Kilakam and Athargala Stotram ......................Qstn(1)

[Guest guest]

Namaste All,

 

Does anyone know the answer to the following questions? Would

appreciate hearing from you if you do.

 

Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what does 'pin' refer to

here?

 

Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens the bolt - what does

the 'bolt' refer to here?

 

 

JAI MAA

Latha

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jose for looking into the meaning of kiilak. You are

right about will power being very important. In fact will power is

what Swamiji used to keep on chanting the Chandi when the

tin roof fell on top of him during a storm. You can read many

stories like this in Sahib Sadhu.

 

Here is what Swamiji has to say on the Kilakam and Athargala

stotram:

 

The door to the secret of the Goddess is well guarded and

protected. It has got a pin, a bolt, a security latch, and a

chain. In order to enter into the secret of the Goddess we have

got to open the door.

The ATHAARGALA stotram is the praise which unfastens

the bolt. In this praise we are praying to the Goddess to "give us

your form, give us victory over this little ego and all of its

appendages, give us welfare and remove all hostility."

We want the Goddess to open up the doors to the secret so

we can perceive her real form. By remembering and trying to

see Her form we open the bolt. That is the victory and welfare

after which all h ostility i s removed. For those who are devoted

and praise her with devotion she gives inexpressible peace and

delight.

 

The KIILAKAM is the praise which removes the pin or security

latch. There is alot contained in the removal of the pin. Those

that praise by this attain the perfection of indifference.

Indifference means to witness without attachment . This

indifference means we are in perfect equanimity.

In verse 8 it says, "He gives and in return he receives,

and by no other means is She pleased. And this is the form of

the pin by which it has been bound by the Great God."

As you sow, so shall you reap. Whatever you give that is what

you are going to receive. If you give a little bit, she is pleased a

little bit. If y ou give it all she will be completely pleased.. This

is kripaa or grace. Kri means to do and pa means to get. Do

and get.

Swamiji says that once we understand what grace is we

start to discriminate what we want to do because we know what

we want to get. If we chant with full concentration and great

devotion we become her and if we chant with a wandering mind

then it will be an exercise in expanding our asan and enduring

the pain in our knees and increasing our endurance for doing

greater practices in the future.

Whoever will give totally will get a total result and whoever

will give partially will get a partial result. If our longing for

Godliness is only one amongst the many desires then we can

expect that we will only get a little bit of Godliness because all

of the other desires have to be fulfilled.

The quality of our attention is important and when we take

selfishness away from our chanting and out of our sadhana we

get to remove the pin and have a new way of perceiving life and

no longer think what is in it for me but what can I offer to this

creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Latha Nanda"

<lathananda> wrote:

> Namaste All,

>

> Does anyone know the answer to the following questions?

Would

> appreciate hearing from you if you do.

>

> Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what does 'pin'

refer to

> here?

>

> Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens the bolt -

what does

> the 'bolt' refer to here?

>

>

> JAI MAA

> Latha

 

 

 

 

 

 

, "Latha Nanda"

<lathananda> wrote:

> Namaste All,

>

> Does anyone know the answer to the following questions?

Would

> appreciate hearing from you if you do.

>

> Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what does 'pin'

refer to

> here?

>

> Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens the bolt -

what does

> the 'bolt' refer to here?

>

>

> JAI MAA

> Latha

[Guest guest]

oh sorry for posting so much! i am just moved to say, how wonderful,

this text from swami is!

 

pranams, thank you!

 

sometimes is think "i stand in shiva" not only i bow to shiva. i

stand is i bow. i rise. i love this. thank you for the re-

enforcement of commitment and the clarity with which you say, 'you

get what you put in," clearing away ambiguities with your words.

 

i pray to god i have the intelligence, the will, and the heart to

apply this knowledge usefully and thoroughly.

 

steve c.

 

 

 

, "parvati_saraswati"

<parvati_saraswati> wrote:

> Thanks Jose for looking into the meaning of kiilak. You

are

> right about will power being very important. In fact will power

is

> what Swamiji used to keep on chanting the Chandi when the

> tin roof fell on top of him during a storm. You can read many

> stories like this in Sahib Sadhu.

>

> Here is what Swamiji has to say on the Kilakam and Athargala

> stotram:

>

> The door to the secret of the Goddess is well guarded

and

> protected. It has got a pin, a bolt, a security latch, and a

> chain. In order to enter into the secret of the Goddess we

have

> got to open the door.

> The ATHAARGALA stotram is the praise which unfastens

> the bolt. In this praise we are praying to the Goddess to "give

us

> your form, give us victory over this little ego and all of its

> appendages, give us welfare and remove all hostility."

> We want the Goddess to open up the doors to the secret

so

> we can perceive her real form. By remembering and trying to

> see Her form we open the bolt. That is the victory and welfare

> after which all h ostility i s removed. For those who are devoted

> and praise her with devotion she gives inexpressible peace and

> delight.

>

> The KIILAKAM is the praise which removes the pin or

security

> latch. There is alot contained in the removal of the pin. Those

> that praise by this attain the perfection of indifference.

> Indifference means to witness without attachment . This

> indifference means we are in perfect equanimity.

> In verse 8 it says, "He gives and in return he receives,

> and by no other means is She pleased. And this is the form of

> the pin by which it has been bound by the Great God."

