundalini comes up, but
the one who supports her and keeps her up,
awakened and standing, is Shri Ganesha.
He works it out. He is the one who is the
protector of our Kundalini which is also a
basis of your self- realization.”
Ganesha Puja, Cabella, Italy, 25.09.1999
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“The Ganesha is creating those ganas
(divine helpers of Shri Ganesha) and they
are in the sternum bones first and then they
go all over the body. As soon as this centre
heart, the Mother's place, starts little bit
vibrating, they get alerted.
Ganesha gives powers to these ganas and
they fight. That's why He's called as
Ganapati.”
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The symbol of Shri Ganesha, which is the symbol of
innocence, chastity, inner peace, joy,
discrimination and gravity (from the earth):
“So you must worship Shri Ganesha, but I

always say : Don't worship every Shri
Ganesha which is being created by those,
we can say, artisans. Because God knows
what sort of Artisans they are. For money's
sake they might be making Ganesha and
they might not have got any idea of
chastity.”
Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule, India, 25.12.1990
“Worship Shri Ganesha, worshipping of Shri

Ganesha improves your Mooladhara,
improves your sense of shame, improves
your own dignity, your self-esteem. You
dress up in a way that shows that you
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respect your body. You talk in such a way
that it shows that you respect your tongue,
your language.”
“As it is, Jesus was the incarnation of Shri

Ganesha. It’s a very difficult task He has
performed. He used to convince people who
were absolutely ignorant about spirituality,
who just knew about money and nothing
else. He came in those days when people
had no idea about spirituality at all, at all.
But, somehow, it all worked out in such a
beautiful manner that people have started
understanding that He communicated that
resurrection is the important point.”
Easter Puja, Turkey, 2001
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Ganesha sakshat,

Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri Nirmala Devi, namoh
namaha.”
6. KARTIKEYA
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Kartikeya is the brother of Ganesha, the other son of

Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. According to a
mythological story, Kartikeya once had a duel as to who
was the elder of the two. The matter was referred to
Lord Shiva for final decision. Shiva decided that whoever
would make a tour of the whole world and come back
first to the starting point, had the right to be the elder.
Kartikya flew off at once on his vehicle, the peacock, to
make a circuit of the world. On the other hand, Ganesha
went around His divine parents (they represent the
universe) and asked for the prize of His victory. Thus
Ganesha was acknowledged as the elder of the two
brothers.
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Kartikeya carries on one hand a spear and his other hand is
always blessing devotees. His vehicle is a peacock, a pious
bird that grips with its feet a serpent, which symbolizes the
ego and desires of people. The peacock represents the
destroyer of harmful habits and the conqueror of sensual
desires.
Kartikeya was created to destroy demons (one of them is

Narakasura), representing the negative tendencies in human
beings. Kartikeya’s other name, Shadanana, which means
‘one with six heads’ corresponds to the five senses and the
mind. The war imagery and the six heads of Kartikeya
indicate that if humans wish to lead themselves efficiently
through the battle of life, they must always be alert, lest
they are shown the wrong path by crafty people with the six
demonic
vices: kaama (sex), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha
(passion), mada (ego) and matsarya (jealousy).
Skanda, one of his names, bestows all spiritual powers, particularly the power
of knowledge.
6.2 In Sahaja Yoga

Kartikeya resides in the right Mooladhara.
“The humility of Ganesha is told by this.

Once when his mother asked him that: “The
one who will go around the Earth three
times ,I will give him a present.” So Shri
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Ganesha thought :“Who is greater than my
Mother? Not this Earth.” He had a small
little rat on which he used to travel. This
shows that He was so humble - on a rat He
could travel with no pressure on the rat,
and while his brother Kartikeya had a
peacock which could fly, so He knew He
could not go around the world before his
brother. So He just went round his Mother
three times and He got the present. This
shows, one thing, that speed is not the way
of Sahaj. You have to slow down your
speed.”
“In this 108 names, if you have noticed,

they have shown that Kartikeya is the
innocence that is acting on the right hand
side – in the Pingala. And that is also – it is
very much related to Prana. It gives you
Prana. Prana is the vital breath that we
take – breathe in and breathe out. So it is
related to the right side. Then also it is
related to eternity – [Anantari ?]. Anantar is
the snake – the Shesha. Which is the
brother of Vishnu. So it is He who is
represented here as Kartikeya. He is called
as Anantar. So he is the fire. He is the one
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who ignites within you the capacity to
consume, the force – also the capacity to
command the people and also the capacity
to be a person full of brilliance. You see, an
innocent person could be very brilliant. All
these capacities are expressed in
Kartikeya’s Swarupa – in His state. Today,
by worshipping Kartikeya, we have to know
that Kartikeya is now awakened within us.
And with that capacity we have to fight.
Ultimately He is the Nishkalanka. He is the
one who is in the final. So from Ganesha to
Christ to Nishkalanka. These are the three
stages into which the innocence has gone.
From Ganesha to Kartikeya and now to
Christ. And from Christ to Nishkalanka. In
the form of Nishkalanka He is innocent, so
there is no Kalanka – there is no spot on
Him, nothing. He is absolutely clean,
immaculate. Plus He is fiery. Plus He has all
the qualities of Ekadesha Rudra. Means the
eleven qualities or the forces of Shiva,
which can kill. So He has a capacity to kill
and destroy that is evil and to give
blessings and courage to His followers.
This is the last incarnation, which is called
as Kalaki; in normal words you call it Kalaki,
is actually Nishkalanka. Is the white horse.
So it is the Kartikeya who sits on the white
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horse. So how innocence grows within you
now, is up to the point of Kartikeya. This
has been today done on this land,
Deutschland as you call it, where Kartikeya
is to be born within you, is to be awakened
in you.”
Shri Kartikeya Puja, Munich, Germany, 13.08.1986
„Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Kartikeya sakshat,

namaha.“
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7. VISHNU
The „All Pervading One“ – (vish = to pervade)

Vishnu is usually represented in two positions:
- standing upricht on a lotus flower with Shri Lakshmi, His
consort;
- reclining on the coils of a serpent, with Lakshmi
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massaging His feet. They are surrounded by the milky
ocean.
Vishnu in Hindu mythology

The churning of the Milky Ocean is the story that explains
how the gods finally defeated the demons and became
immortal.
In the story, Vishnu advised the other gods to churn the

Milky Ocean in order to recover a number of lost treasures,
including the elixir of immortality and Lakshmi, the
goddess of success and wealth. Both of these items would
enable the gods to defeat the demons who had taken
taken over the universe. Knowing the gods would be
unable to churn the great ocean themselves, Vishnu struck
a deal with the demons. He told them they would get a
share of the treasures, including the elixir of immortality, if
they helped to churn. They agreed. Vishnu told the gods
and demons they should use Mount Madura as a churning
stick, and the giant serpent, Vasuki, as a rope.Vishnu
managed to persuade the demons to hold the head of the
snake, which was spitting furiously, while the gods held
the tail end. The serpent was then coiled around the
mountain. Each side alternately pulled the rope then
allowed it to relax, causing the mountain to rotate in the
water. Before they could regain the treasure, however,
there were many problems they had to face. As the gods
and demons churned, the mountain began to sink into the
soft sand bed of the sea. At the request of the gods,
Vishnu incarnated as a turtle. He placed the mountain on
his back to act as a foundation stone, thus allowing the
churning to continue. Some reports say it was churned for
a thousand years before anything came up. When the elixir
of immortality finally rose to the surface, the demons
rushed to grab it. But Vishnu assumed the form of Mohini,
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a beautiful woman who captivated all the demons. By
sleight of hand she changed the elixir for alcohol and
returned the precious liquid to the gods.
The churning also brought Lakshmi forth from the ocean.

She came as a beautiful woman standing on a lotus flower.
Seeing all the gods before her, she chose the god she felt
was most worthy of her,Vishnu, and they have been
inseparable since.” ( From the BBC)
MOHINI
Vishnu is usually described as having the dark complexion of

water-filled clouds and having four arms. He is depicted as a pale
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blue being, as are his incarnations Rama and Krishna. He holds
a padma (lotus flower) in his lower left hand, the
kaumodaki gada(mace) in his lower right hand,
the panshankha (conch) in his upper left hand and the discus
weapon, Sudarshana Chakra, considered to be the most powerful
weapon according to Hindu religion, in his upper right hand.
 The conch: the sound produces 'Om', represents the
primeval sound of creation.
 The chakra, or discus: symbolises the mind.
 The lotus flower: an example of glorious existence
and liberation.
 The mace: represents mental and physical strength.
The Four Arms
The four hands of Vishnu express dominion over the four

directions of space. Likewise the four arms represent the
four castes and the four Vedas.
"Only the unlearned deem myself (Vishnu) and Shiva to

be distinct; he, I, and Brahma are one, assuming
different names for the creation, preservation and
destruction of the universe. We, as the triune Self,
pervade all creatures; the wise therefore regard all
others as themselves."
~ Vishnu explains the Nature of the Trinity (Trimurti) ~
Vishnu would constantly come down to earth in the form

of Lord Narayana in order to deliver messages or to make
sure that things are going according to the Divine plan.
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His Powers
 Jnana (omniscience); defined as the power to know

everything about all beings simultaneously.
 Aishvarya (sovereignty); derived from the word
“Ishvara”, which means: unchallenged rule over all.
 Shakti (power or energy); the capacity to maintain or
challenge dharma.
 Bala (strength); the capacity to support everything by
will and without any fatigue.
 Virya (vigour); the power to retain immateriality as
the Supreme Spirit or Being in spite of being the
material cause of mutable creations.
 Tejas (splendor), which expresses self-sufficiency and
the capacity to overpower everything by spiritual
effulgence.
AVATARS: the dashavatara, or the ten avatars

(incarnations) of Vishnu
Vishnu is the Preserver and guardian of men (Narayana);

he protects the order of things (dharma) and, when
necessary, he appears on earth in various incarnations or
avatars to fight demons and fierce creatures and so
maintain cosmic harmony.
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Vishnu has appeared in various incarnations: nine times on
this earth, with the tenth predicted.
1. Matsya (fish) : Some Hindus believe that this is similar

to the biblical representation of Noah.
2 Kurma (turtle): for the churning of the Ocean.
3. Varaha (pig/boar): In this avatar, Vishnu recovered the

stolen Vedas.
4. Narasimha (half lion, half man): Vishnu managed to

vanquish a demon who had gained immunity from attacks
from man, beast or god.
5. Vamana (dwarf): In this story, the evil demon Bali had

taken over the earth and had pushed all of the gods from
the heavens as well. Vishnu took the form of a dwarf, who
tricked Bali into giving him as much of Bali's empire as he
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could cover in three steps. Vishnu as Vamana grew so
large that with one step he had covered the earth, with the
second the heavens, thus returning the ownership to the
gods.
6. Parasurama (fierce man/hunter): Vishnu rids the earth

of irreligious and sinful monarchs.
7. Rama (greatest warrior/ideal man): As Rama, he kills

the demon King Ravana, who abducted his wife Sita (see:
Ramayana).
8. Krishna (mentally advanced man); Krishna is the

hero of the Mahabharata, an epic poem. He also
delivered his famous message, known as the
Baghavad Gita.
9. Buddha (the all knowing one): who appeared in the

5th century BCE. In some traditions, Balarama
replaces Buddha as an incarnation of Vishnu
10. Kalki: expected towards the end of this present

age of decline as a person on earth, seated on a white
horse.
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Vishnu’s vahana (mount) is an eagle, called Garuda:
Adherents of Hinduism believe Vishnu's eternal and

supreme abode beyond the material universe is
called Vaikuntha, which is also known as Paramdhama,
the realm of eternal bliss and happiness and the final or
highest place for liberated souls who have
attained Moksha.
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Srirangam: Vishnu temple
7.2 In Sahaja Yoga
Shri Vishnu resides in the Nabhi chakra. He is

responsible for the evolution of creation.
“(...) we have to know about Shri Vishnu, who is
the basis of dharma. Later on, He came on this
Earth as Shri Ram, then as Shri Krishna and,
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ultimately as Kalki. It is a beautiful evolution of
Shri Vishnu.
(...)
And this happened very much in these countries
and Vishnu's avataram, as they say, as a
Narashima, came very near, very near Greece and
very near Egypt, that is in Peshawar. In Peshawar
these things happened, so it was very close also
to Egypt and to Greece. But they became very
much against Vishnu, because they thought their
king was killed by them and all that, so all these
rakshasas entered into the area in Afghanistan
and then they came to Egypt and to Greece and
tried to bring all the Gods and Goddesses to the
ground long time back. Must be at least ten
thousand years back when Prahlada brought in
the incarnation of Shri Vishnu. These rakshasas
went into - they are called as Asuras. Assyrians
they're called, but Asuras they were. And, if you
go to Egypt, you'll find the Sphinx there, just the
opposite of what Narasimha was. The man is in
upper part and the lion is in the lower part, but
Narashima is just the opposite. Narasimha is the
lion in the upper part and the man in the lower
part. So they created this kind of an image which
was just the opposite of Vishnu because just to
show that: We have another kind of a big
incarnation, which is just the opposite and can
fight Vishnu very well.
(...)
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So now, where is the dharma? Dharma is within
and that is why this Vishnu Principle is to be
awakened within yourself. And this principle then
expands into many ways because Vishnu is the
one who is the one who cures. We call Him a
Dhanwantari, means a doctor. He's the one who
cures because He is our Preserver. He is the
Preserver of human beings. So, if you preserve
your dharma, then you don't get sick and if you
get sick, it is Vishnu who will preserve, who will
cure you.”
Vishnu Puja, Paris, France, 13.07.1994
“We have to understand clearly that Shri Krishna

is a very very important deity within us, because
He is the Vishnu who resides in the void, in the
nabhi. He is the one who generates Dharma
within us. When you got your realisation, I
didn‘t tell you: "Don ‘t do this, or that, or this or
that is not good”. You just knew, because Shri
Vishnu was awakened within you. If he is
awakened ,He brings the light and removes your
ignorance and darkness. You start seeing that
whatever you were doing is destructive and that
‘s how the dharma is established. Of course the
dharma was established by all the ten Gurus who
came on this earth, who taught us about dharma,
so this combination of Shri Vishnu and the ten
Gurus is to establish Dharma within us.”
Krishna Puja, Cabella, Italy, 15.08.1993
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“What is the work of Vishnu is to give you
realisation, emancipation of human beings,
evolution of human beings.”
Shivaratri Puja, Pune, India, ??.02.2002
“He is the Shésha as they call it, the serpent

which sleeps on the Bhavasagara (Void), on
which Shri Vishnu rests. The same Shésha had
taken birth as Shri Lakshmana. Now for a western
mind you see, if you talk about snakes ,they only
know the Adam and Eve snake, that's all. They
don't understand anything, and they can't
understand why people worship snakes. You see,
snakes like the cobra and all that are like the
kings of the underworld, and Shésha is the one
who supports the whole universe. So this Shésha
is worshipped as the cobras are worshipped in
many villages in India anywhere today. Because
they don't trouble anyone there. Because they
are worshipped like deities in India. Sometimes
they do, but mostly they don't bite a good
religious man.”
Ram Navami, Chelsham Road, London, UK, 02.04.1982
“The central path is the path of Lord Vishnu.

