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ShivKali Oracles – Brahmchari

After Sati’s departure, Shiv vowed to not remarry and went into deep meditation for ages. This is the form known as Brahmchari.

The word brahmcharya means to live the way one is born. When you were born, you were innocent, close to god and also you were not addicted to anything- be it food, money or sex. Just like a baby, a brahmchari has no control over his/her life. A brahmchari lets go of his/her life in the hands of the god and lives beyond all personal desires. Celibacy is a big part of performing brahmacharya because when you are masturbating, your urges are controlling you which is opposite of you controlling your urges. As per sadhaks, masturbating while watching porn causes faster loss of creative energy than masturbating without porn. This is because in the first scenario, one seeks a second person (consider this way- when you watch porn, you desire yourself to be in that place). In this case, you are avoiding the fact that you alone can be sufficient for yourself. If you masturbate without porn and focus only on yourself, then you are considering that you are self-sufficient.

However, no-fap is not the only element of brahmacharya. If you are avoiding sex and masturbation but addicted to other things, then there is no use of it. Ofcourse, Kaam is the biggest barrier in becoming a brahmchari but there are other ripus that need to be taken care of. Also, Brahmcharya is not just about avoiding sex. It is more about controlling your urges. This is why, sadhaks tell that a sansaari person is also a brahmchaari even if he/she has regular sex. This is in the sense when sex is seen as a duty rather than personal pleasure or lust. Sansaar dharma has always been the biggest duty, even Shiv is a sansaari. Shiv always blesses people who perform their duties, so if you are married, you must perform the marital duties which include having regular sex.

On the other hand, for sanyasi people, brahmcharya is mandated to avoid waste of energy. They usually follow 4 principles-

  • Perform ahimsa and avoid consuming animal based food.
  • No drugs, alcohol, caffeine, or other addictive items
  • Maintain celibacy
  • No gambling

Women can also perform brahmchari and usually it is easy for them. An average woman (at least in Eastern world) remains a virgin until marriage and this is a type of brahmacharya too. It is harder for men to follow brahmcharya because men are exposed to all sorts of addictive elements much more than women. From my personal experiences, I have been invited to take a smoke or drink (I have successfully avoided such invitations, thankfully). Also, in today’s material-focused society, men have to wait longer to accumulate wealth for marriage. Also, I have seen that people respect and desire someone who can have self-controls, that’s why sadhaks are respected. Even from a relationship viewpoint, you will like someone who has the ability to attract others but chooses not to.

Male celibacy is more powerful than female celibacy because- firstly, it is harder for men. Secondly, sperm (Birya/Veerya) has the highest level of creative power. It is said that if you concentrate the glow of 1000 moons, then you will get the concentration of virile sperm. So, it is obvious that if one is able to store such energy within, that person can achieve high-level energy to achieve high power. If you see our scriptures, there are so many lores about gods trying to ruin brahmacharya of sadhaks by sending beautiful apsara. This should give you a hint about the power of celibacy and what it can achieve. However, the unnecessary thing that comes with brahmacharya is the spiritual ego. It makes one feel superior than others but it is not healthy.

In old times, there were 4 stages of life- Brahmacharya, Garhasthya, Baanprastha, and Sanyaas. So, you should try to maintain Brahmacharya for the first 25% of your life or at least till your marriage. And after that you should maintain brahmacharya by avoiding all types of addiction for the rest of your life.

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ShivKali Oracles – Ardhanarishwar

The literal meaning of Ardhanarishwar means Half-Woman-God. Shiv is usually known as the epitome of masculinity but his Ardhnarishwar form shows that Shiv and Shakti are inseparable. Sadhguru has discussed how Shiv became Ardhanarishwar; I will briefly mention the same thing here. Parvati, as a feminine energy, is very restless. On the other hand, Shiv is static energy. Parvati always wondered how Shiv remains so calm and one day she asked Shiv this. Shiv told that it is due to his yog ability. Parvati was curious and wanted to learn yog. Shiv then asked Parvati to sit on his lap. After Parvati sat on Shiv’s lap, Shiv started to share his knowledge via yog and Parvati started to mix with Shiv. And ultimately a point came when their bodies became one. The right half was Shiv and the left half was Parvati.

