On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Madhuri Saxena <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > [image: devi] > > > > > > > > > > > > > Devi - Goddess Lakshmi > > > Goddess Lakshmi [ Goddess of Prosperity ] : > > > Lord Sri Narayana or Mahavishnu is known as the preserver. The > beloved wife of Sri Narayana is Sri Lakshmi. Mother Lakshmi is > always identified with the Lord, and hence they are known as Sri > Lakshmi Narayana. Mother Lakshmi is a mother of prosperity, peace > and illumination. Without Her grace one can't have inner > peace or perennial joy. > > > Lakshmi is commonly known as Goddess of wealth. Wealth is not > only the money. Tradition and values of life is also wealth. Our > family and progress is also wealth. Our belongings such as land, > properties, animals, grains, etc as well as virtues like > patience, persistence, purity etc in the form of a character are > nothing but our wealth and so also glory or victory. Thus this > eightfold Sri Lakshmi is known as Sri Ashta Lakshmi. > > > Mother Lakshmi is the source and provider of the following > enumerated well-known sixteen types of wealth and many more. (1) > Fame (2) Knowledge (3) Courage and Strength (4) Victory (5) Good > Children (6) Valor (7) Gold and other gross properties (8) Grains > in abundance (9) Happiness (10) Bliss (11) Intelligence (12) > Beauty (13) Higher Aim, High Thinking and Higher Meditation too > (14) Morality and Ethics (15) Good Health (16) Long Life. Let us > glance upon the glory of mother Ashta Lakshmi´s individual > nature and forms. > > > Adi Lakshmi: Mother Lakshmi resides with Lord Narayana in the > Vaikuntha, the abode of Lord Narayana. She is known as Rama, > means bringing happiness to the mankind. She is also known as > Indira (who holds lotus or purity in the hands or heart.) Divine > Mother's this form is normally seen serving Sri Narayana. > Lord Narayana is omnipresent. Adi Lakshmi or Rama Lakshmi serves > Sri Narayana is symbolic of her serving the whole creation. > Though Sri Narayana is attended by innumerable devotees, still > she personally loves to serve the Lord. Actually mother Adi > Lakshmi and Narayana are not two different entities but one only. > Many a place we see her form sitting in the lap of Sri > Narayana. > > > Dhanya Lakshmi: Dhanya means grains. This includes all kind of > purified food containing all essential vitamins, minerals, > protein, calcium, carbohydrate and so on. With the grace of > mother Dhanya Lakshmi one gets all essential nutrients grains, > fruits, vegetables and other foods. > > > Dhairya Lakshmi: This form of mother Lakshmi grants the boon > of infinite courage and strength. Those, who are in tune with > infinite inner power, are always bound to have victory. Those who > worship mother Dhairya Lakshmi they live and lead a life with > tremendous patience and inner stability. > > > Gaja Lakshmi: In the holy book of Srimad Bhagavata the story > of the churning of the ocean by Gods and demons is explained in > detail. Author, the Sage Vyasa writes that Lakshmi came out of > the ocean during the churning of the ocean (Samudra Manthan). So > she is known as a daughter of the ocean. She came out of the > ocean sitting on a full-bloomed lotus and also having lotus > flowers in both hands with two elephants by her sides, holding a > beautiful vessel filled with milk and pouring it over Sri > Lakshmi. Many a time we see Sri Lakshmi standing in the lotus and > elephants are pouring nectar over her. During the festival of the > lamps or the Deepavali along with Sri Lakshmi the Ganapathi or > the Elephant God also gets worshipped; that signifies the > protection from evils as well as abundant grace and blessings for > additional prosperities! > > > Santan Lakshmi: In the family life, the children are the > greatest treasure. Those who worship this particular form of Sri > Lakshmi, known as a Santan Lakshmi, are bestowed with the grace > of mother Lakshmi and have wealth in the form of desirable > children with good health & long life. > > > Vijay Lakshmi: Vijay is victory. Vijay is to get success in > all undertakings and all different facets of life. Some are > strong physically but weak mentally while others are economically > rich but poor in their attitude and cannot exert any influence. > Vijay is to have all encompassing victory. Vijay is to rejoice > glory of our real nature - Vijay is to conquer the lower nature. > Vijay is the victory in external and internal wars and of course > eternal wars! Hence those, with grace of mother Vijay Lakshmi, > have victory everywhere, at all time, in all conditions. Victory > to Vijay Lakshmi!! > > > Dhana Lakshmi: Dhana is wealth. But as per Rigved´s > Purush Shukta Dhana is not only a wealth in coins and currency. > Even Sun and moon, fire and stars, rains and nature, oceans and > mountains, rivers and streams, all these are our wealth, so are > the progeny, our inner will power, our character and our virtues. > With the grace of mother Dhana Lakshmi we will get all these in > abundance. > > > Vidya Lakshmi: Vidya is education. Education is not mere > studies to receive the degrees and diplomas certificates from the > educational institutes or universities. Serenity, Regularity, > Absence of Vanity, Sincerity, Simplicity, Veracity, Equanimity, > Fixity, Non-irritability, Adaptability Humility, Tenacity, > Integrity, Nobility, Magnanimity, Charity, Generosity and Purity > are the eighteen "itis" that only can give > immortality. > > > Education, which cannot give peace to the soul or cannot give > the knowledge of the Self and the inner satisfaction, is not > education. Education, which cannot wipe the tears of others, > known or unknown, is not education. Education is the > understanding the situation and silence or art of living and > leading the life that can make the life, the Life Divine, where > the ultimate Goal of the life is the God-Realization. > > > Such Education can come only through discrimination and > dispassion. One can have abundant amount of money, but if he does > not know how to make good use of it, it will work to his > disadvantage. If an alcoholic or a drug addict gets a big sum of > money, it will only hasten his downward journey to destruction. > Vidya Lakshmi is the understanding and the knowledge to mold the > ordinary life into the Divine Life. A life of Service, a life of > feeling for a fellow being, a life of charity and generosity, a > life of purity, a life for seeking a soul within the soul and a > life with an ultimate aim of the realization of the ABSOLUTE is > the only real education, which can come only with the grace of > Vidya Lakshmi. > > > Thus all these eightfold Sri Lakshmi is ultimately one single > power only. That is Adishakti. > > > The perennial and unchangeable, ever lasting, eternal truth or > the absolute is this Supreme blessedness, the mother Adishakti. > She is the origin. She is the light. She is the power, the wisdom > and the strength. She is the Supreme Joy, peace, bliss and > illumination. > > > Year after year we have seen the lamps being lit for Diwali, > the birth day and the wedding day of Goddess Lakshmi. In the dark > night the glowing flames herald the advent of longer nights-the > early days of an Indian winter. > > > The essence of this light is Shri Lakshmi-arising, at the > beginning of time, out of the waters at the churning of the Milky > Ocean by gods and demons for a thousand years. Regarded as the > goddess of love, beauty and prosperity, Lakshmi, Kamla or Padma > (Sanskrit words for lotus), the beloved consort of Vishnu, along > with the dearly loved pot-bellied, elephant headed, auspicious > god of the Hindu theology, Siri Ganesha, is a presiding deity of > the festival of lights. They are worshipped in every household so > that the year may be full of prosperity. Throughout the night a > lamp is kept burning before her image so that she may continue to > dwell in the house and bestow upon it the wealth of life. > > > May Mother Adishakti´s and Sri Ashta Lakshmi´s grace > be ever upon us all, to receive her divine grace for being > befitting servant of the mankind in her cosmic kingdom. 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