Through this path we attain the Shiva Tattva. So
Shiva Tattva is the destination and the path is
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made by Lord Vishnu. This central path is the
creation of Lord Vishnu and the Adi Shakti; Lord
Shiva has no role in it. He sits comfortably in his
seat, without bothering for anybody; if someone
wishes to come, may come. To attain Shiv Tattva
we should go through this Vishnu Path
(Sushumna Path) and correct all the centres that
are created on it. When the centers are cleansed,
the Vishnu path opens up and our ascent
begins.”
Shiva Puja, Delhi, India, 14.02.1999
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Lakshmi Vishnu

sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri Nirmala Devi,
namoh namaha.”
8. LAKSHMI
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8.1. In Indian tradition
Devas (gods) and asuras (demons) were both mortal at one

time in Hinduism. Amrit, the divine nectar that grants
immortality, could only be obtained by churning the
Kshirsagar (ocean of milk). The devas and asuras both
sought immortality and decided to churn the Kshirsagar
with Mount Mandhara. The ‘samudra manthan’ commenced
with the devas on one side and the asuras on the
other. Vishnu incarnated as Kurma, the tortoise, and a
mountain was placed on the tortoise as a churning
pole. Vasuki, the great venom-spewing serpent-god, was
wrapped around the mountain and used to churn the
ocean.
According to the “Vishnu Purana” Lakshmi came out of the

ocean bearing a lotus, along with the divine cow
Kamadenu, Varuni, the tree Parijat, the Apsaras, Chandra
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(the moon) and Dhanvantari with Amrita (nectar of
immortality). When she appeared, she had a choice to go
to the Devas or the Asuras. She chose Devas’ side; and
among thirty deities she chose to be with Vishnu.
Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity

(both material and spiritual). She is the wife and active
energy of Lord Vishnu. Her four hands represent the four
goals of human life considered important to the Hindu way
of life: dharma (pursuit of ethical, moral life), kāma (pursuit
of love, emotional fulfilment), artha (pursuit of wealth,
means of life) and moksha (pursuit of self-knowledge,
liberation).
In the Epics of Hinduism, such as in the “Mahabharata”,

Lakshmi personifies wealth, riches, beauty, happiness,
loveliness, grace, charm and splendor. In another Hindu
legend about the creation of universe as described in
the “Ramayana”, Lakshmi springs from the foam of the
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ocean of milk when it is churned by the gods and demons
for the recovery of the Amruta. She appeared with a lotus
in her hand, and so she is also called Padmā.
 Padma : Lotus-dweller
 Kamala : Lotus-dweller
 Padmapriya : one who likes lotuses
 Padmamaladhara devi : one who wears a
garland of lotuses
 Padmamukhi : one whose face is as beautiful
as a lotus
 Padmakshi : one whose eyes are as beautiful
as a lotus
 Padmahasta : one who holds a lotus
 Padmasundari : one who is as beautiful as a
lotus.
Lakshmi has numerous other names :
 Jagadishwari : Supreme Mother who rules the universe

 Vishnupriya : one who is the beloved of Vishnu
 Ulkavahini : one who rides an owl
Her other names include: Ambika, Manushri, Mohini, Chakrika,

Kamalika, Aishwarya, Lalima, Indira, Kalyani, Nandika, Nandini,
Rujula, Vaishnavi, Samruddhi, Narayani, Bhargavi,
Sridevi,Chanchala, Jalaja, Madhavi, Sujata, Shreya, Maheshwari,
Madhu, Madhavi, Paramaa, Janamodini, Tripura, Tulasi, Ketaki,
Malati, Vidhya, Trilochana, Tilottama, Subha, Chandika, Devi,
Kriyalakshmi, Viroopa, Vani, Gayatri, Savitri, Apara or Aparajita,
Aparna, Aruna, Akhila, Bala, Tara, Kuhu, Poornima, Aditi, Anumati,
Avashya, Sita, Taruni, Jyotsna, Jyoti, Nimeshika, Atibha, Ishaani,
Smriti ... and others.
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The “Lalita Sahasranamam” contains the thousand
names of the Hindu Mother Goddess Lalita Devi, i.e.
the Divine Mother or Goddess Durga, in the form of
Shakti.
When Vishnu descended on the earth as

the avatars Rama and Krishna, Lakhsmi
descended as their respective consorts:
Sita (Rama’s wife) and Rukmini (Krishna’s wife).
In the ancient scriptures of India, all women are declared

to be embodiments of Lakshmi.
“ Every woman is an embodiment of you.

You exist as little girls in their childhood,
As young women in their youth,
And as elderly women in their old age.”
Kamala Stotram
“Every woman is an emanation of you.”

Daivakrta Laksmi Stotram
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Gaja Lakshmi, 1st century BC
Lakshmi in Sanskrit is derived from the root word laks

and laksha , meaning "to perceive, observe, know,
understand" and "goal, aim, objective" respectively. These
roots give Lakshmi the symbolism: know and understand
your goal.
The lotus, a flower that blossoms in clean or dirty water,

symbolizes purity and beauty, regardless of the good or
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bad circumstances in which its grows. It is a reminder that
good and prosperity can bloom and not be affected by evil
in one's surrounding.
Below, behind, or on the sides, Lakshmi is sometimes

shown with one or two elephants. Elephants symbolize
work, activity, and strength, as well as water, rain, and
fertility for abundant prosperity.
Lakshmi is seen in two forms: “Bhudevi” and “Sridevi”.

Bhudevi is the representation and totality of the material
world or energy, called the aparam Prakriti, in which she is
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called Mother Earth. Sridevi is the spiritual world or energy
called the Prakriti.
Ashta Lakshmi (lit. "eight Lakshmis") is a group of eight

secondary manifestations of Lakshmi. The Ashta Lakshmis
preside over eight sources of wealth and thus represent
the eight powers of Shri Lakshmi.
Ādi Lakṣmī : the first manifestation of Lakshmi

Dhānya Lakṣmī : Dhānya Lakṣmī
Veera Lakṣmī : wealth of courage
Gaja Lakṣmī : elephants spraying water, wealth of fertility, rains,
and food Santāna Lakṣmī :
wealth of continuity, progeny
Vijaya Lakṣmī : wealth of victory
Aishwarya Lakṣmī : wealth of knowledge and education
Dhana Lakṣmī : monetary wealth
Many Hindus worship Lakshmi on Diwali, the festival of

lights. It is celebrated in autumn, typically October or
November every year. The festival spiritually signifies the
victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance,
good over evil, and hope over despair.
Before Diwali night, people clean, renovate and decorate

their homes and offices. On Diwali night Hindus dress up in
new clothes or their best outfits, light up diyas (lamps and
candles) inside and outside their home, and participate in
family puja to Lakshmi. After puja, fireworks follow, then a
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family feast including mithai (sweets), and an exchange of
gifts between family members and close friends. This
festival dedicated to Lakshmi is considered by Hindus to
be one of the most important and joyous festivals of the
year.
8.2. In Sahaja Yoga

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Adi Shakti incarnated on earth as Shri
Mahalakshmi, who assumes many other forms: as
Shri Gauri (She created Shri Ganesha), as Shri
Parvati (the shakti of Shri Shiva), as Shri Sita (the
shakti of Shri Rama), as Shri Radha (the shakti of
Shri Krishna), as Shri Mary (the Mother and Shakti
of Shri Jesus).
“Shri Lakshmi is the symbol of the

completeness of womanhood, She brings
wealth, prosperity, auspiciousness, She
brings in understanding, generosity, peace
and joy, She is the giver of all the blessings.
The symbol of Lakshmi is that She stands
on the lotus which is pink in colour. Pink
colour is the warmth of her Motherhood.”
Diwali Puja, Romania,
25.10.1992.
“In Sahaja Yoga you don't have to sacrifice

anything, you don't have to give up
anything. You just get good health, you get
good balance because ‘Lakshmi Tatva'
improves, you get complete satisfaction in
your life. You become peaceful. You become
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witness of everything. You become
aesthetically rich. You become a complete
integrated personality and such dynamism
within you comes in that you are not afraid
of anyone.”
Public Program, Mumbai, India, 1998
“But Lakshmi doesn't give you all this

imbalance. Such a man has to be extremely
balanced because beyond that is the step of
Mahalakshmi where your seeking starts,
where you become a seeker. You go beyond
Lakshmi Principle and this Mahalakshmi
Principle starts coming into it.”
Diwali Puja, Lisbon, Portugal, 02.11.1997
"But the most important thing is to keep

your Mahalakshmi principle clean and
open.... A woman who is Mahalakshmi, is a
very good housewife, very good queen, Raja
Lakshmi. There are eight forms of Lakshmi,
which are to be expressed and manifested
by a Sahaja Yogini. And the men must
respect this Mahalakshmi principle within
them. First of all, they have to be dharmic,
and the basis of dharma is respect... and
dedication. If you cannot surrender and
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detach, you cannot enter into Mahalakshmi.
Either you will be money-oriented or power-
oriented. You have to be detached from
money and power. Then Mahalakshmi
principle starts working and you become a
seeker. On every chakra Mahalakshmi gives
you Her blessings, but at the Sahasrara She
gives you the collective consciousness. She
gives you depth in Sahaja Yoga practice and
understanding.”
Mahalakshmi Puja, Sofia, Bulgaria, 08.09.1993
“So Mahalakshmi Principle is such that

where seeking is important, Vishnu
Principle is there ,when Shri Lakshmi is His
power. After getting the Lakshmi up to a
certain point, then you jump into a new
awareness or a new sort of a seeking which
is the seeking of the Spirit where the
Mahalakshmi principle starts, the central
path.”
Vishnumaya Puja, Shawnee, USA, 19.09.1992
“The Mother of Jesus Christ was the

Goddess Mahalakshmi herself. Mother Mary
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is none other than the Goddess
Mahalakshmi. She is the Adi Shakti ,the
Primordial Mother. Therefore, Jesus Christ
used to address his Mother as the Holy
Ghost.”
Shri Kundalini Shakti and Jesus Christ, Mumbai, India, 26.09.1979
“You see, it is called as Gruhalakshmi

because She is the one who fixes the speed
in the household; She's the one who knows
how to fix if She's a Gruha Lakshmi, if She's
the one who is really a housewife.”
Darshan at Ashram, Australia, 25.03.1981
“When we talk of Diwali, we should

understand that why on a Diwali day we
have all these lights. What is the
combination of lights and the Lakshmi, who
was born in the water, who stands in the
water? Why this combination is there? She
was standing in the water, as we know, a
symbol of prosperity. (...)
So the lights are there, that all the people
who have Lakshmi’s blessings must
enlighten themselves, must have lights, and
they should enlighten others also. (...) As I
have told you before also, a person who has
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Lakshmi should have a house where
everybody is invited. (...) Then there is
another Lakshmi called as Gajalakshmi.
Actually Gaja means elephant. What is the
quality of an elephant is that the elephant
walks with a certain gait, which is the
movement on both the sides.”
Diwali Puja, Los Angeles, USA, 29.10.2000
„Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Mahalakshmi

namoh namaha.“
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9. DURGA
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The word "durga" in Sanskrit means: a fort, or a place

which is difficult to overrun. Another meaning of "durga" is
"Durgatinashini," which literally translates into "the one
who eliminates sufferings." Thus, Hindus believe
that Goddess Durga protects her devotees from the evils
of the world and at the same time removes their miseries.
Durgā ("Invincible") is the principal form of the Mother

Goddess. She is known by a variety of names - including
Amba, Ambika, Jagadamba, Parvati, Shakti,
Adishakti, Parashakti and Devi.
She is pure energy (referred to as "Shakti"). At times of

distress, such as when Mahishasura terrorised the
universe, She manifests herself in divine form to protect
the world. Hence, Durga is also known as Mahishasura
Mardini (the annihilator of Mahishasura).
The “ Devi Puranas” state that Durga is the warrior

manifestation of Goddess Adishakti.
Durga's Three Eyes
Like Shiva, Mother Durga is also referred to as

"Triyambake" meaning: the three eyed Goddess. The left
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eye represents desire (the moon), the right eye represents
action (the sun), and the central eye knowledge (fire).
Durga's Vehicle - the Lion
The lion represents power, will and determination. Mother

Durga riding the lion symbolises her mastery over all these
qualities. This suggests to the devotee that one has to
possess all these qualities to get over the demon of ego.
Durga's Many Weapons
 The conch shell in Durga's hand symbolizes the

'Pranava' or the mystic word 'Om', which indicates her
holding on to God in the form of sound.
 The bow and arrows represent energy. By holding
both the bow and arrows in one hand "Mother Durga" is
indicating her control over both aspects of energy -
potential and kinetic.
 The thunderbolt signifies firmness. The devotee of
Durga must be firm like thunderbolt in one's convictions.
Like the thunderbolt that can break anything against
which it strikes, without being affected itself, the devotee
needs to attack a challenge without losing his confidence.
 The lotus in Durga's hand is not in full bloom, it is
symbolizing certainty of success but not finality. The lotus
in Sanskrit is called "pankaja" which means born of mud.
Thus, the lotus stands for the continuous evolution of the
spiritual quality of devotees amidst the worldly mud of lust
and greed.
 The "Sudarshan-Chakra" or beautiful discus, which
spins around the index finger of the Goddess, signifies that
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the entire world is subservient to the will of Durga and is
at Her command. She uses this unfailing weapon to
destroy evil and produce an environment conducive to the
growth of righteousness.
 The sword that Durga holds in one of her hands,
symbolizes knowledge, which has the sharpness of a
sword. Knowledge which is free from all doubts, is
symbolized by the shine of the sword.
 Durga's trident or "trishul" is a symbol of three
qualities - Satwa (inactivity), Rajas (activity) and Tamas
(non-activity) - and She is remover of all the three types of
miseries - physical, mental and spiritual.
The universal mother seems to be saying to all her

devotees: "Surrender all actions and duties onto me and I
shall release thee from all fears".
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What's the Significance of Navratri?
“Nava-ratri" literally means "nine nights of worship to

Durga." This festival is observed twice a year, once in the
beginning of summer and again at the onset of winter.
During Navaratri, we invoke the energy aspect of God in
the form of the Universal Mother, commonly referred to as
"Durga," which literally means: the remover of miseries of
life. She is also referred to as "Devi" (Goddess) or "Shakti"
(energy or power). It is this energy, which helps God to
proceed with the work of creation, preservation and
destruction. In other words, you can say that God is
motionless, absolutely changeless and the Divine Mother
Durga does everything. Truly speaking, our worship of
Shakti re-confirms the scientific theory that energy is
imperishable. It cannot be created or destroyed. It is
always there.
Durga is worshipped in ten forms:

Kushmanda, Chandraghanta, Brachmacharini, Shailaputri,
Chandika, Chamunda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalaratri,
Mahagauri, Mahakali and many others.
The actual period of worship however may be on the

preceding nine days (Navaratri). Nine aspects of Durga
known as Navadurga are meditated upon = Dussera
Navaratri.
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DEVI MAHTMYAM
The gods lost their empire to two great antigods (asuras),
Shumbha and Nishumbha and prayed to the Goddess for
help. Needless to say, the ever compassionate Devi took
on these proud antigods and vanquished them utterly. To
this end, she assembled an entire army of Shaktis, similar
to Her and when things became very tough,
projected Kalika out of her third eye. She is called Durga
because she slayed the son of the arch-demon Durga, son
of Ruru. The goddess also takes the forms of Kali,
Sarasvati and Vaishnavi, representing the three gunas, to
subdue the host of demons.
As Lalita, she subdued the demonic Bhandasura at the

request of the gods, who then built the Shri Yantra to
celebrate her greatness.
TheShri Chakra Yantra is a mandala formed by nine

interlocking triangles. Four of these triangles are oriented
upright, representing Shiva or the masculine. Five of these
triangles are inverted triangles representing Shakti, or the
feminine. Together, the nine triangles form a web symbolic
of the entire cosmos, a womb symbolic of creation, and
together express Advaita Vedanta or non-duality
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“Armed with celestial weapons, gifted by
the deities and decked with divine
ornaments, Durga rode into the battle field
and challenged the demons for battle.
Mahishasura's entire army, led by demons
like Chikshur, Chamar, Asiloma, Vidalaksha,
Durdhara, Durmukha, Mahahanu and many
more, attacked Durga simultaneously. But
Durga slew all of them with unparalleled
fearlessness. An enraged Mahishasura
attacked Durga in the guise of a buffalo.
But Durga bound him in this form with
ropes. The buffalo then morphed into a lion
and leapt on Durga, but She beheaded it
with Her sword. At this, Mahishasura began
to fight with his sword. Durga pinned him
down with a torrent of arrows. Mahishasura
assumed the form of a giant elephant and
tugged at Durga's mount, itself a lion.
Durga lopped off the trunk of the elephant
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with Her sword and freed Her lion. The
elephant turned into a buffalo and charged
at Durga. Durga flung Her trident and
beheaded Mahishasura, finally killing him.”
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The metaphor is that she is cruel to the demonic; that is to
say to the proud ego of man.
The hymn to Durga in the Mahabharata contains the

verses (shlokas):
"I salute Thee, leader of Yogis,

one with the Brahman,
Salutation to Thee, Bhadrakali.
Reverence to Thee, Mahakali,
Chandi, Fearless one. Salutation
to Thee,
Saviour imbued with all good
fortune."
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Saptashringatampel, Nashik,
Maharashtra
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KALI and KALI YUGA
In Indian tratition
Who is Kali?
Kali is the fearful and ferocious form of the Mother Goddess.

