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Lalitamba is a collection of modern devotional literature. It includes established and emerging writers from around the world. different faiths.The beloved Bhau Kalchuri, one of Meher Baba s closest disciples, shares his story of learning to write ghazals, a form of devotional poetry widely used by Sufi mystics, as well as several of his poems. Others share verse in praise of saints and gurus, as well as writings that explore the nature of creation, light, and presence.The collection explores not only our relationship with the Divine but also with each other. Fantasy writer Carol Emshwiller shares a story The Meaning of the Fields, in which the narrator searches the mountains and a storybook town for true romance, only to stumble upon the perfect compromise. J. Roman s moving tale My Best Friend in Jail Is Gay tells of two prison inmates whose lives are transformed by their friendship. M. L. Cordle offers an essay about her relationship with a locust tree that has been struck by lightning.The power and beauty of the collection is the realization that all we need to be free is here, now, within our own hearts. Shinjo Ito s cover image is titled, Felicitations, or Be Happy.May all beings be happy and free from suffering. May we all live in peace together.
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Swamini Sri Lalitambika Devi began meditating as a child under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After college, she made her way as a magazine journalist, fiction writer, and poet. Meanwhile, she struggled in a world that seemed to hold no meaning. On a quest for truth, she journeyed to India, where she studied and traveled with Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. She was ordained as a sannyasin.
Called to share what she had experienced with people who were suffering as she had, Swamini returned to New York City. She is now the founding and guiding teacher of Lalitamba Mandiram in New York City. She speaks in spiritual centers of all faiths, as well as in hospitals, drug treatment centers, homeless shelters, prisons, and at the United Nations. She is the editor of Lalitamba. She remains a student of myriad religious traditions.
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