Kill Bull - 7

Happy Navratri! So, the great festival is in full swing and here is my regular post "Kill Bull"(see Kill Bull-1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6). This is the right time to speculate about what makes our soul to be or pretend to be a bull, and how to summon a Divine Power to take off this asuric spell.
Durga Puja offers us, in dramatic form and by means of religious ceremonial a philosophy of the spiritual life, teaching many things, including the awakening of man upon earth from animalism to a life of purity and honor. Goddess Durga's images is a perfect reflection of the eternal Power that pervades all living beings and all things on Earth. It is beautiful dramatic expression of the belief in the ultimate victory of Good over Evil and the great human aspiration for union with God.

Durga is all about struggle and strength, but how does this apply to us personally? Mystic Sandhi puja is not about the event that once was and passed, but what happens today, in the eternal now. Each individual life goes along the horizontal line from birth to death. Good or evil force shapes it, and, if it is not saint-born, his life can not develop without a struggle. Everyone has his own personal Mahishasura. Because of itself the jivatma would be a mere inert passivity, unbalanced by a positive opposite. Like in Lewis Carroll's tale we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that. But how much does it depend on our personal efforts? By and large, it does not depend on man's desire or effort, but on Mercy only. But I believe that this is inherent element of human nature. I want to say that the soul always seeks God. It is a fundamental necessity of the soul because its properties are the result of the union of eternal Divine basis with itself, modified by the good or evil tendencies. It is reproduced in the Durga yantra.

This is in deep correspondence with human life itself and the world we live in, which are themselves but allegories and symbols. The struggle, external or internal, is part of everything that surrounds us. But this struggle is not for survival. It's a life-and-death struggle. Literally, for the average person, and figurative for the mystic. Because this is the universal truth that mystical death must precede mystical rebirth. This is the death to one's lower self.

Gilgamesh, legendary King of the city of Uruk fighting against the Bull

Many cultures and religions, both current and past, tell us this story. According the St Paul "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live "(Rom 8:13), or the sufi saying "die before you die."
He who desires to rise to the heights of his own being must first crush his own lower nature and inclinations. Through this blessed battle, older versions of "I" may very well die.

Heracles and Cretan Bull

The message of this battle is that we need to tame the demanding self-centered beast within us and bring the power to good use. This process asks to bring the higher and lower consciousness in perfect balance, knowing that control is always in your hands, and purity in your heart. However, it has nothing to do with the confidence a person has when filled of one's own strength. Rather, it depicts the confidence of those whose blessed individuals strength is founded in God.
During the battle with the Shakti herself, (which is impossible by definition, because everything is shakti) the inertia and negativity of the soul become increasingly transmuted and superseded by the positive energy and activity of the Spirit. Like in the Yantra when the upper triangles gradually assumes preponderance over the triangle with a vertex down, signifying that the seeker becomes a more spiritually conscious being.
This battle is actually about Divine union. Divine Shakti's energy overcomes severity and uses mercy to become strong and enduring. This is called a gentle strength. Strength of having the inner-qualities of love, patience and power. And joy. When our pains of division are made up for by the joys of reunification.

Swayamvara Parvati Mantramala Stotram

swayamvara mantram
asya shree swayamvara mantrasya
brhma rushih devee gaayatree Chandah
devee giriputree swayamvara devataa
mama abheeshTa siddhyarthe jape viniyogaha ||
dhyaanam
shambhum jaganmohana roopavarNam
vilokya lajaakulitam smitadyaam |
madhookamaalam swa sakhee karaabhyaam
sambeebratee maadree sutam bhajeham ||
mantra
oum hreem yoginee yoginee yogeshwaree yoga bhayankaree sakala sthaavara jangamasya mukha hrudayam mama vasham aakarshaya aakarshaya swaahaa ||
om bandhookavarNaam aruNaam sugaatraam
shambhum samuddhisya sanairupetaam |
ambhojamrudhveem abhilaashaa daatreem
sambhaavaye nirjaradaarukalpaam || 1 ||
hreem mandaraaNee charaNaagragati prapaate
shvamanju samkwaNita kankaNa kinkiNee |
kaamam kumaaree tavataanee shive smaraamee
kshemamkaraNee kanakalaya khelanaanee || 2 ||
yogena baalya vayaso lalitaam purastaat
draageva kanTha vilasat kankormee koughaam |
aakamra nagdha rasanaam bhavateem nireekshe
shreekanTha bhaaminee katha prapadeena veNeem || 3 ||
geeryalpamugdha vishadaam navayouvaneem shree
turyaam vilaasamaya makshnee krushaam vilaghnee |
paryuchyitaam kuchabhaare jaghane gaNaam yat
paryutsako asmi satatam jananee praseeda || 4 ||
nirdhoota kunDala mudanchita gharmaleshaam
vitrasta keshaamabheetashchala deekshanantaam |
nirdhwanee kankaNamudaagra kuchandamandaara
badhnaami tatgruha kandhooka khelanaam te || 5 ||
yogeshwaraam prachura bhakti gireeshaamaraa
dhekanTha vaitinamupetya tapashcharantaam |
aakamkshaya parichaarishNumanakulaam tvaam
ye kechideeshvaree bhajantee taa yeva dhanya || 6 ||
giryaatmaje madanadaha mahaavamaanaa
parayaakula purahare hrudayam nidhayaa |
kaaryastapo vidadhee kushalaani bhoobhrut
paryaaya peena kucha kumbha vishrumbhadaangee || 7 ||
nityaaya manasaa drusha muhoor induchooDam
madhyasthita rahasi pancha hutaashanam |
tathaa drushena tapasaa jagadaanda bhaajam
vitrasadaatree paripaahi sadaa shive na || 8 ||
yogyam vatorvaa purupaa sthitaraatma bhaktim
deergham pareekshitum anukshaNam akshi pantham |
sakshaat gireesham avadhooya rusha prayaate
druktena samsrutapadam bhavateem bhajaama || 9 ||
gehe nije varaNaat maalaasat karaabjaam
vyahaaree noopura mudaanchita mandahaasam |
neehaara bhaanudaaramuchalitaam vareetum
mohavahaam tribhuvanasya bhajaamahe tvaam || 10 ||
swastahi kankaNa vilokana bheeta bheetam
pratyaagra raaga vivasham mama tam nidehi |
utsweda vepaadhu pinaaka bhruta graheetam
rudraaNi dakshiNa karabhujam uttamaange || 11 ||
rishTaapaham bhavatu bhartru nakhendu bimba
spashTaanu bimbita tanum vibudhapagaam taam |
drushTvaasu raaga rabhasodaya sonakoNam
drushTidvayam tava kara grahaNe sthitam na || 12 ||
yoge nave tava bhavaani shivaani dadyaat
draageva satvaramapatrapayaa nivrutam |
saakampa maalee vachanair vihitaabhi mukhyam
draagutsmitaam puraabhida pariraabdhamaangaam || 13 ||
gatya nitamba mandaraaya salajjaih
raadhekshaNai rasakalaakshara vaagvilasaih |
hrudayaishcha vibhrama guNair madanaaree dhairya
prastara hariNee shive jananee praseeda || 14 ||
bhadra makhenduna manaadha bhi veekshaNeshu
pratyuktidaana veeramanna vasat kathaashu |
udwena naathai haTaat pari rambhaneshu
pratyu pramodajajanee jananee praseeda || 15 ||
yam naathamadhi munayo nigamokti gumphe
swalakshya taanta manaso vimukhee bhavanti |
sannahya tena daayitena manoja vidyaa
nandanu bhooti rasike jananee praseeda || 16 ||
kalyaaNa kuntalabharaam navakalpavallee
pushpollasaad bahuLa sourabha lobhaneeyam |
kalyaaNadhaama shashi khaNDa makhana shobhaa
kallolitam tava maaheshwaree samshrayama || 17 ||
rinchaalikaa tava shive niti lalakaanaam
nyaanchad paTeera tilake niTile vibhaantee |
manju prasanna mukha padma vihaaree lakshmee
pinchaatapatra ruchirahrudi na samindham || 18 ||
samyak bruvau tava vilasa bhoovau smarama
samugdha manmatha sarasana chaaruroope |
hrun madhya gooDha nihitam haradairya lakshyam
yanmoola yaantrita kaTaaksha sharair vibhinnam || 19 ||
kaamrasita sita rucha shravaNaanta deergha
bimboka Dambara bhruto nibhrutaanukampaa |
sanmaatukaa payi bhavantu pinaaki vaktra
bimbaambuja janma madhoopa saati te kaTaaksha || 20 ||
lagnaabhiraamaa mruganaabhi vichitra paatram
magnam prabhaasamudaye tava ganDa bimbam |
chitte vibhaatu satatam maNi kuNDalodya
drantanu bimba pari chumbitaam ambike na || 21 ||
stano sadaa bhagavat priyataa nidhaanam
praaNaadapi pravirala smita lobhaneyam |
stanee kurushva girije tava bandhu jeeva
shreNi sagandha madhuram dishaanantare na || 22 ||
vandamahe kanaka mangaLasootra shobhaa
sandeepta kumkuma valitraya baangi ramyam |
mandaaradshikaswara vikaswara naada vidyaa
sandarbha garbhamgaje tava kanTha naalam || 23 ||
rakshaarthamaatru mama moordhani dhatswa nityam
dakshaari gadaa pari rambhaa rasaanukoolam |
akshamahema kaDakanagadaa ratna shobham
laakshavilam jananee paaNiyugam twadeeyam || 24 ||
jaambharee kumbhee varakumbha nibhamurojaa
kumbhadwayee lalitaa sambhruta ratnamaalam |
shambhor bhujaih anudinam nibhidaangapaali
shaambhavee tam bhuvana sundaree bhaavayaamaha || 25 ||
garvaapahe vaata daLasya tanoodharante
nirvyoodabhaasee tava naabhi sarasya gaade |
sarvaavaloka ruchi medura roma vallee
nirvasite vasatu dishaanam arali || 26 ||
machedasi sphuratu mara rathaanga bhaangeem
ucchairddhaanaa maatipi varata nidhaanam |
swacChanda ratna rasana kalitaantareeya
pracChaanam amba tava karma nitamba bimbam || 27 ||
syandanu raaga maadhavaari puraari chetaa
sannaga bandha maNi veNu kaamooru kandam |
bandi krutendra gaja pushkara mugdha rambhaam
nandamasundaree shive hrudi sandadhaanaa || 28 ||
mugdhollasat kanaka noopura nagdha naanaa
ratna bhayordhva gataya paaritobhiraamam |
chita prassoti jaya kahala kanThee jangha
yugmam twadeeya maganandinee chintayaamaha || 29 ||
khaTwaanga paaNi makuTena tathaa tathaa
samkrushTa grayo praaNaadishu praNaya prakope |
ashTaanga paaTha sahitam praNatosmi labdhum
ishTaam gatim jananee paada payojayoshThe || 30 ||
hrudyaarpaNam mama mrujantu tadaa twadanga
mudya dravidyuti bhavediha saanu bimbam |
uttunga daitya sura mouLibhiruhyamaano
rudrapriye tava paadaabja bhavaa paraagaa || 31 ||
dadyaa sukhaani mama chakra kalaandharasthaa
raktaambarana maalyadharaa japabhaa |
rudraaNee paasha shruNi chaapa saraagra hastaa
kastooree kaThilaakinee nava kumkumaardraa || 32 ||
yad pankajanma nilayam karapadma shumbha
dambhoruham bhuvana mangaLa maadriyante |
amboruhaka sukrotot kara paaka mekam
sambhaavaye hrudi shive tava shaktibhedam || 33 ||
mandaara kunda sushamaa kara pallavodyat
puNyaakshadhaamaa pushTaka poorNakumbhaa |
chandraardha chaaru makuTa nava padmasamsthaa
saandhediveetu bhavattihyadi nah trinetraa || 34 ||
madhye kadamba vanam sthitad ratnadolam
udyannakhaagra mukharee kruta ratna veeNaam |
atyanta neela kamaneeya kalebaram tvaam
utsanga lalitaa manogyasukheem upaasaye || 35 ||
vaartamahe manasee sandhadeem nitaanta
raktaam varaabhaya viraajee karaaravindaam |
udwelamadhyavasateem madhuraangee maayaam
tattvaatmikaam bhagavateem bhavaateem bhajantaha || 36 ||
shambhupriyaam shashikalaa kalivatamsaam
sambhaavita abhayavaraam kusha paasa paaNim |
sampad pradaana nirataam bhuvaneshvareem tvaam
shambhujjapa ruchampara krupaam upaase || 37 ||
aarooDha tunga turagaam mrudu baahuvalleem
aarooDha paasha shruNi vetra laaTham trinetram |
aaropitaam akhilaa santaanane prakaTabhaam
aaraadhayaami bhavati manasaa mamnogyaam || 38 ||
karmaatmike jaya jaya akhiladharma moorte
chinmaatruke jaya jaya triguNa swaroope |
kalmaasha gharma pishunaan karuNaamrutaardre
saamraajya samyagabhishincha druganchalair na || 39 ||
shannamasi tvamaadi daivataam aksharaaNaam
varNa trayodita manu prakrutih tvameva |
tvannaama vishwamanu shakti kalaam twadanyat
kinnaama daivataamihasti samasta moorte || 40 ||
yaakapi vishwajana mohana divya maayaa
shreekaamavairi vapuraardha haraanubhava |
prakaashayate jagadeeshvaree saa twamasmaan
mookam anya sharaNaan pari paahi deenaan || 41 ||
kartrai namostu jagatonikhilaasya bhartyai
hartyai namostu vidhi vishNu haraatma shaktyaih |
bhaktyai namostu bhuvanaabhi maataa prasootyai
muktyai namostu munimanDala drushyamoortyaihi || 42 ||
shaDvaktra hastimukha jushTapaadasya bhartu
rishTopa guhana sudhaapluta manasasya |
drushTyanipeeya vadanendu makshinange
tushTyasthite vitaradevi dayaavoukaan || 43 ||
yantaantaram bhaavitru bhoota bhavam mayaa yat
swapna prajaagaara sushupti shuptishi vaanmanogyaihi |
nityam tvadaarchana kalasu samastametat
bhaktaanukampini namastu tava prasaadataha || 44 ||
swaaheti saagara suteti surapageti
vyaahaararoopa sushameti haripriyeti |
neehaara shaila tanayeti pruthakprakaasha
roopam paramesha mahisheem bhaavaatim bhajaamaha || 45 ||
harasphurat kuchagire harajeevanaathe
hariswaroopiNee haripramukti vandye |
herambashaktidhara nandinee hemavarNe
he chaNDee haimavatee devi namo namaste || 46 ||
ye tu swayamvara mahaastava mantramedam
praatah naraa sakala siddhikaram japanti |
bhooti prabhava jana ranjana keerti soundarya
aaroopyam aayurapi deerghamapi labhante || 47 ||
shatakrutu pravrutya martya tatyaabhi praNtyapa
krama prashrutvara smita prabhanchidasya pankaje |
harapriye varaprade daaradaarendra kanyake
haridraya samanvite daridrataam hara drutam || 48 ||

