Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati

 

Saturate your thought, word and deed with Divinity. Then, you can conquer death, and become immortal - BABA

"Cultivate good behaviour. Then, everything will turn out to be good for you. Nothing will deter you. No difficulty will ever bother you. It is only to enable you to put good thoughts into practice that goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati are worshipped during the Dasara celebrations. 

Durga is not to be understood as a ferocious goddess. She is the Goddess Supreme who protects you. Lakshmi is the embodiment of all wealth. Saraswati is the goddess of speech. Good thoughts, good words and good actions and behaviour represent the nature of these three goddesses. He who teaches good things to you is verily the embodiment of Goddess Saraswati. He who teaches evil is verily a demon. Goddess Durga destroys only such demons. 

Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati are, in fact, not different from you. They are very much installed in your own heart. They exhort you to lead the life of a human being, since you are a human being."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - 28.9.2006)