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Omid
April 28, 2025 05:04 PM

Dear Prince, I believe you are crossing over now from more universal descriptions which describe general phenomenon into kula specific encodings, which in a way have no meaning at all outside of that kula's practice. These mandalas are encoded and empowered and maintained by the very sadhana performed with them, and thus the nuance of their meaning and expression is actually conditioned by that sadhana, and in theory can even change substantively (not just the stated representations but also the energetic information encoded in the mandala) over time through adaptations in group praxis. I struggle for a good analogy but perhaps the use of codenames on a secured network. The codenames themselves don't actually mean much at all (although you could still read the phonemes of the codename) in isolation from the system they are operating within. Or perhaps a data file with a sequence of binary code. The meaning of the data is dependent on what operates upon it, and it would be possible for the exact same sequence of 1's and 0's to display a picture of a flower when opened by a graphics program and interpreted as a graphics file, and yet to launch a nuclear weapon if entered as launch code and interpreted as meeting the criteria for authentication. Or to try and put it one last way, your prior question was one of ontology, and this is one of technology. At least that is my humble understanding of the matter.

Prince
April 28, 2025 12:04 PM

Thank you, Dylan and Omid, for illuminating the relationship between Bhagavatī Kāmakalākālī, Guhyakālī, and Kāla-saṅkārṣiṇī Kālī. The third week of discussion is about the structure of the enclosure of Bhagavatī Guhyakālī. It is seen that Bhagavatī Herself emerges from a crystalline lotus of Paraśiva, who is then situated within another lotus, and so on. What do these lotuses represent? Why are they of different colours? According to the Pañca-siṃhāsana Pūjā, each of the lotuses contains 51 Nṛsiṃhas, 51 Gaṇapatis, and so on. What is the significance of these deities occupying the base of the lotuses? Next and finally, a numerous number of Kālī names were also given, occupying the petals of the lotuses (such as the 36 Kālī Mothers in the 36-petaled lotus beginning from Āgama Kālī, etc.). What is the significance of this arrangement? Overall, it seems that the worship of Bhagavatī is a very elaborate and complex one, only to be perfectly performed by the Siddhas. Please refer to this link for the extracted Avaraṇa Pūjā: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mAn8bXFDSmnCkFgQ1Av2vjGKgMqgkdbLothEa8zZ56g/edit?usp=sharing

Prince
April 28, 2025 12:04 PM

thank you Dylan for the research and information!

Prince
April 28, 2025 12:04 PM

thank you so much for illuminating us dear Omid

Bhuvaneshwari
April 27, 2025 08:04 AM

Which is the correct nama - bandhuralaka or barbaralaka? Are there any differences in meaning?

Sheshagiri
April 26, 2025 04:04 PM

Sir I want to recite this kavacham and seek protection of maa However I do not have any initiation Please suggest if I can read above kavacham Or should I opt another stotram to keep enemies at bay

Sheshagiri
April 26, 2025 04:04 PM

Hello Sir Can I recite this Dakshina Kali Kavacham without initiation? Kindly suggest I seek Maa Kali's Protection

Siddhant
April 24, 2025 08:04 AM

Namaste can anyone please provide me with authentic Bala khadagmala stotram

SUMIT
April 23, 2025 10:04 PM

Aditya.You may worship Matangi or Surya Dev.

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