The Origin of Kali

[Guest guest]

One of Sarada's questions was: What is the origin of Kali?

 

In the Chandi the origin of Kali is described.

First and foremost of all causes is the Great Goddess of True

Wealth, Maha Lakshmi, who is comprised of the three

qualitiies. Her intrinsic nature is both definable and

undefinable. She distinguished the individual phenomena of

the universe.

She filled the nothingness with her radiant light. Seeing the

entire Nothingness, the Supreme Sovereign, by t he quality of

darkness, assumed another excellent form. That form

became radiant and black like soot. In h er four hands she

displayed the sword, t he drinking cup, a severed h ead, and a

shield, and a garland of skulls around her neck. That

manifestation of Darkness asked the Great Goddess of True

Wealth to give her her names and actions to perform. So the

Great Goddess of True Wealth called the Excellent Goddess o f

Darkness by many names. The Great Measurement of

Consciousness, the Great Remover of Darkness, the Great

Destroyer of Hunger, Thirst, Sleep, Desire, Solely attentive to the

Battle, the Dark Night, the Impassable. These names are an

indication of the actions to be performed by the Great Remover of

Darkness and one who meditates on these names and

understands these actions attains to great happiness.

[Guest guest]

93 namaste all

actually it is improper to speak about origin of Kali, who is the

supreme and absolute, Kalasankarshini.

in your explanation you mix things lol. first was Mahakali to appear

in SriChandi, that is why the 1st charitra is connected with Her.

Mahalaxmi came after.

then, that form you mention is partly aspect of Bhadrakali aka

Pratyangira. it is different from Mahakali - one of the three - and

from Adya- or Para-Kali, who is above all. Mahakali is jnana-shakti of

Adya-Kali so to say.

Herself Kali [ultimate, no matter what name is given] is same as

Parashakti, and in krama-naya She is Anuttara itself.

don't mix forms in such a way, it will lead ppl into confusion...

krIm hUm trAm

LOVE

A.

 

 

, "parvati_saraswati"

<parvati_saraswati> wrote:

> One of Sarada's questions was: What is the origin of Kali?

>

> In the Chandi the origin of Kali is described.

> First and foremost of all causes is the Great Goddess of True

> Wealth, Maha Lakshmi, who is comprised of the three

> qualitiies. Her intrinsic nature is both definable and

> undefinable. She distinguished the individual phenomena of

> the universe.

> She filled the nothingness with her radiant light. Seeing the

> entire Nothingness, the Supreme Sovereign, by t he quality of

> darkness, assumed another excellent form. That form

> became radiant and black like soot. In h er four hands she

> displayed the sword, t he drinking cup, a severed h ead, and a

> shield, and a garland of skulls around her neck. That

> manifestation of Darkness asked the Great Goddess of True

> Wealth to give her her names and actions to perform. So the

> Great Goddess of True Wealth called the Excellent Goddess o f

> Darkness by many names. The Great Measurement of

> Consciousness, the Great Remover of Darkness, the Great

> Destroyer of Hunger, Thirst, Sleep, Desire, Solely attentive to the

> Battle, the Dark Night, the Impassable. These names are an

> indication of the actions to be performed by the Great Remover of

> Darkness and one who meditates on these names and

> understands these actions attains to great happiness.

[Guest guest]

Dear Arjuna,

The explanation given by Parvati Ma on the origin of Kali is taken

directly from the Chandi. Mahalaksmi is the One who splits Herself

into three: Mahakali, Mahalaksmi and Mahasaraswati.

In , "Arjuna Taradasa" <saidevi55>

wrote:

> 93 namaste all

> actually it is improper to speak about origin of Kali, who is the

> supreme and absolute, Kalasankarshini.

> in your explanation you mix things lol. first was Mahakali to

appear

> in SriChandi, that is why the 1st charitra is connected with Her.

> Mahalaxmi came after.

> then, that form you mention is partly aspect of Bhadrakali aka

> Pratyangira. it is different from Mahakali - one of the three -

and

> from Adya- or Para-Kali, who is above all. Mahakali is jnana-

shakti of

> Adya-Kali so to say.

> Herself Kali [ultimate, no matter what name is given] is same as

> Parashakti, and in krama-naya She is Anuttara itself.

> don't mix forms in such a way, it will lead ppl into confusion...

> krIm hUm trAm

> LOVE

> A.

>

>

> , "parvati_saraswati"

> <parvati_saraswati> wrote:

> > One of Sarada's questions was: What is the origin of Kali?

> >

> > In the Chandi the origin of Kali is described.

> > First and foremost of all causes is the Great Goddess of

True

> > Wealth, Maha Lakshmi, who is comprised of the three

> > qualitiies. Her intrinsic nature is both definable and

> > undefinable. She distinguished the individual phenomena of

> > the universe.

> > She filled the nothingness with her radiant light. Seeing the

> > entire Nothingness, the Supreme Sovereign, by t he quality of

> > darkness, assumed another excellent form. That form

> > became radiant and black like soot. In h er four hands she

> > displayed the sword, t he drinking cup, a severed h ead, and

a

> > shield, and a garland of skulls around her neck. That

> > manifestation of Darkness asked the Great Goddess of True

> > Wealth to give her her names and actions to perform. So the

> > Great Goddess of True Wealth called the Excellent Goddess o f

> > Darkness by many names. The Great Measurement of

> > Consciousness, the Great Remover of Darkness, the Great

> > Destroyer of Hunger, Thirst, Sleep, Desire, Solely attentive to

the

> > Battle, the Dark Night, the Impassable. These names are an

> > indication of the actions to be performed by the Great Remover

of

> > Darkness and one who meditates on these names and

> > understands these actions attains to great happiness.