Intense M.R.Y. Navaratri Sadhana
Tue, Apr 13
|Online event
In the yogic tradition, Navaratri (in Sanskrit, नव nava – nine, रात्री rātrī – nights) is an intense period of asceticism, meditation and retreat. Navaratri lasts for nine days and nine nights. The tenth day symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.
Time & Location
Apr 13, 2021, 7:00 AM GMT+3 – Apr 21, 2021, 11:00 PM GMT+3
Online event
About the Event
In the yogic tradition, Navaratri (in Sanskrit, नव nava – nine, रात्री rātrī – nights) is an intense period of asceticism, meditation and retreat. Navaratri lasts for nine days and nine nights. The tenth day symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.
There are two periods of Navaratri sadhana in a year (in March-April and in September-October). These two periods are related to changes occurring in nature and the transition from winter to summer and from summer to winter.
A strong consciousness-transforming spiritual energy of Shakti, Mother Goddess, manifests during Navaratri sadhana.
The main goal of this sadhana is devotion and meditation on the aspects of the Goddess which cleanse the consciousness from impurities and lead to spiritual knowledge.
Navaratri sadhana is a period, during which ten most important manifestations of cosmic energy Shakti, or Mother Goddess, appear. Each manifestation of the Shakti’s energy acts through three qualities of nature, known as gunas – sattva, rajas, tamas. Shakti’s energy exists in every form. Its knowledge is infinite, its glory is boundless, its brilliance is indescribable.
Navaratri is a period of deep focus, during which the practitioner with an open heart and sincere devotion meditates on the Goddess, as a Mother, whose energy and power help to get rid of egoism, desires, anger and other flaws.
The period of Navaratri is a time for intense ascesis. Yogis believe all nine days and nine nights to be a sacred period of ascesis and meditation, a stage of an intense spiritual growth, when, because of ascesis and Goddess’ grace, a yogi moves towards the embodiment of the practice with determination.
During the period of Navaratri sadhana, morning and evening rituals as well as meditations take place at the M.R.Y. ashram. People, who come to the ashram, sacrifice the symbols of causal, subtle and physical body, i.e. flowers, fruit, incense, candles and a monetary offering. Also, throughout the entire period of Navaratri, mantras are being recited to worship the power of the Goddess and glorify Guru Parampara.