The Warrior Laxmī

The full moon after Sārada Navarātri (Autumn Goddess festival) is known as Laxmī pūjā, the day where we celebrate the Goddess of Beauty, Elegance, Auspiciousness and Wealth! 

Of course we'll have many, many more things to say about the "Tantrik Laxmī" in the days to come, but I thought I would just go ahead and get the balling rolling with this video which presents Mahalakshmī from the Devī Māhātmyam not as she is commonly depicted but rather as fierce and aggressive Warrior-Goddess. 

This video presents a technique for meditating on Laxmī in her Aries aspect as opposed to her Aphrodite one, to use a Hellenestic allegory since we compare this depiction to a very similar one of Pandora in Hesiod's hymns, making the case that the Goddess belongs to all cultures, beyond just India! 

This meditation takes place between Verses 10-33 in the second chapter of the Devī Māhātmyam. We open with a few broad, overarching statements about the Caṇḍi chanting sādhanā and how to stay safe practicing Tantra in cremation grounds before plunging into the chanting! 

Jai Mā!

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Here's the chanting document we showed in the video:
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