How Long to Read Hymns to the Goddess

How Long Does it Take to Read Hymns to the Goddess?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 25 minutes to read Hymns to the Goddess by John Woodroffe

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

She is seen as one and as many: as it were, but one moon reflected in countless waters.She exists, too, in all animals and inorganic things, since the universe, with all its beauties, is, as the Dev Pura says, but a part of Her. All this diversity of form is but the infinite manifestations of the flowering beauty of the one Supreme Life--a doctrine which is nowhere else taught with greater wealth of illustration than in the kta stras and Tantras. The great Bharga in the bright sun, and all Devat, and, indeed, all life and being are worshipful, and are worshipped, but only as Her manifestations. And he who worships them otherwise is, in the words of the great Devbhgavata, "like unto a man who, with the light of a clear lamp in his hands, yet falls into some waterless and terrible well." It is customary nowadays to decry external worship, but those who do so presume too much. The ladder of ascent can only be scaled by those who have trod all, including its lowest, rungs. The aktirahasya summarises the stages of progress in a short verse, thus: "A mortal who worships by ceremonies, by images, by mind, by identification, by knowing the self, attains kaivalya." Before brahma-bhva can be attained the sdhaka must have passed from pjbhva through hymns and prayer to dhyna-bhva. The highest worship for which the sdhaka is qualified (adhikri) only after external worship, and that internal form known as sdhra is described as nirdhra. Therein Pure Intelligence is the Supreme akti who is worshipped as the Very Self, the Witness freed of the glamour of the manifold universe. By one's own direct experience of Mahevar as the Self, She is, with reverence, made the object of that worship which leads to liberation.

How long is Hymns to the Goddess?

Hymns to the Goddess by John Woodroffe is 442 pages long, and a total of 111,384 words.

This makes it 149% the length of the average book. It also has 136% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hymns to the Goddess Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 8 minutes to read Hymns to the Goddess aloud.

What Reading Level is Hymns to the Goddess?

Hymns to the Goddess is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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