There is a funny lore about Ardhanarishwar and Vringi. Vringi and Nandi are two closest assistants of Shiv and both of them are great devotees of Shiv. Vringi is also a sadhak and can change his appearances. Every day, he revolves around Shiv to show his obedience. However, Vringi does not give much attention to Parvati and this pestered Parvati. One day Paravti thought that as she is Shiv’s wife, she should also be respected by Vringi and she sat very close to Shiv’s body. When Vringi saw this, he turned into a bee and revolved around Shiv’s head and left. Parvati was astonished. Next day, she took the Ardhanarishwar form with Shiv and thought that now it was impossible for Vringi to revolve only around Shiv. But Vringi took a form of a wasp and made a small hole on the division line of Shiv and Parvati and revolved around only Shiv. This made Parvati very angry and she cursed Vringi that from that point onwards, Vringi’s body will become as thin as a straw.  Vringi accepted the curse happily.

Ardhanarishwar form teaches us about the importance of partnership. In one hand, it tells that to form a soulful relationship, both partners need to empty some portions from themselves. Also, it tells that every human needs a partner to become complete, especially, the sansaari people. Sadhaks can perform yog and awaken their kundalini to experience milan of Shiv and Shakti (when kundalini Shakti rises from Muladhar to Sahasrar chakra). But, for most people living a normal life, this is neither possible nor needed for everyone. And this is so because most of us cannot escape the effects of shat-ripu. I personally think that in order to successfully make a transition from sansaari to sanyasi, one should experience the shat-ripus and only after the person is fed up with all the sansarik elements, he/she can purely enter the path of sadhana. In today’s society where materialism is the measure of success, it is hard to develop a mindset which will tell one to avoid shat-ripu. We want money, we want sex, we enjoy smoking/drinking, we emphasise on feelings rather than work, and we are slaves of all types of luxury. The simplest way to surpass all this is to find a suitable partner who will support and guide.

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ShivKali Oracles – Tripurasundari

Tripurasundari is another form of Dash Mahabidya. She is also known as Shodoshi because she always holds the form of a 16 year old girl. In Assam’s Kamakhya temple, Ma Kali is worshipped as Shodoshi. The usual depiction of the deity is that she sits on top of a lotus, which comes out of the navel of Shiv lying below. Kamakhya is a very important Kali sadhana place and it is also a Sati-peeth. The name is such because devi defeated Kaam (the first sin of shat-ripu). Sadhaks visit here to defeat their shat-ripu. A family person should avoid worshipping this devi because Kaam is important in family life. Sex is considered a taboo and bad aspect but in actual, it is the highest creative energy. Sex is bad when there is not love in it. Also, in marital life, sex is one of the strongest tying force and must not be avoided. If you must, then take permission from your family and take sanyaas to perform devi sadhana. However, without a pure aadhar, sadhana is not possible. So, your success with sadhana will depend upon your previous karma. Impure body and souls cannot achieve success with such sadhana.

In Kamakhya, there is a pond named Saubhagya Kunda. It is said that bathing in this kunda will erase effects of all curses except brahm-shaap. After taking a bath, one has to revolve 7 times around the pond and recite this chant-

Shroong Shroong Shroong tang Phat Aing Hring Kleeng Jwaloh Jwaloh Prajwalo Hring Hring Kleeng Shabayo Shabayo Shaapong Nashayo Nashayo Shree Shree Shree Jah Sah Adayo Swaha.

Namoste Rudrarupayei Namoste Madhubardhini

Namoste Kaitabharecha Namoste Mashishmardini

 

Tripurasundari’s beej mantra is 16 letters long and only sadhaks know it. The beej mantra is very rare to receive as there are very less sadhaks who know it. However, Kamakhya Kunjika Stotra can be chanted to attain the devi’s blessing.

A popular festival in Kamakhya is Ambubachi, which is also celebrated in all other Sati-peeths. Ambubachi is the time, when it is said that the devi menstruates (4 days). There are many rituals that are followed in this time. Even normal people in West Bengal and Assam follow certain restriction- digging ground (even for cultivation) is forbidden in this time, mango and milk should be consumed during this time. The scientific reason behind this is that, during this time, rainfall starts in India and if ground is dug, previously sown seeds get ruined.

In Kamakhya, sadhak should go to win over kaam but these days people take girls there and in the name of tantra, perform impure activities. This is a sure-shot way to invoke curse from the devi and must be avoided. Without the ability to perform brahmcharya, one cannot succeed sadhana of Kamakhya or Tripurasundari. In fact, as Tripurasundari and her sadhaks won over Kaam, that’s why the place is called Kamakhya means ‘Kaam’ itself (Kaam+Akhya). Kumari puja is performed here, where a girl under 12 is worshipped as the devi herself. A sadhak can perform this to receive devi’s blessings.

