DURGA PUJA FESTIVAL

Mahishasur Mardini - Somnath

Indians are in festive mood as they are celebrating the Festivals - Durga Puja (also known Durgotsava or Sharadotsav) and Navratri across the Globe. Durga Puja festival marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura. Thus, Durga Puja festival can be said as the victory of Good over Evil.

The actual worship of the Goddess Durga as per the Hindu scriptures falls in the month of Chaitra, which roughly overlaps with March or April and is called Basanti Durga Puja. This ceremony is also observed by many and is greatly celebrated in the state of West Bengal. However, the Durga Puja that is presently being observed by Indians in India and abroad is the more popular form, which is also known as Sharadiya (Autumnal) Durga Puja.

 There is a mythological belief that Lord Ram worshiped Goddess Durga before going for a war with Ravana. Rama had performed "Chandi Homa" and invoked the blessings of Durga, who blessed Rama with secret knowledge of the way to kill Ravana. Since the Goddess is invoked at the wrong time, it is called "Akaal Bodhon" in Bengali and from that time onwards we Indians are celebrating Durga Puja at this time according to the Hindu Bengali Calendar. Also, on the day of Ashvin Shukla Dashami, Rama's party found mother Sita and defeated Ravana. This day is thus also celebrated as Dussehra.

To be continued...

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THE NATURE OF THE SOUL AND ITS GOAL

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

The earliest idea is that a man, when he dies, is not annihilated. Something lives and goes on living even after the man is dead. Perhaps it would be better to compare the three most ancient nations — the Egyptians, the Babylonians, and the ancient Hindus — and take this idea from all of them. With the Egyptians and the Babylonians, we find a sort of soul idea — that of a double. Inside this body, according to them, there is another body which is moving and working here; and when the outer body dies, the double gets out and lives on for a certain length of time; but the life of the double is limited by the preservation of the outer body. If the body which the double has left is injured in any part, the double is sure to be injured in that part. That is why we find among the ancient Egyptians such solicitude to preserve the dead body of a person by embalming, building pyramids, etc. We find both with the Babylonians and the ancient Egyptians that this double cannot live on through eternity; it can, at best, live on for a certain time only, that is, just so long as the body it has left can be preserved.

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I had promised that we are changing the looks of this blog and as such I think I am well with in the timescales. My promise to you was to come up with a new look by 21-May'2013 and here I am, writing you all about the new look my blog- The Spiritual Powers.

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The next few posts will be from the 
Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda-vol 6.

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THE NATURE OF THE SOUL AND ITS GOAL