Devi Mandir

Temple of Divine Mother

Ganesha Arati

Arati for Lord Ganesha – Jai Ganesha Jai Ganesha Jai Ganesha Deva

Advice from Shree Maa

God is Eternal; the world is temporary. God is One, but has infinite names and infinite forms. If you call upon God in a true and simple manner, you will […]

Shree Maa on Supreme Divinity

Shree Maa was reading from a Bengali book and explaining the teachings of Shankaracharya and Sri Ramakrishna about the nature of Supreme Divinity: Acharya Shankaracharya realized and lived with Supreme […]

Ramakrishna on God and Peace

This is a short article quoting Ramakrishna’s advice on how to obtain peace.

“The more you come to God, the more you feel peace. Peace, peace, peace- supreme peace! …read more
 

Who is the Divine Mother?

She is the eight forms of wealth; She is the Eleven Relievers from Sufferings; She is the twelve Sons of Enlightenment. She is All Gods who drink the nectar of […]

Shree Maa’s Prayer to Divine Mother

“Oh dearest Divine Mother, we offer our prayer unto you. We are your children; please accept our plea. Divine Mother you are the bestower of excellence. You are the well-wisher […]

Sam Gacchadvam

The Sam Gacchadvam mantra can be found in the Advanced Shiva Puja text.  In the past, Shree Maa has asked us to chant this mantra as part of a sankalpa […]

How to Recognize a True Sadhu

There are many people in this world who claim to be sadhus and saints. In this dark time, how are we to recognize the true teachers from the fakes? When […]

Shiva Worship Questions

Advanced Shiva Puja: Bahya Matrka Nyasa Question: In the Advanced Shiva Puja, when one is doing the bahya matrika nyasa “backwards”, should all the actions be in reverse, i.e., om […]

Shakti Pithas

~~OM~~ When Sati, the wife of Shiva, sacrificed herself at the Yajna performed by her father Daksha, a very distraught Shiva started dancing with her body. He was dancing the […]

Story of Daksha’s Yajna

~~OM~~ Daksha decided he would have a Yajna. Remember he was going to have the Yajna by which he would initiate the new creation. And he invited Brahma, he invited […]

Kali – Understanding the Divine Mother

From Swami Satyananda Saraswati’s introduction to Kali Puja ‘Kal’ means Darkness; Kali takes away that Darkness. She takes away the darkness from every individual who strives in the path of […]

Dance of Chamunda

In grand style, the magic of Chandi, She Who Tears Apart Thought, has come alive at the Devi Mandir with elaborate celebrations of Navaratri, the nine day festival of Durga […]

Devi Mandir Diary – Shivaratri 2007

February 19 – February 25 Shivaratri 2007 Early in the morning of Shivaratri, we saw our beloved Swamiji sitting in asan by the sacred fire and chanting many, many scriptures […]

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