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rushikesh
July 21, 2025 09:07 PM

res. Tivra Sir Pranam, can married person ( newly married _ ) Chants Maa Chhinamasta's Sahasranaam ? because heard Maa as - 'Celibacy Oriented Devta' pls. guide Sir. Jai Maa 

Nesh
July 21, 2025 08:07 PM

Namaste. it is very good to have such a summary, but I worry the use of AI to make it is too obvious. This looks like pure AI output, not edited even slightly, just copy paste. A little bit of polishing and reformatting facilitates a way where we can benefit from the efficiency of AI, but when it’s just copy pasting a response from an LLM, it is the reality that many people inherently will find the product uninteresting and/or less compelling, and sometimes suspect just because of the AI use. The human quality I think is very important especially for spiritual publishing. Not to say not to use AI to refine an augment, but when it’s just AI output, it can be off putting to some, so much so that they will pass entirely on the content. Especially as we are exposed to more and more pure AI outputs, there is fatigue and distaste about it for some. I hope it does not sound like I am clutching my pearls, I just would worry about the image of manblunder if it’s previous purely human and very high quality series of articles is impacted by people who visit the beloved site and immediately see an AI post way up at the top. Imo, with just 10 minutes of editing this article, it could be the same content in a way no one will disapprove or find off putting. Would very much appreciate hearing other’s thoughts

Rook
July 21, 2025 01:07 PM

Namaste, can any of you please share the google drive link/file that Tivra ji shared with the mantra pronunciation on the 18th july? Thank you

Amatersu1
July 21, 2025 12:07 PM

Namaste dear Tivra Ji, I was hoping you could help me understand the true form of Maa Dhumavati. From what I know, though I could be wrong, she seems to have three forms. The first one is the version most people talk about the terrible, inauspicious one. But I’ve tried to let go of that idea because I feel that if we want to get closer to the Divine Mother, we need to drop our judgments. When I close my eyes and try to focus on her, I don’t see her clearly. Sometimes I catch a glimpse. What surprises me is how radiant she feels. If I hadn’t already experienced the energy of Maa Guhya Kali and Maa Pratyangira, I might have thought I was sensing Shodashi. Please forgive my confusion, but I wanted to ask why I always feel Maa Guhya Kali and Maa Pratyangira so strongly when I try to connect with Maa Dhumavati. Is there a deeper connection between them? What is her true form? I feel like I’ve begun to understand a small part of her nature, and honestly, she seems nothing like how she’s usually described in popular sources. I don’t know who else to ask, so I’m reaching out to the kind souls at Manblunder.

Mike
July 21, 2025 10:07 AM

Namaste Nesh. Think about the name jātavighnākule in the Ucchista Ganapati sahasranama. It means one who removes the obstacles related to the kula, or one from whom the kula originates. What does Kula refer to here? It has two-fold meanings: firstly it refers to the Kaula. Kula is another spelling of kaula and it is well known that Ucchista Ganapati is the essence of all tantras and is the culmination of Hadi, Kadi and Sadi kramas. The second meaning is far more esoteric. Kula also refers to the kuladevatas which have been worshipped by your family for previous generations, and all of the worship which you have done in previous births. That “left over” worship, which never gave fruition to siddhi, is under the control of Sri Ucchista Ganapati. This is why he has unparalleled power and freedom in how he decides to act. It is said in the scriptures one’s past karmas are solely responsible for our present state. But this form of ganesa can give you the fruition of all of your precious births of worship to different deities and even different religions. That is why he is as great as he is.

Nesh
July 20, 2025 06:07 PM

Namaste Mike. This is very, very interesting.

Michael
July 20, 2025 06:07 PM

Dear All ! A short first impression regarding the Mantra form respected member Tivra: So, yes, it works very good and fast....even if i have a very difficult time with it, because i am practically unable to manage visualization and chanting at the same time... The night before i started (so yesterday), i had a very pleasent dream, were i was crossing a smaller valley via the help of a zip line, and i ran through a sort pf "parkour" (but in nature)...and then i was invited into s sort of...well it looked like some sort of spiritual retreat or so...it was all very, clean and bright...the people were extremley nice and such... Tonight, i met again some "people"...one woman sat beside me, and said that i was doing it wrong/not right....i guess she meant the recitation of the mantra (well, yes..i "skipped" the visualization)... So yes...mantra is working ...even for peiple who are not 100% on this path... I am writing all this not to "show off", but for "motivational purposes". Well...depending, if i will somehow fix the problem..or better MY problem with the visualization, i will try to continiue... Thank you very much for your very precious time! Sincerely, Michael

Nesh
July 20, 2025 06:07 PM

Small question Tivra: If it is alright, I plan to publish this as well as your recent posts on kādi, hādi, and sādi to a little Shakta community I’ve been running with some friends on Reddit. I showed this and received requests for clarification about how to distinguish “soul” and “spirit”. Please pardon my ignorance, when I tried to give some answer I found I had no clear conceptual understanding, was only able to associate with the terminologies learned here, which I also do not much grasp yet.

Mike
July 20, 2025 02:07 AM

I will tell you all about a friend of mine. He was an incredible sadhak and possessed knowledge of Neidan, taoism and taichi which only a handful of sadhaks in all of history have discovered. We used to talk about various aspects of spiritual practice, and in one of these discussions I brought up Sri Vidya. He had taught me about buddha dhamma in the past, and in fact it was his goal to spread the unfiltered wisdom of Gautama Buddha across the world. But, he was also very interested in Sri vidya, specifically in the Mahasodasi mantra. I shared what information I knew about the mantra and send him a number of articles from this site. He did the computation of his atmabija and began to recite the mantra for a few days. Within only a couple of days he told me he had decided to renounce the world. He was living with his parents, but planned to go on a meditation retreat. He told me this may be the last time we speak. He had abandoned all of his plans to spread the dhamma or any of his other spiritual knowledge and felt the unrelenting urge to merge with the absolute. Last week he came to me in my dreams and said he was going to enter parinibbana, and thanked me, because it was solely with the power of Mahasodasi he was able to relinquish all of his earthly desires so quickly and become liberated. Take from this story what you will.. there are many more factors at play here, such as the severe alpayu yoga present in his natal chart. But I wanted to share this with sadhaks of this site to show the potency of Sri Vidya mantras.

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