RuNa Hartru Ganesha Stotram

From the Kṛṣṇa-yāmala-tantra

kailaase parvate ramye shambhum chandraartha shekharam |
shaDaamnaaya samaayuktam sapracCha naga kanyakaa ||
devesha parameshaana sarva shaastraartha paaraga |
upaayam ruNa naashasya krupayaa pada saampratam ||
samyakprushTam tvayaa bhadre lokaanaam hitakaamyayaa |
tatsarvam samprakshaami saavadhaana avadhaaraya ||
asya shree ruNa hartru gaNapati stotra mantrasya |
sadaa shiva rushihi | anushTup Chandaha |
shree ruNahartru gaNapati devataa ||
goum beejam | gam shaktihi | gom keelakam | sakala ruNanaashane viniyogaha |
shree gaNesha | ruNam Chindi | vareNyaM | hum | namaha | phaT
iti kara hrudayaadi vinyaasaha
sindooravarNam dvibhujam gaNesham lambodaram padmadaLe nivishTham |
brahmaadi daivaihi parisevyamaanam sidairyutam tam praNamaami devam ||
srushTyaadou brahmaNaa samyakpoojitah phalasiddhaye |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
tripurasya vadhaatpoorvam shambhunaa samyagarchitaha |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
hiraNyakashyapvaadeenaam vadhaarthe vishNunaarchitaha |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
mahishasyavadhe devyaa gaNanaathah prapoojitaha |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
taarakasya vadhaatpoorvam kumaareNa prapoojita |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
bhaaskareNa gaNeshohi poojitashcha susiddhaye |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
shashinaa kaantivruddhyartham poojito gaNanaayakaha |
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
paalanaayacha tapasaam vishvaamitreNa poojitaha
sadaiva paarvateeputrah ruNanaasham karotume ||
idam tvruNa haram stotram teevra daaridrya naashanam |
ekavaaram paThennityam varshamekam samaahitaha ||
daaridrya daaruNam tyaktvaa kubera samataam vrajet |
paTham to yam mahaa mantrah saartha
pancha dashaaksharaha ||
shree gaNesha ruNam Chindi vareNyam hum namah phaT |
imam mantram paThedante tatashcha shuchibhaavanaha ||
ekavimshati sankhyaabhihi purashcharaNa meeritam |
sahasraavartana samyak shaNmaasam priyataam vrajet ||
bruhaspati samo gyaane dhane dhanapatirbhavet |
asyai vaayuta sankhaabhih purashcharaNa meeritam ||
lakshamaavartana tsyamya gvaanChitam phalam aapnuyaat |
bhoota preta pishaachaanaam naashanam smruti maatrataha ||
iti shree krushNayaamala tantre umaamaheshvara samvaade ruNa hartru gaNesha stotram samaaptam|| 

Chinnamasta Hridayam

shrIgaNeshAya namaH |
shrIpArvatyuvAcha |
shrutaM pUjAdikaM samyagbhavadvak{}trAb{}janiHsR^itam |
hR^idayaM ChinnamastAyAH shrotumichChAmi sAmpratam ||1||
OM mahAdeva uvAcha |
nAdyAvadhi mayA proktaM kasyApi prANavallabhe |
yatvayA paripR^iShTo.ahaM vakShye prItyai tava priye ||2||
OM asya shrIChinnamastAhR^idayastotramantrasya bhairava R^iShiH,
samrAT ChandaH, ChinnamastA devatA, hUM bIjam,
OM shaktiH, hrIM kIlakaM, shatrukShayakaraNArthe pAThe viniyogaH ||
OM bhairavaR^iShaye namaH shirasi |
OM samrATChandase namo mukhe |
OM ChinnamastAdevatAyai namo hR^idi |
OM hUM bIjAya namo guhye |
OM OM shaktaye namaH pAdayoH |
OM hrIM kIlakAya namo nAbhau |
OM viniyogAya namaH sarvA~Nge |
iti R^iShyAdinyAsaH |
OM OM a~NguShThAbhyAM namaH |
OM hUM tarjanIbhyAM namaH |
OM hrIM madhyamAbhyAM namaH |
OM aiM anAmikAbhyAM namaH |
OM klIM kaniShThikAbhyAM namaH |
OM hUM karatalakarapR^iShThAbhyAM namaH |
iti karanyAsaH |
OM OM hR^idayAya namaH |
OM hUM shirase svAhA |
OM hrIM shikhAyai vaShaT |
OM aiM kavachAya hum |
OM klIM netratrayAya vauShaT |
OM hUM astrAya phaT |
iti hR^idayAdiShaDa~NganyAsaH |
raktAbhAM raktakeshIM karakamalalasatkartrikAM kAlakAntiM
vichChinnAtmIyamuNDAsR^igaruNabahulodagradhArAM pibantIm |
vighnAbhraughaprachaNDashvasanasamanibhAM sevitAM siddhasa~NghaiH
padmAkShIM ChinnamastAM ChalakaraditijachChedinIM sa.nsmarAmi ||
iti dhyAnam |
vande.ahaM ChinnamastAM tAM ChinnamuNDadharAM parAm |
ChinnagrIvochChaTAchChannAM kShaumavastraparichChadAm || 2||
sarvadA surasa~Nghena sevitA~NghrisaroruhAm |
seve sakalasampattyai ChinnamastAM shubhapradAm || 3||
yaj~nAnAM yogayaj~nAya yA tu jAtA yuge yuge |
dAnavAntakarIM devIM ChinnamastAM bhajAmi tAm || 4||
vairochanIM varArohAM vAmadevavivarddhitAm |
koTisUryyaprabhAM vande vidyudvarNAkShimaNDitAm || 5||
nijakaNThochChaladraktadhArayA yA muhurmuhuH |
yoginIstarpayantyugrA tasyAshcharaNamAshraye || 6||
hUmityekAkSharaM mantraM yadIyaM yuktamAnasaH |
yo japettasya vidveShI bhasmatAM yAti tAM bhaje || 7||
hUM svAheti manuM samyagyaH smaratyartimAnnaraH |
Chinatti chChinnamastAyA tasya bAdhAM namAmi tAm || 8||
yasyAH kaTAkShamAtreNa krUrabhUtAdayo drutam |
dUrataH sampalAyante chChinnamastAM bhajAmi tAm || 9||
kShititalaparirakShAkShAntaroShA sudakShA
ChalayutakhalakakShAchChedane kShAntilakShyA |
kShitiditijasupakShA kShoNipAkShayyashikShA
jayatu jayatu chAkShA chChinnamastAribhakShA || 10||
kalikaluShakalAnAM karttane kartrihastA
surakuvalayakAshA mandabhAnuprakAshA |
asurakulakalApatrAsikA.amlAnamUrti
jayatu jayatu kAlI chChinnamastA karAlI || 11||
bhuvanabharaNabhUribhrAjamAnAnubhAvA
bhavabhavavibhavAnAM bhAraNodbhAtabhUtiH |
dvijakulakamalAnAM bhAsinI bhAnumUrti
bhavatu bhavatu vANI chChinnamastA bhavAnI || 12||
mama ripugaNamAshu chChettumugraM kR^ipANaM
sapadi janani tIkShNaM ChinnamuNDaM gR^ihANa |
bhavatu tava yasho.alaM Chindhi shatrUnkhalAnme
mama cha paridisheShTaM Chinnamaste kShamasva || 13||
ChinnagrIvA ChinnamastA ChinnamuNDadharA.akShatA |
kShodakShemakarI svakShA kShoNIshAchChAdanakShamA ||
vairochanI varArohA balidAnapraharShitA |
balipUjitapAdAb{}jA vAsudevaprapUjitA || 15||
iti dvAdashanAmAni chChinnamastApriyANi yaH |
smaretprAtaH samutthAya tasya nashyanti shatravaH || 16||
yAM smR^itvA santi sadyaH sakalasuragaNAH sarvadA sampadADhyAH
shatrUNAM sa~NghamAhatya vishadavadanAH svasthachittAH shrayanti |
tasyAH sa~NkalpavantaH sarasijacharaNAM satataM sa.nshrayanti sA.a.adyA
shrIshAdisevyA suphalatu sutaraM ChinnamastA prashastA || 17||
idaM hR^idayamaj~nAtvA hantumichChati yo dviSham |
kathaM tasyAchiraM shatrurnAshameShyati pArvati || 18||
yadIchChennAshanaM shatroH shIghrametatpaThennaraH |
ChinnamastA prasannA hi dadAti phalamIpsitam || 19||
shatruprashamanaM puNyaM samIpsitaphalapradam |
AyurArogyadaM chaiva paThatAM puNyasAdhanam || 20||

