Saturday, March 9, 2013

CHANTING GODDESS SARASWATI MANTRA

INVOKE THE BLESSINGS 
OF HINDU GODDESS SARASWATI
www.boldsky.com - In this competitive world, everybody strives to reach heights to excel in their studies and try to push themselves hard in the race in order to be the first. Likewise, as the exams appear we see many students straining mentally by cutting themselves from the social world and studying constantly. This not only effects their mental state but are also vulnerable to forget what they have studied. During the exam season, parents and teachers must ensure that the students get some time to get refreshed either through meditation or counseling. At the same time many students have concentration problem and fail to cope with the studies. 
At this point of time, seeking divine intervention may help them concentrate on their studies and fare well in the exams. Hindu goddess Saraswati is known to be associated with knowledge, music and arts.

Many students are asked to worship goddess Saraswati to invoke her blessings in order to excel in their studies. Appeasing goddess Saraswati is highly beneficial in countering the planet mercury for removing problems in education and career. 
Saraswati Mantra: Om vageeshwaryae vidmahe vagwadeenyae dhimahe tannah saraswati prachodayat. 
It is recommended to chant the Saraswati  mantra every morning. Chanting it help you get the blessings of Devi Saraswati. It is said that chanting mantras of goddess Saraswati with devotion is a great way to raise your level of consciousness and expand your capacity to comprehend with difficult subject. The Saraswati Mantra is said to enlighten students, especially those who are disinterested in studies. At the same time, goddess Saraswati is the embodiment of all Knowledge including wisdom and learning. Chanting Saraswati mantra will help the students to concentrate in their studies and also get the required knowledge.

Although most Vedic gods are male, some or female goddesses or Devi, have been mentioned in the Vedas. Sri Saraswati Devi, goddess of knowledge, is the one who grants boons in regard to education, music, and other fine arts.  According to Vijayalakshmi, author of the article, "Chant Goddess Saraswati mantra with complete devotion in order to seek her blessing which helps you improve concentration and perform good in your exams." By chanting Saraswati Mantra and worshiping Saraswati Devi will not only give you good results in your studies but will also be blessed with wisdom, she says. The literal meaning of the name Sarasvati is the one who gives the essential knowledge (Sara) of our own Self (Sva).

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US? 
Sri Saraswati Devi is none other than Vidya Lakshmi, who grants her worshippers this eternal knowledge. With the grace of this Goddess, even a complete illiterate can be transformed into a pandit, a wise person of eternal knowledge.
Dr Stephen Knapp (Śrīpad Nandanandana dasa) :
"Lakshmi, The Goddess of Fortune"

Saraswati sits elegantly on a lotus flower, playing a stringed musical instrument known as veena. In her right hand she holds a book, signifying her status as goddess of learning. She is also regarded to be the goddess of wisdom and speech. Artists and learning students venerate this goddess. She always appears graceful and serene. In her character and attributes, she is associated with ancient river Saraswati, ascribing both purity and fertility.

Dr. Hiro Badlani:
"Hinduism - Path of the Ancient Wisdom"
Chapter 27: "Goddesses in Hinduism:
The Icons of Female Power"  -  http://hinduismpath.com/

Published by dasavatara das - "Vedic Views on World News"
http://www.vedicviews-worldnews.blogspot.com.ar/

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