Sh. Ramachandra Roddam is a sādhakā of the 'Divine Mother'. He is an invited faculty who teaches on Indian Spirituality, Yoga and Sādhanā. He is the author of the book 'Devi Bhakti Tarangini', which is a devotional offering of English poems to the Supreme Goddess.
Currently he is rendering sevā at Sanatan Siddhashram, a traditional gurukula for the ancient Baul tradition located in Birbhum district, West Bengal.
The 2nd in our schools of thought series is on Sri Aurobindo, who gave us the method of attaining true svarāja.
A reflection on the sacredness of time and cyclical celebration in traditional cultures, contrasting it with modern, linear views of history and time that have distanced humanity from spirituality. On Diwali, we do not just celebrate some far, distant, indifferent past. Instead we do the impossible by holding the past, present, and future in one heroic act of celebration.
When Devi or supreme Goddess is worshipped as the primary power, how is the primacy of Devi established in Śākta traditions?
Have no doubt; the deities are waking us up to their presence like never before. They are willing to travel from their forests, kśetras onto the screen and talk to us, to tell us: Oh children, don't remain blind anymore to our presence. Take refuge in us. We are here with you every moment.
Labels should be descriptors of your state. Allowing them to grasp the identity itself can lead to a tragedy of epic proportions.
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It is the ritual life that sustained our Civilization through the ravages of time and circumstance.