About this episode
After watching What Does K?l? Want From You? | The Yoga of Grief & Fullness, Who Should Worship K?l?? | Dak?i?a K?l? vs Sma??na K?l? and What Do You Need To Start Worshipping K?l? & Practicing Tantra? you might be starting to get the impression that K?l? p?j? and s?dhana is (as Sri Ramakrishna himself put it) no joke! As such, to stay safe and to practice in a meaningful, gradual and integrated way, we have to discuss some foundations. After all, Mother K?l? is always standing on ?iva: isn't this a clue for us? To practice K?l? s?dhan?, we should become like ?iva, that is to say, we should build our K?l? practice on top of some firm and stable ?aiva foundations! As such, in this class, which is the culmination of this year's ?r?vana festivities, O walk you through more or less the entirety of ?iva p?j? & s?dhana with a special emphasis on the foundational mantras of our T?ntrik tradition, known as the pañca-Brahm? mantras from the Taittir?y?ranyaka from Yajur Veda, the foundational Veda for ?aivism & Tantra: sadyoj?ta? prapady?mi sadyoj?t?ya vai namo nama?bhave bhave n?ti bhave bhavasva m?? bhavodbhav?ya nama?I take refuge in the ever-fresh (newly born) ?iva, salutations again and again! Do not let me be born into mundane existence again and again with every birth! Become my very Being! Salutations to You, the source of all Becoming! o? sadyoj?t?ya paschimavaktr?ya nama?Salutations to Sadyoj?ta, the Westward facing ?iva!v?madev?ya namo jye??h?ya nama? ?re??h?yanamo rudr?ya nama? k?l?ya nama?kalavikara??ya namo bal?ya namobalavikara??ya namo balapramathan?ya nama?sarvabh?tadaman?ya namo manonman?ya nama?Salutations to V?madeva, the eldest, the supreme Rudra (howling one), to Time and Dynamism, to Strength, to the Transformer of Strength and Destroyer of Strength, to the One who Subdues All Beings, abiding beyond the mind! o? v?madev?ya uttaravaktr?ya nama?Salutations to V?madeva, the Northward facing ?iva!aghorebhyo’tha ghorebhyo aghoraghoretarebhya?sarvab?yo ?arva? sarvebhyo namaste rudra r?pebhya?Salutations to the gentle forms, fierce forms and forms that are both gentle and fierce, salutations to all the forms of Rudra everywhere! o? aghor?ya dak?i?avaktr?ya nama?Salutations to Aghora, the Southward facing ?iva!o? tatpuru??ya vidmahe mah?dev?ya dh?mahitanno rudra? pracoday?t o?May that spirit, may that Great God, may that Rudra guide my intellect!o? tatpuru??ya purvavaktr?ya nama?Salutations to Tatpuru?a the Eastward facing ?iva!
