The Kamakhya Tantra Mahaparva — What the Tantra Kshetra Actually Is, and What Has Been Said About It

A live session on misconceptions about Kamakhya tantra.

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01

What is the Kamakhya tantra kshetra actually?

The subject stated — the place of Kamakhya tantra in the Agam rahasyas, and the fog around it

· 01:41–02:49 · Also a question

Among the subjects connected with tantra in the Agam rahasyas of Sanatan culture, the speaker says, Kamakhya tantra holds a very chief place, and a great many misconceptions about it are spread through society. He will put before listeners what the truth is, how the secret matters of the tantra kshetra are circulated through such misconceptions, and how, on account of them, new tantra sadhaks and sadhikas entering this field are milked and exploited.

02

What are the real sadhaks of Kamakhya like?

The reality of the kshetra, against the sadhaks seen online

· 02:50–03:34 · Also a question

He says he will put openly before everyone what the reality is, why Kamakhya tantra is so widely current in popular talk and what its actual outline is, what the real sadhaks of Kamakhya are like, and what the reality is of the sadhaks people read and hear about on Facebook and YouTube.

03

Nothing has stayed secret in the age of YouTube, and what comes out is half-truth mixed with delusion

Nothing has stayed secret in the age of YouTube, and what is coming out is half-truth

· 03:35–04:05

Because of YouTube, the speaker says, nothing has remained secret any more; and what is being revealed is half-truth — somewhere half the truth, and some things of delusion, which are spread in society so that people are put into confusion by half information and are exploited by it.

04

Guhya matters must be made manifest in the right way; what a man does after hearing the truth lies beyond the speaker's hands

The truth stated plainly, and what lies beyond the speaker's hands

· 04:06–04:40

When matters are no longer staying secret at all, he says, it is necessary that the guhya things standing before people be made manifest in the right way, so that people learn what the truth is and come out of delusion. And if, even after knowing the truth, someone wishes to have his own destruction brought about, that is Bhagavati's will and his own prarabdha — what can he or you do in it. He will discuss what is true.

05

In what form is Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya worshipped there?

The organ from which all birth proceeds, called the lowest thing in society

· 04:41–05:30 · Also a question

Everyone listening knows in which form Bhagavati Kamakhya is worshipped there, the speaker says. It is the region within which the limbs and constituents of every being that takes birth — not merely of humankind — are formed, from which we take on a body to undergo our prarabdha, and on which we lean the most; and it is precisely that thing which is called the most contemptible in society.

06

Why is the form in which Kamakhya is worshipped regarded as contemptible?

Our own mentality, and a society that gives no such knowledge

· 05:31–06:06 · Also a question

Your mentality and mine, the speaker answers. We call contemptible the very thing on account of which our birth on this whole earth took place, because we do not have the kind of self-control that would let the truth be spoken about ourselves — and control cannot be there when that kind of knowledge is simply not given in our society.

07

Silence and unbounded licence are both fatal — knowledge given with no maryada left is as harmful as knowledge withheld

Both extremes are fatal — silence, and unbounded licence

· 06:07–06:37

When it is given, the speaker says, it is not given with such openness that no maryada remains at all — both things are extremely harmful in their own place. When licence and freedom are given, so much freedom is given and things are represented to you in such a way that you stray from your own path.

08

The approaching Ambubachi parva is when ordinary householders begin asking about the Kamakhya kshetra

The Ambubachi parva approaching, and who begins asking then

· 06:38–06:58

Because the Ambubachi parva is coming, the speaker says. Whenever Ambubachi comes, people try to move forward in this period — an ordinary householder to know about the Kamakhya kshetra and what should be done in Ambubachi, and those who have an interest in the tantra kshetra to know its reality.

09

When did Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya manifest, and who built the temple?

Satyug, and the first brick laid by Kamdev

· 06:59–07:26 · Also a question

The prakatya kaal of Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya was Satyug, the speaker says. It is said that the Kamakhya temple built in the Kamrup pradesh was made by Kamdev and Rati — the deva Kamdev established that temple, first constructing it with the help of Bhagwan Vishwakarma. That is, the first brick was laid by Kamdev, and for that reason the region got the name Kamrup pradesh.

10

How is the Kamakhya kshetra related to the Vindhya kshetra?

Kalpa-bheda — each Shakti Peeth formed in its own kalpa

· 07:27–07:55 · Also a question

The chief limb of Bhagavati, cut by Bhagwan with the Sudarshan chakra, made a mahatirtha there, and that region became the cause of the origin of the whole world of Jagadamba. By the reckoning of kalpas, the speaker says, in one kalpa the Vindhya kshetra was formed — the one whose chief dhyan and Manidweep dhyan we do — and in another kalpa the Kamakhya kshetra was formed. By kalpa-bheda, every Shakti Peeth has had its own importance.

11

Does the mahima of these kshetras ever diminish?

Kamrup, Rajrappa and the rest hold their mahima in every kalpa and every yuga

· 07:56–08:21 · Also a question

No, the speaker says. Whether it is a tantra kshetra, or the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra, or the Chhinnamastika kshetra of Rajrappa, the mahima of all these kshetras always remains in every kalpa and every yuga; no diminution comes into it. In Satyug the first period at Kamrup Kamakhya is held to have been the time of the origin of the tantra kshetra there.

12

What is at the Kamakhya sthan itself, and who is forbidden to see it?

The mahashila wrapped in red cloth, and the bar on the unmarried

· 08:22–08:59 · Also a question

In the swaroop we all see there stands a mahashila, kept covered and wrapped about with red cloth, whose darshan and pujan is forbidden — to those, the speaker says, whose marriage has not taken place. There are a great many misconceptions on this point too. The reason, he says, is plain: people today are ready in a moment to go and do sadhana in a shamshan, drawn by the word Aghor heard on YouTube channels, thinking that great powers will be got there.

13

What is a shamshan actually held to be?

Maha shunya kshetra, and the breath within the mother's womb

· 09:00–09:40 · Also a question

The shamshan is called the maha shunya kshetra, the speaker says. Just as we take birth from a mother's womb, the breath we are drawing within the mother's womb before that birth — exactly that condition of breath is held to be the maha shunya condition in the shamshan. And you cannot see your own mother's womb after a certain stage.

14

Is a householder allowed to stay in a shamshan?

The bar on lingering there, and the temples built around shamshans in the last fifteen or twenty years

· 09:41–10:00 · Also a question

For this reason too, the speaker says, a householder is forbidden to stay very long in a shamshan; there is a bar on going into the shamshan kshetra. It is the effect of Kaliyug and of the present time that in the last fifteen or twenty years a great many temples have come up around shamshans — otherwise, in earlier times, people did not go and do sadhana in a shamshan in this way and at this time.

15

Who used to do the veer bhav sadhanas of the shamshan kshetra?

Soldiers, senapatis and kshatriyas — against the casual visits of today

· 10:01–10:43 · Also a question

The veer bhav sadhanas of the shamshan kshetra used to be done, the speaker says, by a king's soldiers, a senapati, one who takes part in war, a kshatriya or one who does kshatriya-related work, or one who performs tantra-related siddhis for the welfare of society; such people would go and stay in a settled manner and perform siddhi. Not as today — Shani is troubling, so off to the Shamshan Kali temple; enemies to be destroyed, everyone arrives at the Shamshan Kali temple.

16

What is wrong with saying "Mahadev said the shamshan is the purest place"?

A line taken from a television serial, without its context

· 10:44–11:15 · Also a question

People say the shamshan is the purest place, that Mahadev said so, the speaker notes — where did he say it? He said it in a serial, he said it here. In what context he said it, there is no need felt to know. And in the same way, when people who do not know these things go into the Kamrup kshetra, difficulty follows.