|| iti shrInandyAvarte mahAdevapArvatIsa.nvAde
shrIChinnamastAhR^idayastotraM sampUrNam ||

Guhyakali Mahavajra Kavacham

From Mahakala Samhita

om asya shree vishvamangala naamno guhyakaalee mahaavajra kavachasya
samvarta rushihi anushTup Chandaha ekavaktraadi shatavaktraantaa
guhyakaalee devataa
phrem beejam khphrem shaktih Chreem keelakam sarvaabheeshTa siddhipoorvaka
aatmarakshaNe jape viniyogaha |
om phrem paatu shirah siddhikaraalee kaalikaa mama |
hreem Chreem lalaaTam me siddhivikaraali sadaavatu || 1 ||
shreem kleem mukham chaNDayogeshvaree rakshatu sarvadaa |
hoom streem kNoum vajrakaapaalinee me kaalikaa avatu || 2 ||
aim kraum hanoo kaalasamkarshaNaa me paatu kaalikaa |
kreem kraum bhruvaavugrachaNDaa kaalikaa me sadaavatu ||
haam kshaum netre siddhilakshmeeravatu pratyaham mama |
hoom hraum naasaam chaNDakaapaalinee me sarvadaavatu ||
aam eem oshThaadharou paatu sadaa samayakubjikaa |
gloom glaum dantaan raajaraajeshvaree me
rakshataat sadaa ||
joom sah sadaa me rasanaam paatu shree jayabhairavee |
sphrem sphrem paatu svarNakooTeshvaree me
chibukam sadaa ||
bloom blaum kaNTham rakshatu me sarvadaa tumbureshvaree |
kshroo kshraum me raajamaatangee skandhou
rakshatu sarvadaa ||
phrom phraum bhujou vajrachaNDeshvaree rakshatu me sadaa |
sraim sraum vakshahsthalam paatu jayajhankeshvaree mama ||
phim phaam karou rakshatu me shivadootee cha sarvadaa |
Chraim Chraum me jaTharam paatu
phetkaaree ghoraraaviNee ||
straim straum guhyeshvaree naabhim mama rakshatu sarvadaa |
kshum kshaum paarshvaum sadaa paatu baabhravee ghoraroopiNee ||
groom graum kuleshvaree paatu mama
prushTham cha sarvadaa |
kloom klaum kaTim rakshatu me bheemaadevee bhayaanakaa ||
haim haum me rakshataadooru sarvadaa chaNDakhecharee |
sphrom sphraum me jaanunee paatu korangee bheeshaNaananaa || 12 ||
treem threem janghaayugam paatu taamasee sarvadaa mama |
jraim jraum paadou mahaavidyaa sarvadaa mama rakshatu||
Dreem Threem vaageeshvaree sarvaan
sandheen dehasya me avatu |
khraim khraum shareeradhaatoonme
kaamaakhyaa sarvadaavatu||
breem broom kaatyaayanee paatu dashavaayoomstanoodbhavaan |
jloom jlaum paatu mahaalakshmeeh
khaanyekaadasha sarvadaa ||
aim aum anoktam yatsthaanam shareere antarbahishcha me |
tatsarvam sarvadaa paatu harasiddhaa harapriyaa || 16 ||
phrem Chreem hreem streem hoom
shareerasakalam sarvadaa mama |
guhyakaalee divaaraatrou sandhyaasu parirakshatu || 17 ||
iti te kavacham proktam naamnaa cha vishvamangalam |
sarvebhyah kavachebhyastu shreshTham saarataram param ||
idam paThitvaa svam deham bhasma naiva avaguNThya cha |
tattat sthaaneshu vinyasya vaddhvaadah kavacham druDham ||
dashavaaraan manuh japtvaa yatra kutraapi gacChatu |
samare nipatacChastre araNye svaapada sankule || 20 ||
shmashaane pretabhootaaDhyakaantaare dasyusankule |
raajadvaare sapishune sindhou vaatormichanchale || 21 ||
girou daavaagni samdeepte gavhare sarpaveshTite |
tasya bheetarna kutraapi charatah pruthiveem imaam || 22 ||
na cha vyaadibhayam tasya naiva taskarajam bhayam |
bheetishcha grahajaa naasya vishajam cha bhayam nahi || 23 ||
na agni utpaato naiva bhootapretajah samkaTah tathaa |
vidyut varshopala bhayam na kadaapi prabhaadhate || 24 ||
na durbhikshabhayam chaasya na cha maaribhayam tathaa |
krutya abhichaarajaa doshaah sprushantyenam kadaapi na ||
sahasram japatashvaasya puraNashcharam uchyate |
tatkrutvaa tu prayanjeeta sarvasminnapi karmaNi || 26 ||
vashyakaarya mohane cha maaraNocchaaTane tathaa |
stambhane cha tathaa dveshe tathaa krutyaabhichaarayoh ||
durgabhamge tathaa yuddhe parachakra nivaaraNe |
etat prayogaat sarvaaNi kaaryaaNi parisaadhayet || 28 ||
bhootaavesham naashayati vivaade jayati dvishah |
samkaTam tarati kshipram kalahe jayam aapnuyaat || 29 ||
yadi icChet mahateem lakshmeem tanayaanaayureva cha |
vidyaam kaantim tathounnatyam yasha aarogyameva cha ||
bhogaan soukhyam vighna haanim aalasyam mahodayam |
adheehi kavacham nityamamunaamuncha cha priye || 31 ||
kavachenaam amunaa sarvam samsaadhayati saadhakah |
yadyad dhaayati chittena siddham tattapurah sthitam || 32 ||
durdhaTam ghaTayatyetat kavacham vishvamangalam |
vishvasya mangalam yasmaadato vai vishvamangalam || 33 ||
saannidhyakaarakam guhyakaalyaa etat prakeertitam |
likhitam ched gruhe tishThet tathaapi phalamashnute || 34 ||
yadeecChasi sureshaani sarvatra jayamangalam |
paTha bandhoon paaThayasva kavacham vishvamangalam ||
sampraapyasi paraam siddhim guhyaayaam bhaktimeva cha |
trisandhyam paThanaat devi sarvapaapaih pramuchyate || 36 ||
yasmai kasmai chidapyetanna dadyaadvai jijeevishuh |
dattvaa maraNam aapnoti sasuta gyaati baandhavah || 37 ||
shishyaaya bhaktiyuktaaya saadhakaaya hitaay cha |
vidhipoorvam pradaatavyam naabhaktaaya kadaachana || 38 ||
shaDaamnaaya sthitaa devyah sarvaa atra pratishThitaah |
atah sarvaatmaa gopyam satyam satyam sureshvari || 39 ||
yasmin kasminnapi manaavupadesho yadi priye |
tadaivaatraadhikaarah syaat kavache vishvamangale || 40 ||
guhyakaalyaam sadaa bhaktih shoDashaakshariko japah |
idam cha kavacham devi trayyeshaa kathitaa mayaa || 41 ||
abhyasyantah trayeemetaam chaturvarNaa dvijaatayah |
bhuktvaa bhogaanagham hatvaa dehaante
moksham aapnuyaat || 42 ||

