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Kali Tantra: A Comprehensive Guide To Kali Sadhana. Rituals, Mantra and Meditation Techinques
Kali Tantra: A Comprehensive Guide To Kali Sadhana. Rituals, Mantra and Meditation Techinques
TANTRA
A comprehensive guide to Kali Sadhana.
Rituals, Mantra and Meditation Techinques.
Authored by
Smita Venkatesh
www.divyachetna.com
divyachetna.usa@gmail.com
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KALI
THE IGNORANCE REMOVER
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SIGNIFICANCE
The word Raktabija is a compound word of Rakta meaning Red ,signifying blood,
passion, anger and Bija means seed.
Hence the demon in the story is a personification of Seeds of Passion or Anger.
Passion can also be related to Greed & Lust. The road to hell is Greed, Lust and
Anger.
The hellish situations in ones life are created by the above factors. So if one wants
to enjoy a heavenly life here on earth and beyond, one must overcome these
negative forces.
Unfortunately, it is seen that the more you try to control these, the more strongly
these negative forces of lust, greed and anger come back, which is mentioned
allegorically in the story as Raktabija is born anew and thousand times more
powerful.
It is very difficult to overcome these Seeds of Passion. Hence the devotee should
surrender completely and invoke mother Kali who can uproot these Seeds of
Passion accumulated in billions of lifetimes of the devotee.
Kali's most common four armed iconographic image shows each hand carrying
variously a sword, a trishul (trident), a severed head and a kapala (bowl or skullcup) catching the blood of the severed head.
Two of these hands (usually the left) are holding a sword and a severed head. The
Sword signifies Divine Knowledge and the Human Head signifies human Ego which
must be slain by Divine Knowledge in order to attain Moksha. The other two hands
(usually the right) are in the abhaya (fearlessness) and varada (blessing) mudras,
which means her initiated devotees (or anyone worshiping her with a true heart)
will be saved as she will guide them here and in the hereafter.
Kali is shown a wearing a girdle of Hands around her waist which signify that she
takes away all the reactions of the karmas of the devotee an helps him in his
Spiritual Journey.
Her wearing a garland of Human skulls is a significance of the removal of all
Human Ego which must be slain by Divine Knowledge to attain Liberation. The
number of Skulls is either 51 or 108. Fifty one represents all the alphabets of the
Sanskrit language.Hence it can be concluded that Mother kali is the pervading
energy in all the alphabets and the words spoken by there combination. The No.
108 represents many sacred things in Hinduism.
She is often depicted naked which symbolizes her being beyond the covering
of Maya
(illusory Energy). She is the pure, un-manifested energy, the Adi-shakti.
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This is done by visualizing that the Sages and Diety and the Spiritual Master and
his Lineage who gave these mantras in a disciplic succession are blessing and
energizing the devotee. It is done by touching the various body parts with the
fingers of the right hand and simulataneously chanting the mantra.
Om Bhairava Rishaye namah
Ushnika chhandse namah
Dakshin Kaalika devata namah
Kreem bijaaya namah
Hum shaktaye namah
Kreem kilakaaya namah
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2.Suhasini , Kumari & Bhairava pooja : The devotee should also invite married
women(suhasini) and girls (below age 10)(kumari)and a young boy(bhairava-aged
below 10) and worship their feet with water,kumkum,flowers and give them
appropraite gifts and money(dakshina) as per ones capability.
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