17

What is the folk misconception about the women of Kamrup Kamakhya?

The tale of sorceresses who turn men into pigeons and goats

· 11:16–11:47 · Also a question

All of you will have heard, the speaker says, that the women of Kamrup Kamakhya are great sorceresses, that they turn human beings into pigeons, sheep and goats and keep them so, and that whoever goes there cannot come back. This is a folk misconception. The reason it was somewhere spread in society, he says, was precisely so that not every person should reach that tantra peeth.

18

Are the people born in the Kamrup region an amsha of Bhagavati?

Whoever is born in a Shakti Peeth is an amsha of Bhagavati

· 11:48–12:39 · Also a question

One is that the girls and young women of the Kamrup pradesh — since Kamakhya is the devi of desires — belong to that kshetra; and whoever takes birth in a Shakti Peeth is somewhere an amsha of Bhagavati, to be regarded as of her amsha swaroop. Even the dog and the cat there are somewhere strongholds of Bhagavati; which siddha charan is roaming in what form is not known.

19

Why is there such attraction in the Kamakhya kshetra?

Kaam gandh, and why sadhana there was said to be of great importance

· 12:40–12:48 · Also a question

All are beautiful, and the women of the Kamakhya kshetra are also very beautiful, the speaker says. Today one sees women of other regions on YouTube and on internet sites; in earlier times that did not happen, so those who went to that kshetra — whether for puja-path or for anything else — could not remain without being enchanted. Somewhere in this there was both the tantra-predominance of that kshetra and so great an attraction of the women; and the scent of that kshetra, called kaam gandh, would enchant outsiders who went there.

20

Seven or eight messages from women prompted the subject, with a request that those under eighteen not listen

Seven or eight messages from women, and a request to minors

· 12:49–13:35

He says he had forgotten a request at the start: if you are not an adult, if your age is under eighteen years, and if you have no interest in these subjects, do not listen. He is clarifying the subject only to remove misconceptions, because at the present time he holds at least seven or eight messages from women who are saying quite different sorts of things connected with Kamakhya tantra, or who are in contact with some person telling them things of that kind.

21

What is given importance in tantra — and are there only two paramparas?

Bhav, and the classification of achara

· 13:36–14:14 · Also a question

After the age of fourteen or fifteen, whether a man or a woman, importance in tantra has been given to bhavas, the speaker says. There is the Kaul parampara, called the Vamamargi parampara, and the Dakshinamargi parampara — but you should know that the parampara is not only this much. The acharas of which you hear, Dakshinachar and Vamachar, have been classified, and in that classification importance is given to the bhavas.

22

What are the three bhavas, and what is pashu bhav?

Pashu, veer and divya — and the state up to fifteen years

· 14:15–14:41 · Also a question

Three kinds of bhav have been spoken of: pashu bhav, veer bhav, and divya bhav. In pashu bhav the state of a sadhak is the state up to fifteen years of age — because up to fifteen years there is not very much kaam bhav in the body, nor do you know how to be very envious of anyone, nor do you know right from wrong; in a manner of speaking you have no knowledge of worldly affairs, and so the state up to fifteen years is called pashu bhav.

23

Which paths are held to belong to pashu bhav?

The Vaidik, Vaishnav, Shaiv and Dakshinachar paths, and why

· 14:42–15:05 · Also a question

In that very state of pashu bhav, according to the Kaul parampara, the Vaidik paddhati has been held; the Vaishnav parampara has been held, the Shaiv parampara has been held, and Dakshinachar has been held. All these four acharas have been placed in pashu bhav, the speaker says, because the person situated in that bhav has no kamanas within him — what desire would there be up to the age of fifteen? No particular desire, so it was held.

24

What changes after fifteen, and why were samskaras given then?

The rise of hormones and energy, and what was lost after the Mughals came

· 15:06–15:50 · Also a question

After fifteen years, at sixteen and seventeen, the speaker says, hormones develop, our bhav increases and attraction towards the opposite sex grows; at that time the body's energy is very much heightened, and if that energy is not given right direction there is a loss of it and we begin to misuse it. That is why, formerly, when samskaras were performed, people were engaged through pujan-path, samskaras and various kinds of deeksha — which was the period before the coming of the Mughals; after that, all these things for the stage past sixteen years were removed.

25

What are veer bhav and divya bhav, and which is required at Kamakhya?

Fifteen to forty-five or fifty-five, and the bhav past fifty

· 15:51–16:36 · Also a question

The stage from fifteen years to forty-five or fifty-five years is called veer bhav, because in it a woman or a man has a great deal of shukra and raja within, whose emission is considerable, on account of which shakti remains in the body; within this, Vamachar and Siddhantachar have been held. After that comes divya bhav, the stage past fifty years, in which we have already enjoyed all the bhogas — and it is this divya bhav, the speaker says, that has been held at Kamrup Kamakhya: that only with divya bhav can Bhagavati's seva-puja be done.

26

Is what people have heard about Panchamakara wrong?

The five are not wrong — their use is what has gone wrong

· 16:37–17:28 · Also a question

Panchamakara is entirely correct in its own place, the speaker says. He will not discuss the five at much length, but whatever all of you have heard about them is not wrong — it is correct. What is going wrong is the use being made of it. Now consider, he adds, how many misconceptions are spread around Panchamakara among those who are proceeding with veer bhav or who say they will sit down holding just this state.

27

If madira and maithun gave siddhi, what would follow?

The liquor shop queue, and every householder a siddha

· 17:29–18:02 · Also a question

If it were so that smoking ganja gave siddhi and drinking madira gave siddhi, the speaker says, then all those standing in queues outside the English liquor shops and the country liquor shops would have obtained siddhi. In exactly the same way, if maithun — which is spoken of in Panchamakara — were the greatest giver of siddhi, then every householder, and all those living in live-in relationships, would have become siddhas.

28

What do the new self-styled tantriks tell people?

"There is Bhairavi tattva within you" — and the defaming of the words Bhairav and Bhairavi

· 18:03–18:57 · Also a question

In this same sequence come the newly minted young men who become tantriks, the speaker says, using a crude epithet for them. They will tell anyone at all that there is Bhairavi tattva within you, so become a Bhairavi; that one Bhairav can keep more than one Bhairavi, that he can do this and that. He says repeatedly that this thing never happens in that manner, and that the words Bhairav and Bhairavi have in today's time been made disreputable.

29

What were the tantriks of the popular tantra stories actually stuck at?

Stuck in the beginning sadhanas of veer bhav — a replica, like Paundraka

· 18:58–19:35 · Also a question

For information, the speaker says, all of these had remained stuck in the beginning sadhanas of veer bhav. He calls it a replica — making a duplicate of some real thing in its own fashion and proceeding with that. Just as Bhagwan Shri Krishna had a mimic, Paundraka, who used to call himself Vasudeva Krishna and always delivered the line that the Sudarshan chakra is mine.

30

What was Kamrup Kamakhya once the chief place of?

The samyak swaroop of Kali and Tara, and the sadhan of Tripurasundari Shri Vidya

· 19:36–20:07 · Also a question

In exactly that way, the speaker says, Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya is the chief Mahashakti, who is held to be the samyak swaroop of Bhagavati Kali and Tara; and the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra was at one time the chief sadhan of Bhagavati Tripurasundari, of Shri Vidya. Because of fabricated things of this kind people fell away, a gap in knowledge-sharing was somewhere formed, and today people know that thing only for some other reason.

31

Where does the chief pind of Bhagavati actually lie, beyond the temple on Nilanchal?