|| iti mahaakaala samhitaayaam vishvamangala kavacham sampoorNam ||

ShrichakraLakshmi Stotram

siddhilakshmyai buddhilakshmyai varalakshmyai namo namaha |
namaste soubhaagyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai namo namaha ||
vacholakshmyai kaavyalakshmyai gaanalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste shrungaaralakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
dhanalakshmyai dhaanyalakshmyai dharaalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste ashTaishvaryalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
gruhalakshmyai graamalakshmyai raajyalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste saamraajyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
shaantilakshmyai daantilakshmyai kshaantilakshmyai
namo namaha |
namostvaatmaanandalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
satyalakshmyai dayaalakshmyai soukhyalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namah paatnivratyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
gajalakshmyai raajalakshmyai tejolakshmyai
namo namaha |
namah sarvotkarshalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
sattvalakshmyai tattvalakshmyai bodhalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste vigyaanalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
sthairyalakshmyai veeryalakshmyai dhairyalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namastestvoudaaryalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
siddhilakshmyai ruddhilakshmyai vidyaalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste vairaagyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
keertilakshmyai moortilakshmyai varcholakshmyai
namo namaha |
namastetvanantalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
japalakshmyai tapolakshmyai vratalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste kalyaaNalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
mantralakshmyai tantralakshmyai yantralakshmyai
namo namaha |
namo gurukrupaalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
sabhaalakshmyai prabhaalakshmyai kalaalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste laavaNyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
vedalakshmyai naadalakshmyai shaastralakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste vedaantalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
kshetralakshmyai teerthalakshmyai vedilakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste santaanalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
yogalakshmyai bhogalakshmyai yagyalakshmyai
namo namaha |
ksheeraarNavapuNyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
annalakshmyai manolakshmyai pragyaalakshmyai
namo namaha |
vishNuvakshobhooshalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
dharmalakshmyai arthalakshmyai kaamalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste nirvaaNalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
puNyalakshmyai kshemalakshmyai shraddhaalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste chaitanyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
bhoolakshmyai te bhuvarlakshmyai survalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste trailokyalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
sudhaalakshmyai janalakshmyai harshalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaha kamalalakshmyai cha mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
bhaavalakshmyai vruddhilakshmyai bhavyalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste vaikuNThalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
nityalakshmyai satyalakshmyai vamshalakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste kailaasalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
prakrutilakshmyai shreelakshmyai svastilakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste golokalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
shaktilakshmyai bhaktilakshmyai muktilakshmyai
namo namaha |
namaste trimoortilakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||
namaste shreechakralakshmyai aadilakshmyai
namo namaha |
namo brahmaanandalakshmyai mahaalakshmyai
namo namaha ||

|| iti soubhaagyalakshmeekalpokta shreechakralakshmee stotram ||

Lakshmi Narasimha Mantra

Asya Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Maha Mantrasya
Brahman Rishi, Pankthi  Chanda, Narasimha Devata
Mama Abista siddyarte jape viniyogah

Nyasa
Aam Angustaabhyaam Namah                                                Hridayaaya Namah
Hrim Tarjanibhyaam Namah                                                   Shriase Svaha
Kshraum Madhyamaabhyaam Namah                                    ShikhayeVashat
Krom Anamikaabhyaam Namah                                             Kavachaya Hoom
Hum Kanishthikabhyaam Namah                                           Netratrayaya Voshat
Phat Karatal-karprashtaabhyaam Namah                                Astraayaya Phat
Bhur Bhuvasuvarom Iti Dikbandhaha

Mantra

OM aaM hrIM kShrauM kroM hUM phaT

Kālī Sisters

The Divine Mother, the essense of all gods and all begins, Mahashakti, is the creator, preserver and destroyer of our nama-rupa world. When there were neither the creation, nor the sun, the moon, the planets, and the earth, when the darkness was enveloped in darkness, then the Mother, the Formless One, Maha Kālī, the Great Power, is one with the Maha Kala, the Absolute. Divine game of "separation" has led to that the Absolute Zero re-united with the One and becomes the dynamic Ten whose forms vary according to the different proportions of the three gunas. Now She expresses their divine union transcendentally as well as phenomenally through three aspects of iccha (will), jnana (knowledge) and kriya (action). So, we have a huge variety of her forms, and the long list of her names reflects their endless movement flowing into each other. For example, the Mahavidyas, is a wonderful enigmatic group of contrasting deities that clearly indicates their special meaning and hidden symbolic content, not only as elements and principles in nature but Ten Great or Transcendent Wisdoms. 

Their qualities, formed by tattvas, are really endless combinations. We can choose at any time the most general definition: Kālī is Time overcoming; Bhuvaneshwari is Space; the piercing word is Tara; the flaming word is Bhairavi; and expressed word is Matangi, Chinnamasta combines light and sound in her thunderclap; Bhagalmukhi stuns and stifles the flow free flow of things; the luminous desire is Sundari; and the delightful beauty is Kamala. Experiencing the all-pervasive essence of Kali in these Goddesses one by one, She is there in one of Her energetic forms. Of course, there is no separation and these Kālī sisters are just a glimpse of her raging glow in the minds because Her true nature is beyond mind and matter.

She is a source of light,
She removes darkness, and leads
Away from the blinding darkness ( Astasähasrikä Prajñäpäramitä) 

Yes, some early Buddhists identified Kalika with their Prajnaparamita, the Perfection of Wisdom, conceived of as a multi-armed goddess/female wisdom energy. Caused by a pollution of ignorance.They viewed Her as the saviouress Tara, the Compassionate One. As the dark four-armed Ugra Tara, with the dark blue Dhyani-Buddha Aksobhya on her crown, she became the Wrathful Saviouress, externally fierce to ward-off enemies and unbelievers, but internally compassionate, the Embodiment of Compassion.

She is all-pervading, leaving, and in her Kālī aspect, no measure for Time. She is always one but appears in differents forms in differents times. All races and cultures are like these multiple severed heads of her garland.

Aztec Divine Mother Coatlicue who gave birth to the moon and the stars, is represented with a severed head replaced by two snake heads, wearing a necklace of severed hands and human hearts with a skull pendant, and a dress of entwined snakes. She as well as Kālī  represents the embodiment of the cosmic-dynamic power which bestows life and death in the struggle of opposites.
Rhea, the Aegean Universal Mother or Great Goddess, was the mother of the gods, and goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. As the wife of Kronos (Time), She represented the eternal flow of time and generations.

Cailleach, an old Celtic name for the Great Goddess in her Destroyer aspect. Like Kālī, She was a black Mother who founded many races of people and created the world, building mountain ranges of stones that dropped from her apron. Scotland name came from Scotia, the same goddess, known to Romans as a "dark Aphrodite". Ireland and Scotland are covered with natural shrines associated with the Cailleach. Scots call her the Old Wife of Thunder.

…Her face was blue-black of the lustre of coal

And her bone-tufted tooth was like red rust.

In her head was one pool-like eye,

Swifter than a star in a winter sky. (MacKenzie, ScFL2)

Incidentally, the state California  of North America was named  by Spanish explorers after the mythical Black Queen Califia.
Nowadays, the Black Goddess worshipped by the gypsies was named Sara-Kali, Queen Kali, the Black Mother.

The Black Goddess was even carried into Christianity as a mother figure, and one can find all over the world images of black Madonnas (details here ). These examples are multiple but it is not necessarily to look similar names or similar external forms. Because whatever is their names or their diversity, all represent the nature of one and the same reality. In her benign or terrific aspect, Mother's essence is the all-pervasive in all her prismatic forms. She is Maya, she is Mahashakti - at once both the unknowable Divine Essence, and every veil that simultaneously hides and reveals this Essence, with absolutely no distinction between them. To the degree that we try to hold on to our life in the face of Kālī, she takes that life. To the degree that we let go of our life in the face of Kālī, She is that life.

Jai Ma Kali!

The Five Doorkeepers

From Chandogya Upanishad, Thirteenth Khanda.

The five door-keepers of the heavenly world:

1. Verily, indeed, this heart here has five openings for the gods.
As for its eastern opening—that is the Piāṇa breath, that is the eye, that is the sun. One should reverence that as glow and as food. He becomes glowing and an eater of food who knows this.

2. Now, as for its southern opening—that is the Vyāna breath, that is the ear, that is the moon. One should reverence that as prosperity and splendor. He becomes prosperous and splendid who knows this.

3. Now, as for its western opening—that is the Apāna breath, that is speech, that is fire. One should reverence that as eminence in sacred knowledge and as food. He becomes eminent in sacred knowledge and an eater of food who knows this.

4. Now, as for its northern opening—that is the Samāna breath, that is mind, that is the rain-god (Parjanya). One should reverence that as fame and beauty. He becomes famous and beauteous who knows this.

5. Now as for its upper opening—that is the Udāna breath, that is wind, that is space. One should reverence that as vigor and greatness. He becomes vigorous and great who knows this.

6. Verily, these same are five Brahma-men, door-keepers of the heavenly world. Who knows these thus as five Brahma-men, as door-keepers of the heavenly world, in his family a hero is born. He reaches the heavenly world who knows these thus as five Brahma-men, door-keepers of the heavenly world.