She assumed the form of a powerful Goddess and became
popular with the composition of the Devi Mahatmyam, a text
of the 5th - 6th century AD. Here She is depicted as having
been born from the brow of Goddess Durga during one of
her battles with the evil forces. As the legend goes, in the
battle Kali was so much involved in the killing spree that she
got carried away and began destroying everything in sight.
The Fearful Symmetry
Kali is represented with perhaps the fiercest features

amongst all the world's deities. She has four arms, with a
sword in one hand and the head of a demon in another. The
other two hands bless her worshippers, and say: "fear not"!
She has two dead heads for her earrings, a string of skulls as
necklace, and a girdle made of human hands as her clothing.
Her tongue protrudes from her mouth, her eyes are red, and
her face and breasts are sullied with blood. She stands with
one foot on the thigh, and another on the chest of her
husband, Shiva.
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Awesome Symbols!
Kali's fierce form is strewed with awesome symbols. Her

black complexion symbolizes her all-embracing and
transcendental nature. Says the Mahanirvana Tantra: "Just
as all colors disappear in black, so all names and forms
disappear in Her". Her nudity is primeval, fundamental, and
transparent like nature — the earth, sea, and sky. Kali is free
from the illusory covering, for She is beyond all maya or
"false consciousness." Kali's garland of fifty human heads
that stands for the fifty letters in the Sanskrit alphabet,
symbolizes infinite knowledge.
Her girdle of severed human hands signifies work and

liberation from the cycle of karma. Her white teeth show her
inner purity, and her red lolling tongue indicates her
omnivorous nature: "Her indiscriminate enjoyment of all the
world's 'flavors'." Her sword is the destroyer of false
consciousness and the eight bonds that bind us.
Her three eyes represent past, present, and future — the

three modes of time — an attribute that lies in the very name
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Kali ('kala' in Sanskrit means time). Kali is so called
because She devours Kala (time) and then resumes Her own
dark formlessness.
Kali's proximity to cremation grounds, where the five
elements or "Pancha Mahabhuta" come together, and all
worldly attachments are absolved, again points to the cycle
of birth and death. The reclined Shiva lying prostrate under
the feet of Kali suggests that without the power of Kali
(Shakti), Shiva is inert.
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9.2 In Sahaja Yoga
“Tonight we have gathered here to do the

Puja to the Devi, that is Mahakali we can
call her, or Durga. So many types of forms
She has taken to kill the negative forces
that are trying to trouble or to obstruct or
even to grow the people who were gentle
and good. Her forms are of different types
that we know about, that She destroyed so
many rakshasas. She destroyed many evil
doers. Also, we do not know that in the
world wars that we had ,She was there to
protect the right type of people and that's
how they all survived the ill plan, the ill
gotten plan of very cruel and evil people.
The evil people have a capacity to hate and
to express their hatred in every way that is
possible. They are really born evil and there
are also who become evil. When they are
born evil ,you can make them out that their
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whole style is so aggressive and so
vindictive about things; but hatred has no
limits, no limits at all ,because if they hate
someone, then just to justify that hatred
they will say all kinds of things, just to
justify. But sometimes they don't even want
to justify, they just feel that they hate and
it's a fundamental right they have got to
hate. But these forces join together
sometimes to form a giant personality of
evil ,which tries to torture the human
beings and trouble them. They might take
any name, they might call themselves by
anything ,but they are absolutely hundred
percent evil and for such persons there is
no pity or compassion from the God
Almighty. These are to be destroyed and
that is the job of the Goddess, to destroy
them, who is a Mother, full of compassion
and love. (...)
First and foremost thing She does ,is to
protect us. Wherever you may be, whatever
you may be doing, in whatever peril you
may be, how-so-ever dangerously you may
be placed in life, She protects you.”
Navaratri Puja, Cabella, Italy, 17.10.1999
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“Shakti manifested itself on the right side
as Savitri and Gayatri, but the destroying
force was manifested in the centre. In the
form of Durga and Her other forms
manifested in heart chakra. She is present
there. If someone hurts you, confuses or
disturbs you ,then this power will protect
you and destroy your enemy. When
Kundalini rises and reaches the heart
chakra, then it manifests and becomes
more powerful and effective because
Kundalini is Jagadamba. In Sahaja Yoga
when Kundalini is awakened ,it settles in
heart chakra. It protects you and takes care
of you nicely. No one could harm you at all,
if you keep the Mother in your heart. The
power of the Mother always protects the
children. Whenever there is some danger, it
is mentioned in medical terminology that
the sternum bone starts shaking and
antibodies that are present all around , get
alarmed. In Sahaja language these
antibodies are called Ganas. They get ready
to fight it out. She is the Empress of these
Ganas. They follow Her commands, as there
is no difference between Shri Ganesha and
Devi. Both are so identified. Ganesha is Her
Son (…).
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This Divine force makes us recognize the
incarnation. This power is your Guru, your
Mother and your Guide. There is no need to
follow any other power. Once you have
accepted this Divine force ,it will make you
understand all other incarnations.”
Gudi Padawa Puja, Noida Bhavan, India, 05.04.2000
“They [the ganas] report to the brain that

there is a problem and on the sternum bone
is the residence or you can say the throne
of the Goddess Durga.”
“Some Sahaja Yogis still remain on the

periphery. There's sometimes still a very
big gap between some who have reached
great heights and some who are outside. All
these are negative forces, which were killed
long time back. Only one Shakti was
sufficient to kill them: Kali Shakti, Durga
Shakti, but you have so many of them, you
have Mahalakshmi Shakti, you've got
Saraswati Shakti, you've all the twelve
Deities are there working for you, so
realising it is the meaning that you must
have complete faith in yourself, (...).”
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Devi Puja, Margate, UK, 08.10.1989
“Now you are worshipping today the

Durga ,or all the nine forms of the Goddess.
She came nine times on this Earth
according to this, that she fought all the
people who were destroying the seekers,
who were trying to make a mess of their
lives and these tortured saints when they
prayed to the Goddess - because none of
the Gods could do anything and Sadashiva
is never interfering with what the Goddess
is doing. So they worshipped the Bhagawati
and then the incarnation of Hers came nine
times according to the need of the time. So
every time you find Her confronting people
who are extremely arrogant, self-
opinionated, thinking no end of themselves
and the bhaktas are tortured by these self
opinionated horrible rakshasas.”
Navaratri Puja, Cabella, Italy, 27.09.1992
THE DEVI – MAHAKALI

Mahakali , literally translated as Great Kali, is
the Hindu Goddess of time and death, considered to be the
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consort of Shiva, the God of consciousness and the basis
of reality and existence. Mahakali is the form of the
Goddess Durga (Parvati) beyond time, Kali, who is the
force of the anger of Durga and is an aspect of Durga
or Adi Parashakti, and therefore Her color is black. She is
believed to be the greatest aspect of Kali, whom many
Hindus hold as a Divine Mother.
She is variously portrayed as the Adishakti-Goddess Durga,

the Primeval Force of the Universe, identical with the
Ultimate Reality or Brahman. She is also known as the
(female) Prakriti or ‘world’, as opposed to the
(male) Purusha or ‘consciousness’, or as one of three
manifestations of Mahadevi Durga (the Great Goddess)
that represent the three gunas or attributes
in Samkhya philosophy. In this interpretation Mahakali
represents Tamas or the force of inertia.
A common understanding of the Devi Mahatmya

("Greatness of the Goddess") -text is considered a core
text of Shaktism (the branch of Hinduism which
considers Devi Durga to be the highest aspect
of Godhead), assigns a different form of the Goddess
(Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali) to each of
the three episodes therein.
“This time we are not talking about Adi

shakti, about Kundalini or about Saraswati,
Mahalakshmi. We are talking about the
Mahakali. That's the Goddess which is the
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first one, which comes first and establishes
Shri Ganesha in the form of Gauri. She’s the
complete form of Mahasaraswati and
Mahalakshsmi. Out of Her only these
energies emit. (...)
Now what does the Devi do? She brings the
truth before them. She shows that what you
have been doing for a particular
exploitation, doesn’t work out. After a point
it does. She exposes them. The exposure
starts and with that exposure, they’re
surprised. “How am I exposed? How am I
caught, how people know?“ This is the job
of the power of Mahakali. She exposes all
that is wrong, all that is falsehood, that is
untruth, She exposes.”
Mahakali Puja, France, 11.07.1983
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Bhadrakālī
(literally "Good Kali,")is a Hindu goddess popular
in Southern India. She is one of the fierce forms of the
Great Goddess (Devi) mentioned in the Devi Mahatmyam.
Bhadrakali is the popular form of Devi, worshipped
in Kerala as Shri Bhadrakali and Kariam Kali Murti Devi. In
Kerala she is seen as the auspicious and fortunate form
of Kali who protects the good.
Kali and Kali Yuga in Sahaja Yoga

“The story about Kali Yuga is also told in another
Purana, Damayanti Purana. Where Damayanti,
the wife of Nala, was separated from him,
because of the same illusions created by Kali. So
one day it happened that Nala got hold of this
horrible Kali and he said that: “Now I am going to
strangle you and finish you up.” So Kali said:
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“’You can do it, but first listen to my importance,
my Mahatmaya, what importance I have, why I
am here?” So he waited. He said: “Now agree, if
you listen to me ,I will tell you. When I will come
and I will rule the world, means when there will
be Kali Yuga, people will get into Bhranti, means
illusions. They will not know whether this is truth
or not and they will then try to seek the truth.
But not only the people, those who go to jungles
and those who renounce everything, but there
will be another type, the same people who are
doing this kind of seeking will, in the Kaliyuga,
take birth and will be normal householders and
they will get into these illusions, then only they
will start seeking, realizing that: it is untruth and
they will seek the truth at that time. At that time
only they will get their self-realization.” He told it
very clearly, thousands of years back. So Kali
Yuga is the time where people can get their self-
realization.”
Diwali Puja, Greece, 07.1A1.1999
“Today is the day of the Devi Puja and on

this day the power of Kali acts and She is
the one called as Samhara Kali, meaning
the one who destroys all the evil forces.”
Devi Puja, Margate, UK, 08.10.1989
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“So what we are really worshipping today is
Mahasaraswati Power and Mahakali Power
both put together. So now we've started
combining things, not individually. Now
these two energies are very important.”
Lalita and Shri Chakra Puja, Brahmapuri, India, 17.12.1990
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Durga Mata sakshat,

namaha.”
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Jagadamba sakshat,

namaha.”
10. SHIVA and PARVATI
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Shiva is the God of destruction, generally portrayed as a

yogin who lives on Mount Kailasa in the Himalayas. His
body is smeared with ashes (represent the end of material
existence), his hair piled up in matted locks from which
flows the sacred river Ganga. He wears a tiger skin and
carries a trident (trishula: represents the three gunas). A
cobra often serves as his garland and the crescent moon
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as his hair ornament. He has a third eye, kept closed in the
middle of his forehead, a rum, an axe, the Ganas and Nandi
(the bull as mount of Shiva) . He has a blue throat. He may
be surrounded by his beautiful wife Parvati, and their two
sons, the six-faced Skanda (Kartikeya) and the elephant-
headed Ganesha.
The ancient name of Shiva is Rudra, the Wild God.
In the Vedas and the Puranas Brahma is described as the

creator, Vishnu as the sustainer of evolution and Shiva as
the destroyer of creation at the end of time (pralaya).
Shiva is also seen as the destroyer of negativity and the
transformer of people.
Later on different ‘sects’ have developed in essentially

Shivaism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism.
Shiva, meaning “the auspiscious one”, is also known as

“Mahadevi”: the great Devi, the Lord of Lords, or
Maheshvara: great Lord, or Parameshavara: Supreme Lord.
At the highest level, Shiva is regarded as limitless,
transcendent, unchanging and formless. In benevolent
aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives
an ascetic life on Mount Kailash. And in fierce aspects, he
is often depicted slaying demons. Shiva is also regarded
as the patron god of yoga and arts.
One of the most important Shivaites is Adi Shankaracharya.
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Excavations in Mohenjodaro and Harappa reveal an
important fact, viz., that Shivaism has a history
going back to the Chalcolithic age or even further
still, and that it thus takes its place as the most
ancient living faith in the world.
(In Vedic scriptures occurs frequently the God Indra, who

was later in history largely replaced by Shiva. Indra is the
God of thunder, being similar in many ways to the Teutonic
Thor (Old Norse Þorr; Old English Þunor; German Donner),
or Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter. His characteristic
weapon is the cudgel vajra ('thunder-bolt'), just as Thor's
is the famous hammer Mjöllnir. Shri Indra is the pre-
eminent drinker of the divine soma (the madhu or 'mead'
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of the gods), the imbibing of which exhilerates him and
aids him in his heroic actions.)
10.2 In Sahaja Yoga

The left heart chakra is the seat of Shri Shiva, the
reflection of Sadashiva, of God Almighty, within us.
“I have told you about the origin before.

Because on the day of Mahashivratri, when
there is a talk about Shivji, then it has to
begin with origin. How much He is
primordial, means when there is a first
manifestation of form of God Almighty. (...))
Existence comes from the power of

Sadashiva.
(...) In the same way Sadashiva being
Atmaswaroopa – in the form of Spirit,
resides in our heart. (...) The form of Shivji,
He is an absolute Sanyasi-ascetic. (...)
While drinking the poison of the whole

world, you all know this, that He drank the
whole poison in the beginning and whatever
is the poison of the world, drinking thάt, He
keeps this world cool and gives happiness
to the world. (...)He also drinks ego which is
there in human beings and that is how He
protects this world from egoist people. (...)
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But He has a very big, a very extraordinary
power, which is not there in any deity and
that is the power of forgiveness. He can
also forgive the greatest of evils, to whom
Ganeshji cannot forgive, to whom Jesus
cannot forgive, even these can be forgiven
by Sadashiva.
Today is the day of celebrating happiness,

because He drank all the poison of the
world, whatever was non-benevolent,
whatever was sin, whatever was evil spread
in the world, He consumed all of them.”
Mahashivaratri Puja: Utpatti – Adi Shakti aur Shiva ka Swaroop, Mumbai,

India [Talk in Hindi Version ], 29.02.1976
“People are doing all kinds of things, they

are drinking, they are playing the money
business. All kinds of things they are doing
without having any fear of the wrath of
God. And that wrath comes from Shiva. (...)
Then Shiva is with you. But if you indulge
into all such nonsensical things, it is self-
destructive, I must say. But to the Self,
which is destructive, is the power of Shiva.
What we call the Self here, is the power of
Shiva.”
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“Shiva Tattva is the destination. A second
the path is made by Lord Vishnu. This
central path is the creation of Lord Vishnu
and the Adi Shakti; Lord Shiva has no role
in it: He sits comfortably in His Seat,
without bothering for anybody; if someone
wishes to come, may come. To attain Shiv
Tattva we should go through this Vishnu
path (Sushumna path) and correct all the
centres that are created on it. When the
centres are cleansed, the Vishnu path
opens up and our ascent begins. Many a
times I have told about all these centres.
There is a centre in heart, which we call
`Left Heart'. This is not the centre of the
heart. In a way it is the reflection of Shri
Mahadeva in the heart. The abode of Shiva
is above our minds and thoughts.
The powers of Shiva are limitless.
But the person who does not basically want
to get improved, Lord Shiva sets him right.
It’s true. That's why we should be scared of
Him: "Bhayankara" (fearful, terrifying) is
one of His names. Because in anger He
forgives none. But the worst of His anger
(kopa) is at the time of pralaya, in the night
of doom. At that time He destroys
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everything with His anger. I told you that it
is the last judgment: which path you take
to, where you go, whatever you do, it is
fully recorded in you. According to your
deeds, you go to hell or to heaven. It is Lord
Shiva who sends people to hell; I do not do
that. I have nothing to do with (naraka)
hell. But Shiva will take the person from his
legs and throw him in the hell.
Lord Shiva is the eleven Rudras of Jesus
Christ.
The first and foremost blessing of Lord
Shiva is that He gives you joy, fills your
being with joy. Only the chanting of His
name makes one joyful, but people behave
opposite to it. They do not behave in the
expected manner. I am very surprised that
the people whom we think to be Shiva
bhaktas (devotees), how could they be so
dry? They could not be. There could also be
one more reason for it. Those who keep
over busy all the time, they become right
sided. Such people get disconnected from
Lord Shiva and then He shows His powers.
You know it already that Goddess Saraswati
is the sister of Lord Shiva. The worshippers
of Saraswati, the people who are busy in
acquiring knowledge, those who are keen
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seekers of art, should know that She is the
sister of Lord Shiva; that Sister's
relationship is very important. If you try to
go against Her, create impure literature or
bad books and thus misuse your knowledge,
then Lord Shiva punishes you with heavy
hand. His sister is very important to Him
and going against Her is a terrible sin. For
Adishakti too, Lord Shiva has very rigid
rules and protocols.”
“There is such a difference between Shiva