The Kadali kshetra, and the temple as only a fragment

· 20:08–20:33 · Also a question

The reality of this kshetra, the speaker says, is something from which people have become far removed in the Kali kaal — perhaps Bhagavati has by her own Mahamaya placed that covering, as with what is now seen about Kashi Vishwanath and whether the Gyanvapi was the real temple. All of you will be astonished to learn, he says, that in the chief Kamakhya kshetra the principal pind of Bhagavati falls in the Kamrup pradesh and in the Kadali kshetra; the temple to which we go is only a fragment, on the Nilanchal parvat.

32

Who reaches that principal pind, and can ordinary people go?

Beyond Nilanchal towards the Kadali van, where entry is still forbidden

· 20:34–21:01 · Also a question

On the other side of the Nilanchal parvat, and in its north-eastern part, when you go towards the Kadali van, there you will find the principal pind, where the entry of ordinary persons is forbidden even today, the speaker says — so many misconceptions have been spread that nobody is able to go there. Sadhaks served in the Kula paramparas reach that far and perform darshan and pujan. The principal thing, he says, has somewhere been kept secret even now.

33

What do people not know when they offer karan in Vamachar puja?

Madira stands under a curse — and Shri Krishna's curse after Dwarka

· 21:02–21:50 · Also a question

People do not even know, the speaker says, that if you are offering karan — having gone into the Aghor parampara, offering liquor and performing Vamachar puja as an initiate — you should know that liquor, that is madya, has been cursed. Whose curse? The Yadavas, the descendants of Bhagwan Shri Krishna, were all destroyed at the destruction of Dwarikapuri on account of madira-paan; so the story goes. After that Shri Krishna gave a curse to madira, that the curse would remain in the madira tattva, and whoever drinks it will incur a dosha.

34

What is Shukracharya's curse on madira, and what is shodhan?

Shukracharya's curse, and freeing karan before it is offered

· 21:51–22:14 · Also a question

In the same way, when Bhagwan Narayan took the Mohini swaroop and made the asuras drink madira so that they were deprived of the amrit, a curse was given by the daitya guru Shukracharya as well. For this reason there is a process of shodhan, the speaker says: when karan is offered to any deva shakti, before offering it, it is freed from the curse of Krishna and of Shukra — and only then is it offered, and only then is it drunk.

35

How is karan offered at Tarapith, and why may it not be watched?

The mudras and guru-given mantras used at the shringar pujan

· 22:15–23:08 · Also a question

In the Vam paddhati, when you go to Tarapith at the Ram Ram ghat in West Bengal, at the time when karan is offered there you are forbidden to watch, the speaker says. Nowadays money is taken and everything is shown, and everything there has become open; but at the time of the chief pujan, the shringar pujan, the mudras that come in Panchamakara are used to purify the karan, and by the mantras given in the guru parampara it is freed from the curse of Krishna and Shukra, and only then offered to the devi and drunk.

36

What about matsya and mudra in the Panchamakara?

Then every Bengali and every fisherman would be siddha, and mudra read as money

· 23:09–23:48 · Also a question

Taking matsya: if that were it, the speaker says, then every Bengali would be siddha — the people of Bengal cannot do without maachh-bhaat and eat only fish; if eating fish did it, all would be siddha, and fishermen would be the greatest siddhas. As for mudra, some told of the mudras and some said it meant money — so that the moneyed become siddha, and those who have knowledge of the mudras become siddha, all of them become siddha. These, he says, are the misconceptions spread; it is not like this.

37

Who has actually been called a Bhairav?

The capacity for bharan-poshan, which a new sadhak does not have

· 23:49–24:24 · Also a question

He within whom the capacity for bharan-poshan exists has been called Bhairav, the speaker says — and that is never present in any new sadhak. He then asks the real questions: at what time does a new sadhak need a Bhairavi, at what time is Bhairavi deeksha given, and if someone obtains Kamakhya deeksha, in what manner is it obtained, and what has to be done before that.

38

What does a proper guru have a disciple do first in the Kaul or Shakta marga?

Guru sadhana, then Bhairav sadhana — and the bhav it produces before women

· 24:25–25:03 · Also a question

Whenever you do the seva of any Shakti Peeth, or whenever you receive the deeksha of any shakti, the speaker says, the properly traditional gurus — go into the Kaul marg, go into the Shakta marg — first of all have you do, after guru sadhana, the sadhana of Bhairav ji. In Bhairav sadhana such capacity and such experience are obtained that afterwards, when women come before you, your bhav will simply be different; in the traditional way your bhav before everyone will be different.

39

Are the popular tantra life-stories and autobiographies the sadhana of Kamakhya, or of kshudra shaktis?

Those are the sadhana of kshudra shaktis, not the sadhana of Kamakhya

· 25:04–25:49 · Also a question

The second thing is the misconceptions spread about the body, about Bhairav and Bhairavi, about energy, the speaker says — the currently popular tantra tales, the tantra autobiographies great sadhaks write, so many books, from reading which people now make up stories as well. He states plainly that that is the sadhana of kshudra shaktis, not the sadhana of Kamakhya: the sadhana of kshudra shaktis proceeds in that manner, shamshanik shaktis whose tattva is somewhere mixed in under the swaroop of Kali and Kamakhya, which is also a kind of tantra process.

40

How is such a kshudra shakti actually made?

The potent yoni of one dead before their time, and the retained shukra

· 25:50–26:30 · Also a question

Suppose some young woman of sixteen or seventeen dies an untimely death, or is killed by some tantra kriya, the speaker says: the yoni she goes into is a very powerful yoni. As he had explained about devputras, boys of fourteen or fifteen years, and up to the age of forty or forty-five, or those of twenty-five or thirty who remain unmarried — their shakti is very great, the reason being that the shukra formed in the body has not been emitted anywhere and the capacity remains intact. The same happens with a woman.

41

What is done with that energy, and how is it projected?

Fixing it under a yogini of Bhagavati Kali, and what follows when it is thrown on someone

· 26:31–27:10 · Also a question

To preserve that energy, when they perform siddhi of it, they perform it beneath some yogini of Bhagavati Kali, the speaker says; even if it is perfected independently, it is perfected in that same form. And when it is then fed to someone or has to be projected onto someone, difficulty follows. Sadhaks of this kind today perfect such things — there will be shakti — and then, when some woman in distress comes to them, they tell her there is Bhairavi tattva within you, and have that shakti projected onto her.

42

What happens to a person on whom such a shakti is established?

A surge of kamanas, and the feeling of being always sixteen

· 27:11–27:48 · Also a question

Within her there will then be a very great surge of kamanas, the speaker says. Whatever her age — whether a girl of eighteen or twenty, or of twenty-five or thirty, or of forty or forty-five — such kriyas will happen within her that she will feel herself to be only sixteen years old, and will remain kaam-peedit at all times. In just the same way the prayoga is done upon men; and this, he says, we think has become high-grade tantra.

43

Are such people admitted to the saubhagya archan and chakra pujan?

The bar on entry, and the shraap-mukti of both man and woman

· 27:49–28:21 · Also a question

You will all be greatly astonished to learn, the speaker says, that in the veer bhav process of saubhagya archan and chakra pujan their entry stays forbidden; the entry of women of this kind also stays forbidden. Just as mudra is used to purify madya and free it of the curse, exactly so it is for a woman, and exactly so for a man — there is a process of freeing both from the curse. Without doing that, nobody can ever go inside; never into the chakra pujan.

44

Can sadhana succeed without remaining a brahmachari, as the new manmukhi panths claim?

Manmukhi vidhan, and the claim that sadhana works without brahmacharya

· 28:22–28:51 · Also a question

One who does not properly know the chakra pujan can say anything at all, the speaker says. Nowadays a manmukhi vidhan is running, in which anything can go. Just as the Vaidik vidhan has its own importance, so the Kaul and the Shakta have their own; you may tamper with it and make up anything of your own. A new parampara is being formed nowadays — mukta panth, this panth, that panth — and in it people are even saying that you may do sadhana and puja without remaining a brahmachari and your gati will still occur. A person should never tamper with it, he says.

