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Taramala- Bead 4

Shakti, TaramalaJuly 4, 2024261Views 0Likes 0Comments

Taramala Fourth bead of the Taramala O Batuka, the fearless one, Crafting scenes we cannot shun. You make us confront our fear, Pushing past our comfort's sphere. Anger shoots, temper runs, Heart speaks truth like a firing gun. Mind calms like ice, When all is done. Hearts love certainty, Clinging to comfort's plea. …

Taramala- Bead 3

Shakti, TaramalaJuly 4, 2024210Views 1Like 0Comments

Taramala Third bead of the Taramala O Maa Tara, jagat janani, Rising early, starting my journey. Walking briskly for pradakshina, Excited and elated to get darshana. On the way, Hibiscus winked, declaring they were first. Staying awake, bloomed in the morning, Surrendering themselves at your feet. Pleasant chirping heard from afar, Birds serving…

Taramala- Bead 2

Shakti, TaramalaJuly 4, 2024241Views 2Likes 0Comments

Taramala Second bead of the Taramala When night arrives, cold and dark, The known becomes unknown. Eyes lose their sharpness, As another world wakes. O Maa Tara, mother of all, Wolves howl, wind whispers Flickering fire, playing low, Eerie silence stuns the heart. Weak-hearted, sleep at night, Your kith and kin Only those…

Taramala- Bead 1

Shakti, TaramalaJuly 4, 2024511Views 3Likes 1Comment

Taramala First bead of the Taramala Lift me, O Mother Tara, Drowning in sorrow, weight pulling down. Day and night, no difference, Pitch dark with water around. Pull me up with your love again, Lighten my heart with your gaze. Brighten my life with your grace, Hold my hand to pass this phase.…

Glory to Ma Kāmākhyā

Kali, Kamakhya, Shakti, TantraJune 23, 2024819Views 2Likes 0Comments

Ma Kāmākhyā The story of Kāmākhyā starts from a very ancient time when Narakasura, who was the son of Varaha Avatara of Viṣṇu and Bhoodevi, battled the daitya-s who lived in Kamrupa and took over this land. He was then instructed by Varaha on the methods of worshipping Mahamaya and thus the Shaktipitha of Kāmākhyā came…

Mahavidya Tara

Shakti, TantraJune 12, 2024721Views 0Likes 1Comment

While Tibetan Buddhism has 21 variants of Tara, who is regarded as the mother of all Buddhas, Hinduism has just three: Ekjata, (She with the single plait) Nila Saraswati (Blue Saraswati) and Ugratara (Fierce Tara). This deity is often described as Ugra (fierce), Sighra (quick) and Tivra (intense) and probably no other form saves with such…

STOTRA OF PARASHAKTI

Articles, ShaktiMay 26, 2019393Views 1Like 1Comment

namaḥ paradevatāyai mātarme madhukaiṭabhaghni mahiṣaprāṇāpahārodyame helānirjitadhūmralocanavadhe he caṇḍamuṇḍārdini | niśśeṣīkṛtaraktabījadanuje nitye niśumbhāpahe śumbhadhvaṃsini saṃharāśu duritaṃ durge namaste.aṃbike || aṣṭau bhujāṅgīṃ mahiṣasya mardinīṃ saśaṅkhacakrāṃ śaraśūladhāriṇīm | tāṃ divyayogīṃ sahajātavedasīṃ durgāṃ sadā śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye || mahiṣamastakanṛttavinodana- sphuṭaraṇanmaṇinūpuramekhalā | jananarakṣaṇamokṣavidhāyinī jayatu śumbhaniśumbhaniṣūdinī || brahmāṇī kamalendusaumyavadanā māheśvarī līlayā kaumārī ripudarpanāśanakarī cakrāyudhā vaiṣṇavī | vārāhī ghanaghoraghargharamukhī daṃṣṭrī ca vajrāyudhā cāmuṇḍā gaṇanātharudrasahitā rakṣantu māṃ mātaraḥ || uddhatau madhukaiṭabhau mahiṣāsuraṃ ca nihatya taṃ dhūmralocanacaṇḍamuṇḍaka raktabījamukhāṃśca tān | duṣṭaśumbhaniśumbhamardini nanditāmaravandite viṣṭapatrayatuṣṭikāriṇi bhadrakāli…

MAHALAKSHMI BY SRI AUROBINDO

Articles, Sadhana, Shakti, VedantaMay 10, 2019599Views 2Likes 0Comments

Wisdom and Force are not the only manifestations of the supreme Mother; there is a subtler mystery of her nature and without it Wisdom and Force would be incompetable things and without it perfection would not be perfect. Above them is the miracle of eternal beauty, an unseizable secret of divine harmonies, the compelling magic of…

panta kathara tois katharois – to the pure, all things are pure!

Articles, Sadhana, ShaktiNovember 30, 2018451Views 0Likes 0Comments

Excerpt from the book ADHYATMIKTA QUOTE Legend, as mentioned in yāmala texts like Rudra and Brahma, attests to a story, with slight variations, wherein Vasistha, son of Brahma, practiced severe austerity in Blue Mountains, Nilachala, at the site of the celebrated temple of goddess Kāmākhyā. Unable to succeed in his sādhanā in spite of strenuous effort, an angry…

DESCRIPTION OF DEVI KAMAKHYA AS PER TANTRA-S

Articles, Shakti, TantraNovember 19, 2018828Views 3Likes 0Comments

"prabhinnāńjana sańkāśam nīlasnigdhaśiroruhām şađavaktrām dvādaśabhujām aşțādaśavilocanām pratyekam şațasu śīrşeşu cańdrārdhakřtaśekharām" Kameshvari's complexion is like split-coryllium, Her hair is black and smooth; She has six faces, twelve arms and eighteen eyes. Each of Her six heads are adorned with crowns, each having crescent moons as crest-jewel. "maņimāņikyamuktādi křtamālāmura: sthale l kaşțhe ca vibhratīm nityam sarvālańkāramaņđitām" Her throat and breasts are adorned by…

MAHĀDEVĪ THE GREAT MOTHER

Articles, ShaktiNovember 16, 2018318Views 0Likes 0Comments

MAHĀDEVĪ THE GREAT MOTHER - Serpent Power by Arthur Avalon Some worship predominantly the masculine or right side, of the conjoint male and female figure (Ardhanārīśvara). Some, the Śāktas, predominantly worship the left, and call Her Mother, for She is the Great Mother, the Mahādevī who conceives, bears, and nourishes the universe sprung from Her womb (Yoni). This…

DESCRIPTION OF DEVI KAMAKHYA AS PER TANTRA-S

Articles, Shakti, TantraNovember 16, 2018424Views 0Likes 0Comments

"prabhinnāńjana sańkāśam nīlasnigdhaśiroruhām l şađavaktrām dvādaśabhujām aşțādaśavilocanām l pratyekam şațasu śīrşeşu cańdrārdhakřtaśekharām ll" Kameshvari's complexion is like split-coryllium, Her hair is black and smooth; She has six faces, twelve arms and eighteen eyes. Each of Her six heads are adorned with crowns, each having crescent moons as crest-jewel. "maņimāņikyamuktādi křtamālāmura: sthale l kaşțhe ca vibhratīm nityam sarvālańkāramaņđitām ll" Her throat and…