Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 shankari graveyard is a symbolic representation of ultimate reality. Whatever life you may lead, a king or pauper, ultimately he has to come to graveyard for final rest. So, kali being the destructive power of lord, bestows final rest in the graveyard. She is the great time, which is the cosort of mahakaal. And time spares nobody!!! Hence, she is depicted as awesome and fierce lady. She is of the form of primordial sound from which entire speech has originated. Hence, she is depicted with garland of 50 skulls. These 50 skulls represent the garland of 50 letters in the form of vowels and consonants. She infuses life in the letters and creates the cosmos in the form of speech. Cosmos, as per Shakta Philosophy, is the emanation of Sound. Science also conforms to it (Big bang theory). Hence the symbolically skull is taken. There are two modes of worship for mother. One is dakshinachara and other is vamachara. Kali is worshipped in the method of vamachara. Hence, graveyard is the form convenient place of worship of kali to appease her. You pointed out purity aspect. For any worship, whether in vamachara or dakshinachara, purity of mind is essential. Success in shakti worship is assured when one perceives woman as form of the shakti. When these two aspects are taken care of, rest is assured by mother. srinivas rao Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Well Srinivas I wouldnt agree that Kali is worshipped only in Vamchara. What about ParamHamsa? I could concede that Kali is to be worshipped only in " Vira-achara " which isnt limited to the left-current. regards Aditya On 5/6/08, Srinivas Rao <srinivasrao197080 wrote: > > shankari > > graveyard is a symbolic representation of ultimate reality. Whatever life > you may lead, a king or pauper, ultimately he has to come to graveyard for > final rest. So, kali being the destructive power of lord, bestows final rest > in the graveyard. She is the great time, which is the cosort of mahakaal. > And time spares nobody!!! Hence, she is depicted as awesome and fierce lady. > She is of the form of primordial sound from which entire speech has > originated. Hence, she is depicted with garland of 50 skulls. These 50 > skulls represent the garland of 50 letters in the form of vowels and > consonants. She infuses life in the letters and creates the cosmos in the > form of speech. Cosmos, as per Shakta Philosophy, is the emanation of Sound. > Science also conforms to it (Big bang theory). Hence the symbolically skull > is taken. There are two modes of worship for mother. One is dakshinachara > and other is vamachara. Kali is worshipped in the method of vamachara. > Hence, graveyard is > the form convenient place of worship of kali to appease her. > > You pointed out purity aspect. For any worship, whether in vamachara or > dakshinachara, purity of mind is essential. Success in shakti worship is > assured when one perceives woman as form of the shakti. When these two > aspects are taken care of, rest is assured by mother. > > srinivas rao > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it > now. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 nice expalnation srinivasa rao garu..manchika vugana iccharau atjags Srinivas Rao <srinivasrao197080 Tuesday, 6 May, 2008 10:50:55 AM kali sadhana shankari graveyard is a symbolic representation of ultimate reality. Whatever life you may lead, a king or pauper, ultimately he has to come to graveyard for final rest. So, kali being the destructive power of lord, bestows final rest in the graveyard. She is the great time, which is the cosort of mahakaal. And time spares nobody!!! Hence, she is depicted as awesome and fierce lady. She is of the form of primordial sound from which entire speech has originated. Hence, she is depicted with garland of 50 skulls. These 50 skulls represent the garland of 50 letters in the form of vowels and consonants. She infuses life in the letters and creates the cosmos in the form of speech. Cosmos, as per Shakta Philosophy, is the emanation of Sound. Science also conforms to it (Big bang theory). Hence the symbolically skull is taken. There are two modes of worship for mother. One is dakshinachara and other is vamachara. Kali is worshipped in the method of vamachara. Hence, graveyard is the form convenient place of worship of kali to appease her. You pointed out purity aspect. For any worship, whether in vamachara or dakshinachara, purity of mind is essential. Success in shakti worship is assured when one perceives woman as form of the shakti. When these two aspects are taken care of, rest is assured by mother. srinivas rao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Namaste