I am baptized Christian. I live on Reunion Island where there are many cultures and mixtures. Hence perhaps my attraction to Sanathana Dharma, without denying Christianity. Especially since I practice traditional yoga thanks to my teacher. He gave me a mantra 7 years ago and since then I have not stopped repeating it, I’m even more attracted by the science of mantras. My Yoga teacher give us mantra diksha to ‘launch’ and help us and spitirual path, but I’m not a disciple. I believe, love and respect him of course, as a pupil/friend. He’ve much disciples too. Last year during our more intense yoga training, I could see that I was drawn to Goddess Durga and it hasn't stopped being the case ever since. I recite the navarna mantra every day, one of its navratri forms every day. With that, right now I am also reciting the gayatri mantra where I feel a lot of benefits, and very sooth calm. Next to Shiva (mahamrityunjaya) and Ganesh. As well as other deities but just few recitations for yantras I get. I love recite mantras, and the thing is I don't even take sankalpa or ask anything. First it was just to dharana now it's like more bhakti. I find the siddha kunjika strotram beautiful, and the navrana mantra is there. I realized that I was attracted to Goddess Durga in a dream where I heard a mantra of her the bija dum. During a puja in his name, and from a distance, I started crying because it touched me even if I didn't understand much of what the pundits said. For sure I feel attract by shakti. I got yantras for one when I ordered, I’ve to take them to give it to him. The 2 ones was Goddess Kamala and Matangi. Since that I feel little attract to das mahavidya but I know it’s strict and can be harmful so i just read their stories no more. At my age 38 years old, still with my parents, works part-time (photographer) not enough money to be more independent, family life is good fortunately, no girlfriends which is sometimes hard because feeling alone, health is good (knee pain in long sitting postures). Jagged emotion, too many thoughts, not enough love for me, esteem, hard on me, negativity sometimes (envious, self sabotaging). Yoga in all this helps me see more clearly and stabilize everything, pranayama as I read on your website is something I do everyday with the practices ???? I think/feel my ishta Devata is Durga Goddess. For my situation I don’t know which mantras can help me, but I still recite with my guru mantra, navarna mantra (as I'm attract to Maa Durga), gayatri, shiva. I look at mantra initiation but I didn’t find anyone provide mantras for Durga. Thank you Have a nice day !

The Śmaśāna Kāli Sahasranāmam is in the Śrī Kālī Upāsanā Rahasyam book published by Mayuresh Prakashan. There may be other Kālī devi books containing the same information also. At this time, we are not looking at publishing this article.

Namaste Krishnaji. Is it possible to publish Kaali Sahasranama? Just the text would suffice. I am not sure where to find the authentic one. Or if you could point me to a source on the internet. Thank you. The one which starts with "Shmashaanakaalikaa Kaali".

Namaste! These mantras are not available in any texts that I am aware of. However, if it suits you, you may use the ones specified from Devi Rahasyam for a different mantra, but applicable to the Divine Mother Śrī Mātaṅgi. Utkīlana mantra - ॐ ह्रीं ऐं श्रीं नमो भगवति उच्छिष्टचाण्डालि श्री मातङ्गेश्वरि सर्वजनवशंकरि स्वाहा ह्रीँ । om hrīṁ aiṁ śrīṁ namo bhagavati ucchiṣṭacāṇḍāli śrī mātaṅgeśvari sarvajanavaśaṁkari svāhā hrīṁ । Sañjīvana mantra - ह्रीँ ह्रीँ ह्रीँ ॐ ह्रीं ऐं श्रीं नमो भगवति उच्छिष्टचाण्डालि श्री मातङ्गेश्वरि सर्वजनवशंकरि स्वाहा । hrīṁ hrīṁ hrīṁ om hrīṁ aiṁ śrīṁ namo bhagavati ucchiṣṭacāṇḍāli śrī mātaṅgeśvari sarvajanavaśaṁkari svāhā । Śāpavimocana mantra - ॐ ह्रीँ मातङ्गि कालशापं विमोचय फट् स्वाहा । om̐ hrīm̐ mātaṅgi kālaśāpaṃ vimocaya phaṭ svāhā ।

Initiation to either of these forms of the Divine Mother is recommended for the kavacam to be fully effective.

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thank you for your answer can we have a link to this document?

Glad it was useful Krishna Garu. Your Lalita Sahasranama recitation has not only guided you to Srividya mantra sadhana, but as Gurumandala Rupini, Mother made you her medium to guide Sadhaks around the world.

Ishaan, As we know our sages / rishis gave namas/stotrams/mantras/vratas/stories etc., for our spiritual / material benefits. A guru decides appropriate methods for sadhaks. For those who are not ready for higher-order mantra anushtans, our sages composed stotrams/katha/kavachams etc in such a way that Mantras were kept hidden in stotrams. while we enjoy reciting stotrams/katha we also get benefits of mantra recitation without following strict mantra-anushtan procedures. For qualified disciples, guru shares what is called as "Mantra Uddhara" which unearths the "Guhya Bija" (hidden bija). Example : If one does Mantra-Uddhara on first Rk of Srisuktam "hiranyavarnam harineem...." the guhya bija is "Hreem". Similarly, if you do Mantra-Uddhara on "Durge Smrita Harasi....." the guhya bija is "Shreem". While we recite these Rks or Slokas, we also get benefits of reciting guhya-bijas. Similarly, 13 chapters of Durga Saptashati has 700 Mantras (including Uvacha mantras). One can recite it as Katha/Purana. One can do Tantric anushtana with nyasa/navarna mantra/Purvangas/uttarangas etc which is quite common. Bija-mantratmak saptashati unearths 700 guhya bijas within Saptashati. In the past, it was kept secret within guru parampara. Guru shared with ONLY qualified/deserved senior Chandi upasak. Now multiple books have these 700 Bija mantras made explicit as Bija-mantratmak Saptashati/Tantric Saptashati

Lorranji, Your comment reminded me of Swami Vivekananda's Poem "Kali the Mother" especially the second part "Dancing mad with joy, Come, Mother, come! For Terror is Thy name, Death is in Thy breath, And every shaking step, Destroys a world for e'er. Thou "Time", the All-Destroyer! Come, O Mother, come! Who dares misery love, And hug the form of Death, Dance in Destruction's dance, To him the Mother comes"