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ShivKali Oracles – Shyama Kali

Shyama Kali is the most homely form of Kali. She should be worshipped inside home. Even before, 300-400 years ago, people considered Kali to be unlucky. A Kali sadhak would be avoided during that time. The Kali idols we usually see during puja or in our home, that form is popularized by an 18th century Bengali saint- Krishnananda Agambagish. He was a pure Kali sadhak and wanted to visualize Ma Kali. One night, he saw a dream that Kali is telling him that next morning after bathing, whoever he sees first, Kali looks like her. So, next morning, sadhak took a bath and while returning he came across a village lady. It was a married woman wearing a white saree with red border (a usual popular dress in old Bengali culture) and she was applying cow dung patties on a wall. The sadhak was astonished to see this and kept standing still. When the lady saw him like this, she bit her tongue out of shyness and left the place. Based on this experience, Krishnananda made Kali idols and it became popular gradually. Before this, sadhaks worshipped Kali in yantra form.

In a previous chapter, I gave a short description of Ma Kali’s appearance. To add to that, the severed demon head she holds, belongs to a demon named Karal and it is of yellow colour. The kharga she holds, is called ‘gyan-kharga’ and is prepared by Vishwakarma. The gyan kharga has an eye drawn on it, which symbolizes Taranisen, son of Bibhishan. After Bibhishan joined Raam, Taranisen had to decide which side to join. Though he was a Raam-devotee, he decided to fight against him. In the battlefield, Taranisen kept fighting raam while chanting Raam-naam. Raam did not know how to defeat him due to his faith. Then Bibhishan advised Raam to pierce Taranisen’s tongue while he pauses between two chants. Raam did so and redeemed Taranisen from all worldly misery. Ma Kali’s khraga has Taranisen’s eye on it.

In an actual puja of Kali, there would be a decorative pandal behind the idol which has pictures about Kali. The pandal would also have a clock (made off of clay) as Kali controls kaal (time). On the two sides of Kali, reside two entities. On right side, Dakini remains- she has head like a snake and holds a kataan and kamandul; her complexion is like fire. On the left side, there is Rakini- she has head like an owl and holds kharga and dhal; her skin colour is blue. In reality, Kali rides a white lion, not a jackal. The jackal is kept as a symbol of Mahishasur whom Ma Durga defeated but gave a boon to receive puja whenever she visits earth.

Shyamakali puja is a major festival in West Bengal and one event Before the Kali Puja (done in Amavashya) is Bhoot-Chaturdashi. On this day, we should light up 14 predeep/deepam/vilakku to welcome blessings of our ancestors. Also, it is important to light up firecrackers (that produce light, not sound).

Kaal controls time. Kaal worships Mahakaal (Shiv). Shiv worships Kali. Kali worships Guhya-Kali (a very secret and occult form of Kali). 64 yoginis surround Kali and it is said that if anyone chants the name of these yoginis, he/she can achieve success, luck and health. However, one must not keep pictures of these yoginis at home.

Though you can keep pictures of Nitya Kali or Shyama Kali at home, you must avoid worshipping her as per tantric way inside home. The baishnab or vedic way of Kali puja is not much fruitful and gives limited blessings. If one wants to do Kali-sadhana, it should be done tantric way and away from home, preferably under a guru and near Kali-peeth. Sri Raamkrishna himself mentioned many times that one should avoid doing Kali puja at home- because if you worship in vedic way then you get minimal blessings; if you worship in tantric way in your home, then your home will get destroyed; if you worship in tantric way outside home, then you will neglect your sangsaarik duties. On top of that, tantric Kali puja is very hard to do and consists of numerous rituals that require corpses, meat, alcohol and many more. The puja takes many hours and one must not leave the puja in the middle. Also, right after puja is done, Kali idol should be immersed. But now-days idols are kept for 3-4 days, often due to business purposes.

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ShivKali Oracles – Raksha Kali

Raksha Kali is a fierce yet protective form of Ma Kali. This form is the usual form worshipped in clubs and roadside during Kali Puja. Like Shmashaan Kali, Raksha Kali has some occult aspect and she should not be worshipped inside home. ‘Raksha’ means ‘to protect’; Raksha Kali puja is done to seek protection from the divine mother. It can be protection from enemies, bad luck, illness or any negative forces.

Usually, Kali puja is done in new moon night. Actual tantric Kali puja is done without any light. This is because only during the darkness, Shiv and Shakti becomes together and maintains the balance of the universe. Any other night is a night of imbalance and either Shiv or Shakti will not remain calm and perform destruction. Raksha Kali puja is also done when some pandemic occurs and it is done during evening instead of night.

