PRAYER AT THE FEET OF SRI SRI KĀLIKĀ
May the Maha-Devi who is called Kalika, Because She is without beginning or end,
Whose Body is imagined to be blue of colour, Because like the blue sky She pervades the World, And because She is Cidghana Sattvagunamayi.
Who is imagined to be black Because She is colourless and above the…
EXCERPT from " THE LIFE OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA BY HIS EASTERN AND WESTERN DISCIPLES", Advaita Ashrama.
After the death of Swami Vivekananda's father, the family fell into hard time, with not enough money even for two meals. That is when the one day Narendranath Dutta thought he will go an ask Ramakrishna to use…
January 1, 1886, was " an event of unusual consequence and meaning" in the life of Sri Ramakrishna and his followers. Ramakrishna was suffering from throat cancer at that time, and his health was declining. It was a relatively good day for him, and he took a walk in the garden. And something strange…
When an amavasya coincides with a Saturday, then it's ideal for placating disturbing pitr-s, mollifying Saturn, or doing upasana of Kali.
As the last Yuga deepens, and Asuric forces become more and more powerful, Kali becomes the most prominent and active among devata-s who participate in the world of humans. Her unstoppable power decimates Asura-s. Even…