and Shakti in their whole attitude. Because
Shiva is absolutely a liberated personality,
He's not bothered. If the people are
indulging into wrong things, He'll destroy -
finished! He doesn't want to cure, He
doesn't want to improve, nothing of the
kind. But for the Shakti it is important,
because this is Her child, this universe is
Her child. All this is created by Her, so
naturally She is worried and She doesn't
like people who try to take to mean things
and nonsense.
Another thing is that Shiva respects a
person who has a good character; a person
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with a good character. And if anyone is a
bad character or indulges into bad things,
Shiva won't spare them. So the Shakti
creates, protects, looks after them, brings
them up. But Shiva is sitting there, just to
destroy! Very important, this destruction is
very important. The Shakti doesn't show
those qualities. She may destroy some
rakshasas, but He can destroy nations after
nations.
First of all the ego you have - who will
destroy that? That too somehow. Shiva is in
your Sahasrara. He is sitting in the
Sahasrara; now remember, on top of
everything.”
“What is Ekadesha? Is nothing but the

eleven powers of Shiva.
Now these are eleven powers of Shiva, very
well described. Now these powers start
working on people, even on Sahaja Yogis, if
they do not follow the principle of Sahaja
Yoga. He is, I should say, watching
everything. Every part of your life He
watches. How you behave, what you do,
what is your dharma - He watches all that.
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And so many saints have warned you, so
many incarnations have warned you; but I
tell you, if you don't listen to them, then
Shiva is not going to listen. He doesn't
listen to anyone. If He's angry, He's angry.
Whatever it is, very difficult to convince Him
that: 'Please spare this person, it's alright.
Forgive.' But His basic quality is
forgiveness, can you imagine. His basic
quality is forgiveness. But if He doesn't
forgive, then you are finished. Up to a point
maybe He might forgive, but after that ..
It's a very, very difficult situation.
We have to understand that we are all
surrounded by their powers, we are all
made by their powers, is the Shakti who is
protecting you. But to an extent. She
cannot go above Shiva, She cannot cross
Him.
And one thing about Shiva, He has no
conditioning of anything, nothing. That's
why they call Him a must maller(?) - He is
not at all conditioned.
So, we should know that Shiva is the
poorest man, purest God. He doesn't wear
any alankaras, He doesn't wear anything,
just He lives with His own body. Because He
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is nothing but embodiment of enjoyment,
nothing but complete form of enjoyment
and joy.”
“There’s a power, the third eye of Shiva,

which is looking after you. Wherever you
are going, He is with you. That doesn’t
mean that you become stupid … It doesn’t
mean that you are not practical. All that is
taken over … by the practical side, by the
power of Shiva. His guidance, His love, His
kindness, you can see at every, every step
of life. But first of all, watch your steps. Are
you aggressive? Are you troublesome? Do
you say harsh things to others? Or are you
humble? Are you gentle? And if you are
kind, He is very much pleased.”
Mahashivaratri Puja, India, 2001
“In India, one has to live according to Indian

culture. Your life style should remain
connected to lndian culture, because in it
great importance is given to Shiva Tattva.
Shiva Tattva has created all our maryadas.
The moment we stop following these
maryadas, we are finished. All these
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rnaryadas are because of the grace of Lord
Shiva. Whatever has been told to us so far,
do not do this, do not do that, Shiva has
created all these 'maryadas'. He is so much
concerned about His maryadas. The
moment you disobey them, you get
affected.
Lord Shiva is the ocean of love, He bestows
boons even on rakshasas.”
“So Ravana went to Shiva and Shiva said:

"What do you want? Why are you doing all
this to yourself?" So he said that: "I want to
have a blessing". He said: "What blessing?"
“First you promise that whatever I ask for,
you will give me." He said: "Of course. If it
is in My power, I'll give". It's a very
interesting story. So he said: "I want to
have your wife". Because he knew His wife
is Adi Shakti, and if he gets the Adi Shakti
[in Her form as Sita] as a partner with him,
he can do wonders. So he asked that: "I
should get your wife as my partner". Now, it
was very difficult, you see, for Him to take
such a decision to give in to this devil, but
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in compassion He did it. And all these
events ,you see, really show that how His
compassion works out things.
In meditating on your heart, on the Shiva
Tatwa, on the principle of Shiva, you can
definitely detach, and then the joy will be
the maximum, joy will be the maximum.
In Sahaja Yoga there's no question of
suppression. You become innocent, just
become innocent. That is the principle of
Shiva. This Sahaj culture is in the centre. It
has neither too much of licentiousness nor
too much of suppression, but it is in the
centre, which is the Shiva's greatest
principle, is to be innocent.”
Shivaratri Puja, Castle Mountain, Sydney, Australia, 26.02.1995
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About Mecca
“Same with this black stone. So, Mohamed Saheb

found out that this is a Meccashwar Shiva and so
the people have to go round to achieve Shiva's
blessings. But, it became a ritual. The whole
thing became like a ritual and nobody could go
further from that ritual.”
Easter Puja, Turkey, 23.04.2000
“Mecca is Makeshwarashiv – it’s a Shiva. Why did

Mohammed Sahib ask people to worship a stone -
he didn´t believe in stones, he was against all
kinds of idol worship, then why did he say: ‘This
black stone, which is there, has to be worshipped
- for that people have to go there.’ What was the
reason? Because he could feel the vibrations, he
could feel that it’s a Swayambhu - so he said it.
So all the Moslims like mad are going there. By
going there nobody has improved; I have not
seen anybody improve by going to Mecca. It’s
just a kind of a ritual; they think if they go there,
when they will die tomorrow, they will tell:
God :’See, now we have a certificate, we have
been to Mecca.’”
Adi Shakti Puja, Cabella, Italy, 26.05.1997
“And the Druids, those who had the

manifestation of the Stonehenge and all that, are
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originated from that time, in this great country of
Shiva, or the Spirit [the United Kingdom].”
Awakening the Guru-Principle Seminar, Lodge Hill, UK, 24.07.1983
The symbol by which Shiva is venerated is the Lingam:
A naturaly formed lingam in India
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“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Shiva Parvati
namoh namaha.”
BHAIRAVA
Bhairava is a fierce manifestation of Shiva associated with
annihilation.
Bhairava means: terribly fearful

form. The right interpretation is that he protects his
devotees from dreadful enemies, greed, lust and anger.
These enemies are dangerous as they never allow us to
seek God within.
Bhairavi is the consort of Kala Bhairava. Bhairava is also

called as protector, as he guards the eight directions of
the universe. In all Hindu temples, there will be a Bhairava
idol. This Bhairava is the protector of the temple. In Shiva
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temples, when the temple is closed, the keys are placed
before Bhairava. He is also described as the protector of
the timid and in general women who are timid in nature.
The translation of Shri Mataji
“I said: "You take Bhairava's name, sit with

your left hand towards the photograph and
right hand on the Mother Earth and that's
how all your bhoots of negativity will go
away."
So Bhairava always has a light in His hand -
always light in His hand - and He runs up
and down Ida Nadi to make light for you to
see that there's nothing negative. And this
negativity comes to us by many ways. One
of the negativities are that: "This is mine",
like: "My child, my husband, my property," -
MY.
So then, you see, once you get attached in
this manner, what you find (is) that your
children also become negative.
But if you want to be positive, it is very
easy and for that you should see: WHERE IS
YOUR ATTENTION? Are you only seeing
problems or you are seeing some FUN in it?
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So today I am very happy that we are
worshipping Shri Bhairava because He is
very much connected with Ganesha. As you
know, Shri Ganesha is at the Mooladhara,
while Bhairava moves onto the left side and
goes to the right side. So all kinds of
conditionings, all kinds of habits, can be
conquered through the help of
Bhairavanath.
Ida-Nadi is on our left side and and
manifests the power of Saint Michael or Shri
Bhairava. Obviously, chanting the mantra of
their names relieves any trouble or
constriction on the Ida Nadi.”
Bhairavanath Puja, Garlati, Italy, 06.08.1989
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Bhairava sakshat,

namaha.”
11. RAMA and SITA
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Rama or Ramachandra is the seventh avatar (incarnation)

of Vishnu. He is the central figure of the Hindu epic
Ramayana. Born as the eldest son of Kausalya and
Dasharata, king of Ayodhya, Rama is referred to as
Maryada Purushottama, literally: the perfect Man, or Lord
of Self-control, or Lord of Virtue. His wife Sita is
considered by Hindus to be an avatar of Lakshmi and the
embodiment of a great woman.
Rama’s life and journey is one of adherence to dharma,

despite harsh tests and obstacles and many pains of life.
For the sake of his father’s honour, Rama abandons his
claim to Ayodhya’s throne to serve an exile of fourteen
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years in the forest. His wife Sita and brother Lakskmana
decide to join him, and all three spend the fourteen years
in exile together. While in exile, Sita is kidnapped by
Ravana, the rakshasa monarch of Lanka (current day Sri
Lanka). After a long and arduous search, Rama fights a
colossal war against Ravana’s armies. In a war of powerful
and magical beings, greatly destructive weaponry and
battles, Rama slays Ravana in battle and liberates his
wife. Completed his exile, Rama returns to be crowned
king in Ayodhya and eventually becomes emperor, rules
with happiness, peace, duty, prosperity and justice: a
period known as Rama Rajya.
If there was no Ravanna, there

would’nt have been Rama and Sita.
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The Ramayana
The Ramayana is a Sanskrit epic poem ascribed to the
sage and poet Valmiki. It is regarded as one of the two
greatest works of Indian literature, along with the
Mahabharata. The Ramayana also plays an important role
in Hindu literature. It depicts the duties of relationships,
portraying ideal characters, like the ideal father, the ideal
servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal
king.
And ... Ravana was a realised soul, who became a

rakshasa ...
11.2 In Sahaja Yoga

Shri Rama resides in the right heart chakra; He
governs hamsa, lungs, throat, nose and ears from
the spiritual side. Shri Krishna is responsible for
the outside organs.
“So the right side was created by the

advent of Shri Rama, because He showed a
path of creating among people the
awareness that they should be ruled, that
they should not be anarchists. There should
be one head who should be able to
organize, coordinate and work out a
collective thing.
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Shri Rama not only propounded what was
good, but He followed that. He sacrificed for
that and He established His own symbol as
a pure symbol of that righteous will, which
is within the people, which is the collective
righteous will.
Rama's tattva principle is only improved
when you put all the things into action; that
exactly Shri Rama did. So in the ascent of
man, when he came up to Rama's place, the
advent of Rama was not in the centre, but
on the right hand side. He moved aside. (...)
He was an incarnation. His brother knew
about it. Now He had two brothers. Very
interesting. I mean He had other brothers
also, but Bharat and Lakshmana show the
two sides of a human being. One was
Lakshmana and he was a fiery type, you
see. He couldn't bear anybody misbehaving
towards Rama. He couldn't bear anybody
talking in a very mundane way to Shri
Rama, and He used to get so angry with all
these people that (...) tried to say anything
about Shri Rama. (...) He is the Shésha as
they call it, the serpent which sleeps on the
Bhavasagara, on which Shri Vishnu rests.
The same Shésha had taken birth as Shri
Lakshmana.
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But the other one is very interesting, is that
of Bharata. Shri Rama bestowed the
kingdom on Him, because of His mother's
agitation. He didn't know what to do, so He
went back to Rama and He said: "You take
back your kingdom. I don't want anything.
You are the one who should govern. Why
should I have it ?" So Rama said: "Alright,
you just be there in charge of the kingdom.
I have to obey My father, I have to obey My
mother because I have given them a
promise ?" So another great quality of Shri
Rama was that once a promise is given, it is
to be kept.
And this is another quality of Shri Rama, is
'sankocha'. There's no word for it in the
English language because you have
formality, which is a very insipid word to
describe sankocha.
Now to such an extent Shri Rama had this,
that there's a good story which is described
in the Ramayana written by Tulsidas
[Valmiki – see next quote]. Although he was
not a realised soul, he has brought out
some points very well. He says that Shri
Rama was shooting the arrows against the
heads of Ravana and he had ten heads, and
he had a boon that for every head that fell
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off, another head would grow. He had a
boon like that. So His brother said: "What
are you doing ? You know that he cannot
die by shooting the arrows at his head. You
have to put it in his heart, otherwise he will
not die." So the sankocha comes in and He
said: "See, in his heart he has got My wife,
because he loves her and She's sitting in his
heart. How can I hit him in the heart ? She'll
be hurt." See the delicacy of His
understanding. So the brother said: "Then
by hitting his head is he going to be
killed ?" He said: "You see, once his
attention goes towards his head his
attention will be withdrawn from his heart
and once the attention is withdrawn, my
wife will not be there any more. Then I'll hit
him and I'll kill him." So see, the sankosha,
then you will understand that how we are
rude and arrogant.”
Ram Navami, Chelsham Road, London, UK, 02.04.1982
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Ravana
“It is all nonsense, absolute nonsense,

because if you see that when Ravana died,
this was eight thousand years back. (...)
Now Shri Rama, the one who came on this
earth, first and foremost thing He did was
to make somebody to write His Ramayana.
That was a ‘Shudra’, he was a fisherman.
Valmiki was an ordinary fisherman who
wrote Ramayana. That proves Shri Rama
thought that He should show to the world
that a person who gets self realization, the
one who is ‘Atamsakshatkari’ is the real
‘Vidvana’, is the real ‘Pandita’ is the real
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‘Brahmin’ and not those people who just
say: “We are Brahmins”.
Shri Krishna and Shri Rama, both of them, were

great personalities and Shri Vishnu himself
incarnated on this earth to establish religion. At
the time of Shri Krishna the problem was that
Shri Rama's life was a very serious life of a great
saint. So Shri Krishna wanted to give a proper
shape and a proper evolutionary stage to that
religious life by saying it is a ‘Leela’ (play). And
that's why He had to do many things to make the
life much more easier and bubbling, not
sufferings and not feeling sorry for being born on
this earth. Rama suffered for us.”
“So Shri Rama came as Maryada

Purushottoma, means a person who has
with him a complete ideal of maryadas
(rules) and a benevolent king.”
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“Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Sita Rama
sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri
Nirmala Devi, namoh namaha.”
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12. HANUMAN
Hanuman is an ardent devotee of the

god Rama. He is a central figure in
the Hindu epic Ramayana. Lord Hanuman
participated in Rama's war against the
demon king Ravana.
Hanuman is often called the son of the
deity Vayu (Wind God). As a child,
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believing the sun to be a ripe mango,
Hanuman pursued it in order to eat it. From
Brahma he obtained the power of inducing
fear in enemies, of destroying fear in
friends, to be able to change his form at will
and to be able to easily travel wherever he
wished. Surya gave him two siddhis of
yoga ,namely "laghima" and "garima", to be
able to attain the smallest or to attain the
biggest form. Hanuman
meets Rama during the Rama's 14-year
exile. With his brother Lakshmana, Rama is
searching for his wife Sita who had been
abducted by Ravana.
After he finds Sita in captivity in a garden,
Hanuman reveals his identity to her,
reassures her that Rama has been looking
for her, and uplifts her spirits. He offers to
carry her back to Rama, but she refuses his
offer, saying it would be an insult to Rama
as his honour is at stake.
When Lakshmana is badly wounded during
the battle against Indrajit, Hanuman is sent
to fetch the Sanjivani, a powerful life-
restoring herb, from Dronagiri mountain in
the Himalayas, but, when he finds himself
unable to identify which herb it is, he lifts
the entire mountain and delivers it to the
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battlefield in Lanka. Sushena then identifies
and administers the herb, and Lakshmana is
saved. Rama embraces Hanuman, declaring
him as dear to him as his own brother.
“Hanu” means “jaw”. Hanuman has a scard on his jaw.
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yatra yatra raghunāthakīrtanaṃ tatra tatra kṛta mastakāñjalim
bāṣpavāriparipūrṇalocanaṃ mārutiṃ namata rākṣasāntakam
“Bow down to Hanumān, who is the slayer of

demons, and who is present with head
bowed and eyes full of flowing tears
wherever the fame of Rāma is sung.”
Hindus believe that Hanuman’s face brings peace of

mind and chases bad spirits. Hanuman temples are
believed to keep the area and surroundings free
of rakshasas (demons) and other evil beings.
The RAMAYANA
When news of these events reaches Ravana, he resolves to
destroy Rama by capturing Sita with the aid of
the rakshasa Maricha. Maricha, assuming the form of a
golden deer, captivates Sita's attention. Entranced by the
beauty of the deer, Sita pleads with Rama to capture it.
Lord Rama, aware that this is the play of the demons,
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cannot dissuade Sita from her desire and chases the deer
into the forest, leaving Sita under Lakshmana's guard. After
some time, Sita hears Rama calling out to her; afraid for his
life, she insists that Lakshmana rush to his aid. Lakshmana
tries to assure her that Rama is invincible and that it is
best if he continues to follow Rama's orders to protect her.
On the verge of hysterics, Sita insists that it is not she but
Rama who needs Lakshmana's help. He obeys her wish, but
stipulates that she is not to leave the cottage or entertain
any strangers. He draws a chalk outline, the Lakshmana
rekha, around the cottage and casts a spell on it that
prevents anyone from entering the boundary but allows
people to exit. With the coast finally clear, Ravana appears
in the guise of an ascetic requesting Sita's hospitality.
Unaware of the devious plan of her guest, Sita is tricked
into leaving the rekha and is then forcibly carried away by
the evil Ravana.
Hanuman explores the demons' kingdom and spies on