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ShivKali Oracles – Ma Tara

काली तारा महाविद्या षोडशी भुवनेश्‍वरी ।

भैरवी छिन्‍नमस्‍ता च विद्या धूमावती तथा ।।

बगला सिद्ध विद्या च मातंगी कमलात्मिका ।

एता विद्या महेशानि महाविद्या प्रकीर्तिता ।।

 

[Kali Tara mahavidya Sodashi Bhuvaneswari |

Bhairavi Chhinnamasta cha vidya Dhumavti tatha ||

Bagala siddha vidya cha Matangi Kamalatmika |

Etaaha dasamahavidyaaha gupta vidyaaha prakeertitaaha ||]

Tara is one of the Dash Mahabidya. The 10 forms of Sati are called the Dash Mahavidya. The origin lore is like this- Daksha did not approve the marriage of Shiv and Sati. When Daksha arranged a grand yagna and did not invite Shiv and Sati, Sati wanted to visit uninvited. When she told Shiv about her intention, Shiv told that Daksha did not invite them because he wanted to insult them and attending the yagna uninvited will not give good result. Even though Sati pleaded a lot, Shiv did not give her the permission to visit the yagna. This angered Sati and in order to remind Shiv about her power, Sati manifested the 10 forms of Dash Mahabidya. A frightened Shiv saw the 10 forms in 10 directions around him and realised that it is useless to try keeping Shakti bound. Reluctantly he gave permission to Sati and after that we all know what happened after Sati visited the yagna. As per the above shlok, Kali and Tara are the greatest Mahabidyas among all 10. These are 10 sadhana-paths to attain Mahamaya.

There are references of Tara in both Hindu and Buddhist religion. Buddhists (Bajrayaan) believe that Tara is the supreme mother of all. There are different types of Buddhist Tara, namely Green Tara, Golden and Blue Tara etc. White Tara offers peace to those who are suffering from physical and emotional wounds. Green Tara offers protection. Golden Tara offers material abundance and Blue Tara offers good luck and spiritual awakening. Red Tara offers help with love and relationship. An interesting thing is that, Chinese dacoits (Mog) used to worship Tara before robbery. On the other hand, the Hindu Tara Ma resides in Tarapith, West Bengal. She is a manifestation of Neel Saraswati as well.

The form of Buddhist and Hindu Tara look very different. But there is a connection between these two. Once upon a time Mahamuni Vaishishta started meditating on Devi Tara in order to get her Darshan. He meditated on the Beej mantra of Devi Tara which was given to Him by none other than Lord Brahma himself. Even after meditating for 1000 years when he did not get Darshan of Maa, Mahamuni Vaishishta became infuriated and decided to curse the Beej mantra of Devi Tara, as soon as he rose to do so he was stopped by a booming voice from the sky. It was Maa Tara who spoke herself and instructed Mahamuni Vaishishta that even though his devotion is unmatched still Devi can’t come to him in Tara Roopa as he was not using the correct Tantric Methodology. Devi adressed Mahamuni Vaishishta as a dear son and instructed him to go to Tibet and learn the Tantric way of worship From Buddha Roopi Janardana who resides there. Mahamuni obeyed that and learnt all the rituals and methodologies involved with Tantric worship of Maa Tara from the spiritual master and returned to the very place where he began his quest of Sadhana. He worshipped Devi as per the Tantric rites and Devi being pleased with the steadfastness of her bhakta, appeared in front of him and asked him to request any boon that she wants from her. When Devi appeared she was in her Ugra Murti with radiance of that of a Blazing Sun. Mahamuni Vaishishta asked her to mellow down her form and that he wanted no boon from her, all that he asked was Maa Tara should bless that place and reside there permanently. Devi agreed to it and till today she resides in the sacred place of Tarapith.

One of the most notable sadhak of Ma Tara is Bamakhyapa (1837-1911), who is considered the Bhairab of the Shiv lying under Ma Tara’s feet. As per local lore, Bamakhyapa still visits the temple every night. While the devotees can see the idol of Ma Tara in Tarapeeth temple, the Brahmshila of the deity is kept secret, away from humans. It is said that if anyone watches or touches it, that person will go mad or lost eye sight. Tarapeeth is a place for tantric sadhaks, it is not a place for sansaari people. A lot of trantrics offer services here in a shmashaan (crematoriam for Hindus), even related to dark magics. However, such things are never positive and Ma Tara’s blessings do not fall upon negative aspects. So, one should refrain from approaching such tantriks with bad intentions. Also, a lot of fools visit the temple to showoff; touching the idol or taking selfy with devi murti spoils the sanctity of the holy ground. One must not do such things otherwise, they will receive curses.