45

What should be done if a shakti is taking some kind of bhog from us?

What mantra japa raises in the body, and who controls it

· 28:52–29:19 · Also a question

Whenever you do mantra japa, different kinds of effect increase in the body, the speaker says. If the effect increases at the Muladhara, then both kaam and krodh increase. If you do sadhana connected with Bhagavati Kali, then krodh will also increase within you and there will be an increase of kamanas as well — that is, you will be very much afflicted by kaam. To control it, who will control it? Shiva will. Therefore the abhishek of Shiva, the abhishek of Bhairav, is necessary.

46

What if someone tells me I have Kamakhya tattva or Bhairavi tattva within me?

These things occur in every person's body — and the feeling of a sawari

· 29:20–29:42 · Also a question

Brother, plainly and at one stroke, that is wrong, the speaker says. Things of this kind happen in every person's body: every person becomes intoxicated by the effect of a mantra, every person becomes uncontrolled. The more japa one does, the more the effect of that mantra falls differently on every body; and in the state of non-control it will also feel as though someone's sawari is coming. It may indeed come, or it may not — from the effect of mantra japa it may be momentary or it may be considerable.

47

If it feels like a sawari is coming upon me, what is it likely to be?

Ninety per cent of the time, a prior tantra accident

· 29:43–30:15 · Also a question

In this, ninety per cent of the time, the speaker says, if some tantra accident has already happened with you, if there is the effect of tantra upon your body, if someone has made a projection earlier, and you have so far done no high-grade sadhana whose right effect has fallen upon you, and it feels to you that some sawari is coming upon you — then, brother, somewhere you are being affected negatively.

48

What should a sadhak do if someone calls them Bhairav or Bhairavi in order to draw them in?

The milking of money or body, and how tight the actual test is

· 30:16–31:00 · Also a question

Therefore, whether a woman or a man, if during the sadhana period anybody tries to attract you by calling you Bhairavi or Bhairav, tries to milk your money or your body, or says that no, within you there is Kamakhya tattva and you should perform such-and-such chakra pujan — then, the speaker says, this thing is wrong at one stroke. Things of this kind do not happen so, nor are they done so. The test for performing this kind of pujan is a very tightly drawn one; those things are very powerful, and they do not happen while walking along a road.

49

Can a woman wear the Kamakhya dham prasad filled into a kavach, and what is its importance?

The Ambubachi parva from 22 to 26 June, and the cloth given as prasad

· 31:01–31:43 · Also a question

Answering a listener, the speaker says it is popularly known that when Bhagavati becomes rajaswala at Kamrup Kamakhya, the Ambubachi parva is observed every year from 22 June to 26 June, in which it is held that the earth, Dharti Mata herself, becomes rajaswala, and there is a flow of blood from the yoni mandal where the peeth of Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya stands; and that is kept covered, so that the cloth, which is white, becomes red and is distributed in the form of prasad.

50

Is the Ambubachi cloth being sold outside genuine?

The yoni mandal cloth is never given outside the Kamrup peeth to non-initiates

· 31:44–32:23 · Also a question

Its importance is great, the speaker says, but you will have to see whether the cloth you are getting is truly the right thing. All of you should know that the cloth of the yoni mandal is never given, outside the Kamrup peeth, to persons who are not initiated — whoever may be giving it online or from anywhere. If they are initiated persons in some shakti mandal peeth, then they will certainly have that thing; otherwise, everyone guards this thing of theirs.

51

May the Ambubachi cloth be filled into a kavach and worn?

Wear it by all means — but think a hundred times before holding a divine thing on the body

· 32:24–32:46 · Also a question

If she does obtain it, then yes, she may certainly fill it into a kavach and wear it, the speaker says: the effect of Bhagavati will be very great. But he adds that before wearing any divine thing on the body, before holding a divine thing of that kind upon the body, one should think a hundred times over whether our body is capable of bearing energy of that kind or not.

52

Where can the deeksha of Mata Kamakhya be obtained?

From a sadhak of the Shakti Peeth, in the Kaul marg

· 32:47–33:03 · Also a question

By all means take the information properly from some sadhak of the Shakti Peeth and take deeksha, the speaker answers. Take deeksha in the Kaul marg and do it — only then will it be correct.

Asked where the deeksha of Mata Kamakhya can be obtained, the speaker says: by all means, take the information properly from some sadhak of the Shakti Peeth and take DeekshaFormal initiation into a mantra or spiritual practice by a competent Guru.. Take deeksha in the Kaul marg and perform it. Only then will it be correct.

53

How is something that has been fed to a person cut?

The age of the khilaya first, then the ishta's kavach or astra mantra

· 33:04–33:42 · Also a question

One has to see how old the thing that has been fed is, the speaker says, and only after that is its cutting done. To cut it you must, at some particular time, recite the kavach of your ishta or their astra mantra, and having consecrated some object dear to them, that is fed to the person. Many sadhaks feed a banana and induce vomiting; some have honey fed and induce vomiting; some draw the thing out through the navel with their own mouth — everyone has his own different way.

54

What is the mahima of Mata Tripurasundari, and what dosha attaches at Kamakhya?

Kamakhya as the tantra swaroop of Tripurasundari, and the tantra dosha of not doing japa there

· 33:43–34:17 · Also a question

The mahima of Maa is endless, the speaker says. Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya has been held to be the tantra swaroop of Bhagavati Tripurasundari; the ten Mahavidyas and all the Bhairavs are seated in the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra with their whole mandal and parivar. Also, whenever any initiated person goes into the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra and does not do japa of his deeksha mantra there, a tantra dosha attaches to him — which is held to be the most powerful dosha of Kamrup Kamakhya.

55

What should be found out before going into a tantra kshetra?

The rules of the place, where to sit, and the door not to enter

· 34:18–34:32 · Also a question

One should always go to the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra, and to any tantra kshetra, having taken information about what the rules there are, the speaker says. After going into that kshetra, at which place you are to sit and offer stuti and do puja should certainly be asked of your guru. And for those in whose house a Brahm is worshipped, there is a door by which one should not enter Kamrup Kamakhya — of which, he thinks, hardly anyone will have information.

56

What must a family with a worshipped Brahm do before entering the Kamakhya temple?

Tarpan and pujan of the Brahm in the Brahmaputra first

· 34:33–35:05 · Also a question

There is a door in the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra by which, if you enter and a Brahm is worshipped in your house, they will at once be bound, the speaker says. Those in whose house or kula there is a Brahm, worshipped and honoured, have to perform pujan before going into that kshetra and give information of the matter; having invoked them, their tarpan and pujan is first done in the Brahmaputra river — that is, they are purified — and only then is entry made into the Kamrup kshetra, that is, into the Kamakhya temple. If entry is made without doing this, difficulty follows.

57

Can a complex yantra be written on paper instead of bhojpatra?

White paper, copper or silver plate — and the timing and conduct of the goldsmith

· 35:06–35:59 · Also a question

Yes, it may be written on white paper, the speaker answers; pran pratishtha has its own vidhi. If the yantra is very complex, have it engraved on a copper plate by a goldsmith, or have it engraved on a silver plate. Whenever a yantra is to be made, even ordinarily by a goldsmith, first look at the auspicious day and the person, and speak to the goldsmith to have it made between such and such hours — even if he takes a hundred or a thousand rupees more, it should be made at the right time.

58

Can all siddhis be obtained by the guru mantra alone?