Srinivas: I liked your response very much. I believe that the purity is indeed in the mind. Shanti Om, Shankari P.S. I'm having trouble posting through e-mail. Literally rejects every single post I make in any group. , Srinivas Rao <srinivasrao197080 wrote: > > shankari > > graveyard is a symbolic representation of ultimate reality. Whatever life you may lead, a king or pauper, ultimately he has to come to graveyard for final rest. So, kali being the destructive power of lord, bestows final rest in the graveyard. She is the great time, which is the cosort of mahakaal. And time spares nobody!!! Hence, she is depicted as awesome and fierce lady. She is of the form of primordial sound from which entire speech has originated. Hence, she is depicted with garland of 50 skulls. These 50 skulls represent the garland of 50 letters in the form of vowels and consonants. She infuses life in the letters and creates the cosmos in the form of speech. Cosmos, as per Shakta Philosophy, is the emanation of Sound. Science also conforms to it (Big bang theory). Hence the symbolically skull is taken. There are two modes of worship for mother. One is dakshinachara and other is vamachara. Kali is worshipped in the method of vamachara. Hence, graveyard is > the form convenient place of worship of kali to appease her. > > You pointed out purity aspect. For any worship, whether in vamachara or dakshinachara, purity of mind is essential. Success in shakti worship is assured when one perceives woman as form of the shakti. When these two aspects are taken care of, rest is assured by mother. > > srinivas rao > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 aditya There are certain devis that need to be worshipped in vamachara mode. But that does not mean that they would not accept the dakshinachara mode. It all depends upon your mental tendencies and your taste. Mother is above all these dualities. But yes, certain modes of worship have been deviced to suit both expert and advanced sadhaka and a novice or a layman. Suppose you are a Non-vegetarian, you offer Non-Veg to Mother. Nothing wrong in that. A vegetarian would and should only offer veg dishes to mother as per their tastes. I repeat the earlier sentence that a vegetarian should only offer veg. dishes. Dakshina Kali, Bagala, Chinnamasta, Tara, Ugra Pratyangira, Tripura Bhairavi are worshipped with Vira Bhava. Whereas, Lalitha, Gayatri, Lakshmi, Saraswathi are worshipped with Dakshinachara mode with sattvika bhava. The great Shaktha Sri Bhaskararaya has approved this. Kamaakhya devi would not accept Rice porridge nor the Lalitha of Kanchipuram would accept mutton or chicken. So, every diety has its own importance and depending upon these modes of upasana have been designed. The purpose of shakti upasana is to take into consideration a layman, a novice, an expert and lead all of these sadhakas to the world of liberation. A drunkard, a non-vegetarian, a strict vegetarian, a yogi, a maveric, a rascal, a brahmin, a pariah, a chandala all are equal before Mother and everyone has their role to play in the Mother Worship. But that does not mean that they should be immersed in their own whims and fancies. The purpose of Shakti Worship is to give everyone a chance for enlightenment. The door of heaven are open always for all sorts of people. Recall the incident of Girish Chandra Ghosh in the Biography of Ramakrishna. He was a ruffian and drunkard. Before having a peg of intoxicant, he used to offer the 1st peg to Mother Kali as instructed by his master RK. Gradually, this habit went off and he avoided drinking. So, this transformation is the purpose of Shakti Upasana. Nothing is to be rejected. Everything, positive, negative and all your weaknesses are accepted and has to be transformed and the individual's evolution to a sattvik form is the purpose of Shakti worship. Nothing is rejected. This world is real and you are real. Mother is real. Your negative tendencies are real. What is required is just a change or a little transformation. And different are the ways to tap the energies. Sri Ramakrishna, though practiced Vamachara, went into ecstacy the moment he started the worship. Sri Ramprasad and Vamakshepa, both were great Vamacharis of Bengal who worshipped Kali using Pancha Makaras (5 Ms). And all three succeeded in their paths. srinivas rao Aditya Kumar Jha <aditya.kr.jha wrote: Well Srinivas I wouldnt agree that Kali is worshipped only in Vamchara. What about ParamHamsa? I could concede that Kali is to be worshipped only in " Vira-achara " which isnt limited to the left-current. regards Aditya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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