One of the twelve Jyotirlingas is Bheemshankar. The sixth Jyotirling, Bheemshankar Mahadeva is located about 120 kilometers from Pune, in the Maharashtra state of India. It is in the Sahayadri mountains. It goes back to Satyuga and even at the beginning of the Treta. This Jyotirling is swayambu, that is, it came out by itself. There was a person whose name was Bheem. He is not the Bheem of Mahabharata. He meditated and gained many powers. Out …
As we are aware that Rama meditated for nine days and nights to Mother, and received final blessings. Even, Rama prayed to Shiva before traveling to Lanka, at Rameshwaram. Ravana came to the ceremony, and Rama invited him as the pandit in the pooja. Ravana even brought Maa Sita with him to the pooja. After the pooja, Ravana blessed Rama and Maa Sita for a victorious life ahead. During the war, there was a rule that the opponent could only hit …
We have nine openings in our bodies; two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, one mouth, and two lower openings. This body is a fort and the energy resides in it. If we pay attention to the outside world, we are Shav, that is a dead body. The moment we are aware that we are neither the mind …
Mother Kalratri… Kal means death; the one beyond time and space. When we defeat death, we become Mrityunjaya. Death is unavoidable. When we remember death 24*7, we never walk on the wrong path. We walk on the path of Sitaratul mustaqeem. Mother Kalratri teaches us that the physical body shall die but the mind will dissolve in the soul, and we will be …
Days of Rabi ul-Awwal are going on. ‘Keep Allah first’, is the message behind this month. On the twelfth (1+2=3) of the third month, Rabi ul-Awwal, Prophet Mohammed peace-be-upon-him was born, and on the same date later, he took Mahasamadhi, i.e. renounced his physical body. When we place Allah first, we find a Satguru, and then we never deviate from the path. This is the reason why Allah sent his messenger, …
Today is the fifth day of Navaratri, revered in the name of Mother Skandmata. We are aware that She is called so because she is the mother of Kartikeya. She is the Mother of everyone; the omnipresent, the omniscient. Kartikeya took birth from the womb; we all took birth from her womb. She is our very own. We took birth through her and …
Today is the day of Mother Kushmanda. Ku means tiny, a kumari. Ushma means energy, and anda indicates a primordial thing, from which the entire cosmos arose; who has created everything, who is within the creation, and who is hidden from the creation as well.. the energy, under whose command the universe runs. We have to feel the energy that is …
Today is the day of Mother Chandraghanta. Why is she called so? She adorns herself with a crescent moon (Chandra), which looks like a bell (ghanta). Then, what is special about the moon? When we see the moon, we feel intense love. When we focus our attention on the form, automatically all our negativities go away. We …
Today’s day is celebrated in the name of Mother Brahmcharini. We are aware that this body is a fort (durg), where our soul, the Shakti resides. Our mind remains engaged in the outer world and hence we cannot perceive the energy. Someone said, “We should blow out the Diya (a lit earthen lamp) of darkness and light a lamp of the …
Today is the first day of Navratri. It is also called Durga Puja. Durg means a fort, and the soul sitting within the fort is the true self. Today’s day is celebrated in the name of Mother Shailputri. Shailputri means the daughter of Himachal. Shail, the mountain signifies strength, energy, and power. The mountain itself is not alive. But if the energy enters …