The sixteenth kala, and why a guru gives one disciple a mandala and another only the guru mantra

· 36:00–37:27 · Also a question

Asked about the Mahabhairav mantra, he says it can be used now by taking a sankalp, and that is all he will be able to tell just now. All mantras, he says, are not equal even to the sixteenth kala of the guru mantra. Asked then whether all siddhis can be got by the guru mantra alone, and if so why so many kinds of sadhana are needed, he says it is Mahamaya's own leela; the statement is entirely true in its own place that everything can be obtained through the guru mantra.

59

Which Gita should one recite?

The Gita of one's own ishta, and why he holds some mantras back

· 37:28–38:21 · Also a question

In the Guru Gita the importance of the guru has been told, the speaker says, so whosever Gita you recite, in it the importance of that devta's shakti has been told; therefore one should always recite the Gita relating to one's own ishta, so that our faith in them may increase more and more. Asked for a siddh mantra of Hinglaj Mata, he says he has not given her mantra publicly so far — he will tell it, let time come — because after a thing is told, how many people actually do it?

60

How many births must one wait to meet Ishwar?

Not births but bhav — and stuti along with sadhana

· 38:22–39:06 · Also a question

It seems to him, the speaker says, that in this it is not births but our bhavas that carry the greatest weight. Whatever sadhana we do, if along with the sadhana we also sing stuti and recite the granths relating to our ishta, then this will happen sooner — that we take on a likeness, a samyata, with our ishta.

61

Why does health worsen when I do tantra kaat remedies myself?

The place you live in is itself girdled by tantra

· 39:07–39:38 · Also a question

When we do tantra kaat ourselves, why does the body get spoiled, the speaker asks — because the place in which we are living is itself afflicted by tantra badha. If the place where you reside is itself girdled about by some kind of tantra, then where will health benefit come from? Therefore, if you are doing it yourself, japa and the rest should always be done outside, in a temple or a Shakti Peeth, or at Ganga ji, so that you get the greatest benefit; and when that state has been reached, then you may do it at home.

62

How should Hanuman ji's seva be done so that no fault attaches?

Self-restraint, and the misconception that Kamakhya puja allows an open licence

· 39:39–40:34 · Also a question

He says a video on Hanuman ji's seva is being provided. The one thing everybody fears is fault; everyone goes to brahmacharya — that a man or a woman should have no fault in the way they look at the opposite sex. Only by keeping self-restraint can any sadhana be done. It is not at all the case, he says, that if Hanuman ji is to be worshipped then a full brahmacharya vrat must be kept, while when Bhagavati Kamakhya is worshipped there is a complete open licence because it is the Kamakhya swaroop being worshipped and you may look at anyone in whatever way you like. That is a very great misconception. The rule is the same in all — brahmacharya has to be observed.

63

How should water be offered to the sun in the morning?

The window while the rising sun can still be looked at — and the bar on copper for women

· 40:35–41:25 · Also a question

When the sun is fit to be looked at, at sunrise, our eyes can see the rising sun; once it takes on its full brilliance we cannot look at it. So up to the time when Bhagwan Suryanarayan is in the state of being looked at, you should give the water, the speaker says. And women who are kunwari, and those whose marriage has taken place and who are sadhava, that is who wear the shringar, should never give water from a copper lota.

64

Why may women not offer arghya in a copper vessel?

Copper represents Surya and Mangal, and Mangal is the son of Prithvi

· 41:26–42:10 · Also a question

People say copper may be used because it represents the sun and is the sun's swaroop, the speaker notes; but women should not. Copper chiefly represents Surya and the planet Mangal, and Mangal has been held to be an amsha of Mata Prithvi — relate this, he says, to Mata Prithvi being herself in amsha form, or say that Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya is herself descended in the form of the earth, and that at the Ambubachi parva it is said the earth, prakriti herself, becomes rajaswala. And prakriti never gives arghya by touching her own son; Mangal is the son of Prithvi, and arghya is never given holding a son in the hand.

65

Is any woman allowed to use a copper vessel?

A widow, held in tantra to be of the Dhumavati swaroop

· 42:11–43:01 · Also a question

Yes — a woman who is a widow, the speaker says. If you go into tantra, a widow has somewhere been held to be in the Dhumavati swaroop, in the dhoom swaroop; and there, for some reason he cannot state clearly, she has the right to a copper vessel and may use it. Somewhere in it, one may say, the condition of vairagya has come. Therefore no fortunate woman and no kunwari woman should give water to the sun from a copper lota or a copper vessel; men may give it, but women should not.

66

In what manner is the water itself to be poured?

Darshan through the falling stream, and keeping the splash off the feet

· 43:02–43:38 · Also a question

The water is to be given with both hands, in such a way that when it falls upon the earth, the darshan of Suryanarayan keeps happening through the falling stream, the speaker says; and with the eyes open one should keep reciting the Chakshushi vidya and the like, or Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya, or whatever mantra or path of Suryanarayan you know. The falling water's splash should not fall on the feet, so it should be poured into a pot or given to some plant so that the splash does not come upon you.

67

How many times greater is the effect of reciting Shiv Chalisa under a bel tree in Brahma muhurta?

Why a multiplier cannot be given, and why the same practice acts differently on different people

· 43:39–44:40 · Also a question

Questions of this kind — how many times greater the benefit is — can only be known when you do it, the speaker says, because this can be of a different kind for everybody. It may be that a listener who has done a great deal of sadhana, whose prarabdha is already cut and whose whole time passes in sadhanas, begins reciting under a bel tree tomorrow and from the day after begins to have experiences; his prarabdha too will be cut sooner and the effect will come sooner. And if you are new, if you have various diseases and doshas in the body and doshas in the kundali, and you begin the recitation, it will take you time — two, four, five years.

68

Is a havan necessary after completing a Baglamukhi satnam, and may a janeu be offered daily with the chola?

Two short answers on completion and on daily offerings

· 44:41–45:24 · Also a question

Asked whether a havan is necessary after someone completes the satnam of Mata Baglamukhi, the speaker says no, it is not necessary; no dosha will attach, and you may recite with an easy mind. Asked whether a janeu may be offered along with the chola every day, he says if you yourself wear a janeu then you may offer one, and if you do not wear one then do not; and if you offer it daily, then the rule must not be broken — so he himself would say not to do it every day, and to offer it daily only if you are entirely certain that you can.

69

What gati is possible for someone bound into siddhis, like the baba who gave his own wife the place of Kamakhya?

What gati is possible for a jiva bound into such siddhis

· 45:25–46:10 · Also a question

Told of a darbar by the name of Kauri Sarkar, where a baba gave his own former wife the place of Kamakhya, the speaker says that the questioner has thus told everyone how the game runs. What gati will there be, he asks — what gati can a human being have? How much capacity can you and I have? However great a sadhak you become in your life, you may do a crore of japa, two crore, ten crore, a hundred crore. If that much japa is done then there will be liberation; and if it is bound into contemptible siddhis of this kind, then their gati is never going to happen.

70

How large was Bhole Baba when he walked upon this earth?

Kan kan mein Shankar — the smallest and the greatest are both he

· 46:11–46:59 · Also a question

Asked how tall Bhole Baba, the adi purush of this earth, would have been and in which countries he lived, the speaker replies by asking which place there is where Bhole Baba is not. From the way the question is asked, he says, the subtlest of subtle things is also Bhole Baba, and the greatest of great things is also Bhole Baba. There is no such thing at all — Bhole is pervading every particle; that is why it is said, kan kan mein Shankar. What you think about him is what your Bhole Baba depends upon: if you think your Bhole Baba should be very huge, then your Bhole Baba will be so.

71

Is there a difference between worshipping at a great dham and at an ordinary temple?

