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HINDU GODDESS - LALITA (LATHITA)
THE RED GODDESS, GODDESS OF HAPPINESS
Lalita is extraordinarily beautiful
and forever young. She is the fountain
of beauty and inspiration. In her hands
she holds a sugarcane bow, representing
the mind; arrows represent the sense
organs which shoot like arrows through
the mind and sense objects.
She is the
power that energizes and controls the
mind and sense organs. The noose she
holds represents the attachment which
binds and the goad represents anger
which hurts. If we forget her - she
binds us and pierces us; if we take
refuge in her she frees us from their
torment by bringing transcendental
awareness and liberating the mind from
it's attachment to desire. Lalita
means She Who Plays. All creation, manifestation and
dissolution is considered to be a play of Devi or the
goddess. Mahatripurasundari is her name as
transcendent beauty of the three cities, a description of
the goddess as conqueror of the three cities of the demons,
or as the triple city (Tripura), but really a metaphor for a
human being. |
