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vijayamal cv
May 23, 2017 04:19 PM

Devi mahatmayam or lalitha sahasranam. Which is more powerful. I wud like to start reciting any of these along with vishnu sahasranamam

MANBLUNDER
May 23, 2017 02:20 PM

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vishnu
May 23, 2017 02:13 PM

hi can you provide mantra deeksha and purascharan for bhuvaneswari devi sadana

MANBLUNDER
May 16, 2017 03:59 PM

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Nandini Vedachalam
May 16, 2017 10:22 AM

Namaskaram Sir, I'm Nandini from Bangalore and have been following your blog regularly. I need some personal guidance, I have sent you an email for which I am eagerly looking forward for your reply. Request you to kindly look into it. Thanks Best Regards Nandini

MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2017 06:02 PM

As far as Lalita Trishati is concerned, it is better to chant as 300 individual namas. This is because, sandhi (joining of two Sanskrit words) is too difficult to read as 59 verses. If one is comfortable with sandhi rules, then there is no problem in chanting 59 verses. 

Dev
May 13, 2017 02:52 PM

Dear Sri Ravi, Thanks for the wonderful explanation on Lalitha Trishati. I just came to know about your blog and started reading the various posts - It's really awesome! Hats off to your service and to your knowledge! I have a question on Lalitha Trishati - Is it necessary to always recite it as 300 names mantra rather than as a 59 verses song? I have been reciting it as song - should I change to mantra? Please advice.

MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2017 10:06 AM

There is no doubt that Bhakti is very important. But this does not mean that we can pronounce wrongly. If we are not able to pronounce properly, then we can visualize concerned Deity and chant Its name alone. 

AJ
May 12, 2017 10:43 PM

I found this quote online about the Soundarya Lahari: "The concept of ‘intense’ devotion does not care for the language used, or for the manner of worship. It is the intensity of devotion and depth of feeling that matter. But getting that intensity and depth is the most difficult thing. That is exactly what eludes us. Now that is where the beauty of such blessed poetry like ‘Soundaryalahari’ excels. Whether you understand it or not, whether you pronounce the words correctly or not, the very attempt itself of reciting it produces in you the needed bhakti! This is the word-power of the words of such blessed poetry. The vibrations of the words give us all the material and spiritual success. We have only to keep the objective of bhakti steadfast in our minds. Everything else just follows." Would you agree with this?

MANBLUNDER
May 05, 2017 01:16 PM

There is no need to add extra counts. Extra counts are based on beeds in a mālā, say, 51, 54 or 108. It is enough if count is made for 100, 1000, 5000, etc.