The Goddess and the Guru by Michael M. Bowden

Author:Michael M. Bowden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 45th Parallel Press
Published: 2017-04-01T04:35:14+00:00

~ A drawing sketched by Guruji while explaining Sri Vidya worship to a disciple.

(Sundhara Arasaratnam)

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197 Guruji always sought the advice and permission of Anakapalle Gurugaru before any major undertaking, beginning with the 1982 Sagara Giri procession and including both of the temples built earlier at Devipuram.

198 Guruji shared these stanzas, but requested that they not be published and remain “a divine secret forever.”

199 Gurugaru’s tapas shakti would be whatever power he had obtained through his spiritual austerities.

200 Guruji explained, “Matsya is a Tantric mudra as well. It signifies the upward travel of the ojas to the bindu, showering us with bliss of amrita.”

201 The Gayatri mantra is one of Hinduism’s oldest and most venerated Vedic hymns, drawn from the Rig Veda.

202 20 million.

203 “The fortune of a stone, a place and a man cannot be foreseen. The first may be formed into an idol and worshiped; the second may be cultivated and made fruitful; and the third may become wealthy and be raised to a position of influence.”

204 Guruji’s earliest conception involved a 108-foot-high structure. A later, 72-foot version is described in chapter 13. Guruji completed the temple in 1994, and as of this writing the structure at Devipuram still remains the largest Meru in the world.

205 The garbhalaya (womb chamber) or bindu sthanam (central point) are both terms designating the sanctum sanctorum, where the main temple deity resides.

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