The same anubhuti at Baijnath Dham and at a small Durga temple

· 47:00–48:05 · Also a question

When we go and perform darshan and pujan of Baba Baijnath Dham Mahadev, the speaker says, the delight of touching him there, the gladness in the mind, the contentment and satisfaction — that same contentment and satisfaction we get when we do puja anywhere else. He sees no difference at all between the two places. The bhav that comes in his mind on seeing them in an ordinary Durga ji's temple, the satisfaction and the intimacy, is exactly the same anubhuti he has when he grasps the feet of Vindhyavasini in the Vindhya kshetra. It depends on your bhav, he says, whether you regard a pebble or a stone as Shiva, or must have a huge manifest form.

72

How is a havan for a satnam to be done?

An ahuti with each of the 108 names, and what men and women mix the haldi into

· 48:06–48:50 · Also a question

The 108 names of the satnam have to be separated out and an ahuti given with each name, the speaker says. If you are a man, mix haldi into ghee; if you are a woman, mix haldi into the havan samagri.

73

Are Baba Mohan Ram Bawri and Marghat Kali kshudra shaktis or lok devtas?

How a sadhak becomes a lok devta, and the choice between jan kalyan and mukti

· 48:51–49:46 · Also a question

Baba Mohan Ram Bawri is worshipped precisely in the form of a lok devta, the speaker says. If you do a great deal of pujan-path and sadhana, the energy produced by the sadhana strengthens the jivatma in your jiva body, and by tapa it goes on being nourished; and then, if sakshatkar with your ishta has occurred or siddhis of that kind have been obtained, and you wish, while remaining in this loka, to do the welfare of your followers, then it is the gift of Sanatan that you may remain situated with your shaktis and siddhis and do the work of jan kalyan. Those who wish to be liberated remain in amsha form and accept mukti, going on ahead to the divya dham.

74

What should be done for a Chandra-Ketu conjunction in the eighth house causing mental suffering?

Upasana of Sadashiva, the dooj moon, and the two- and nine-mukhi rudraksha

· 49:47–50:48 · Also a question

If a Chandra-Ketu conjunction stands, even in the eighth house, and there is very great mental trouble, then you should do the upasana of Bhagwan Sadashiva, the speaker says: do daily dhyan and pujan of the Chandra upon Sadashiva's head. It is called the dooj moon — on the dooj, on the second tithi of the Krishna Paksha and also on the second tithi of the Shukla Paksha, you should particularly perform the abhishek and pujan of Bhagwan Shiva. Also, the two-mukhi rudraksha of Sadashiva should be got made with Chandra, or, if there is a Ketu-Chandra yoga, the nine-mukhi and the two-mukhi rudraksha got made along with Chandra and worn after pujan, and worn for life.

75

What should be done if there is severe pain at the Ajna chakra during mala japa?

Not to flee the spandan but to learn to control it, by Surya trataka

· 50:49–51:26 · Also a question

It is going very well, the speaker tells the questioner; do not run from it. Spandan is beginning at the Ajna chakra, so now begin to control it. How will it be controlled? By trataka sadhana. Surya trataka is the best: rise in the morning, and at the time of sunrise, having freshened up and seated yourself well, do trataka while looking at the sun — then this spandan will begin to be controlled, and the image of your ishta will also begin to be seen. Going further, it is from this that divya drishti is obtained. Do not run from it; learn to control it.

76

I do a hundred malas of japa daily and get fever — what should I do?

Japa only to the measure the body gives capacity for

· 51:27–51:48 · Also a question

One should do only as much japa as the body gives capacity for, the speaker answers. He adds that the Sabar mantras of Mata Durga are available on the Siddh Sabari Vidya channel, and that for the deeksha of Maa Vindhyavasini one may go into the Vindhya kshetra and take it from some sadhak.

77

How are siyar singhi and hattha jodi to be perfected and served?

A living substance, with its own sutak — and why women must not touch it

· 51:49–52:54 · Also a question

If you obtain them, first check with the one giving them whether the right thing is reaching you, the speaker says. Since this is a living substance, a living thing, its seva-puja happens in a different manner, and he will make a separate video on it. One thing to keep particularly in mind: whenever sutak and the like attaches in the house, then just as sutak attaches to a living creature, in the same way sutak attaches to siyar singhi and hattha jodi too, so their pujan is done differently. Secondly, women should never touch them, because it is a thing that consumes sindoor, that consumes the saubhagya — sindoor is its food.

78

A separate video is promised on the sixteen Mondays vrat, and tantrokta objects such as the Durga Bisa yantra are to be used with understanding

A separate video promised, and the three kinds of Durga Bisa yantra

· 52:55–53:44

Use tantrokta objects of this kind with thought and understanding, the speaker says. Asked about the best way to keep the sixteen Mondays vrat, he says he will make a separate video on it, and on the ekadashis too, telling each one separately. Asked whether the Durga Bisa yantra and the Durga tantric yantra are different, he says Durga ji has a great many yantras; the Durga Bisa yantra is for protective matters, and it is of three kinds — one for wealth, one for intellect, and one for strength. The mandal yantra is a separate thing.

79

Are Mahalakshmi Yogini, Mahalakshmi Mata and Kamalatmika different?

One from one view, distinct from the swaroop view of tantra

· 53:45–54:20 · Also a question

Yes, entirely, the speaker says: Mahalakshmi Yogini is distinct, Mahalakshmi Mata is distinct, and Maa Bhagavati Kamala Mahavidya is distinct. In one manner they are all one; but if you go by the sight of tantra, by the difference of swaroop, then they are all separate. Asked whether it is possible for a sadhak to learn sixty-four vidyas in sixty-four days and sixteen kalas, he says it is not possible at all — here a hundred malas of japa bring on a fever, so where will one go to learn sixty-four vidyas; one life is too little, and until there is some deva's grace it does not become possible.

80

Which Bhairav mantra should be used for sadhana?

The pranav-rahit Mahabhairav mantra given on the channel, open to man and woman alike

· 54:21–55:18 · Also a question

The sadhana mantra of Kaal Bhairav, the Mahabhairav mantra, has been given on the channel Mahakal Status Official, the speaker says. Bhairav ji's sadhana should be done with that mantra; it is pranav-rahit. Also, it is a mantra samputed with the Bhairav beej, and any woman or man may do its sadhana without any doubt or hesitation whatever.

81

Is the shakti of a Kritya greater than Mata Durga and the ten Mahavidyas?

A Kritya is every shakti's own kindred power, not a separate devi

· 55:19–56:34 · Also a question

In the field of tantra, the speaker says, as much marketisation as has been done by these people has not been done by anyone else at the present time. As for the shakti of a Kritya: a Kritya is not some separate thing. As he has said before, a Kritya is every shakti's own distinct kindred power; a Kritya is not a separate devi. Bhagavati Baglamukhi has herself been called Mahakritya; Pratyangira has herself been called Mahakritya; and Bhagavati Baglamukhi and Bhagavati Chhinnamastika have been called the Kritya shakti of Bhagwan Shiva.

82

What should someone do who has a great deal of tantra-related trouble?

A knowledgeable person first, then dhooni daily and the Dattatreya mala mantra for forty days

· 56:35–57:23 · Also a question

First of all, if there is a great deal of tantra-related trouble, get yourself examined by some knowledgeable person, the speaker says. Do dhooni daily in the house while reciting the Hanuman Chalisa and the Bajrang Baan. Along with this, if possible, also perform an anushthan of the Dattatreya mala mantra. And doing it for two or four days will make no difference — the trouble will increase, he says in advance; at least forty days have to be done, and after forty days keep doing it again and again, and then the trouble will begin to lessen.