Guhyakali Gadya Sanjeevana Stotram

mahaakaala uvaacha
idam stotram puraa devyaa tripuraghnaaya keertitam |
tripuraghno api maam praadaat upadishya manum priye || 1 ||
gadyaakaaram cha sa vibhuh stotram tasyai chakaara ha |
tatah prabhruti gadyam tat jeevanyaasaabhidham matam || 2 ||
naamnaam sahasram paThataa paaThyam tadapi paarvati |
etasyaah keertanaat devi tasyaapi na bhavet phalam || 3 ||
aakhyaatavyamato yatnaat etat gadyamapi priye |
tasya stotrasya hi yato jeevanyaaso ayameeritah || 4 ||
tripuraghna uvaacha
om phrem hreem Chreem hoom streem shreem kleem khphrem namo bhagavatyai
guhyakaalyai jaya jaya jaya mahaachaNDayogeshvari chaNDakaapaalini siddhikaraali
vikaraali kaalikaapaalini trijagateepaalini srushTisthiti-samhaaraanaakhyaabhaasaabhidha-pancharoopadhaariNi
brahmavishNurudraavataariNi praLayakaariNi
mahaamaareemaariNi maahaaghoratara-panchakaala-analavaasini aTTaaTTahaasini
brahmavidyaaprakaashini navapanchachakralayini mahaabheeshaNa-bhujangabalayini
tribhuvanajayini adhyaasita-shmashaanajvaala-jaale chandrakhaNDaankitabhaale
pareta-suraasura-nikarakee-kasharachita-graiveyakabhaale pravistrastamahaapingaLa-jaTaabhaare
mrutabrahmakapaalahaare tribhuvanasaare
predeepakeshari gomaayuplavaga-simhabhallooka-manujasuparNamaatangamakaratura-gaananaakaara-dashavadane
kaTakaTaayamaanashitadeerghavadane
krutaditija-danujakadane saptavimshatilochane
mahaavitatasamhaare paashapramochane krutaparamasadaashiva-manahprarochane
shoNito-dashaayini haalaapaayini mahaamaayini rudhiraarNave dveepakrutaavaase
vihita-paramasadaashiva-vilaase jayajanaka-mahaadaaruNahaase chaturvedavedyaanubhaave
adhyaasita-mahaadaave ghoratararaave prajvalat-paavakashikhaantashchaariNi
mahaaduhkha-paapoughahaariNi bhavabhayataariNi
vruhallamba-maanodari taapatrayahari vishveshvari navakoTi-kulaakulachakrapravartini
nikhilaripu-kulakartini mahaapraLaya-kaalanartini chaturasheetikoTibrahmaaNDotpatti-pratipaala-samhaarashaalini
brahmendropendra-muNDamaalini
mahaacharchareekarataalini paraapara-saamarasya-rasamohini bhaktajanamanoratha-dohini
kaalikaakula-samayasamdohini vaama-karkasha-dordaNDa-vidhrutraktamaalaa-kapaala-charma-paasha-shakti-khaTvaanga-muNDa-bhushuNDeechaapachakra-ghaNTaavaaNa-preta-shikhariNi
manuja-kamkaala-babhrudarveemkaronmaada-muraLee-mudgara-vahnikuNDa-Damaruparigha-bhindipaala-
mushalapaTTisha-praashashataghnee-shivaapote dakshiNabhujaavalambitaratnamaalaakartrumkaa-krupaaNa-tarjaneesruNidaNDe
ratnakumbha-trishoolapanchapaashupata-vaaNakunta-paarijaata-Churikaa-tomara-kusumamaalaa-DiNDimagrudhrakamaNDalu-palalakhaNDashruvabeejapoora-soocheeparashugadaayashTimushTikuNapalaalane
naramuNDa-nakshatra-maalaalankrute
chaturdashabhuvanasevita-paadapadme digambari sakala-mantra-yantra-tantraadhidaivate
guhyaatiguhya-paramashakti-tattvaavataare ashTanaagaraajabhooshitasamastadormaNDale
vaagagochare prapamchaateeta-nishkala-tureeyaakaare
mahaakhecharee-siddhidaayini trilokeegraasini vedopaveda-ashTadikpaalapanchapretamaya-simhaasanaadhirooDhe
navakoTi-maalaamantramaya-kalevare
mahaavikaraalatare mahaapraLaya-kaalaprakaTitamoguNe parasadaashivasankraamita-nijavaibhave
samoonmoolita-praNata-naanaabhave brahmarandhravinivishTa-nijakaanta-saamarasya-sindhumajjanonmajjanapriye
veeraghaNTaakinkiNee-Damaruninaadite
aparimite balaparaakrame shuddhavidyaa-sampradaayasamsiddha-shuddhachaitanyasvaroope
prakrutya-parashiva-nirvaaNasaakshiNi
chaNDaati-chaNDakaaNDa-khaNDitaasurasamoohe bhagamaalini bhagapriye
bhagaature bhagaankite bhagaroopiNi bhagalingadraaviNi kaalachakranarasimhaakaaradhaari-paramamahaarudra-suratarasalolupe
mahaapingaLakeshi
vyomakeshi niyutavaktrakaracharaNe trilokeesharaNe dehaprabhaajita-meghajaale
trayastrimshat-koTimahaadivyaastra-sandhaanakaariNi mahaashankha-samaakule
kharparavihastrastahaste vidyutkoTi-durnireekshye shavamaamsa-vasaakavalini
vamadagnimukhe pherukoTiparivrute nrutyanihitapaadaa-ghaataparivartitabhoovalayadheraNa
bhagneekruta-koormasheshanaagabhoge maamsashoNitabhojini
kurukulle krushNatuNDi raktamukhichaNDe shavari peevare rakshike yamaghaNTe
charchike sakala-mahopadrava-prabhanjini sakalajana-manoranjini mahaabhichaarakrutyaaganjini
bhaktajana-hrudayaadhi-nirdalini koTiprachaNDa-dorvalini kaivalyanirvaaNa-nalini
guhyakaali arrope viroope vishvaroope siddhividye mahaavidye ajite
alakshite amite advaite aparaajite apratihite agochare avyakte bhadre subhadre
maatangi kiraati chaaNDaali draaviNi bhraamari bhramari ulkaapunjini
vetaNDabhaNDini praLaya-taaNDava-maNDini indropendrajanani mrutyunjayagruhiNi
saavitri gaayatri mahitri savitri sarasvati medhe lakshmeevibhootiprade kumaari-yuvativruddhe
sandhye mahaaraatri maayoori kukkuTi shaantikari pushTivarddhini gange
yamune godaavari narmade sadaashiva-sahadharmachaariNi mahaanirayataariNi
koulaachaaravratini koulaachaarakuTTini kuladharmarakshike abeeje naanaabeeje
jagadbeeje beejaarNave amoorte vimoorte naanaamoorte moortyateete
sakalamoortidhare brahmaaNDeshvari brahmaaNDakalevare koTibrahmaaNDasrushTikaariNi
sarveshvari sarveshvaragamye sarvaishvaryadaayini sarvasarveshvari
praseeda praseeda praseeda phrem khphrem hskhphrem hoom phaT hoom phaT
namah svaahaa om || 5 ||
iti te kathitam gadyam tripuraghna mukhodgatam |
poorvastavasya gyaatavyam idam praaNasamam priye || 6 ||
tat paaThaat nantaram paaTHyam etad yatnena paarvati |
tadaiva labhate tasya phalam jhaTiti naanyathaa || 7 ||
gadyasyot keertanaat devi sarvapaapaih pramuchyate |
sarvaamshcha kaamaan aapnoti sarvaah siddheeshcha vindati ||
mangaLaani cha sarvaaNi labhate paaThamaatratah |
jagadvashayati kshipram mohayatyapi paarthivaan || 9 ||
yaan yaan kaamaan abhidhyaayan paThatyubhayam eeshvari |
karaamalakavattam tam kurute naatra samshayah || 10 ||
charaacharamidam vishvam yatkinchit paridrushyate |
naakaloke ca yaah khyaataah samastaa devayonayah || 11 ||
paataaLe santi yaavatyo naagasarpaadi srushTayah |
adheeshvaree samastaanaam guhyakaalee prakeertitaa || 12 ||
saa devyetat paaThakasya vasheebhooteva tishThati |
itah param ko mahimaa kim phalam chaasya varNyataam || 13 ||
paThitavyam avashyam te paaThaneeyaashcha baandhavaah |
bhaktebhyashcha pradaatavyam aavayoh suravandite || 14 ||
gopaneeyam nandikebhyah satyam satyam vacho mama |
devi uvaacha
tripuraghnena yattubhyam upadishTam puraa prabho || 15 ||
|| iti guhyakaalee gadya sanjeevana stotram sampoorNam ||

Samavesha

"A special and very important characteristic of Trika yoga, which is not found in other systems, is its doctrine of “possession” (samavesa). In samavesa practitioners are suddenly infused and possessed with Shivahood, and feel themselves to be omniscient and omnipotent. This is not the kind of possession or haunting that occurs when the power that haunts and the person who is haunted are different. Rather, yogins in samavesa enter a state of unity, and their limited individual personalities get expanded into universal I-consciousness which they feel to be divinely potent in all respects. Samavesa has been defined as the immersion of the dependence of a dependent consciousness into the independence of the Independent Consciousness (Tantraloka, I.73). It is actually the sudden and direct intuitional realization of one’s Divine Essence, called Isvarapratyabhijna.

Sufficient practice in samavesa results in a state of jivanmukti (liberation in this very life) in which a yogin develops supernatural divine powers (siddhis). A jivanmukta can use these divine powers simply by willing them to be (Isvarapratyabhijnavimarsini, IV.i.15), though such a refined individual would most probably avoid meddling with the natural order, or in matters of divine administration, which are the province of a long hierarchy of male and female deities at different levels of authority. This kind of yogic attainment is not considered to be an obstacle on the path of final liberation. Rather, it is said to be helpful, as it removes any lingering doubt about the divine nature of the Self, and develops a firm faith in the eventual attainment of absolute unity with Paramasiva when the individual dies (Tantraloka, XII, 183–85). Further, these abilities help create faith and confidence in the mind of worthy disciples who feel that the preceptor, being liberated, can liberate others as well."

― Balajinnatha Pandita, Specific Principles of Kashmir Saivism

I Drink No Ordinary Wine

I drink no ordinary wine, but
Wine of Everlasting Bliss,
As I repeat my Mother Kali's name;
It so intoxicates my mind that people take me to be drunk!
First my guru gives molasses for the making of the Wine;
My longing is the ferment to transform it.
Knowledge, the maker of the Wine, prepares it for me then;
And when it is done,
My mind imbibes it from the bottle of the mantra,
Taking the Mother's name to make it pure.
Drink of this Wine, says Ramprasad, and the four fruits of life are yours.

---by Ramprasad (1718 - 1775)

Kali's 12

12 aspects of Kali of Light - Prabhakali. They are:
Kali of Creation (sṛṣṭikālī),
Kali of Persistence (sthitikālī),
Kali of Destruction (saṃhārakālī),
Kali of Passion (raktakālī),
Good Kali (sukālī),
Kali of Control (yamakālī),
Kali of Death (mṛtyukālī),
Auspicious Kali (bhadrakālī ),
Kali of the Supreme Sun (paramārkakālī),
Kali of the great Sun (mahamārtāṇḍakālī),
Terrible Kali (kālāgnirudrakālī),
Great Kali (mahākālī).

1) Srsti Kali: She has the Will to create and has an idea as to what they are going to be. She is known as Srsti Kali. This is the nascent idea of creation by Kali of the object. In this stage Kali is gathering knowledge, the stage of PramAna ( = Knowledge and means of Knowledge).

2) Rakta Kali: She is concerned with Sthiti or maintenance of the visible world by the five senses. Here Kali wants to preserve and protect the object she created through the five senses. .

3) SthitinAsa Kali: She withdraws the objective world into Her. Her external form comes to an end and comes to rest in Her. In this aspect of Kali, she tells Herself, 'I have known the object.' 'Been there, done that.' (The object is the world of beings and matter.)

4) Yama Kali: She manifests herself beyond extrovert or introvert aspect and represents the AnAkhyA, indefinable power in relation to objective experience. She goes beyond subject (KAli) and object paradigm to a realm, where the consuming energies of 12 Kalis abide.

