Not Religion, It Is REALITY [1]

"Merge in the Maha Shakti. This is enough to take away your misfortune. This will carve out of you a woman. Woman needs her own Shakti, not anybody else will do it… When a woman chants the Kundalini Bhakti mantra, God clears the way. This is not a religion, it is a reality. Woman is not born to suffer, and woman needs her own power.”

 

Evolution

Female teacher Swami Mayatitananda notes that at the beginning of Creation, as it is written in the Shakta Advaita, the Divine Mother took form and set in motion the wheel of manifestation. She bestowed her healing spirit into the womb and regenerative energy of every female of every species of the earth.^{[5] [3]} According to the Vedas (as written or sung by the rishika [4]), a woman's femininity cannot exist apart from her Shakti, and Shakti is a metaphor for womanhood.^{[6] [5]}

David Kinsley mentions "Shakti" of Lord Indra's as Sachi [6] (Indrani), meaning power.^{[7] [7]} Indrani is part of a group of seven or eight mother goddesses called the Matrikas [8] (Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Maheshvari, Indrani, Kumari, Varahi and Chamunda and/or Narasimhi), who are considered shaktis of major Hindu gods (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Indra, Skanda, Varaha/Yama and Devi and Narasimha respectively).

The Shakti goddess is also known as Amma (meaning 'mother') in south India, especially in the states of Karnataka,Tamil Nadu,Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. There are many temples devoted to various incarnations of the Shakti goddess in most of the villages in South India [10]. The rural people believe that Shakti is the protector of the village, the punisher of evil people, the curer of diseases, and the one who gives welfare to the village. They celebrate Shakti Jataras with a lot of hue and great interest once a year. Some examples of incarnations are Ganga [11] Ma, Aarti [12], Kamakshi [13] Ma, Kanakadurga [14] Ma, Mahalakshmi [15] Ma, Meenakshi [16] Ma, Manasa [17] Ma, Mariamman [18], Yellamma [19], Poleramma [20] and Perantalamma [21].

[edit [22]] Shakti/Parvati/Sati Peethas

There are 4 Adi Shakti Pith and 51 important centres of Shakti worship [24] located in the Indian sub-continent, which are located in India, Sri Lanka [25], Nepal [26], Bangladesh [27], Tibet [28] and Pakistan [29]. These are called Shakti Peethas [23]. Most Shakti peethas have since developed into famous temple complexes, including: Jwalaji [30] (Himachal [31]), Tara Tarini [32] (Berhampur [33], Orissa [34]), Katyayani [35] (Chattarpur [36], Delhi [37]), Kamakhya [38] (Assam), Kali [39] at Kalighat [40] (Kolkata [41],West Bengal [42]), Naina [43] Devi [44] (Himachal [31]), Manasa [17] devi (Chandigarh [45]).

Main pithas in Maharashtra [46] are Tuljapur [47] (Jagdamba [48]), Kolhapur [49] (Mahalaxmi [50]), vani-Nashik [51] (Saptashrungi [52]) and Mahurgadh [53] (Renukamata [54]).

[edit [56]] Adi Parashakti

Adi-Shakti or Adi parashakti is a Hindu concept of the Ultimate Shakti, the ultimate power inherent in all Creation. This is especially prevalent in the Shakta [58] denomination within Hinduism, which worships the Goddess Devi [44] in all Her manifestations.

[edit [59]] Bhajans and Mantras

There are many ancient Shakti devotional songs and vibrational chants in the Hindu and Sikh traditions (found in Sarbloh Granth [60]). The recitation of the Sanskrit bij mantra MA is commonly used to call upon the Divine Mother, the Shakti, as well as the Moon.

Kundalini-Shakti-Bhakti Mantra

Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Adi Shakti, Namo Namo!

Sarab Shakti, Sarab Shakti, Sarab Shakti, Namo Namo!

Prithum Bhagvati, Prithum Bhagvati, Prithum Bhagvati, Namo Namo!

Kundalini Mata Shakti, Mata Shakti, Namo Namo!

Translation:

Primal Shakti, I bow to Thee!

All-Encompassing Shakti, I bow to Thee!

That through which Divine Creates, I bow to Thee!

Creative Power of the Kundalini, Mother of all Mother Power, To Thee I Bow! ^{[8] [61]}

"Merge in the Maha Shakti. This is enough to take away your misfortune. This will carve out of you a woman. Woman needs her own Shakti, not anybody else will do it… When a woman chants the Kundalini Bhakti mantra, God clears the way. This is not a religion, it is a reality. Woman is not born to suffer, and woman needs her own power.”

“When India and Indian women knew this mantra, it dwelt in the land of milk and honey.”

~ Yogi Bhajan (Harbhajan Singh) ^{[9] [62]}

 

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