Ravana. He locates Sita in ashoka grove, who is wooed and
threatened by Ravana and his rakshasis to marry Ravana.
He reassures her, giving Rama's signet ring as a sign of
good faith. He offers to carry Sita back to Rama; however
she refuses and says that it is not the dharma. She says
that Rama himself must come and avenge the insult of her
abduction.
Hanuman and his army of apes (incarnations of the gods)

build a bridge to Lanka: Adam's Bridge, also known
as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, is a chain of
limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as
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Rameswaram Island, off the north-western coast of Sri
Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a
former land connection between India and Sri Lanka. The
bridge is 30 miles (48 km) long
Nasa satellite photo of Adam’s Bridge, which was built

about 1,750,000 years ago.
The bridge was first mentioned in the

ancient Indian Sanskrit epic Ramayana of Valmiki. The
name Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu refers to the bridge built
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by the Vanara (ape men) army of Rama, which he used to
reach Lanka and rescue his wife Sita from
the Rakshasa king, Ravana.
12.2 In Sahaja Yoga

Shri Hanumana is identified with the Archangel
Gabriel; He resides in the right channel (Pingala
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Nadi), steers electro-magnetic communication and
protecs people in all there undertakings.
“The angels are a special category, they

don’t take up any problems upon
themselves, they just solve them. If there’s
a problem, it’s the angels who solve, for the
saints as well as for the incarnations. And
they are to be told sometimes that: “Don’t
jump in just now ,we are working out on the
stage now, you will jump when we’ll ask
you.” They're ready standing at the door
just to jump in. So anxious. And they are
fixed quantities. You can rely on them
completely. For example, Shri Hanumana,
as you know Him as an angel, has great
capacities, great powers, and it is His right
to use them, and He is very aware of it. He
does everything very amusingly, uses His
powers very amusingly. ... So it’s a
playfulness of the angels also because
they're so confident, they're absolutely
aware, absolutely identified with their
personality, with their powers, with
themselves. Here the Sahaja Yogis
sometimes don’t understand that I have
made you into angels. I’ve not made you
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into saints, but angels, and you are always
protected.”
Shri Hanumana Puja, England, 1989
“Hanumana’s whole life was spent in

serving Shri Rama. And He was such a
dedicated bhakta of Shri Ram. Now here the
contrast is also that Hanumana had
navadha, navadha siddhis, navadha siddhis,
nine siddhis, anima, ganima, raguma, and
all sorts of things, that He could become
small, He could become big, so many things
He had. Despite all these siddhis and the
amount, the power He had, that Shri Rama
once asked Him that: “My brother,
Lakshmana, is being hit and He’s very sick.
I mean, He’s just dying, so you go and get a
particular kind of a sanjeevani, a kind of a
herb, which I want to rub on His head.” So
He [Hanumana] went there and He couldn’t
find it ,so He brought the whole of the
mountain on His hand and gave it to Rama:
“Now You select. I don’t know. I can’t find
it.
That is the Hanumana Shakti. And with all

that power, He was such a humble person
and such a dedicated person. This is the
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sign of a powerful Sahaja Yogi. Anybody
who is powerful has to be humble and non-
violent.”
Shri Rama Puja, France, 04.10.87
Hanumana Puja
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“Normally right-sided people are ascetic,
they become Bauhaus, they’ll make right-
sided people, they all will have everything
simple, they would like to shave off their
nose also, if possible, on the faces. So you
see, the other way round, Hanumana is not
doing, Hanumana likes beauty, He likes
decorativeness and He makes people non-
ascetic. So, Hanumana gives you this kind
of a thing. But many people who are
worshippers of Hanumana always say that
those ladies should never go and take the
darshan of Hanumana, because Hanumana
is a brahmachari [not married] is the one
who is… who doesn’t want women to see
Him ,because He doesn’t wear full clothes
and He has very little clothes on Himself, so
He doesn’t want women to see Him. But if
women think: “He is just a child”, then it’s
just the same. But this idea, I think that
people don’t have, that He is a child. What
is for a child, how many clothes he wears or
doesn’t wear, what does it matter? Then He
is a monkey : monkeys are not supposed to
wear clothes. So whatever He wears ,is
quite a lot and it doesn’t give you the
feeling at all that He is in any way nude or
anything, but you just see such a sweet
form of Him, such a sweet form. I wish,
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sometimes you get His photograph also, as
you have got the photographs of Shri
Ganesha, then you’ll really fall in love with
Him. He’s such a sweet thing. And though
He is so huge and so big and though He has
nails ,but when He caresses My feet, He
pulls back His nails. He is so gentle,
extremely gentle and very beautifully He
caresses My feet. And I’ve seen Him the
way He handles everything, it’s extremely
gentle ways. (…) Hanumana is cooling Me
down completely. It’s Hanumana, you see ,
He’s cooling Me down completely here from
the back. And just now see how cool it’s
becoming, the whole place, talking about
Him.”
Shri Hanumana Puja, Schwetzingen, Germany, 31.08.1990
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„Ohm,twameva sakshat, Shri Hanumana sakshat,
namah.“
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13. SHRI KRISHNA and RADHA

Krishna is one of the most widely revered and popular of
all Hindu deities.
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The name originates from the Sanskrit word Kṛṣṇa, which
is primarily an adjective meaning "black", "dark" or "dark
blue".
Among the most common names are: Mohnish "attractive

God"; Mohan "enchanter"; Govinda "Finder of 'Go' or the
cows" or Gopala "Protector of the 'Go', as 'Go' means Veda
or cow, which refer to Krishna's childhood. He is often
shown wearing a silk golden yellow dhoti and a peacock
feather crown. Common depictions show him as a little
boy, or as a young man in a characteristically relaxed
pose, playing the flute. In this form, he usually stands with
one leg bent in front of the other with a flute raised to his
lips, in the Tribhanga posture, accompanied by cows,
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emphasising his position as the divine herdsman, Govinda,
or with the gopis (milkmaids), i.e. Gopikrishna, stealing
butter from neighbouring houses.
Krishna is often described and portrayed as an infant

eating butter, a young boy playing a flute as in
the Bhagavata Purana, a young man along with Radha or
as an elder giving direction and guidance as in
the Bhagavad Gita. They portray him in various
perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a
divine hero, and the Supreme Being. The earliest text to
explicitly provide detailed descriptions of Krishna as a
personality is the epic Mahabharata, which depicts
Krishna as an incarnation of Vishnu. Krishna is central to
many of the main stories of the epic. The eighteen
chapters of the sixth book (Bhishma Parva) of the epic
that constitute the Bhagavad Gita, contain the advice of
Krishna to the Arjuna, on the battlefield.
He was born to Devaki (the sister of Kamsa) and her

husband, Vasudeva. When Mother Earth became upset by
the sin being committed on Earth, she thought of seeking
help from Lord Vishnu. She went in the form of a cow to
visit Lord Vishnu and ask for help. Lord Vishnu agreed to
help her and promised her that he [Vishnu] would be born
on Earth. On Earth, in the Yadava clan, a prince
named Kamsa, sent his father Ugrasena (king of Mathura)
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to prison and became the king himself. One day a loud
voice from the sky prophesied that the 8th son of Kamsa's
sister (Devaki) would kill Kamsa. Out of affection for
Devaki, Kamsa did not kill her outright. He did however
send his sister and her husband to prison. Lord Vishnu
himself later appeared to Devaki and Vasudeva and told
them that he himself would be their eighth son and kill
Kamsa and destroy sin in the world. Since Vasudeva knew
Krishna's life was in danger, Krishna was secretly taken
out of the prison cell to be raised by his foster
parents Yashoda and Nanda. Nanda was the head of a
community of cow-herders, and he settled in Vrindavana.
Krishna killed the demoness Putana, disguised as a wet

nurse, sent by Kamsa for Krishna's life. He tamed the
serpent Kāliyā, who previously poisoned the waters
of Yamuna river, thus leading to the death of the
cowherds.
Krishna’s childhood reinforces the Hindu concept of lila:

playing for fun and enjoyment and not for sport or gain.
Krishna played his flute and the gopis came immediately
from whatever they were doing, to the banks of
the Yamuna River, and joined him in singing and dancing.
Even those who could not physically be there, joined him
through meditation. On his return to Mathura as a young
man, Krishna overthrew and killed his maternal uncle,
Kamsa.
Krishna married Rukmini, the Vidarbha princess. He

married eight queens. Krishna subsequently
married 16,000 maidens who were held captive by
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the demon Narakasura, to save their honour. Krishna also
killed the demon and released them.
Kurukshetra war and BHAGAVAD GITA
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra is a war going on

between two clans of the same family, the
Pandavas and the Kauravas.
Once battle seemed inevitable, Krishna offered both sides

the opportunity to choose between having either his army
or himself alone, but on the condition that he personally
would not raise any weapon. Arjuna, on behalf of the
Pandavas, chose to have Krishna on their side, and
Duryodhana, Kaurava prince, chose Krishna's army. At the
time of the great battle, Krishna acted as Arjuna's
charioteer, since this position did not require the wielding
of weapons. Upon arrival at the battlefield, and seeing that
the enemies are his family, his grandfather, his cousins
and loved ones, Arjuna is moved and says his heart does
not allow him to fight and he would rather prefer to
renounce the kingdom and put down his Gandiv (Arjuna's
bow). Krishna then advises him about the battle, with the
conversation soon extending into a discourse which was
later compiled as the Bhagavad Gita. There is no scope
for contemplation now or remorse later, it is indeed time
for war. Thus, Krishna's unparalleled strategy helped the
Pandavas win the Mahabharata war by bringing the
downfall of all the chief Kaurava warriors, without lifting
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any weapon. According to Puranic sources, Krishna's
departure marks the end of Dvapara Yuga and the start
of Kali Yuga, which is dated to 3102 BCE.
The scene on the battlefield is another common subject

for representation. In these popular depictions, he is
shown as the charioteer. In Visvaroopa Darshana to
Arjuna, Lord Krishna resumes the role of the supreme
God's characteristics, such as multiple arms or heads,
denoting power, and with attributes of Vishnu, such as
the chakra or in his two-armed form as a charioteer.
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Krishna displays his Vishvarupa form
of the Universal God.
Krishna became the focus of numerous bhakti (devotional) cults, which

have over the centuries produced a wealth of religious dance, poetry,
music, and painting.
(Even members of the Islamic Ahmadiyya Community believe Krishna to be a

great prophet of God. This belief is maintained by the Qur'anic principle that
God has sent prophets and messengers to every nation of the world leaving
no region without divine guidance - see for
instance Quran 10:47 and Quran 16:36.)
This is how Lord Krishna describes God in the Bhagavad

Gita.
"I am the conscience in the heart of all creatures

I am their beginning, their being, their end
I am the mind of the senses,
I am the radiant sun among lights
I am the song in sacred lore,
I am the king of deities
I am the priest of great seers…"
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Likenesses between Jesus Christ and Lord Krishna
 Both are believed to be sons of God, since they were

divinely conceived.
 The birth of both Jesus of Nazareth and Krishna of
Dwarika and their God-designed missions were foretold.
 Both were born at unusual places: Christ in a lowly
manger and Krishna in a prison cell.
 Both were divinely saved from death
pronouncements.
 Evil forces pursued both Christ and Krishna in vain.
 Christ is often depicted as a shepherd; Krishna was a
cowherd.
 Both appeared at a critical time, when their
respective countries were in a torpid state.
 The teachings of both are very similar: both
emphasize love and peace.
So, when we address God as Christ or Krishna, we indicate
the same all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Hindus believe that Jesus, like Lord Krishna, is just

another avatar of the Divine, who came down to show
humanity the righteous way of life. This is another point
where Krishna resembles Christ, a figure who is both "fully
human and fully divine."
Krishna and Jesus were both saviors of mankind and

avatars of God, who have returned to earth at an
especially critical time in the lives of their people. They
were the incarnates of the Divine Being Himself in human
form to teach human beings divine love, divine power,
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divine wisdom, and lead the benighted world towards the
light of God.
13.2 In Sahaja Yoga

Shri Mataji talked different times about Shri
Krishna as being a very important example for
Sahaja yogis. She also told many stories of Shri
Krishna and Shri Radha’s life.
“Shri Krishna and Shri Rama, both of them,

were great personalities and Shri Vishnu
himself incarnated on this earth to establish
religion [dharma]. At the time of Shri
Krishna the problem was that Shri Rama’s
life was a very serious life of a great saint.
So Shri Krishna wanted to give a proper
shape and a proper evolutionary stage to
that religious life by saying: it is a ‘Leela’
(play). And that’s why He had to do many
things to make the life much more easier
and bubbling, not sufferings and not feeling
sorry for being born on this earth. (...)
Now, Shri Krishna wanted all His powers to
be born on this earth. He has sixteen
thousand powers, because in SahajaYoga
you will know how you have sixteen
thousand powers as He has got. In the
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Vishuddhi chakra, where He resides, He has
got sixteen sub-plexuses and these sixteen
sub-plexuses multiplied by the one
thousand nerves of the brain, become
sixteen thousand powers of Shri Krishna.
So what He had to do, to bring them on this
earth, was as women. These sixteen
thousand women were made to marry a
king and then he was defeated by Shri
Krishna. Then He married them. They were
His powers. He had five wives; they are the
five elements He had to have as powers
around him.”
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“The Vishuddhi, it’s presiding deity, you
could say, is Lord Krishna. The Vishuddhi
stands for diplomacy, sweetness;
selfesteem, communication and collectivity
- like your Abraham Lincoln. (...) America is
so great. It is protected by Lord Krishna’s
discus.”
Iinterview with Shri Mataji, Ziereus, USA, ??.O5.1983
“But one has to realize that the message of

Shri Krishna was to surrender. Now the
surrendering that we think in the gross
way, is like an enemy surrenders to another
enemy. So when the word ,,surrender” is
spoken, we build up our barriers by thinking
that we have to surrender something to the
other part. But when Shri Krishna was
talking about surrender, He was saying
that: “Surrender your enemies to Me, so
that I will get rid of them”.
Talk on Vishuddhi Chakra, Vienne, Austria, 04.09.1983
“Say, even when Radha-Krishna existed,

Radha was the power and Krishna was the
one who was expressing it. It’s as you say
the potential and the kinetic. People only
know about Krishna, but Radha was the
power. When He had to kill Kamsa, He had
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to ask Radha to do it. It was She who did
everything. She had to dance and He
pressed Her feet and He said: “Now You
must be tired”. Why did She dance?
Because without Her dancing things could
not work out.”
Value of Marriage, Dollis Hill, London, UK, 08.03.1980
“The first half of Shri Krishna ‘s life was

spent in Gokul and Vrindavan, where He
showed the beautiful expression of His
character as He made it a leela (a play). He
said: “You become a witness”. Once you
see the whole world as just a child watches
in a child like mirth and joy, you enjoy life.
It has happened to you people, like you
have become citizens of Vrindavan and
Gokul. Then He showed also by killing Kalia,
Putna and other rakshasas, that if anybody
tries to trouble such joyous children of God,
He will protect them and kill all such evil
forces which are troublesome. Later on He
becomes the king. After becoming the king
He used His powers in a different way. First
of all His own uncle, Mother’s brother, was
Kamsa, a bad man. Shri Krishna killed him.
He killed so many people before becoming
the king. What does that mean? The quality
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of Christ and many saints too was
forgiveness. Shri Krishna did not believe in
forgiveness. He is the only one who said
that: “I have to punish”. We have to have
somebody who should punish also. Shiva
was the opposite. He used to love
rakshasas, give them blessings. Because it
was important that there should be
somebody [Krishna] with a very stern mind
and stern understanding that a devil is devil
and he must be killed. But we are not Shri
Krishna, so we have to forgive because we
are human beings. Once we forgive, we
transfer all our anger, our attitude of taking
revenge to Shri Krishna. He takes over. If it
is justifiable and necessary then He will
punish the people, who are torturing saints
or destroying Dharma.”
“Today we have decided to have the puja of