5) SamhAra Kali: When Parasamvid, Her Highest Divine Consciousness withdraws into Her all external objects and makes them identical with herself, the aspect of SamhAra Kali emerges. In this aspect of SamhAra Kali, she tells Herself, 'the objects are non-different from me.' The subject and object are one and non-different. Read the lyrics, 'I Am The World' below.

6) Mrtyukali: In this aspect, Mrtyukali engulfs and swallows SamhAra Kali, and internalizes the residual objects and traces of the objective world. This is Sthiti (= maintenance) in the stage of PramAna (= means of knowledge and Knowledge).

7) Bhadrakali: The objects dissolve in Bhadrakali's essential nature. This is SamhAra in the stage of PramAna. Her other name is Rudrakali.

8) MArtanda Kali: MArtanda is sun or god of Sun. The cluster of 12 Indriyas or organs is called sun because they illuminate the objects like the sun. The 12 Senses are five sense organs, five motor organs and Manas and Buddhi. She dissolves the 12 senses in Ego or Ahamkara. She is AnAkhyA, indefinable power in relation to PramAna, the means of Knowledge. She goes beyond the PramAna paradigm, where the consuming 12 Saktis abide. The 12 senses have lost their name and individuality upon dissolution in Ego. What she created, she is absorbing : the body, the senses etc. Senses and body are gone.

The four stages 5 to 8 are the four powers of Kali in relation to PramAna (= means of knowledge). All that Kali (Subject) does is knowledge in relation with the world, the beings....

The four stages of Kali from 9 to 12 represent Kal's four powers in relation to ParamAta (= the limited subject with only Anava Mala).

9) ParamArkakAli: She is the creative power in relation to the limited subject. She merges Ahamkara in her Creative Power. The limitations of object and senses are annihilated. This limited subject is not the one with three Malas but with only Anava Mala. He is the Pasu with Anava Mala, 2 notches above the Pasu with 3 Malas. Primer in Saiva Siddhanta

10) KAlAgnirudrasakti: When Parasamvid, the Highest Divine Consciousness, merges the individual soul with the Universal Self, she is called KAlAgnirudrasakti. Kali represents the power of Sthiti (= Maintenance) in relation to PramAta ( = the limited subject) to rest in Her Universal Self. The Subject dissolves in the Consciousness. The experience of KAlAgnirudrasakti at this level is, 'I am all this.' Her other name is MahakAli, because She has in Her everything inside Her including Time.

11) MahAkAlakAli: She dissolves the individual 'I' in the universal Perfect 'I' which is free from all objects. This is the ultimate absorption or SamhAra in relation to limited subject.

12) MahABharaiva-Ghora-CandakAli: This state of Kali is AnAkhyA in relation to the limited subject. This is beyond all characterization in words. This is Akula stage (= Siva). Here PramAtA, PramAna and Prameya (subject, means of knowledge and object) are all dissolved in I-Consciousness. This is ParA (= Supreme or highest) because all previous states are her manifestation ante Akula state is Siva state. The other name for MahABharaiva-Ghora-CandakAli is MahABhairavaGhora CandaKali, where in Canda is the realm of Prameya (=Subject), Ghora is Prameya ( = Knowledge and means of knowledge), and MahaBhairav is PramAtA ( = Subject).

