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Lalita, also called Shodashi, or Tripur Sundari, 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's yantra is the mother of all mandalas, the Sri Yantra, which is said to spring from the navel of the goddess. I was working on my favorite Sri Yantra when I got my mini pinscher a few years ago, so I named her Lalita. She is my little black Goddess of Inspiration. |
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