00:01That's from where the whole symbolism containing the Devi comes from.
00:07In the books of Devi, it is not only human beings that are taken as sentient.
00:13Animals have a very prominent place.
00:15It also includes the rivers and the mountains, the trees, the forests.
00:22And Devi represents not one species, not one gender, not one place,
00:27but the entirety of the whole cosmos.
00:32There is Devi, this, all this.
00:34And the scripture opens with pointing that even the highest gods are no match for the Devi.
00:43What does that mean?
00:45That means that even the highest realisation that you can attain
00:50will come only by being in sacred contact with nature.
00:56If you cannot learn from the trees and the rivers and the mountains,
01:01and the animals and the kids and the woman and the man,
01:05if you cannot learn from them,
01:07then it's pointless to think that you will gain from a temple or a mosque or a book or a
01:12priest.
01:13Impossible.
01:14And it's a beautiful scripture to read.
01:16Very enlightening, provided you get the symbolism.
01:20In fact, if you don't find time over the entire year,
01:24these nine days, you must make use of getting it.
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