Sri Durga Sahasranama Stotram from Tantraraja

tantrarAja tantram shrI shiva uvAcha shruNu devI pravakshyAmi durganAmasahasrakam |
yatprasAdAn mahAdevI chaturvarga phalam labhet || 1 ||
paThanam shravaNam chA asya sarvAshAparipUrikam |
dhanaputrapradam chaiva bAlAnAmshAntikArakam || 2 ||
ugrarogaprashamanam grahadoshavinAshanam |
akAlamrutyuharaNam vANijyevijayapradam || 3 ||
vivAde durgame yuddhe noukAyAm shatrusankaTe |
rAjadvAre mahAraNye sarvatra vijayapradam || 4 ||
nArado asya rushih prokto gAyatrI ChandItiram |
shaktibIjam rUpamasya shrI durgA paradevatA |
sarvAbhIshTaprayoge cha viniyogah prakIrttitah || 5 ||
|| viniyogah ||
om asya shrIdurgA sahasranAma mAlAmantrasya |
shrI nArada rushih gAyatrI Chandah shrI durgA paradevatA |
dum bIjam hrIm shaktih om kIlakam |
shrI durgA prItyartham shrI durgA sahasranAma jape viniyogah ||
|| karanyAsah ||
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah angushThAbhyAm namah |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah tarjanIbhyAm namah hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah madhyamAbhyAm namah |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah anAmikAbhyAm namah |
hrIm om hrIm dum namah kanishThikAbhyAm namah |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah karatala karaprushThAbhyAm namah |
|| anganyAsah ||
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah hrudayAya namah |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah shirase svAhA |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah shikhAyai vashaT |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah kavachAya hum |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah netratrayAya voushaT |
hrIm om hrIm dum durgAyai namah astrAya phaT |
om bhUrbhuvassuvarom iti digbandhah ||
|| dhyAnam ||
simhasthA shashishekharA marakataprakhyA chaturbhirbhujaih |
shankhachakradhanuhsharAmshcha dadhatI netraistibhihshobhitA ||
AmuktAngadahAra kankaNaraNat kAncIkvaN nUpurA |
durgA durgatihAriNI bhavatu vo ratnollasat kuNDalA ||
|| pancha pUjA ||
lam pruthivyAtimakAyai gandham samarpayAmi |
hum AkAshAtmikAyai pushpaih pUjayAmi |
yam vAyvAtmikAyai dhUpam AghrApayAmi |
ram vahnyAtmikAyai dIpam darshayAmi |
vam amrutAtmikAyai amrutam mahAnaivedyam nivedayAmi |
sam sarvAtmikAyai sarvopachAra pUjAm samarpayAmi ||
|| shrIdurgA sahasranAma stotram ||
shrI durgA durgatiharA paripUrNA parAtparA |
sarvopAdhi vinirmuktA bhavabhAravinAshinI || 1 ||
kAryakAraNanirmuktA lIlAvigrahadhAriNI |
sarvashrungArashobhADhyA sarvAyudhasamanvitA || 2 ||
sUryakoTisahasrAbhA chandrakoTinibhAnanA |
gaNeshakoTilAvaNyA vishNukoTyarimardinI || 3 ||
dAvAgnikoTinalinI rudrakoTyugrarUpiNI |
samudrakoTigambhIrA vAyukoTimahAbalA || 4 ||
akAshakoTivistArA yamakoTibhayankarI |
merukoTisamucChrAyA gaNakoTisamruddhidA || 5 ||
namasyA prathamA pUjyA sakalA akhilA ambikA |
mahAprakrutih sarvAtmA bhuktimuktipradAyinI || 6 ||
ajanyA jananI janyA mahAvrushabhavAhinI |
kardamI kAshyapI padmA sarvatIrthanivAsinI || 7 ||
bhImeshvarI bhImanAdA bhavasAgaratAriNI |
sarvadevashiroratna nighrushTacharaNAmbujA || 8 ||
smaratAm sarvapApaghnI sarvakAraNakAraNA |
sarvArthasAdhikA mAtA sarvamangalamangalA || 9 ||
prucChA prushnI mahAjyotiraraNyA vanadevatA |
bhItirbhUtirmatih shaktirtushTirushAdhrutih || 10 ||
uttAnahastA sambhUtirvrukshavalkaladhAriNI |
mahAprabhA mahAchaNDI dIptAsyA ugralochanA || 11 ||
mahAmeghaprabhA vidyA muktakeshI digambarI |
hasanmukhI sA aTTahAsA lolajihvA maheshvarI || 12 ||
muNDAlI abhayA dakshA mahAbhImA varodyatA |
khaDgamuNDadharA muktih kumudA agyAnanAshinI || 13 ||
ambAlikA mahAvIryA sAradA kanakeshvarI |
paramAtmA parA kshiptA shUlinI parameshvarI || 14 ||
mahAkAlasamAsaktA shivAshataninAdinI |
ghorAngI muNDamukuTA smashAnAsthikrutAsanA || 15 ||
mahAsmashAnanilayA maNimaNDapamadhyagA |
pAnapAtrradhrutA kharvA pannagI paradevatA || 16 ||
sugandhA tAriNI tArA bhavAnI vanavAsinI |
lambodarI mahAdIrghA jaTinI chandrashekharA || 17 ||
parA ambA paramArAdhyA pareshI brahmarUpiNI |
devasenA vishvagarbhA agnijihvA chaturbhujA || 18 ||
mahAdamshTrA mahArAtirnIlA nIlasarasvatI |
dakshajA bhAratI rambhA mahAmangalachaNDikA || 19 ||
rudrajA koushikI pUtA yamaghaNTA mahAbalA |
kAdambinI chidAnandA kshetrasthA kshetrakarshiNI || 20 ||
panchapretasamArUDhA lalitA tvaritA satI |
bhairavI rUpasampannA madanAnalanAshinI || 21 ||
jAtApahAriNI vArttA mAtrukA ashTamAtrukA |
anangamekhalA shashTI hrullekhA parvatAtmajA || 22 ||
vasundharA dharA dhArA vidhAtrI vindhyavAsinI |
ayodhyA mathurA kAnchI mahaishvaryA mahodarI || 23 ||
komalA mAnadA bhavyA matsyodarI mahAlayA |
pAshAnkushadhanurbANA lAvaNyAmbudhichandrikA || 24 ||
raktavAsA raktaliptA raktagandhavinodinI |
durlabhA sulabhA matsyA mAdhavI maNDaleshvarI || 25 ||
pArvatI amarI ambA mahApAtakanAshinI |
nityatruptA nirAbhAsA akulA roganAshinI || 26 ||
kanakeshI pancharUpA nUpurA nIlavAhinI |
jaganmayI jagaddhAtrI aruNA vAruNI jayA || 27 ||
hingulA koTarA senA kAlindI surapUjitA |
rAmeshvarI devagarbhA trisrotA akhileshvarI || 28 ||
brahmANI vaishNavI roudrI mahAkAlamanoramA |
gAruDI vimalA hamsI yoginI ratisundarI || 29 ||
kapAlinI mahAchaNDA viprachittA kumArikA |
IshAnI IshvarI brAhmI mAheshI vishvamohinI || 30 ||
ekavIrA kulAnandA kAlaputrI sadAshivA |
shAkambharI nIlavarNA mahishAsuramardinI || 31 ||
kAmadA kAminI kullA kurukullA virodhinI |
ugrA ugraprabhA dIptA prabhA damshTrA manojavA || 32 ||
kalpavrukshatalAsInA shrInAthagurupAdukA |
avyAjakaruNAmUrtih AnandaghanavigrahA || 33 ||
anaghA shAnkarI divyA pavitrA sarvasAkshiNI || 34 ||
dhanurbANagadAhastA sAyudhA AyudhAnvitA |
lokottarA padmanetrA yogamAyA jaTeshvarI || 35 ||
ugrachaNDA shrIchANDAlI mohinI chaNDavikramA |
chintanIyA mahAdIrghA amrutA amrutabAndhavI || 36 ||
pinAkadhAriNI shiprA dhAtrI trijagadIshvarI |
raktapA rudhirAktAngI raktakharparadhAriNI || 37 ||
tripurA trikUTA nityA shrInityA bhuvaneshvarI |
havyA kavyA lokagatih gAyatrI paramAgatih || 38 ||
vishvadhAtrI lokamAtA panchamI pitrutruptidA |
kAmIshvarI kAmarUpA kAmabIjA kalAtmikA || 39 ||
tATankashobhinI vandyA nityaklinnA kuleshvarI |
bhUvareshI mahArAgyI aksharA aksharAtmikA || 40 ||
anAdibodhA sarvagyA sarvA sarvatarA shubhA |
icChAgyAnakriyAshaktih sarvADhyA sharvapUjitA || 41 ||
shrImahAsundarI ramyA rAgyI shrIparamAmbikA |
rAjarAjeshvarI bhadrA shrImattripurasundarI || 42 ||
trisandhyA indirA aindrI ajitA aparAjitA |
bheruNDA daNDinI ghorA indrANI cha tapasvinI || 43 ||
shailaputrI chandraghaNTA kUshmANDA brahmachAriNI |
kAtyAyinI skandamAtA kAlarAtrih shubhankarI || 44 ||
mahAgourA siddhidhAtrI navadurgA nabhahsthitA |
sunandA nandinI krutyA mahAbhAgA mahojjvalA || 45 |
| mahAvidyA brahmavidyA dAminI tApahAriNI |
uttithA utpalA bAdhyA pramodA shubhadottamA || 46 ||
atulyA amalA pUrNA hamsArUDhA haripriyA |
sulochanA virUpAkshI vidyudgourI mahArhaNA || 47 ||
kAkadhvajA shivArAdhyA shUrpahastA krushAnkinI |
shubhrakeshI koTarAkshI vidhavA patighAtinI || 48 ||
sarvasiddhikarI dushTA kshudhArtA shivabhakshiNI |
vargAtmikA trikAlagyA trivargA tridashArchitA || 49 ||
shrImatI bhoginI kAshI avimuktA gayeshvarI |
siddhAmbikA suvarNAkshI kolAmbA siddhayoginI|| 50 ||
devajyotihsamudbhUtA devajyotihsvarUpiNI |
acChedyA adbhutA tIvrA vratasthA vratachAriNI || 51 ||
siddhidA dhUminI tanvI bhrAmarI raktadantikA |
svastikA gaganA vANI jAhnavI bhavabhAminI || 52 ||
pativratA mahAmohA mukuTA mukuTeshvarI |
guhyeshvarI guhyamAtA chaNDikA guhyakAlikA || 53 ||
prasUtirAkrutishchittA chintA devAhutistrayI anumatih kuhU rAkA sinIvAlI tvishA rasA || 54 ||
suvarchA varchalA shArvI vikeshA krushNapingalA |
svapnAvatI chitralekhA annapUrNA chatushTayA || 55 ||
puNyalabhyA varArohA shyAmAngI shashishekharA |
haraNI gautamI menA yAdavA pUrNimA amA || 56 ||
trikhaNDA trimuNDA mAnyA bhUtamAtA bhaveshvarI |
bhogadA svargadA mokshA subhagA yagyarUpiNI || 57 ||
annadA sarvasampattih sankaTA sampadA smrutih |
vaidUryamukuTA medhA sarvavidyeshvareshvarI || 58 ||
brahmAnandA brahmadAtrI mruDANI kaiTabheshvarI |
arundhatI akshamAlA asthirA grAmyadevatA || 59 ||
varNeshvarI varNAmAtA chintApUrNA vilakshaNA |
trIkshaNA mangalA kAlI vairATI padmamAlinI || 60 ||
amalA vikaTA mukhyA avigyeyA svayambhavA |
UrjA tArAvatI velA mAnavI cha chatuhstanI || 61 ||
chaturnetrA chaturhastA chaturdantA chaturmukhI |
shatarUpA bahurUpA arUpA vishvatomukhI || 62 ||
garishThA gurviNI gurvI vyApyA bhaumI cha bhAvinI |
ajAtA sujAtA vyaktA achalA akshayA kshamA || 63 ||
mArishA dharmiNI harshA bhUtadhAtrI cha dhenukA |
ayonijA ajA sAdhvI shachI kshemA kshayankarI || 64 ||
buddhirlajjA mahAsiddhih shAkrI shAntih kriyAvatI |
pragyA prItih shrutih shraddhA svAhA kAntirvapuh svadhA || 65 ||
unnatih sannatih khyAtih shuddhih sthitirmanasvinI |
udyamA vIriNI kshAntirmArkaNDeyI trayodashI || 66 ||
prasiddhA pratishThA vyAptA anasUyA a akrutih yamA |
mahAdhArA mahAvIrA bhujangI valayAkrutih || 67 ||
harasiddhA siddhakAlI siddhAmbA siddhapUjitA |
parAnandA parAprItih parAtushTih pareshvarI || 68 ||
vakreshvarI chaturvaktrA anAthA shivasAdhikA |
nArAyaNI nAdarUpA nAdinI nartakI naTI || 69 ||
sarvapradA panchavaktrA kAmilA kAmikA shivA |
durgamA duratikrAntA durdhyeyA dushparigrahA || 70 ||
durjayA dAnavI devI daityaghnI daityatApinI |
UrjasvatI mahAbuddhih raTantI siddhadevatA || 71 ||
kIrtidA pravarA labhyA sharaNyA shivashobhanA |
sanmArgadAyinI shuddhA surasA raktachaNDikA || 72 ||
surUpA draviNA raktA viraktA brahmavAdinI |
aguNA nirguNA guNyA triguNA triguNAtmikA || 73 ||
uDDIyAnA pUrNashailA kAmasthA cha jalandharI |
shmashAnabhairavI kAlabhairavI kulabhairavI || 74 ||
tripurAbhairavI devI bhairavI vIrabhairavI |
shrImahAbhairavI devI sukhAnandabhairavI || 75 ||
muktidAbhairavI devI gyAnAnandabhairavI |
dAkshAyaNI dakshayagyanAshinI naganandinI || 76 ||
rAjaputrI rAjapUjyA bhaktivashyA sanAtanI |
achyutA charchikA mAyA shoDashI surasundarI || 77 ||
chakreshI chakriNI chakrA chakrarAjanivAsinI |
nAyikA yakshiNI bodhA bodhinI muNDakeshvarI || 78 ||
bIjarUpA chandrabhAgA kumArI kapileshvarI |
vruddhA ativruddhA rasikA rasanA pATaleshvarI || 79 ||
mAheshvarI mahAnandA prabalA abalA balA |
vyAghrAmbarI maheshAnI sharvANI tAmasI dayA || 80 ||
dharaNI dhAriNI trushNA mahAmArI duratyayA |
ranginI TankinI lIlA mahAvegA makheshvarI || 81 ||
jayadA jitvarA jetrI jayashrIh jayashAlinI |
narmadA yamunA gangA veNA veNI drushadvatI || 82 ||
dashArNA alakA sItA tungA bhadrA tarangiNI |
madotkaTA mayUrAkshI mInAkshI maNikuNDalA || 83 ||
sumahA mahatAmsevyA mAyUrI nArasimhikA |
bagalA stambhinI pItA pUjitA shivanAyikA || 84 ||
vedavedyA mahAroudrI vedabAhyA gatipradA |
sarvashAstramayI AryA avAnganasagocharA || 85 ||
agnijvAlA mahAjvAlA prajvAlA dIptajihvikA |
ranjanI ramaNI rudrA ramaNIyA prabhanjanI || 86 ||
varishThA vishishTA shishTA shreshThA nishThA krupAvatI |
UrdhvamukhI vishAlAsyA rudrabhAryA bhayankarI || 87 ||
simhaprushThasamAsInA shivatANDavadarshinI |
haimavatI padmagandhA gandheshvarI bhavapriyA || 88 ||
aNurUpA mahAsUkshmA prayakshA cha makhAntakA |
sarvavidyA raktanetrA bahunetrA anetrakA || 89 ||
vishvambharA vishvayonih sarvAkArA sudarshanA |
krushNAjinadharA devI uttarA kandavAsinI || 90 ||
prakrushTA prahrushTA hrushTA chandrasUryAgnibhakshiNI |
vishvedevI mahAmuNDA panchamuNDAdhivAsinI || 91 ||
prasAdasumukhI gUDhA sumukhA sumukheshvarI |
tatpadA satpadA atyarthA prabhAvatI dayAvatI || 92 ||
chaNDadurgA chaNDI devI vanadurgA vaneshvarI |
dhruveshvarI dhruvA dhrouvyA dhruvArAdhyA dhruvAgatih ||
sacchidA sacchidAnandA ApomayI mahAsukhA |
vAgIshI vAgbhavA a akaNThavAsinI vahnisundarI || 94 ||
gaNanAthapriyA gyAnagamyA cha sarvalokagA |
prItidA gatidA preyA dhyeyA gyeyA bhayA apahA || 95 ||
shrIkarI shrIdharI sushrIh shrIvidyA shrIrvibhAvanI |
shrIyutA shrImatI sevyA shrImUrtih strIsvarUpiNI || 96 ||
anrutA sUnrutA sevyA sarvalokottamottamA |
jayantI chandanA gourI garjinI gaganopamA || 97 ||
ChinnamastA mahAmattA reNukA vanashankarI |
grAhikA grAsinI devabhUshaNA cha kapardinI || 98 ||
sumatih tapatI svasthA hrudisthA mrugalochanA |
kulachaNDA chaNdavaktrA chaNDogrA chaNDamAlinI || 99 ||
raktAbhA nidritA nidrA raktAngI raktalochanA |
manoharA vajradehA kuleshI kAmachAriNI || 100 ||
raktachaNDI rudrachaNDI chaNDAkshI chaNDanAyikA |
vyAghrAsyA shailajA bhAshA devArthA raNarangiNI || 101 ||
bilvapatrakrutAvAsA taruNI shivamohinI |
sthANupriyA karAlAsyA guNadA lingavAsinI || 102 ||
avidyA mamatA agyA ahantA ashubhA krushA |
mahishaghnI sudushprekshyA tamasA bhavamochanI || 103 ||
puruhUtA supratishThA rajanI ishTadevatA |
duhkhinI kAtarA kshINA gomatI tryambakeshvarA || 104 ||
dvArAvatI aprameyA avyayA amitavikramA |
mAyAvatI krupAmUrtih dvAreshI dvAravAsinI || 105 ||
tejomayI vishvakAmA manmathA pushkarAvatI |
chitrA devI mahAkAlI kAlahantrI kriyAmatI || 106 ||
krupAmayI krupAshreshThA karuNA karuNAmayI |
suprabhA suvratA mAdhvI madhughnI muNDamardinI || 107 ||
ullAsinI mahollAsA svAminI sharmadAyinI |
shrImAtA shrImahArAgyI prasannA prasannAnanA || 108 ||
svaprakAshA mahAbhUmA brahmarUpA shivankarI |
shaktidA shAntidA karmaphaladA shrIpradAyinI || 109 ||
priyadA dhanadA shrIdA mokshadA gyAnadA bhavA |
bhUmAnandakarI bhUmA prasIdashrutigocharA || 110 ||
raktachandanasiktAngI sindUrAnkitabhAlinI |
svacChandashaktih gahanA prajAvatI sukhAvahA || 111 ||
yogeshvarI yogArAdhyA mahAtrishUladhAriNI |
rAjyeshI tripurA siddhA mahAvibhavashAlinI || 112 ||
hrImkArI shankarI sharvapankajasthA shatashrutih |
nistAriNI jaganmAtA jagadambA jagaddhitA || 113 ||
sAshTAngapraNatiprItA bhaktA anugrahakAriNI |
sharaNAgata dInArta paritrANaparAyiNA || 114 ||
nirAshrayA a ashrayA dInatAriNI bhaktavatsalA |
dInAmbA dInasharaNA bhaktAnAm abhayankarI || 115 ||
krutAnjalinamaskArA svayambhU kusumArchitA |
koulatarpaNasamprItA svayambhAtI vibhAtinI || 116 ||
shatashIrshA anantashIrshA shrIkaNThArdhasharIriNI |
jayadhvanipriyA kulabhAskarI kulasAdhikA || 117 ||
abhayavaradahastA sarvAnandA cha samvidA |
pruthvIdharA vishvadharA vishvagarbhA pravartikA || 118 ||
vishvamAyA vishvaphAlA padmanAbhaprasUh prajA |
mahIyasI mahAmUrtih satI rAgyI bhayA artihA || 119 ||
brahmamayI vishvapIThA pragyAnA mahimAmayI |
simhArUDhA vrushArUDhA ashvArUDhA adhIshvarI || 120 ||
varA abhayakarA sarvavareNyA vishvavikramA |
vishvAshrayA mahAbhUtih shrIpragyAdisraganvitA || 121 ||
|| phalashrutih ||
durgAnAmasahasrAkhyam stotram tantrottamottamam |
paThanAt shravaNAt sadyo naro muchyet sankaTAt || 122 ||
ashvamedhasahasrANAm vAjapeyasyakoTayah |
sakrut pAThen jAyante mahAmAyA prasAdatah || 123 ||
ya idam paThati nityam devyAgAre krutAnjalih |
kim tasya durlabham devI divi bhuvi rasAtale || 124 ||
sa dIrghAyuh sukhI vAgmI nishchintam parvatAtmaje |
shraddhayA ashraddhayA vA api durgAnAmaprasAdatah || 125 ||
ya idam paThate nityam devIbhakto mudAnvitah |
tasyashatruhkshayamyAti yadi shakrasamobhavet || 126 ||
pratinAma samucchArya srotasi yah prapUjayet |
shaNmAsAbhyantare devI nirdhanIdhanvAnbhavet || 127 ||
vandhyA vA kAkavandhyA vA mrutavatsA cha yA anganA |
asyaprayogamAtreNa bahuputravatIbhavet || 128 ||
ArogyArthe shatAvruttih putrArthehyekavatsaram |
dIptAgnisannidhoupAThAt apApobhavatidhruvam || 129 ||
ashTottarashatenA asya purashcharyA vidhIyate |
kalou chaturguNam proktam purashcharaNasiddhaye || 130 ||
japA kamalapushpam cha champakam nAgakesharam |
 kadambam kusumam chApi pratinAmnA samarchayet || 131 ||
praNavAdinamo antena chaturthyantenamantravit |
srotasi pUjayitvA tu upahAram samarpayet || 132 ||
icChAgyAnakriyAsiddhih nishchitam girinandinI |
dehAnte paramam sthAnam yatsurairapidurlabham || 133 ||
sa yAsyati na sandeho shrIdurgAnAmakIrtanAt |
bhajeddurgAm smareddurgAm japeddurgAm shivapriyAm |
tatkshaNAt shivamApnoti satyam satyam varAnane ||