83

Should a householder take a sakam sankalp, and are tarpan and marjan needed in sadhana?

Sakam for a householder, and tarpan-marjan wherever a havan is done

· 57:24–57:59 · Also a question

A householder should take a sakam sankalp, the speaker says — there is no need of nishkam at all just now; if we were nishkam we would not be listening to the channel. Asked whether tarpan and marjan are necessary in sadhana, he says absolutely: if you are doing a havan, then tarpan and marjan are very necessary. In Sabar it is not necessary — in Sabar an achman is done in a different way — but if you have done japa of tantrokta mantras and the like, then tarpan and marjan are necessary.

84

Does a janeu-wearing Brahmin cease to be a Brahmin on taking deeksha in the Kaul marg?

Vashishtha and Arundhati, and Tara worshipped by the Vamachara paddhati

· 58:00–58:51 · Also a question

Asked whether a janeu-wearing Brahmin, on being initiated in the Kaul marg, is finished as a Brahmin on account of Panchamakara, the speaker exclaims and then answers: now tell me, who is a greater Brahmin than Bhagwan Rishi Vashishtha and Mata Arundhati? And Bhagwan Guru Vashishtha attained siddhi by worshipping Bhagavati Tara by the Vamachara paddhati. What more, he asks, is to be said than this.

85

Do the rules of a 108-bead mala apply to a 27-bead sumirani?

Ajapa jap rather than a sumirani, and why home puja cannot equal a Shakti Peeth

· 58:52–59:32 · Also a question

People ordinarily use a sumirani for simran, the speaker says, but in his own view one should do ajapa jap. Why is a sumirani needed at all — when it is only to be done twenty-seven times, one should not keep a sumirani but should do ajapa jap. Asked what may be done in home puja so as to get the effect of a Shakti Peeth's puja, he says that for that you will first have to live in a Shakti Peeth; do it living in a Shakti Peeth, and only then will that effect be obtained.

86

May prasad be offered on the threshold every day?

The chaukhat, the Ashtami, and the Jeevitputrika offering that makes daily prasad risky

· 59:33–1:00:30 · Also a question

No, prasad should not be offered on the chaukhat daily, the speaker says. It is offered on the Ashtami if you are doing kuldevi pujan — on the Ashtami, or on whichever tithi your kuldevi's pujan takes place, or Bhairav ji's pujan; it may be offered by tithi or by day. It should not be offered daily; a lamp you may light daily on the chaukhat, but prasad should not be offered daily.

87

Why do I feel fear at home, and what should be done for a competitive exam?

Dosha in the place produces the fear, and the Ishan mantra for competition

· 1:00:31–1:01:09 · Also a question

Stop being confused, the speaker tells a questioner who feels fear: fear is felt at home because there is a dosha in that place, so bhay will certainly manifest; to come out of the fear you will have to make an effort of that level outside. Asked what sadhana or puja should be done to clear a UPSC or competitive examination, he says he has told this separately — for competition, the sadhana of one of the Panchanan mantras of Bhagwan Rudra, the Ishan mantra.

88

Which Tara mantra should be recited, and is deeksha needed first?

Nothing happens in a single day — and Tara only after deeksha

· 1:01:10–1:01:43 · Also a question

Told that suddenly the light of the sun appeared in the head as though from fire and sleep broke, the speaker says control will come — everything will not happen in a single day, it will happen gradually; one will have to learn to control, and at the beginning things will be up and down and it will feel difficult. Asked which mantra of Mata Tara should be done japa of, he says japa of Mata Tara should be done only after taking deeksha.

89

What are the benefits of wearing a mundmala?

When Sadashiva wore it, and why a householder should not get entangled in it

· 1:01:44–1:02:47 · Also a question

It is awesome for that, the speaker says wryly — but why do you need to wear a mundmala; if you are a householder, do not get entangled in the business of a mundmala. Bhagwan Sadashiva has worn the mundmala only when he has been apart from Bhagavati Sati in each birth, when he has been in the tantra kshetra, or when he has been with Bhagavati in the form of Bhairavi and Bhairav. A mundmala should not be worn just so. Nowadays people are making rules that there are various sorts of rule, a man is wearing it and living at home, and people also put up photographs wearing a mundmala; but go within, he says, and see how much effect it casts and in what manner.

90

Is there harm in suicide according to dharma?

Nobody has the right over death — suicide is flight from prarabdha

· 1:02:48–1:03:41 · Also a question

Nobody has the right over death, the speaker says. If we kill ourselves then we are fleeing from prarabdha. Why do we commit suicide — we are fleeing from some suffering: drowned in debt, or some bodily suffering, and to be rid of that suffering we commit suicide. Even if, after suicide, gati is somehow obtained — very well, one did not become a bhoot or pret, some karma remained or the parents had such karma performed — in the next birth it will have to be undergone all the same; you will not be able to flee, so how many times will you flee by committing suicide.

91

What should one pray for when the times are bad?

Ask for the capacity to undergo it, and do not chase miracles

· 1:03:42–1:04:10 · Also a question

Better than suicide, the speaker says, is that while living one should undergo it and make the effort that the prarabdha be cut and also enjoyed through. When times run badly, one should pray to Bhagwan: you have given a bad time, so give also the capacity to undergo it. And one should not get caught up in any miracle, he repeats. His aim, he says, is not to have siddhi accomplished in a single day.

92

Can deeksha be taken at Vindhyachal, and whom should one trust there?

The Saptashati-reciting Brahmins in red or yellow cloth, and taking your time

· 1:04:11–1:05:09 · Also a question

After going into the Vindhya kshetra, into the Vindhyachal temple, look at the Brahmins who recite the Saptashati there, the speaker says — some Brahmins go there by daily rule and recite the Saptashati, wearing red cloth or yellow cloth. From among them you may go and take information and ask that you wish to take deeksha of such a kind. You may ask them questions until you are satisfied — my situation is this, this is my kula, it will happen in this manner. Take deeksha when you are satisfied; or, rather than taking deeksha the first time, keep contact with them for some days.

93

Is the deeksha of Bhagavati Vindhyavasini's own swaroop easy to get?

They test you too — and why the Lakshmi-related deekshas are the ones given

· 1:05:10–1:06:11 · Also a question

They will also test you and see whether you are worthy of so great a deeksha, and only then will they give it, the speaker says. Taking deeksha of the swaroop of Vindhyavasini at Vindhyachal is extremely difficult; hardly anyone from outside will get it. But of the shaktis established within her swaroop the deeksha may be had — since everyone has laukik desires, and the desire for wealth chiefly, and in even the desire for siddhi wealth is somewhere lodged, so chiefly it is the Lakshmi-related deekshas that people there give.

94

Which sadhana increases atmabal?

The kavach path of the one you have faith in, at least eleven hundred times

· 1:06:22–1:06:46 · Also a question

The kavach path of those in whom you have shraddha and faith increases atmabal the most, the speaker says. When you do the path and read that such-and-such swaroop should protect this limb of mine, and when the bhavana begins, then your atmabal will increase of itself. One should do the path as much as possible; at the very least eleven hundred recitations should certainly be done.

95

Can a Gayatri anushthan be done after using Panchamakara?

The Gayatri that is given within the Kaul parampara one is initiated in

· 1:06:47–1:07:04 · Also a question

When you are initiated in the Kaul parampara, the speaker tells the questioner, at present you are doing Gayatri; there, according to the Kaul parampara, the Gayatri relating to that in which you are initiated is given to you.

Asked whether a Gayatri anushthan may be done after making use of Panchamakara, the speaker says: when you are initiated in the Kaul parampara — at present you are doing Gayatri. There, according to the Kaul parampara, the Gayatri relating to that in which you will be initiated is given to you.

