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Shree Maa has just blessed us with a new group sankalpa to continue our efforts in praying for world peace. She lovingly chooses these powerful mantras in order to create a specific benefit in each of our lives.
The collective effort in chanting the sankalpa at the same time as hundreds of other devotees also creates special benefits for the whole universe.
This sankalpa involves the chanting of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam to clarify our goals and contributing to the group total. Read below for more details:
To Register For the Sankalpa
This sankalpa is now complete.
Dates of the Sankalpa
Start Date: November 11th, 2013
End Date: December 31st, 2013
Goal of the Sankalpa
Our group sankalpa is to complete 10,008 recitations of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam during this time period. So, every recitation counts!
Whether you want to recite once or three times a day, for one day or for the 51 days of the sankalpa, all are welcome to participate in this prayer for World Peace.
The 51 days correspond to the 51 shakti pitas and it is our hope that these 51 days will helps us clarify our goals for the coming year.
The Sankalpa Mantra
Recite the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam atleast once a day, or as many times as you can for 51 days,
The Ashtakam is available at http://shreemaa.org/wp-content/uploads/Mahalakshmi_Ashtakam11.pdf
The Audio Clip of the Mantra.
You can listen to the audio clip here http://shreemaa.org/shree-maa-sings-episode-19-mahalaksmi-astakam/
What is the Value of a Group Sankalpa ?
Here is what some of our participants around the world are saying . Please read their feedback.
Your Group Sankalpa Affirmations
Visit this page to remind yourself why Sadhana is important to you and especially Sadhana in the form of a Group Sankalpa. When motivation flags, this is the page to read and get strength. Here are the collected affirmations of the participants.
Sankalpa Counts Tracker
Goal – 51 days and 10008 recitations of the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam
Status – As of Dec 31st, the FINAL day of the sankalpa, we completed with 122 active participants and 37457 recitations.
| S.No | Name | Number of Recitations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airiel | 234 |
| 2 | Alexandra | 20 |
| 3 | Amba | 293 |
| 4 | Ambika G | 448 |
| 5 | Ambika S | 153 |
| 6 | Anjana | 151 |
| 7 | Anonymous | 86 |
| 8 | Anschi | 50 |
| 9 | Aparna N | 49 |
| 10 | Ardis | 700 |
| 11 | Bea | 153 |
| 12 | Bhuwan | 257 |
| 13 | Bill M | 60 |
| 14 | Chandana | 15 |
| 15 | Claire | 53 |
| 16 | Chandi | 305 |
| 17 | Colin | 182 |
| 18 | Curt | 106 |
| 19 | Curtis | 620 |
| 20 | Dania | 24 |
| 21 | Daniel | 51 |
| 22 | Devi Krishnan | 30 |
| 23 | Divya | 477 |
| 24 | Dmitri | 555 |
| 25 | Dhyana Devi | 408 |
| 26 | Edna | 6 |
| 27 | Ekatmananda | 191 |
| 28 | Elise | 61 |
| 29 | Eric | 153 |
| 30 | Eva | 333 |
| 31 | Fred | 295 |
| 32 | Ganga | 27 |
| 33 | Hari | 292 |
| 34 | Hari R | 232 |
| 35 | Henny | 404 |
| 36 | Jagdish T | 150 |
| 37 | Jan | 165 |
| 38 | Janice | 63 |
| 39 | Janitri | 159 |
| 40 | Janyananda | 208 |
| 41 | Jebani | 325 |
| 42 | Joshua | 97 |
| 43 | Julia | 720 |
| 44 | Kaliananda | 108 |
| 45 | Kalidas | 80 |
| 46 | Kamala Maa | 68 |
| 47 | Kamini | 18 |
| 48 | Karen | 92 |
| 49 | Karen B | 153 |
| 50 | Kaushiki | 154 |
| 51 | Kim | 154 |
| 52 | Kip | 412 |
| 53 | Krista | 165 |
| 54 | Kurt | 89 |
| 55 | Kyle Williams | 4 |
| 56 | Lakshmi | 153 |
| 57 | Laksmi | 95 |
| 58 | Laura | 103 |
| 59 | Leela | 153 |
| 60 | Linda | 60 |
| 61 | Lori | 255 |
| 62 | Madhuri | 200 |
| 63 | Mamta | 230 |
| 64 | Marsha | 169 |
| 65 | Mausumi | 6 |
| 66 | Max | 540 |
| 67 | Meadow | 125 |
| 68 | Morningsong | 135 |
| 69 | Mrunmayee | 326 |
| 70 | Nanda | 306 |
| 71 | Narendra | 432 |
| 72 | Neil | 768 |
| 73 | Nirmala | 511 |
| 74 | Oliver | 32 |
| 75 | Papia | 205 |
| 76 | Paul | 90 |
| 77 | Paul (Mt Shasta) | 276 |
| 78 | Prabuddh | 153 |
| 79 | Prakash | 165 |
| 80 | Pramod | 111 |
| 78 | Premaa | 82 |
| 81 | Pushpa | 1 |
| 82 | Raghu | 515 |
| 83 | Rajeswary | 1014 |
| 84 | Rajkumari | 555 |
| 85 | Ramdas | 254 |
| 86 | Ratnaprava | 150 |
| 87 | Rebeca | 108 |
| 88 | Reema | 28 |
| 89 | Rekha | 119 |
| 90 | Robert | 30 |
| 91 | Ron | 1150 |
| 92 | Rosemarijn | 1 |
| 93 | Roxana | 144 |
| 94 | Ruchi | 190 |
| 95 | Sadhana Shakti | 36 |
| 96 | Sally | 28 |
| 97 | Samantha B | 18 |
| 98 | Sami | 184 |
| 99 | Sanjoy | 146 |
| 100 | Saranya | 216 |
| 101 | Satya | 5401 |
| 102 | Seema | 8 |
| 103 | Shalini | 172 |
| 104 | Shanti | 3108 |
| 105 | Shashi | 321 |
| 106 | Shyama | 409 |
| 107 | Siddhartha | 1 |
| 108 | Sukanya | 264 |
| 109 | Teddy | 10 |
| 110 | Tracey | 21 |
| 111 | Uma G | 651 |
| 112 | Uma S | 48 |
| 113 | Uma W | 3600 |
| 114 | Usha | 1108 |
| 115 | Usha K | 35 |
| 116 | Vargini | 104 |
| 117 | Vidyasagar | 37 |
| 118 | Vimmy | 80 |
| 119 | Vina | 37 |
| 120 | Vivekananda | 108 |
| 121 | Wah | 328 |
| 122 | Yukiteru | 180 |
| TOTAL | 37457 |