Shri Krishna. We have many a times done
this puja and have understood the essence
of Shri Krishna’s advent, which was six
thousand years back and now what His
manifestation was. What He wanted to be
accomplished, has to be done in this Kali
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Yuga. As it is, this Kali Yuga is going into a
new realm of Satya Yuga, but in between
there is Krita Yuga, where this
Brahmachaitanya, or, we can say, the all-
pervading power of God’s love, is going to
act.
At this time, what is going to happen with
Shri Krishna’s powers, this is what we have
to see. Shri Krishna, as I have told you, was
the incarnation also of diplomacy. So He
plays around quite a lot and, ultimately, He
brings forth the untruth and the falsehood,
but, in doing that, He judges people. So it’s
very important that Shri Krishna’s powers
of His diplomacy were to be manifesting at
this time, when it is the last judgment.
Also Shri Krishna’s own style was that He
did never believed in caste system. He
Himself was born in a caste which is, what
you call, is a milkman’s caste and then He
became a king, of course, but to begin with
- and He lived like an ordinary person. He
uses to take the cows outside, look after
them and bring them home. Now, if you see
His life, you’ll find He is absolutely very
human, the way He uses to tease His
mother, tease other ladies. All this is
extremely human and childlike and
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extremely sweet, but behind that also there
was a great significance. For example, Shri
Radha, as you know She was Mahalakshmi,
and as Mahalakshmi, She used to put Her
Feet to take bath in the River Yamuna and
the ladies would take water from the same
river, carry on their head pitchers. Now,
Shri Krishna wanted to raise their
Kundalini, so He uses to hit them from the
back, so that the water falls on their back
and that vibrated water would raise their
Kundalini. This was His childish trick, but it
had a meaning.
Another one, when we see Him in Ras. “Ra”
means energy. Ra-Dha. “Ra” is energy.
“Dha” means the one who sustains. So it is
Radhaji who had the energy. “Sa” means
with. So when they played Ras, was nothing
but to play with the energy and that’s how
He wanted to have a collective awakening
of people, of gopas and gopis, and He did it.
But then He had to leave and fight this
Kamsa. In His own lifetime, as a child or
grown-up, He punished all kinds of devils
and woman devils who were like Putana
and all that. He did it and in this Kali Yuga
also you have seen how gradually He has
finished so many false gurus one by one.
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Somebody who called himself Shri Krishna,
somebody called himself God, something
else, something else. He finished them all,
exposed them nicely and now we have very
few people in the area left for us to fight.
They themselves are trembling and are
quite frightened of us because we are
standing on truth.
So your testing time is there. You have to
test yourself. As Mohammed-Sahib has said
that: “Your hands will speak and they’ll
give witness against you.” So on your
hands you will know. Now these hands are
the blessings of Krishna. They come out
from the same Vishuddhi and, as you know,
the pelvic nerves of the two - on all that
and there are two chakras, of one Lalita and
the Shri Chakra. All, on these both sides.
They also play into the hands of Shri
Krishna.”
“In the life of Shri Krishna, He had a friend

who was very poor and he wanted to meet
Shri Krishna, and the wife of the friend
gave him some rice.
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As you must take something for your friend.
He was little shy and when he went to Shri
Krishna. Shri Krishna was in His palace and
people at the door said: “No, you can’t
meet Him”. He said: “Alright, you just go
and tell Him that Sudama has come.” He
[Krishna] was sitting on the throne,
discussing something. He said: “Sudama
has come!” He Rushed out and went to the
door and hugged him again and again and
He said: “Why are you standing here?” He
took him and put him on the throne, that
He was supposed to sit and He told his
wife : “Please come and wash his feet.” And
then they brought for him clothes and all
that and gave him a bath. He made him
sleep on His bed. See the love of Shri
Krishna. He [Sudana] had very dirty feet, all
were cracked. He tried to put on them some
sort of a medicine by which he could be
alright. He tried to do whatever was
possible to cure those cracks and He asked
him to sleep on His bed. And asked the
ladies to fan him, so that he can sleep. See
the compassion of Shri Krishna, which
shows so beautifully. Are we that
compassionate?”
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“The time of Shri Krishna, He said that the
worst enemy humans have is anger.”
Krishna Puja, Yamuna Nagar, India, 11.12.1993
“So you have to have the so-called penance

to achieve the joy. The penance is to pull
back your sense organs inside yourself. As
Krishna has said that you have to pull back
all your limbs of sense organs, like a
tortoise does. So the excitement that you
require for your sense organs is no more
needed, because your sense organs now
are themselves the source of excitement. In
the sense that they neutralize all the
excitements.”
Easter Puja, London, UK, 33.04.1984
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“But He first told us that you have to
become Sthita Pragya, means Sahaja Yogi -
and then Shri Krishna was asked a question
by Arjuna: “What is the Sthita Pragya?“ .
Then He describes a Sahaja Yogi, that He
describes before, first chapter, second
chapter is that. Then the questions start.
You know, Arjuna was a great questioner, I
think. So, he starts asking questions: “Then
what about this and what about that and
what about that?“ So He goes on explaining
to him that: “You see, this is all just a
Maya, this is all an illusion you have.“ Get
out of this illusion. If once you get out of
this illusion, because Arjuna said: “They are
my relations, they are my teachers, how
can I kill them?“ So, Krishna says: “Nobody
is killed.” He said : “Nobody is killed, but
they are being killed because they are not
following the Satya Dharma. “ So it’s
alright. „What is your brother, what is your
sister? They are not following the Satya
Dharma, so you have nothing to do with
them. If you can correct them and help
them, it’s alright, otherwise forget them.”
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“So, we have to also introspect all the time.
The first introspection is that: “Am I
humble? Can I humble down myself before
anyone?” That’s very important, but temper
is the worst thing. Krishna has said: “From
the temper, everything bad starts.” Temper
starts from liver; so you can cure your liver.
But temper, you can see yourself, how your
temper is bad and how you want to get rid
of the temper. Temper will kill all the
collectivity. Temper will blur all the beauty
of spirituality.”
Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule, India, 27.12.1994
“The discrimination is the gift of Shri

Krishna. Apart from anything else, He
gives us the gift of discrimination. That
is His style, I should say, to teach you
how to discriminate and then you
become experts on discrimination, on
vibrations.”
Krishna Puja, Canajoharie, USA, 29.07.2001
“Somehow, when it comes from America it

becomes collective, because America is the
country of Shri Krishna, who is for
collective. If it is poison and comes from
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America, it spreads very fast and paralyses
the whole world.”
Ganesha Puja, Berlin, Germany, 21.07.1993
Stories on Shri Krishna’s childhood and life
“For this part, Shri Krishna arranged

something in His lifetime in a very simple
way, as a child. Very childish it looks, very
child-like. Like when the gopis (milkmaids)
were taking their bath, He hid their clothes.
But Indian women are never fully nude.
Never. Hid their saris and all that and He
could see their back, this little boy. What is
for little boy? He’s sitting on a tree and
He’s trying to raise their Kundalini. They’re
coming out of the river Yamuna, which is
being vibrated by Radha. Already there are
vibrations here, there’s in their Kundalini.
Then they are taking the water and He
breaks their pitchers from the back, which
has also got vibrated water. So the vibrated
water falls on the back of these ladies and
He tries to awaken their Kundalini.”
“Like in Shri Krishna’s childhood, the

mother was Yashoda and the child was Shri
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Krishna. It’s very symbolic. And He used to
play very naughty tricks, and she said: “You
went and ate that mud from there. I know
you have eaten.” He said: “How can I eat,
how can I; I can’t even go out of the house.
I’m sitting down here, where is the mud ?
How can I eat !” - “You did eat, I know you
have eaten, so better show me your
mouth.” He said: “Really!” and then the
mouth opens and the complete Vishwa
Swarup [Universal Collective Being],
complete vision of the whole Vishwa she
sees, and the mother falls at his feet.”
Diwali Puja, Temple of All Faith, Hampstead, London, 06.11.1983
“There’s lot of stories about His

detachment. There was one great rishi, a
saint, a sage, who had arrived on the other
side of the River Yamuna. This was in
Dwarika. And there was no Yamuna River,
but there was also - there was [???]. And
they wanted to go and serve the sage, so
when they went near the river, they found
that the river was all flooded. So they went
back to Shri Krishna and said: “See, we are
going to worship this sage and the river is
all flooded.“ So He said: “All right, you go
and tell the river the truth. By that truth it
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will go down.” What’s the truth? That Shri
Krishna is a Brahmacharya, is a celibate
person. He had five wives. They said: “How
can we say this?“ - “This is the truth,“ He
said. “You go and tell him. Tell the river,
and river will understand the truth, the
power of truth will put down the floods.“ So
they went and they said that: “Shri Krishna
is a Brahmacharya.“ And the river went
down and they were surprised. “How it can
happen? This fellow is our husband and how
can He say that He’s a Brahmacharya?” So
they served the sage, served him well, gave
him food, looked after him and when they
came back there, they again saw the river
was in floods. So they were quite worried
how to cross the river now. So they went
back to the sage and informed the sage
that,: “See, we have to go back and there’s
the river is in [???] and we don’t know how
to cross over.” He said: “It’s very easy. If
you want to go, it’s very easy.“ They said:
“How?“ - “How did you come?“ They said:
“Krishna told us like this, to tell that ... I am
celibate and the River, she is - Yamuna is
also a celibate river. So the river went
down.” – “All right, then you go and tell the
river now that I didn’t eat any food. Nothing
I ate. I’m just fasting.“ They said: “This
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fellow ate like a glutton and telling us a lie
like this. And how are we to believe this
man?” So they went to the river and to the
river they said that:”This sage didn’t eat
any food. He’s on a fast and please go
down.“ And the river went down. So they
were surprised: “How this fellow has eaten
everything and, despite that, when we told
such a big lie, this river has listened to this
lie.“ So they crossed over. The point is,
those people, who are at that level, even
when they eat, they don’t eat. Even they
are married, they are celibate. It’s a state.
It’s a state in which you are completely
detached. Absolutely detached. You don’t
feel the attachment of the work you are
doing or the life you are leading.
So Shri Krishna’s message all His life was
complete detachment. Even when He went
with Arjuna for a war, He said: “I will be
just the driver of your chariot, but I will not
raise any weapons. I will not fight. I will be
just your charioteer and if you agree to that
condition, I’ll be there.“ Actually, when
Arjuna had a question:”How can I kill?
These are my relations. These are my
gurus. These are my close people, my
friends. How can I kill them?“ And he
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became very depressed. When he became
depressed, Krishna said that: “Do you
know that they’re already dead? Anything
that is born, has to die. So you have to kill
them.“ Now people can say that Krishna
was preaching violence. No, not that, but
what He said that those people, who are
adharmis, who have no sense of dharma,
who have been so cruel, who have been
very much against the tradition of dharma,
they have to be killed. Whether you kill
them or not, they’re already dead, because
they have committed so many sins, they’re
already dead. So you should not think that
you are killing. But it’s the Divine which is
going to kill them, so-called killing. And so
the war started.”
“There is a story about a saint in India, in

Maharashtra. So they all used to take water
in a container, call it as ‘Kavad’ and would
take it all the way to Gujrat to a temple of
Shri Krishna. That was regarded as a great
surrendering to Shri Krishna. So that saint
also carried the water in the container,
called ‘Kavad’. All the way he carried it,
from his village in Maharashtra and when
he reached the temple at the foothill of that
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temple, he saw a donkey very thirsty, dying
out of thirst. So he gave that water to that
donkey. Everybody said: “Imagine, you
have brought this water from miles
together, for days together to be poured on
the Deity here, and now you have given it
to this donkey! He said: “You don’t know:
God has come all the way down here to take
the water.”
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Radha Krishna

sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri Nirmala
Devi, namoh namaha.”
[The city of Lord Krishna was called Dwarika. In the course of time it has
become an underwater city. Last year it was discovered by archeaologists
with temples, a fortification and it was originaly 10,000 m2 and dated 15,000
years back.]
14. JESUS CHRIST
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In Indian tradition Jesus Christ is seen as a great
Incarnation, as the Son of Sadashiva (God
Almighty), who has come on earth to teach people
to forgive themselves and others. He allowed to be
crucified to show people that resurrection is not
fiction.
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There is a big controvery about the possibility that Jesus
could have lived in India, specifically in Kashmir.
In Jesus’ life there are about 18 ‘unknown years’ (also
called: silent years, missing years or lost years), which is a
period that is not described in the New Testament. Some,
scholars (mostly Indian, but also Western scholars)
pretend that it is possible that Jesus lived in India. Others
claim that this is ‘esoteric literature’ or ‘esoteric
phantasy’.
In 1908, Levi H. Dowling for instance published

the “Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ”, which he
claimed was channeled to him from the "Akashic Records"
as the true story of the life of Jesus, including "the 'lost'
eighteen years. The narrative follows the young Jesus
across India, Tibet, Persia, Assyria, Greece and
Egypt. Dowling's work was later used by Holger
Kersten, who combined it with elements derived from
other sources such as the (Islamic) Ahmadiyya beliefs.
According to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of

the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the further sayings of
Muhammad say that Jesus died in Kashmir at the age of
one hundred and twenty years. They identify the holy man
“Yuz Asaf”, buried at the ‘Roza Bal shrine’ in Srinagar, as
Jesus on the basis of an account in the History of
Kashmir by the Sufi poet Khwaja Muhammad Azam
Didamari (1747) that the holy man Yuz Asaf, buried there,
was a prophet and a foreign prince.
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And then there is also the “after Jesus’ death” theory:
According to Indian spiritual master Meher Baba, when

Jesus was crucified, He did not die physically. But, He
entered the state of Nirvikalp Samadhi (the I-am-God state
without bodily consciousness). On the third day, He again
became conscious of his body, and He travelled secretly in
disguise eastward with some apostles, most importantly
with Bartholomew and Thaddeus, to India. After reaching
India, Jesus travelled further east to Rangoon, in Burma,
where he remained for some time. He then went north to
Kashmir, where he settled. After Jesus's spiritual work
was completed, He subsequently dropped His body, and
the body was buried by the Two Apostles in Harvan,
at Kan Yar, district of Kashmir.
But, There is a verse in the ‘Bhavishya Purana’, a Hindu

scripture which recounts the tale of the Hindu King
Shalivahana, meeting someone claiming to be the Messiah
and born of a virgin. The story goes that the King was so
impressed that he paid homage to this person.
There are two tombs of significance - the supposed tomb
of Mary, in Pakistan, and one in Kashmir, supposedly of
Jesus. The tomb is the ‘Roza Bal’ , which is the final
resting place of "Yuz Asaf" according to the inscription.
Whilst there are several ways of interpreting this one way,
is that "Yuz" is derived from the Aramaic for "Jesus" and
"Asaf" means "gatherer" in Hebrew.
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More detailed infotmation is available in Dan Costian’s
book “Bible Enlightened. Hidden Teachings Revealed”,
Vishwa Nirmala Dharma, 1995, p. 352 – 404.
14.2
14.2 In Sahaja Yoga
Shri Jesus Christ is an incarnation of

Shri Ganesha at a higher level, where He
is called as Shri Mahaganesha (the Great
Ganesha). Shri Jesus came on earth as
the Son of God to open the Agnya chakra
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of people and to teach them to forgive
and that they would resurrect.
“This is where we have to believe that

Christ has taken His form in our Agnya. His
birth is there. His resurrection is there, all
that we have got is already worked out.
Like a machinery, the whole being’s made
and we have different, different chakras
and centres. This is the last, most difficult
centre, which was really opened out by
Jesus Christ. He’s the one who dared it and
who did it so beautifully that we too have
now capacity to look at our ego, to see for
ourselves: What are we doing? Why do we
think we are something very exceptional?’
So this one was the one which was really
handled by Jesus. He tried to neutralise
your ego. He tried to take out the problems
of the ego to make you a humble, mild
personality.
And that time, if you take the name of
Jesus, ego will go away. Just say the mantra
of Jesus and ego will disappear.”
Easter Puja, Turkey, 2001
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“He controls through your Agnya, both the
sides - He controls your conditioning and he
controls your ego - and brings a balance in
you. But when this Agnya chakra starts
bringing all kinds of ideas, sometimes
reacting, sometimes accepting
conditionings. It is a slave, it is not a free
thing, because it is working under the
influence of your ego or your superego. For
that is the death of our awareness (...).
These are the problems of today and that’s

why we need Jesus very much. The problem
of today is that people don’t understand
how much harm they are doing to
themselves, to others and to the whole
world by becoming egoistical.”
Easter Puja, Istanbul, Turkey, ??.04.1999
“In our Indian Shastras, he is called as