> As you sow, so shall you reap. Whatever you give that is what

> you are going to receive. If you give a little bit, she is pleased

a

> little bit. If y ou give it all she will be completely pleased..

This

> is kripaa or grace. Kri means to do and pa means to get. Do

> and get.

> Swamiji says that once we understand what grace is we

> start to discriminate what we want to do because we know what

> we want to get. If we chant with full concentration and great

> devotion we become her and if we chant with a wandering mind

> then it will be an exercise in expanding our asan and enduring

> the pain in our knees and increasing our endurance for doing

> greater practices in the future.

> Whoever will give totally will get a total result

and whoever

> will give partially will get a partial result. If our longing for

> Godliness is only one amongst the many desires then we can

> expect that we will only get a little bit of Godliness because

all

> of the other desires have to be fulfilled.

> The quality of our attention is important and when we

take

> selfishness away from our chanting and out of our sadhana we

> get to remove the pin and have a new way of perceiving life and

> no longer think what is in it for me but what can I offer to

this

> creation.

, "Latha Nanda"

> <lathananda> wrote:

> > Namaste All,

> >

> > Does anyone know the answer to the following questions?

> Would

> > appreciate hearing from you if you do.

> >

> > Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what does 'pin'

> refer to

> > here?

> >

> > Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens the bolt -

> what does

> > the 'bolt' refer to here?

> >

> >

> > JAI MAA

> > Latha

, "Latha Nanda"

> <lathananda> wrote:

> > Namaste All,

> >

> > Does anyone know the answer to the following questions?

> Would

> > appreciate hearing from you if you do.

> >

> > Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what does 'pin'

> refer to

> > here?

> >

> > Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens the bolt -

> what does

> > the 'bolt' refer to here?

> >

> >

> > JAI MAA

> > Latha

[Guest guest]

Dear Parvati:

 

Thank You for response.

 

Jose

 

--- parvati_saraswati <parvati_saraswati

wrote:

> Thanks Jose for looking into the meaning of

> kiilak. You are

> right about will power being very important. In

> fact will power is

> what Swamiji used to keep on chanting the Chandi

> when the

> tin roof fell on top of him during a storm. You

> can read many

> stories like this in Sahib Sadhu.

>

> Here is what Swamiji has to say on the Kilakam and

> Athargala

> stotram:

>

> The door to the secret of the Goddess is

> well guarded and

> protected. It has got a pin, a bolt, a security

> latch, and a

> chain. In order to enter into the secret of the

> Goddess we have

> got to open the door.

> The ATHAARGALA stotram is the praise which

> unfastens

> the bolt. In this praise we are praying to the

> Goddess to "give us

> your form, give us victory over this little ego

> and all of its

> appendages, give us welfare and remove all

> hostility."

> We want the Goddess to open up the doors to

> the secret so

> we can perceive her real form. By remembering

> and trying to

> see Her form we open the bolt. That is the victory

> and welfare

> after which all h ostility i s removed. For those

> who are devoted

> and praise her with devotion she gives

> inexpressible peace and

> delight.

>

> The KIILAKAM is the praise which removes the

> pin or security

> latch. There is alot contained in the removal of the

> pin. Those

> that praise by this attain the perfection of

> indifference.

> Indifference means to witness without attachment .

> This

> indifference means we are in perfect equanimity.

> In verse 8 it says, "He gives and in

> return he receives,

> and by no other means is She pleased. And this is

> the form of

> the pin by which it has been bound by the Great

> God."

> As you sow, so shall you reap. Whatever you give

> that is what

> you are going to receive. If you give a little bit,

> she is pleased a

> little bit. If y ou give it all she will be

> completely pleased.. This

> is kripaa or grace. Kri means to do and pa means

> to get. Do

> and get.

> Swamiji says that once we understand what

> grace is we

> start to discriminate what we want to do because we

> know what

> we want to get. If we chant with full concentration

> and great

> devotion we become her and if we chant with a

> wandering mind

> then it will be an exercise in expanding our asan

> and enduring

> the pain in our knees and increasing our endurance

> for doing

> greater practices in the future.

> Whoever will give totally will get a total

> result and whoever

> will give partially will get a partial result. If

> our longing for

> Godliness is only one amongst the many desires then

> we can

> expect that we will only get a little bit of

> Godliness because all

> of the other desires have to be fulfilled.

> The quality of our attention is important

> and when we take

> selfishness away from our chanting and out of our

> sadhana we

> get to remove the pin and have a new way of

> perceiving life and

> no longer think what is in it for me but what can

> I offer to this

> creation.

, "Latha Nanda"

> <lathananda> wrote:

> > Namaste All,

> >

> > Does anyone know the answer to the following

> questions?

> Would

> > appreciate hearing from you if you do.

> >

> > Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what

> does 'pin'

> refer to

> > here?

> >

> > Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens

> the bolt -

> what does

> > the 'bolt' refer to here?

> >

> >

> > JAI MAA

> > Latha

, "Latha Nanda"

> <lathananda> wrote:

> > Namaste All,

> >

> > Does anyone know the answer to the following

> questions?

> Would

> > appreciate hearing from you if you do.

> >

> > Kilakam - The praise which removes the pin - what

> does 'pin'

> refer to

> > here?

> >

> > Athaargalaa Stotram - The praise which unfastens

> the bolt -

> what does

> > the 'bolt' refer to here?

> >

> >

> > JAI MAA

> > Latha

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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