 

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ShivKali Oracles – Kamakala Kali

Not too much could be found about this form of Kali. While searching online, I found some stotram but not sure if those are the actual mantra for the deity.

“Om Klim Kring Hung Krong Sphreng Kamakala Kali Sphreng Krong Hung Kring Kling Swaha.”

Each of these beejmantras have different meanings, the source is- https://pdfcoffee.com/om-kl-kr-h-kro-sphre-kmakalkli-sphre-kro-h-kr-kl-svh-pdf-free.html

‘Kama’ means desire. Kamakala Kali is the form of Kali that offers materialistic success and other worldly achievements. She also helps in removing negativity from one’s life.

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ShivKali Oracles – Chintamani

Honestly, I could not find much about this form of Kali. The chant of the deity is “Om Kring Kring Kring Chintamani Kalike Hoong Phat”. But I give no guarantee that this is the actual mantra of the goddess.

In Madurai, Tamil Nadu, there is a Chintamani Kali Amman temple and every year in March, a grand festival is celebrated here. Thousands of devotees visit and pray regards to the deity. There are some rituals followed as I saw in this Youtube Channel- https://www.youtube.com/@aravindhaakash2012/videos. As I can guess, many cases of ‘Bhar’ or possession happen here. However, as I have heard from true sadhaks, such instances of possession are baseless and often fake. It may happen that some people may experience concussion/hysteria after seeing certain idols (Like it happens if one sees bright light or certain shapes). But apart from this, there is no base for such possessions.

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ShivKali Oracles – Bhuvaneshwari

Bhuvaneshwari is the Ishwari (goddess) of Bhuvan (universe). She controls the universe. Another name of Bhuvaneshwari is Jagaddhatri (the one who holds/sustains the world). In the Jagannath temple of Puri, Subhadra is considered Bhuvaneshwari. Worship of Jagaddhatri is very famous in Chandannagar and Krishnanagar in West Bengal and it is celebrated after Kali Puja (Deepabli). When Ma Durga fought Mahishasur, Bhuvaneshwari took the responsibility to save earth from getting destroyed and thus she saved lives of all entities and the creations.

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ShivKali Oracles – Bhadra Kali

Bhadra Kali is a fierce form of Ma Kali. She is also known as Pathrakali Amman in Tamil Nadu and Darikajit in Kerala.

As per Markandeya, Skanda, Brahma and Shiv Puran, Bhadra Kali’s origin is from Shiv. When Sati’s soul left her mortal form as Daksha insulted Shiv, Shiv became furious. He plucked two hairs from his head and gave birth to Veerbhadra (will be discussed later) and Bhadrakali. Both these forms are fierce and destructive. Shiv ordered them to destroy Daksha’s yagna to avenge Sati’s death.

‘Bhadra’ usually means gentle. But in Sanskrit, ‘Bhadra’ means the great illusion, which refers to goddess Mahamaya. Bhadrakali is more famous in South Indian states. She is called Darikajit as she defeated an infamous demon named Darika. The lore goes like this- Darika performed austerity and got a boon from Brahma that no man or animal or god can kill him. Darika’s wife, who was a pious woman, received a chant, which she chanted continuously to ensure her husband’s immortality. This gave Darika feel entitled to torture humans and deities. Seeing this grave situation, Shiv became very angry and to defeat the demon, he invoked Bhadrakali (as per the boon no man could harm Darika). Bhadrakali turned herself into two entities- one entity took a fierce form and attacked Darika; the other form turned into a mourning wife of a dead soldier and visited Darika’s wife. As soon as Darika’s wife paused chanting to console the disguised goddesss, the other form slayed Darika’s head in the battlefield. But even after that, her wrath did not calm down. She took the severed head of Darika and started to perform destructive dance. All devatas were afraid that the creations will be destroyed, so Shiv took a form of an infant and lied in front of dancing Kali Ma. Seeing the infant, Kali’s motherly nature suppressed the destructive form.

From a spiritual perspective, this lore can teach us about spiritual awareness. Humans are busy with self-fulfillment. We are often entitled and proud of our materialistic achievements. However, Sanatan dharma has always talked about avoiding the illusion of ‘atma’ and seek ‘paramatma’. Kali’s action of severing head symbolizes cutting the pride in ‘atma’ so that one can start seeking ‘paramatma’.

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