Mahavishnu, the son of Radhaji
[Mahalakshmi, Mary]. And His essences are
made of eleven Rudras, means eleven
destroying powers. But the governing
essence, the main essence, is that of Shri
Ganesha, means innocence. So He is the
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embodiment of innocence. Innocence means
complete purity. And His body was not
made out of Mother Earth, in the sense that
He never had a body that was perishable. It
is Aumkara. So when He died, He ascended.
That is the fact, He ascended. And because
He was a person made of Aumkara. Now as
He is the son of Radhaji, you can see the
relationship between Him and the
relationship between other Deities very
easily. About Mahavishnu, it is written in
the Devi Bhagvat.”
Talk on Agnya Chakra, Delhi, India, 03.02.1983
Om (or Aum) is the sacred sound symbol that represents Universe; the ultimate reality
(Brahman). It is prefixed and sometimes suffixed to all Vedic mantras and prayers. Aum
is often said to represent God in the three aspects of Brahma (A), Vishnu (U) and Shiva
(M). As the Divine primordial vibration, it represents the one ultimate reality, The written
syllable  called Omkara serves as a deeply significant and distinctly recognizable
symbol for Hindu dharma.
“So, His Mother was there, Yeshoda, and

when Radhaji was the Mahalakshmi, Mother
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Mary, and She gave birth to Shri Ganesha,
that was Lord Jesus Christ. In India nobody
would doubt the Immaculate Conception,
nobody would doubt. But for others it is too
much to believe in the Immaculate
Conception, or they are all arguing and
saying all kinds of nonsensical things.
Because Ganesha was created like that and
also Christ could be created like that. [???]
Agnya.”
“Jesus Christ has said that: “Those who are

not against Me, are with Me’’. It means:
“The persons who are not against Me
belong to Me.” If the Christians are asked
to identify these persons, they have no
knowledge about them. Two great powers
are combined in Jesus Christ. The first
power is that of Shri Ganesha, who is
recognised as His original power; and the
other is that of Shri Karttikeya. Because of
this, the incarnation of Jesus Christ is of
complete “Brahman Tattva’’ or „Aumkar“.
Shri Krishna, He being the father of Jesus
Christ, bestowed a number of boons on
Jesus Christ prior to his birth. One of these
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boons was that: “You (Jesus Christ) would
dwell on a plane higher than that of mine.’’
This could be explained to mean, that while
the plane of Shri Krishna is the Vishuddhi
Chakra, located at the base of our neck, the
plane of Jesus is Agnya Chakra, which is
located at the junction of the optic
thalamus (pineal and pituitary glands). The
second boon granted by Shri Krishna was
that: “You (Christ) would be the support of
the whole universe.”
Now, if you study the etimology of the word
“Christ”, you would know that the word has
originated from a corrupted form of the
word ‘Krishna’. As a matter of fact, the
father of Jesus Christ is Shri Krishna. That is
why He is called ‘Christ’. The manner in
which His name ‘Jesus’ originated, is also
very interesting. The mother of Shri
Krishna, Shri Yashoda Mata, was addressed
as ‘Yesu’. Even today, we notice that in
northern Indian somebody named ‘Yeshu’ is
not addressed as such but as ‘Jésu’. It is
therefore clear that from ‘Yashoda’ came
the word ‘Yeshu’ and then further became
the word ‘Jesu’’ and finally the name ‘Jesus
Christ’.
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The Mother of Jesus Christ was the Goddess
Mahalakshmi Herself. Mother Mary is none
other than the Goddess Mahalakshmi. She
is the Adi Shakti, the Primordial Mother.
Therefore, Jesus Christ used to address his
Mother as the Holy Ghost.
Forgiveness is thus a very powerful
weapon we have received from Jesus Christ.
It enables one to get rid of troubles caused
by others.
I have told you earlier that Jesus Christ
possessed a number of powers and that He
was endowed with the powers of ‘Ekadasha
Rudras’. Then how is it that He was
crucified and could not save Himself from
this dreadful event? Jesus Christ, with His
several powers, could have completely
annihilated His opponents in a moment. His
Mother, Mary, was none else but Adi Shakti,
the Primordial Mother Herself. She also
could not bear the atrocities on Her son.
And yet it happened. Perhaps God desired
to stage a drama. Really speaking, Jesus
Christ was beyond happiness or sorrow and
He had to enact the drama in perfect and
faultless manner. How foolish were those
who crucified Him! Jesus Christ rode on a
donkey so that foolishness among the
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people of those days could be eradicated. If
you suffer from headache and you pray to
Jesus Christ to forgive all those who have
put you in trouble, you will be cured of your
headache without the aid of any medicines.
However, before such a thing can happen,
you have to awaken your Kundalini by
accepting Sahaja Yoga and get self-
realization. The reason is that the Agnya
Chakra, which is the Jesus principle in you,
becomes active only after awakening of the
Kundalini in Sahaja Yoga and not otherwise.
Agnya chakra is very subtle. The physicians
are also unable to notice it. There is a very
subtle door in this chakra. That is why Jesus
Christ said: “I am the door’’. Jesus Christ
incarnated on this earth for facilitating the
passage through this door, and He himself
was the first to pass through it.
People crucified Jesus Christ because of
their ego. They could not conceive of an
idea that some human being can appear on
the earth as an incarnation of God. Their
intellectual pride could not accept this idea
and they rejected the truth because of the
ego. What was the bad deed for which Jesus
was crucified? He had on the contrary cured
many people of their ailments. He preached
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the truth and taught many good things to
the people. He showed them the way to live
a very cultured life. He always preached
love. In spite of this, the people tortured
Him.
On many occasions Jesus Christ
demonstrated walking on the surface of
water. This could be because He himself
was “Pranava’’ ( Aumkara).
For that purpose you are to recite the
‘Lord’s prayer’ ,composed by Jesus Christ.
After crossing this door, the Kundalini
power enters the limbic area of the brain. It
is after the Kundalini enters this area,
which is also termed as the Kingdom of
God, that the state of thoughtless
awareness is established. In the limbic area
of the brain there are chakras which
activate the seven main chakras and also
the secondary chakras in the body.
Jesus Christ firmly told: “Thou shall not
commit adultery.” But I tell you: “Thou
shallt not have adulterous eyes’’. Thus, it
again comes to the eyes.
Jesus Christ said that we should be born
again. In our country we refer to this
process as “dwija’’ or born for the second
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time. The second birth of any human being
is possible only by awakening of Kundalini
power. So long as the Kundalini is not
awakened, one will not acquire the second
birth, and so long as we do not have rebirth
we will not be able to recognize God.”
Shri Kundalini and Jesus Christ, Mumbai, India, 26.09.1979
“Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Jesus Mary

sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataja, Shri Nirmala
Devi, namoh namaha.”
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15. BRAHMADEVA and SARASWATI
15.1 In Indian culture
Brahmadeva
Saraswati
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In Puranic mythology, Brahma
emerges from a lotus risen from Vishnu's navel while he
rests on the serpent Shesha.
Brahmā is the creator god in the Trimurti of Hinduism. He

has four faces, looking in the four directions. Brahma is
also known as Svayambhu (self-born), Vāgīśa (Lord of
speech), and the creator of the four Vedas, one from each
of his mouths.
Brahma does not enjoy popular worship in present-age
Hinduism and has lesser importance than the other
members of the Trimurti, Vishnu and Shiva. Very few
temples dedicated to him exist in India.
According to Vaishnava scriptures, at first there was only
Mahavishnu, who rests on the eternal ocean. When he is
asleep, nothing exists. There is only pure consciousness,
an infinite potential. With his awakening there is light and
life. Out of his navel comes out Lord Brahma, who
assumes the duty of creation.
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15.2 In Sahaja Yoga
Shri Saraswati playing the Veena
Shri Brahma is the Supreme Force of creation. Shri

Saraswati is the Goddess of art, learning and music.
Shri Brahmadeva and Shri Saraswati reside in the right

hand Swadisthan chakra; they introduce creative forces in
human beings.
The ultimate creative force is to bring people back on the
track to their Source, from which they originated. That can
be done by giving them self-realization.
On a more every day level that could be translated in
music, dance, ornamenting, poetry, writing texts,
sculpting...
“So the basis of all creativity of Saraswati is

love. If there is no love, there is no
creativity.
Saraswati cleanses all that is impure in
nature, while with our brain activity we are
spoiling all that. All our brain activity goes
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against pure intelligence. And that is what
one has to understand - that this pure
intelligence is not to be soiled by our
thinking. Our thinking can make us so
bumptious, so ego-oriented., so impure that
we can really eat the poison and say :
“What is wrong in it?”
Just the opposite of Saraswati. If Saraswati
is within us, She gives us 'Subuddhi',
wisdom. And that is why to worship
Saraswati, to worship Surya, we must have
that clear vision as to what we have to be.
What we are doing. What filth we are living
in. What our mind is getting into. After all
we are here for emancipation and not for
just for pampering our ego and living with
our filth that is with us. So this light has
come within us and we should try to rise
above our own mental filth which is being
created around us.
And this is the way to overcome the
problems of the right side and that is how
to worship Saraswati. Because Saraswati
has a veena in Her hand and that veena is
the primordial instrument which She plays
like music, and music penetrates into the
heart.”
Saraswati Puja, Dulhia, India, 14.01.1983
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“You know it already that Goddess
Saraswati is the sister of Lord Shiva. The
worshippers of Saraswati, the people who
are busy in acquiring knowledge, those who
are keen seekers of art, should know that
She is the sister of Lord Shiva. That sister's
relationship is very important. If you try to
go against Her, create impure literature or
bad books and thus misuse your knowledge,
then Lord Shiva punishes you with heavy
hand. His sister is very important to Him
and going against Her is a terrible sin.”
“Now, we can say that in Her movement,

when She came down as existence, She
created Shri Ganesha and then She went to
the right side and created Mahasaraswati,
we can say, the whole universe, all creation
She created.”
Diwali Puja, Greece, 07.11.1999
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“Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Brahmadeva
Saraswati sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataji,
Shri Nirmala Devi,namoh namaha.”
16. PARABRAHMA
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Parabrahma is the "highest Brahman", that which is
beyond all descriptions and conceptualisations.
Brahman connotes the highest Universal Principle

in Hinduism, the Ultimate Reality in the universe. In major
schools of Hindu philosophy it is the material, efficient,
formal and final cause of all that exists.
Parabrahma is Nirguna Brahman, Brahman without form or

qualities. It contrasts with Saguna Brahman, which is a
state of loving awareness. The Divine is Brahman, and
this is identical to Atman (one's soul, innermost self) and
nirguna (attribute-less): infinite love, truth, knowledge,
being-consciousness-bliss.
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Nirguna Brahman is a state of being, in which all dualistic
distinctions between one's own soul and Brahman are
overcome. The Absolute Truth is both subject and object,
so there is no qualitative difference, no dualism.
Another core belief of Hindu Dharma is that of

Parabrahma, Paramãtmã, Parameshwar, One Supreme
Bhagwan, or God, who is unparalleled and the highest
entity. Parabrahma manifests in various forms, but He is
one and supreme.
Parabrahma is Sat-Chit-Ananda: eternal consciousness,

and bliss. Parabrahma is: supreme and all-powerful,
possessing a divine and personal form; the all-doer; the all-
knower; ever-present on earth... Parabrahma comes on
earth in human and other forms to liberate the pious souls,
to fulfill devotees’ spiritual wishes, and to destroy evil.
Parabrahma is independent, and His divine power prevails

over all. He is the creator, sustainer, and destroyer. He is
the only controller of infinite universes.
Arjuna said (in the Bhagavad Gita): “You are the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest,
the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental,
original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great
sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa conﬁrm
this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it
to me.”
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“Truth is one, but the wise describe it in
many ways.” (Rig Veda)
This concept of Brahman is not the same as the
monotheistic separate God found in Abrahamic religions,
where God is considered, as "creator of the world, above
and independent of human existence", while in Hinduism
"God, the universe, human beings and all else is
essentially one thing" and everything is connected
oneness. The same God is in every human being as Atman,
the eternal Self.
16.2 In Sahaja Yoga

Parabrahma is the Satguru, the ultimate, highest
Guru.
Guru mantra: “But then ultimately it says: ‘GURU

SAKSHAT, PARABRAHMA’. And Parabrahma is the
power of the Mother, that is flowing through you.
So you become the instrument of that
Parabrahma.”
Guru Puja, Leysin, Switzerland, 14.07.1984
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17. VISHNUMAYA
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According to Hindu mythology Shiva, while on a hunt,

happened to hear a sweet voice in the jungle. He was
surprised to find that it belonged to a tribal girl,
"Koolivaka", a girl of immense beauty. The solitude in that
forest and the wild beauty of the forest girl, made the Lord
lustful. He informed Koolivaka of his wish and told her to
wait for him until he returned from his hunt. Koolivaka,
who was a devotee of Parvati, realized that mating with
the lord would bring forth the wrath of the Goddess upon
her; but she feared the wrath of Shiva also in case she
refused him. She prayed to her Goddess to save her from
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the predicament. Devi Parvati pleased with her innocence,
appeared before her and revealed her true identity.
She told the girl that she herself would take on the form of
Koolivaka and deceive Lord Shiva. She also informed
Koolivaka that the son born from such a union would be
the killer of Jalandhara, a powerful asura. The pseudo
Koolivaka waited for the arrival of Lord Shiva. A child with
divine power was born through their union. Lord Shiva
arranged a buffalo for the protection of the child. This
divine child who came to be known as Chattan, was given
to Koolivaka for rearing.
On his seventh birthday, the tribals held a feast in his

honour. During the feast the sage Narada revealed to
Chattan the secret of his birth. Moreover, Narada advised
Chattan to visit his true parents in Kailasa. Chattan
started his journey. He rode on his buffalo to Kailasam.
When he was about to reach Kailasam,he realized that
Shiva would not allow him to enter Kailash in his present
form. So he took the form of Lord Vishnu. On seeing their
son, Shiva and Parvati were very happy and hugged their
son. Lord Shiva blessed him, saying: "You invoked the form
of Vishnu by Maya (magic). So you will be known as Vishnu
Maya".
17.2 In Sahaja Yoga

“Now I have to tell you about also the origin
of Vishnumaya, which is very interesting.
Vishnumaya was the sister of Shri Krishna,
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who was born after Shri Krishna was born.
Actually She was not His own sister, but
She was a daughter of Nanda and when Shri
Krishna was taken over and was put in the
care of Nanda and Yeshoda, they gave their
own daughter in His place and the father of
Shri Krishna brought it back. So when
Kamsa came - you all know about the story
- to ask about the eighth child, they said:
“This is the child.” He said: “But is not a
man. This is a woman.” He took the child in
his hand and did like this [gesture of
throwing] and threw it in the sky. And there
She went and there She announced that
Shri Krishna is already incarnated, He is
living and He is your killer.”
So She is the announcer. She is the
announcer of the incarnations. She is the
announcer of something good that is going
to happen to you. Also She’s the one who
can burn things, which are not spiritually all
right. At the time of Mahabharata, She was
born as Draupadi and this Draupadi was the
sister of Shri Rama [Shri Rama and Shri
Krishna are both incarnations of Shri
Vishnu] and when, as you know in
Mahabharata - all of you know the story of
Mahabharata, I need not tell that -
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Duryodhana tried to take out Her clothes.
Then She called for Krishna. First She said
“Kri.” She had put Her teeth like this. Till
She had said, “Krishna”, it was there.
Because She was thinking if She said “-
ishna”, the thing will fall down and She will
become exposed. As soon as She said
“Krishna”, the thing fell down and that’s
the time Shri Krishna came all the way from
Dwarika, and Tulsida has here described it
very well in Hindi language, [Shri Mataji
speaks in Hindi]. In Dwarika there was a big
- big noise, you can call it, or what I don’t
know. [Shri Mataji speaks in Hindi] -
tremendous what you call the thunder, you
can call it, because She was the one who’s
responsible for thunder. [Shri Mataji speaks
in Hindi: “Shanka chakra garda padma
Garuda lasitari.”] With the shankar, the
chakra, with Garuda, with padma, all of
them, He came on with them. With all His
weapons, He came on a Garuda to help
Her.” He started supplying the saris to Her
and this Duryodhana got absolutely - [???]
did that, got absolutely tired and he fell on
the ground.
So now here, Vishnumaya is the one who is
the virgin. Not only that She is the virgin,
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but She exists in all the five elements as
shown that She married five Pandavas and
that this power of virginity in Her used to
expose people to the dangers of these
horrible Kauravas, who were going to rule
and destroy the dharma. So She stood back
and She is the one who said that: “You have
to fight. You have to fight for dharma,
whatever may happen” and Krishna always
supported Her.
So this Vishnumaya shows Her strength.
She does lots of things by which people are
frightened. She can enter into any, any
element. She can permeate. Supposing She
enters into a water element, She can create
a typhoon. She can create a - any kind of
disasters. She can enter into Mother Earth
and She can create earthquake. She can do
anything because She has a power to enter
into anything. You know that She can enter
into Mother Earth very easily. She can enter
into water very easily and when She gets
into it, She becomes the catalyst and all
these problems that you are facing today in
America are because of left Vishuddhi,
because of Vishnumaya.”
Vishnumaya Puja, Shawnee, USA, 19.09.1992
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“(...) I might forget, you see. Shri Krishna
had a sister, as you know, Vishnumaya and
She’s the electricity.”
“That Vishnumaya principle disappears.

