Ever heard of people saying, every now and then, time is money? Yes? No? If not, then you must definitely have heard people complaining “I don’t have time.” Most people feel lack of time to enjoy that favorite meal, no time to cherish that drive in their favorite car or with their loved ones, time […]
I offer my obeisance to Divine Mother my Kali who chooses Her Name 19 to be KakaraVarnaSarvangi. Kakara means “Ka”, Varna means letter and Sarvangi means all Her limbs. So KakaraVarnaSarvangi means the One who is all the limbs of the letter “Ka”. “Ka” means cause, in this case it refers to the primal cause […]
I offer my obeisance to the Divine Mother my Kali. Who chooses Her 18thname to be KunjaresvaraGamini. Kunj means elephant. Kunjaresvara means the lord of elephants. In the Hindu mythological tradition Airavata is considered to the lord of elephants. So KunjaresvaraGamini means the One who walks like the Lord of elephants Airavata. Airavata came into […]
Christmas is around the corner. Probably that is why the Divine Mother thought of giving me a break from writing on Her name. She’d rather I reflect on the merriment that Christmas brings every year negating the biting chill of the winter season. Her wish is my command. So here I am taking a stroll […]
The name KurukullaVirodhini literally means the One who defies the forces of duality. Everything that can be perceived through the five senses exists in duality. This duality is all pervasive and appears as two sides of the same coin. As long as humans are subject to three dimensions and bound by five senses there is […]
Guhya means secret or hidden. No wonder why Supreme Mother chooses to manifest Herself as GuhyaKali to be one of Her forms. Come to think of it! Can anyone be capable of knowing the Mother in totality? GuhyaKali signifies all that the Mother does to remove inauspuciousness and darkness secretly without even anyone getting to […]
The name KurukullaVirodhini literally means the One who defies the forces of duality. Everything that can be perceived through the five senses exists in duality. This duality is all pervasive and appears as two sides of the same coin. As long as humans are subject to three dimensions and bound by five senses there is […]
Guhya means secret or hidden. No wonder why Supreme Mother chooses to manifest Herself as GuhyaKali to be one of Her forms. Come to think of it! Can anyone be capable of knowing the Mother in totality? GuhyaKali signifies all that the Mother does to remove inauspuciousness and darkness secretly without even anyone getting to […]
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges.
It’s an individual thing when it comes to memorizing long chants. Just from my experience of memorizing the Rudram, Chamakam, Vishnu and Lalita Sahasranamam, the Gita, and many other chants, it’s about discipline and practice. The chant must consume you. It should be the foremost thing on your mind. That’s the first requirement. This usually […]