|| iti shrI tantrarAjatantre shrI durgA sahasranAma stotram sampUrNam ||

Monk and Skull

A Korean monk named Won Hyo was on his way with a companion to T'ang China to study Zen there. He spent one night in a cave, where he woke up in the dark suffering from intense thirst. He scrabbled around and soon located what seemed to be a bowl of water. He drank deeply from it -- it was cold and sweet -- and went back to sleep refreshed. When he opened his eyes in the dawn light, he saw that what he had drunk the water from was a human skull. He was seized by the most intense terror and revulsion, to the extent he started to tremble all over and broke out into a cold sweat. Then, all of the sudden, he woke up and knew fully that not a single thing in this world exists by itself, therefore nothing in our experiences is inherently pure or impure, clean or defiled. He sang the following enlightenment song to his companion:

The Triple World arises from Mind.

All so-called things are mere perceptions.

Thus, since everything is basically Mind perceiving Mind,

What is there left to seek?

I will not go to T'ang.

Ucchishta Ganesha Stava

From Rudrayamala

ucChishTa gaNesha stavaraajaha

devi uvaacha
poojaante hyanayaa stutyaa stuveeta gaNanaayakam ||
namaami devam sakala arthadam tam suvarNa varNam
bhujaga upaveetinam |
gajaananam bhaaskaram ekadantam
lambodaram raktavishesha kaantim || 1 ||
keyooriNam haara kireeTa jushTam
chaturbhujam paashavara abhayaani |
sruNim cha hastam gaNapam trinetram
sachaamara streeyugalena yuktam || 2 ||
shaDaksharaatmaanam analpabhoosham
muneeshvaraih bhaargava poorvakaishcha |
samsevitam devam anaathakalpam roopam
manogyam sharaNam prapadye || 3 ||
vedaanta vedyam jagataam adheesham
devaadivandyam sukrutaikagamyam |
stamberamaasyam nanu chandrachooDam
vinaayakam tam sharaNam prapadye || 4 ||
bhavaakhya daavaanala dahyamaanam bhaktam
svakeeyam parishinchate yah |
ganDastrutaambhobhih ananya tulyam vande
gaNesham cha tamorinetram || 5 ||
shivasya moulaavavalokya chandram sushunDayaa
mugdhatayaa svakeeyam |
bhagnam vishaaNam paribhaavya chitte aakrushTa
chandro gaNapovataannaha || 6 ||
pituh jaTaajooTa taTe sadaiva
bhaageerathee tatra kutoohalena |
vihaturkaamah sa maheedhraputryaa
nivaaritah paatu sadaa gajaasyaha || 7 ||
lambodaro devakumaara sanghaih
kreeDankumaaram jitavaan nijena |
kareNa chottolya nanarta ramyam
dantaavalaasyo bhayatah sa paayaat || 8 ||
aagatya yochchairharinaabhi padmam
dadarsha tatraashu kareNa tachcha |
uddhartum icChan vidhi vaadavaakyam
mumocha bhootvaa chaturo gaNeshaha || 9 ||
nirantaram samskruta daanapaTTe lagnaam
tu gunjad bhramaraavaleem vai |
tam shrotrataalaih apasaarayantam smaret
gajaasyam nija hrut saroje || 10 ||
vishvesha mouLi sthita jahnukanyaa jalam
gruheetvaa nijapushkareNa |
haram saleelam pitaram svakeeyam prapoojayan
hastimukhah sa paayaat || 11 ||
stamberamaasyam ghusruNaangaraagam
sindoora pooraaruNa kaanta kumbham |
kuchandana ashlishTakaraM gaNeshaM
dhyaayate svachitte sakaleshTadaM tam|| 12 ||
sa bheeshmamaatuh nijapushkareNa jalam
samaadaaya kuchou svamaatuhu |
prakshaaLayaamaasa shaDaasyapeetou
svaartham mudesou kalabhaanano astu|| 13 ||
sinchaama naagam shishubhaavam aaptam
kenaapi satkaaraNato dharitryaam |
vaktaaram aadyam niyamaadikaanaam
lokaikavandyam praNamaami vighnam || 14 ||
aalingita chaaruruchaa mrugaakshyaa
sambhogalolam madavihvalaangam |
vighnougha vidhvamsana saktamekam namaami
kaantam dviradaananam tam || 15 ||
heramba udyat ravikoTi kaantah
panchaananenaapi vichumbitaasyaha |
muneen suraan bhaktajanaamshcha sarvaan sa paatu
rathyaasu sadaa gajaasyaha || 16 ||
dvaipaayana uktaani sa nishchayena svadanta
koTyaa nikhilam likhitvaa |
dantam puraaNam shubham indumouLih
tapobhih ugram manasaa smaraami || 17 ||
kreeDaa taTaante jaladhaa vibhaasye
velaajale lambapatih prabheetaha |
vichintya kasyeti suraah tadaa tam vishveshvaram
vaagbhih abhishTuvanti || 18 ||
vaachaam nimittam sa nimittam aadyam padam
trilokyaam adadat stuteenaam |
sarvaishcha vandyam na cha tasya vandyah
sthaaNoh param roopamasou sa paayaat|| 19 ||
imaam stutim yah paThateeha bhaktyaa samaahita
preetih ateeva shuddhaha |
samsevyate cha indirayaa nitaantam daaridrya
sangham sa vidaarayennaha || 20 ||

|| iti shree rudrayaamala tantre goureeshankara samvaade ucChishTa gaNesha stotram sampoorNam ||