She’s the one who’s quick, fast and She
gives the light and announces to the whole
world what Shri Krishna is.”
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“Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Vishnumaya
sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri Nirmala
Devi, namo namaha.”
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18. SHRI BHUMIDEVI

Bhūmi or Bhūmī-Devī is the Hindu Goddess
representing Mother Earth. She is the consort of Varaha,
an avatar of Vishnu, and she is regarded as the mother of
the Goddess Sita [who was born out of the earth].
She is also regarded as the mother of the demon

Narakasura. Bhumi Devi is also believed to be one of the
two forms of Lakshmi. The other is Sridevi, who remains
with Narayana. Bhudevi is the Goddess of Earth, and the
fertility form of Lakshmi. She is the daughter of Kashyap.
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18.2 In Sahaja Yoga
“Now look at the Mother Earth, She is the
one who produces all kinds of beautiful
flowers of different fragrance, of different
nature, colour, heights. The trees are
different. Trees, when they grow up, they
grow in such a manner that every leaf,
every leaf of that tree, gets the sun. Look at
the collective sense which is given to us by
this Mother Earth. We have never realized
that this Mother Earth, which is giving us
everything that we want, and the sun helps
the Mother Earth, cooperates, coordinates
with Her. To go further with it, you have
seen that picture where the Kundalini is
coming out of the Mother Earth, and half of
it is seen. So what does this Kundalini do
for us? Or what does this Mother Earth do
for us? The Kundalini leaves the Mother
Earth as a reflection, and what does She do
within us, to build us up in which way? So it
is the primordial power which is coming out
of the Mother Earth. Mother Earth itself acts
like a Mother, She looks after you, She
gives you whatever you want, (...).
For example, in India we all used to do that,
though I was in a Christian family, that
before touching the Mother Earth, getting
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up from the bed, we used to say: “Oh
Mother Earth, please forgive us because we
are touching You with our feet.” So, respect
for the Mother Earth and for nature is built
in within us, it´s part and parcel, we are
part and parcel of this whole universe. But
when you get into this nonsensical idea of
freedom, then you are leaving your Mother
Earth; your gravity itself reduces. This
Mother Earth has to teach us - while we are
plundering everything, the ecology, their
ecology - ecology people
are trying. Whatever is outside is also

inside. If you want to exploit your Mother
inside, or if you want to trouble your
Mother inside, you can also trouble this
Mother Earth.”
“Adi Kundalini, is the desire, complete

desire of Adi Shakti. Now this one was first
expressed in the Mother Earth, inside the
Mother Earth. Inside the Mother Earth, the
Kundalini came up in such a way that it
cooled down the inner part of the Mother
Earth, as much as it could, and then it
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manifested on the surface of the earth as
different chakras. So it´s a tremendous
similarity that we have with Virata, the
Mother Earth and the human beings. If all of
them are being reflected by the Adi
Kundalini, so there has to be a great
connection between them. It is not
understood by human beings how they are
connected to this Mother Earth. This
Kundalini passed through different centres,
creating different centres in the Mother
Earth, and ultimately broke through
Kailasha.
So to respect the Mother Earth people do
Bhoomi Puja, many people, when they are
building a house, they will do the Bhoomi
Puja, means they will respect the Mother
Earth.
Like Moses went to the sea and the Mother
Earth came up for them to walk through. If
all the Jews had walked, it would not have
worked out, but it was Moses and his
saintliness that the Mother Earth Herself
came up and helped. In the same way when
Rama was building a big bridge between
Lanka and India, the Mother Earth came up
as a bridge.”
Adi Shakti Puja, Cabella, Italy, 25.05.1997
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“For example, the first chakra is created by
this Mother Earth.
Also it means the heaviness, or you can say,
a person who is very steady, who is very
deep, who has the knowledge, and who can
act like the Mother Earth. For the power of
magnetism in the mother earth also is
called as magnetic, but in Sanskrit is
„Gurutwakareshwari“ - means the
attraction of the heaviness of the Mother
Earth.”
Guru Puja, Cabella, Italy, 12.07.1998
“To say something about the connection of

Sahaja Yoga with this Mother Earth. It is
very important that we must understand
the value of the Mother Earth. She has been
very kind to all of you, She has been
sucking your vibrations. She has been,
otherwise also - She has given you
everything that you see around. So today,
we have to understand the connection, and
the symbolic expression of the Mother
Earth within ourselves.
I have told you before also that Kundalini,
which is in three and a half coils is placed
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within a triangular bone. Now this abode of
the Kundalini is called as Mooladhara, and
is represented in this universe as Mother
Earth. Or in the puja it is represented as the
Kumbha.
But today when we are in this modern
Sahaja Yoga, we are actually at the level of
the Mother Earth, because this is the age of
the Aquarius. And Aquarius is the same as
the Kumbha - is the Mother Earth. So we are
at the level of the Mother Earth.
This is what today’s Sahaja Yoga is. That
now the Mother Earth is the one, who is
symbolised within you as the Mooladhara,
symbolised as the Adi Shakti
And now for the ‘first’ time after
realisation, you can give Her back what you
have got it, from Her. You can give
vibrations to Her trees that are created, you
can make them beautiful. You can
transform a flower into a more beautiful
flower. Now whatever you have to give what
you have got from the Mother Earth, you
can give because "your’ Mother Earth is
awakened within you now.”
Mother Earth Talk, Surbiton Ashram, 21.08.1983
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“When you sit on the ground also it helps
more because the Mother of Shri Ganesha is
this Prithvi, is this Earth, the Mother Earth,
and that's why we should look after the
Mother Earth. We don't look after the
Mother Earth. We don't understand the
value of Mother Earth. Actually in Indian
culture it is that, when you are getting up in
the morning, you must say Namaskar to the
Mother Earth, because saying that: “I bow
to you, O, Mother Earth, because I am
touching you with my feet.” Such respect
you should have for Mother earth, then you
won't exploit it, you won't have today's
problems of pollution and this and that.”
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19. KALKI

In Hinduism, Kalki ( destroyer of filth, ignorance) is the
tenth and final avatar of the God Vishnu in the
current Mahayuga, foretold to appear at the end of Kali
Yuga, the current epoch. The Purana scriptures foretell
that Kalki will be atop a white horse with a drawn blazing
sword. He is the harbinger of the end time after which he
will usher in Satya Yuga.
The Kalki Purana combines elements of earlier scriptures

to describe Kalki. He will have the power to change the
course of the stream of time and restore the path of the
righteous.
shambhala-grama-mukhyasya brahmanasya
mahatmanah
bhavane vishnuyashasah kalkih
pradurbhavishyati
"Lord Kalki will appear in the home of the
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most eminent brahmana of Shambhala
village, the great soul Vishnuyasha."
20. 2 In Sahaja Yoga
Some people present the Ekadesha Rudras as merely

destructive forces, but in fact they only destroy the
negative forces in the world and in people ... and that is
very POSITIVE ! SHRI KALKI does this trough the 11 so
called ‘destructive’ forces of the EKADESHA RUDRAS, but
they are mainly active for our TRANSFORMATION and only
for destruction if we refuse this transformation (spiritual
growth) and are stuck in all kinds of negativity.
“The power of Kalki is known as Mahamaya

because She is a great illusion. She is
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absolutely human, but expresses the three
integrated powers of Mahakali,
Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati.”
“The awakening of Kalki began the day this
Incarnation of Adi Shakti took human form.”
Shri Mataji: The Book of Adi Shakti, Nirmala Vidya LLC, New Jersey ,
2013, p. 41
Moreover, in the Great Mantra we say two times:
“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Kalki sakshat.”

→ “ You really are Shri Kalki.”
BUT: “The Sahasrara Chakra (the limbic era
of the brain) is governed by Adi Shakti in a
form called Mahamaya (the Great Illusion).
She is the Power of the tenth and final
incarnation of Vishnu, Shri Kalki, the
Collective being, who is yet to come.”
The Book of Adi Shakti, Nirmala Vidya LLC, New Jersey, 2013, p. 122
Shri Mataji : « But the destruction is going to

come through Kalki.”
Question: “How soon ?”
Shri Mataji: “No, not so soon. (...) We don’t
want that just now. Let’s have more time to
save all of you, all right ? So we don’t want
Him just now.”
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S
GREAT MANTRA -
- MOTHER’s MANTRA
“Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Mahalakshmi,

Mahasaraswati, Mahakali, Trigunatmika,
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Kundalini sakshat, Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri
Nirmala Devi, namoh namaha.
Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Kalki sakshat,

Shri Adi Shakti Mataji, Shri Nirmala Devi,
namo namaha.
Ohm twamewa sakshat, Shri Kalki sakshat,

Shri Sahasrara Swamini, moksha Pradayini
Mataji, Shri Nirmala Devi, namoh namaha.”
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Some additional terminology
The tilaka (or tilak, tika, bindu) is a mark worn on the

forehead or other parts of the body as a sign of spiritual
devotion.
Vibhuti is the holy ash obtained from sacred puja rites

involving fire. It is used on the forehead, normally as three
horizontal lines representing Shiva. Some Hindus meld
both the three horizontal vibhuti lines of Shiva and the 'U'
shape thilaka of Vishnu in an amalgam marker
signifying Hari-Hara (Vishnu-Shiva). In addition, sacred ash
signifies that the body's origin is from dust and ash and to
dust and ash it shall return. The ash is a marker of
impermanence. Everything in the interim is but an illusion
(maya).
Vibhuti, when applied to the forehead, also symbolizes
the willingness to destroy negative thoughts and qualities
(jealousy, envy, anger, greed, etc.), as these negative
qualities, if not destroyed, will bring all kinds of pains in
life.
Sri Chakra Yantra (commonly referred to as Sri Yantra) is

a mandala formed by nine interlocking triangles. Four of
these triangles are oriented upright, representing Shiva or
the Masculine. Five of these triangles are inverted
triangles representing Shakti, or the Feminine. Together,
the nine triangles form a web symbolic of the entire
cosmos, a womb symbolic of creation, and together
express Advaita Vedanta or non-duality
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Deities are often depicted with multiple heads, arms, and
other body parts to represent the
divine omnipresence and immanence (ability to be in many
places at once and simultaneously exist in all places at
once) .
In ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism, the human

body is described as a temple, and deities are described to
be parts residing within it, while the Brahman (Absolute
Reality, God) is described to be the same, or of similar
nature, as the Atman (self, soul), which Hindus believe is
eternal and within every living being. Deities in Hinduism
are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to
be polytheistic, pantheistic, monotheistic, monistic,
agnostic, atheistic or humanist.
Yajna: fire ritual that marks major Hindu ceremonies.

→Agni (fire)
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Deities in Hinduism are referred to as Deva (masculine)
and Devi (feminine): "a shining one".
Devas and asuras, both these natures exist in each human

being. According to the Bhagavad Gita, all beings in the
universe have both the divine qualities and the demonic
qualities within each. The sixteenth chapter of the
Bhagavad Gita states that pure god-like saints are rare
and pure demon-like evil are rare among human beings.
The Gita states that desires, aversions, greed, needs,
emotions in various forms "are facets of ordinary lives",
and it is only when they turn to lust, hate, cravings,
arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness, hypocrisy, violence,
cruelty and such negativity- and destruction-inclined that
natural human inclinations metamorphose into something
demonic (asura).
There is, however, a popular perception stating that there

are 330 million deities in Hinduism, but all deities are
typically viewed in Hinduism as "emanations or
manifestation of the genderless principle called Brahman,
representing the many facets of Ultimate Reality"
In the earliest Vedic literature, all supernatural beings are

called Asuras. By the late Vedic period (~500 BCE),
benevolent supernatural beings are referred to as Deva-
Asuras. In post-Vedic texts, such as the Puranas and
the Itihasas, the Devas represent the good, and the Asuras
the bad. In some medieval Indian literature, Devas are also
referred to as Suras and contrasted with their equally
powerful, but malevolent half-brothers referred to as the
Asuras. ‘Ungodly' are the chief evil spirits: The Asuras
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who are continually at war with the gods, whose power
they sometimes shake, but never conquer. They include all
the sinful demons, both the sons of Diti (called daityas)
and Danu (called Danavas).
Rakshasas ('demons') are the sons of Pulatsya, the chief

among whom was Ravana, who was killed by Rama.
Lesser Devatas: the 12 Adityas, the 8 Vasus, the

11 Rudras and the 2 Ashvins
Demigods and spirits: The Nagas (snake-spirits),
the Yakshas (associated with the god Kubera are a sort of
gnome or fairy),the Gandharvas (all male, are servants of
Indra and heavenly musicians). Associated with them are
the Kinnaras, the Indian centaurs. The female
counterparts of the Gandharvas are are Apsaras. They are
beautiful and libidinous, and specially delighted in
tempting ascetics in their meditations.
The Rishis (sages or seers) were composers of the Vedic

hymns and other legendary wise men of olden times.
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DIVINE

There is no other way ! Without limitation there

The Universal Consciousness itself, by assuming

► Omnipotence becomes limited power.

► Omniscience becomes vidya: limitation of

► Divine desire becomes limited desire.

► Eternity becomes kala: limited time.

► Omnipresence becomes limitation in space and

► Universal consciousness becomes individual

By self-realization and the ascent of Kundalini (vital

God Almighty/Sadashiva possesses uncountable

Adi Shakti deposits an amount of these aspects in

Some of these qualities are brought together in

“All deities are aspects of one God.”

In the basic chakra, the Mooladhara, for instance

 Hinduism originated around the Indus Valley near the River Indus in

Adi Shakti incarnated on this earth as Shri Mataji

We will let Adi Shakti speak for Herself:

“That's how you have to grow. First of all

“So what I did only thing (is) that I put in

"But today is the day I declare that I am the

The Messiah-Paraclete Shri Mataji, London, UK , 02.12.1979

The name Ganesha is a Sanskrit compound, joining the

Ganesha is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in

Ganesha typically holds an axe or a goad in one upper arm

Vinayaka (the peerless one), Vighnarāja (the ruler of

The names Vighnesha and Vighneshvara (Lord of

But essentially he is presented as an innocent child.

A 13th-century statue of Ganesha in Mysore District,Karnataka

Ganesha typically holds an axe or a goad in one upper arm

Street festivities in Hyderabad, India, during the festival of Ganesha

Ganesha was having a race with his brother

5.2 In Sahaja Yoga

“One may say: "Mother, what is the source

“This manifestation of Ganesha within us is

“Our health would be the best if we look

“So you must worship Shri Ganesha, but I

“Worship Shri Ganesha, worshipping of Shri

“As it is, Jesus was the incarnation of Shri

“Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Ganesha sakshat,

Kartikeya is the brother of Ganesha, the other son of

Kartikeya was created to destroy demons (one of them is

6.2 In Sahaja Yoga

“The humility of Ganesha is told by this.

“In this 108 names, if you have noticed,

„Ohm twameva sakshat, Shri Kartikeya sakshat,

The „All Pervading One“ – (vish = to pervade)

7.1 In Indian tradition

Vishnu in Hindu mythology

In the story, Vishnu advised the other gods to churn the

The churning also brought Lakshmi forth from the ocean.

Vishnu is usually described as having the dark complexion of

The Four Arms

The four hands of Vishnu express dominion over the four

"Only the unlearned deem myself (Vishnu) and Shiva to

Vishnu would constantly come down to earth in the form

 Jnana (omniscience); defined as the power to know

AVATARS: the dashavatara, or the ten avatars

Vishnu is the Preserver and guardian of men (Narayana);

1. Matsya (fish) : Some Hindus believe that this is similar

2 Kurma (turtle): for the churning of the Ocean.

3. Varaha (pig/boar): In this avatar, Vishnu recovered the