#shree

[beytism]

the potential they have together tho

sorry for no post in a bit i forgot i had this acc

[zoe-the-astromaniac]

Its actually frustrating to do Lakshmi Saadhna. (Not because of Maa ofcourse!)

I decided to try going a route similar to Shree Vaishanavism and was reciting her hymns for evening aarti.

I went from Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, to Lakshmi Chalisa, to Lakshmi aarti.

The transition of the contents of the successive hymns is such a good example of how view of Lakshmi maa has evolved with our civilisation.

The Ashtakam, which is in Sanskrit, praises her as God. It refers to her with multiple names which refer to her attributes (such as one with mace, chakra and conch, slayer of kolhasur, vishnu's beloved) the same way Gods are generally reffered to in their hymns.

Then, there is the Chalisa, which is in an older, seemingly medivial version of Awadhi. This one does not refer to her attributes as God as much, but refers to her as a goddess of prosperity and companion of Vishnu ji (which is a beautiful thing! I am the biggest Lakshmi Narayan maniac their is, but it refers to her in a way that makes her sound more like Prabhu's subordinate rather than his Shakti).

And finally, the aarti which is more or less in old hindi. There is little mention of her attribute outside her role in providing prosperity. This is where the faith has completely leaned on recognising her DhanLakshmi aspect over her other aspects.

Again, DhanLakshmi saadhna is a good thing! That is still Maa. But her primary form is MahaLakshmi, which should be recieving more reverence than it does now, as is the case with primary aspects of other Gods.

But instead if that, her iconography or lore as MahaLakshmi is rarely present in modern Hindu households or media, replaced by just DhanLakshmi aspect. The religious loss of confining the Mother Goddess to the aspect that benifits humans the most (wealth) needs to be studied.

[reapkusho]

7 10 19 45 and 48 for the valentines ask game :33 /nf

Haii shree!! Thanks for the ask!!!! <3333

7. do you prefer poems or love letters?

I prefer receiving poems. I think they're really sweet and most people also prefer writing them. But I prefer writing love letters to people I like (I love letters in general)

10. favorite milkshake flavor?

Mango!! Or vanilla!!

19. snow, rain, or sun?

Rain. It doesn't snow in my country. I love the rain and I love going out in it and getting sick ahaha. I LOVE THUNDERSTORMS HEH (even when it used to rain through our fucking roof yeah)

45. favorite pajamas?

I don't wear pajamas. I wear shorts to sleep. PFFFT.

48. a walk in the park or a walk on the beach?

A walk in the park! Especially at night. Waves make me feel a bit dizzy. Also I'd love to watch people while walking around. It'd be really nice.

[shirtlessmoviestv]

Hussain Kuwajerwala : Shree (2013)

[so-sexy-and-hot]

[universeofdharma108]

The significance of Shree Krishna's chitta-chora Leela....

As we know, Shree Krishna took the clothes from the Gopikas. That was for 2 reasons.

1) The Gopis were bathing without clothes, and that was an insult to Mata Yamuna. They all forgot because they were filled with pride.

2) Since that they were filled with too much pride and a little ahamkaar, Shree Krishna showed them that they're one, they're at the same level. No one is better than no one.

But really if the body perishes, then the soul remains. All that's left is the Self. Our souls are all connected to that SuperSoul (Sri Bhagwan).

The soul has no bhed bhav, nor material identity. Since we're all connected to Sri Bhagwan, then why ahamkaar.

[a-s-fischer]

More almond blossoms from my backyard. All of the blossoms are gone now, blown away. This picture is two weeks old. They last for so short a time. Metaphors for the transience of life and all that.

Fun fact, one of the main characters, not the protagonist, but an important secondary characters, of one of my three fantasy projects, is named Almond Blossom in her own language.