SRI LALITHA SAHASRANAMAM – ADHYAY SARAM – MAY-11-2018 – DISCOURSE – 24

27/09/2019

Om Namasivaya Nama:

Chapter 8 – Saguna Upasana
Naama Manthram : 193-248 (55 Naamas)

Absolute Brahman Paramathma unveiled and became everything, to say 8.4 million types of beings that includes humans and for the same to live comfortably it created the Pancha Bhuthas (Five Elements). Whatever we see and hear is all Her (Aham). Brahman Parasakthi out of Her wish (they are three primordial forces known as Icha, Gnana, Kriya) created everything for the purpose of Creation, Sustain & Withdraw (Srushti, Sthithi & Samhara). Whatever She became is known as her Form/Avathara. A true seeker can see the presence of Her (God) in anything and everything. That is the whole advice in this Chapter.

Saguna Upasana: Sa means universal life/energy/Aathma, Guna means Matter, Quality, Quantity, measurable unit and Upasana means Trying to realize that Life is there in anything and everything.

When you consider Paramathma is a divine mother, being the divine mother She has abandoned love and compassion for her creations. A normal mother may or may not have so much love and compassion because she is under the influence of ignorance (Maya), that is why Paramathma is known as the divine mother.

Sivoham