Maha Vidya Yoga

KALI the Mother                  a hymn by Swami Vivekananda   The stars are blotted out, The clouds are covering clouds It is darkness vibrant, sonant. In the roaring, whirling wind Are the souls of a million…
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Sadhana, or the spiritual practice with regard to the Great Cosmic Power Kali, involves the spiritual effort to purify and energize the subtle centers of force of the aspirant to the highest degree and also to achieve at the same time the glorious awakening and ascension of Consciousness and Divine Energy, located at the…
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The description of the Great Cosmic Power Kali, as it is revealed in the Kalitantra text, describes the goddess as having her skin the color of a dark and purple cloud before the storm. She dances over the inert white body of Shiva, this representation signifying the two fundamental aspects of reality: on the one hand, the…
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The supreme Shakti (in her aspect of Kali) assumes the responsibility of creating the names, as well as their evolution in manifestation. Her sovereignty is often mentioned in the Tantric texts by the name Adimahavidya, which means the first of the Great Cosmic Powers, but this must not induce the idea of a hierarchy,…
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In Hindu iconography, Kali is considered the first and most important of the tantric Pantheon deities, but her various forms and aspects are also fervently revered in the other spiritual traditions of India. The famous Mahanirvana Tantra text describes Kali as the one who gives birth to all things and beings in the…
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by yoga teacher Dan Bozaru  The terrible force of time, the infinite compassion, the blinding beauty, the all-inclusive vision, the absolute courage, the power of sacrifice, the fascinating brightness, the sublime void, the perfect game, the splendour of totality. These are the cosmic personalities of the Supreme Feminine…
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In the context of this series of articles about the 10 Great Cosmic Powers we will analyse and evidence in a synthetic way the principal philosophical and practical aspects, which refer to the profound spiritual tradition of the 10 Great Cosmic Powers (Dasha Mahavidya). Essentially speaking, this tradition actually represents a…
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Bhuvaneshwari’s physical beauty radiates out of her inner splendor and it is thus sung in the “Hymns to Goddess Bhuvaneshwari” by Sir John Woodroffe: “Oh, Great Goddess, You are of beauteous face fascinating me. Your body is moist with the divine nectar (some) flowing from Sahasrarapadma. You sport rounded breasts and…
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Bhuvaneshwari is the space manifesting God’s will and endless love. Indeed even at the human level, the pure and deep feeling of true and unconditioned love always generates the feeling of endless space and freedom. We may even state that unless love generates the feeling of space and freedom to the being it spreads over (so if…
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