The Goddess Multiplies Her Forces Calling Forth Seven Shaktis, Who Are Seven Aspects of human consciousness. Thus, in The “Devi Mahatmya”, Ma Chandika and Maha
According to Tantra Jiva or individual consciousness is bound by eight bonds or pasas. Jiva is limited by various constraints (kanchukas) and ashta pasas (eight
Goddess Ambika Projects The Terrible Maha Kali from Her Own Angry Countenance. Maha Kali Devours the armies of demons, falling upon them impetuously and slaughtering
The Goddess Has Two Forms- One Auspicious and The Other Terrible, similar to Shiva’s terrible form as Rudra apart from His usual auspicious form. This
mahishasura’s episode from The “Devi Mahatmya” reveals that through active struggle with divine rajas, one can easily overcome enslavement to the indriyas and live righteously
The earth quaked and the mountains rocked in the wake of the Warrior Goddess, The Great Unity Of The Innate Powers (Saktis) of all the
Perplexed by the multiple names employed to refer to The Goddess- Maha Devi, Chandika, Ambika, Maha Kali, Ma Chamunda, Ma Brahmani, Devi Maheshwari, Ma Kaumari,
This final victory represents the realization of the true Self, the end of all multiplicity, the steady experience of Oneness, and the passage from an
Perplexed by the multiple names invoked to refer to The Goddess- Devi, Chandika, Ambika, Kali, Ma Chamunda, Brahmani, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Vaishnavi, Varahi, Narasimhi, Aindri and
raktabija, who strides onto the battlefield after the death of Chanda and Munda, is none other than the citta vrttis. That raktabija is symbolic of
