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Learn the Shiva Advanced Yajna!

Everything you always wanted to know about the Shiva Yajna and how to draw the Yantra is contained in these two informative videos with attached photo gallery.

Learn from the Guru as he explains the process step by step! Watch now!…read more

Increase Sadhana, Decrease Worldly Attachment!

Listen in to this captivating video as Swamiji explains how increasing our sadhana will decrease our worldly attachments! He states that the more we give, the more we get back, and that nature will eventually reciprocate our giving by taking care of us. Read on! Question: How will Shiva help us on the spiritual path? […]

Shree Maa Sings For Ramakrishna

View this beautiful collection of Ramakrishna photographs put to Shree Maa’s enchanting song “Yuga Avatar”.

We hope you enjoy this devotional offering created in service of the beloved Guru.

Jai Sri Ramakrishna! Jai Gurudeva!…read more

 

Lalita Trishati

The beautiful Lalita Trishati Stotram reveals detailed explanations about Sri Vidya, the Sri Chakra Yantra, and the 300 Names of the Divine Mother. Goddess Lalita is Sri Vidya, which is the knowledge of the Highest Respect. She is expressed by the fifteen lettered Panchadashakshari mantra known as Kadi. Sri Vidya Lalita has three forms: • […]

Special Video: Worship Practices for Navaratri

Please note: This video was recorded in the year 2013. As such, the dates and times that Swamiji quotes will not be applicable in later years. However, his suggestions on worship practices are timeless. Please refer to the Devi Mandir Events Calendar for times and dates of specific events. Navaratri is a time to worship […]

New Video: Kali Puja and Overcoming Desire

In Chapter 8 of the Chandi Path, Kali, the Remover of Darkness, manifests to help destroy the demon Raktabija. “Rakta” means passion, desire, red, blood. “Bija” means seed, and Swamiji translates Raktabija as the Seed of Desire. Raktabija was given the boon that whenever one drop of his blood hits the ground, a new Raktabija […]

Sri Guru Gita Sankalpa

Shree Maa regularly gives Sankalpas (spiritual resolves) to Her children and She has just blessed us to perform a new Sankalpa! Shree Maa chooses these 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 […]

Satya Narayana Vrat Puja

In this extraordinary video, Swami Satyanada Saraswati conveys the meaning of the Satya Nārāyaṇa Vrat Puja, which will be performed by devotees around the world on the Full Moon day, January 26th. The word “Satya” means truth and “Nārāyaṇa” is the Manifestation of the All Pervading Consciousness, represented as Lord Vishnu. Maha Vishnu (Maha means […]

Trailinga Swami and Tapasya

Trailinga Swami was a great embodiment of tapasya. His main teaching was the example of his life – the example of what it is to perform tapasya. Tapasya is any spiritual discipline we perform to move closer to God, to make ourselves more pure and divine. There is a verse from the Rig Veda. It says […]

Special Stories: Trailinga Swami

The following stories represent a treasure chest of spiritual wisdom and inspiration from this great Saint that will be valuable to spiritual seekers from all paths and walks of life.

These stories were told by Shree Maa in Bengali and then translated into English by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. We hope you enjoy them.

Trailinga Swami’s Maha Samadhi

On January 22nd we will celebrate the Maha Samadhi of Trailinga Swami, a great yogi and an important figure in the Devi Mandir tradition. To honor the birth of such a great soul into the world, we will be publishing a series of Trailinga Swami stories, told by Shree Maa in Bengali and translated into […]