96

Is it right to do japa and path in a ruined and unworshipped temple?

Ugra shaktis and a curse upon the place, and the shanti pujan and bali that must come first

· 1:07:05–1:07:59 · Also a question

In a ruined and unworshipped temple the effect of ugra kinds of shakti is greatest, the speaker says, and whatever the reason for which that temple has remained ruined and unworshipped, a curse attaches to it and those people remain cursed; therefore the shakti of that place is very greatly ugra. If you are going to that temple to do seva-puja or any anushthan, then first of all certainly perform a shanti pujan and the like for the sake of the shaktis of that place. If you are a Brahmin, or a sadhak as well, you should perform a Gayatri anushthan and the like there and make everyone tripta and content, and only then perform any anushthan there.

97

Who is Bhadrakshi, and of which loka is she?

A yogini and paricharika swaroop of Bhadrakali, worshipped in the tamas manner

· 1:08:00–1:09:07 · Also a question

As for loka, Shiva loka alone will come, the speaker says, and Bhadrakshi is among the anga vidyas of Maa Bhadrakali in a yogini swaroop, and among the paricharikas too the name Bhadrakshi comes. But if you are the first person asking about this swaroop, and if she is your kuldevi, then the pujan will always chiefly be in the swaroop of Bhagavati Bhadrakali. Her pujan cannot be done independently, because she is an ugra and tamas-predominant devi; her pujan is done in the tamas manner. Plainly, the asura kula of former times used to worship the devi Bhadrakshi in the ugra manner, performing bali pujan and the like.

98

What should be done for a south-facing door, and what care is needed for japa near a river sangam?

Yellow cloth at the south door, and rakshamantra where a shamshan adjoins the sangam

· 1:09:08–1:10:02 · Also a question

For a south-facing door of the house, first of all a yellow cloth or a yellow curtain should be put on the south-facing door, the speaker says; if a dhwaja related to yellow cloth can be established, it should always remain there, if your entrance is south-facing. Asked what care is needed for japa near a river sangam where there is also a shamshan, he says that if one is initiated, the recitation of a raksha mantra and the like should certainly be done — and in a desolate place no japa or path at all should be done.

99

If I cannot meet my guru, may I use a Sabar prayog myself, and in what order should sadhana begin?

The sequence — guru mantra, Dattatreya, Ganpati and Bhairav, then kuldevi, then Shiva

· 1:10:03–1:10:55 · Also a question

If you have perfected the Sabar mantras, then you may use them, the speaker says. Asked where to do kuldevi sadhana and Shiva sadhana, at a temple or at home, and in what order, he says: if you are new and are doing your first sadhana, then first of all you should do the sadhana of the guru mantra. If there is no guru, then Bhagwan Dattatreya holds within himself the swaroop of all three, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, so japa and sadhana of the mantras relating to Bhagwan Dattatreya should be done. After that, if you wish to do Shiva ji's sadhana, then before that do the kuldevi's sadhana; and before even that you should do the sadhana of Ganpati and Bhairav. In order, this is how it goes.

100

During sadhana it repeatedly feels that some shakti is standing at my bedside — is this right or wrong?

The test is whether it feels pleasant or frightening

· 1:10:56–1:11:15 · Also a question

Say whether you are feeling fear and dread, or whether it feels good, the speaker answers. If it is feeling good to you, if it feels pleasant, then it is a good shakti. If fear is being felt, then it may be an ugra shakti, and it may also be a negative shakti.

101

Why should a mala, yantra or asana be kept for a lifetime rather than dissolved?

The older the mala, yantra and asana, the more they grow — against a tradition of dissolving everything

· 1:11:54–1:12:52 · Also a question

Know it plainly from one thing, the speaker says: in Sanatan and in every tantra parampara it has always been said that one mala, one yantra, one asana should be used for a lifetime — that the older it is, the more it will grow. In their parampara every yantra is made to be dissolved. Even if you do Lakshmi sadhana, they will say do the visarjan after a fifteen-day sadhana. Brother, he says, this same tantra is running — the visarjan of everything; give whatever reason you like.

102

Which kavach is not made impure by sutak and patak?

The Kamakhya Kavach — and the one condition under which a great dosha does attach

· 1:12:53–1:13:47 · Also a question

The Kamakhya Kavach, the speaker says: in no condition and in no manner does its effect lessen in sutak and patak, nor does it become impure. But if any man or woman ever wears this kavach and establishes a relation with another man or another woman, then a very great dosha attaches. Apart from that, it never becomes impure.

103

Do the Rudraganas have a limit of kshetra, and how was Ravana destroyed despite the Nikumbhila path?

No maryada of kshetra for the Rudraganas, and destruction for wrong action however great the tantrik

· 1:13:48–1:14:18 · Also a question

The Rudraganas have no maryada, no maryada of kshetra, the speaker says — yes, if you have sent them with a sankalp for some inauspicious work, then there they will be bound by maryada. Asked how important anga pujan is, and how Ravana was destroyed although he was doing the Saptashati path in the Nikumbhila order, he says: in whatever order one recites, and however great a knower of tantra one may be, if he does a wrong act then his destruction will certainly occur. The devtas themselves will destroy him.

104

What was the Nikumbhila path, and what did Ravana actually do?

The siddhi of Pratyangira with her sixty-four yoginis, and the curse of Nalakubara

· 1:14:19–1:15:03 · Also a question

That he recited the path in the Nikumbhila order means he had the siddhi of the swaroop of Bhagavati Pratyangira, the speaker says; Bhagavati remained ever seated there with her sixty-four yoginis. But whom did he abduct — which woman did he touch, who was herself the very swaroop of Bhagavati, and with what sight he lifted her, all of you know. Then why should his slaying not occur, why should his destruction not occur. He did a wrong act with his own daughter-in-law, and Nalakubara, who was as a son, gave the curse that if you ever touch any woman against her will and perform such an act, then at that very moment you will meet death.

105

Why did Sita ji never look at Ravana with a direct gaze?

The fire seated in her sight, and the point Bhagwan was making

· 1:15:04–1:15:47 · Also a question

All of you should have one more piece of information, the speaker says: here and there saints tell in their pravachans that Sita ji never used to look at Ravana with a direct gaze. Though we all know it as maryada — yet had she looked, the fire seated in her sight would have reduced him to ashes. What is Ravana, he asks, before her who is the supreme Mahashakti; what could she not do, what capacity would he have before her. But it was a leela, so that Bhagwan might place this thing before all of us: however powerful anyone may be, if he does wrong he will not be saved.

106

How is a rudraksha mala purified?

Why chief tantra sadhanas are not made public, and where the purification vidhi is

· 1:15:48–1:16:26 · Also a question

Information on Swarnakarshan Bhairav sadhana can never be had on this channel, the speaker says, and for that he asks pardon — because the chief tantra sadhanas are also most particular sadhanas, and there is no benefit in making them public; people only listen, and then only misuse of it happens. Asked how a purchased rudraksha mala is to be purified, he says the vidhi of purification has been given on the channel — look at the very first five or seven videos, in which the whole method for a mala has been told. Asked which mantra should be taken to begin sadhana, he says one may do a beejakshari, and one may also do a mala mantra.

107

Where does Bhagavati Kamakhya reside within a woman?

Kamakhya tattva seated within every woman, from the first menstruation until it ceases

· 1:16:27–1:17:15 · Also a question

Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya remains seated within every woman, the speaker says. From the time a woman first has her monthly period, until the time when it is not permanently ended from her body, until then Kamakhya tattva remains seated within every woman; and it is by the blessing of this very Bhagavati that anyone's progeny increases. If someone's line grows, then there is Bhagavati Kamakhya's blessing in it.

108

What connection do the kuldevis have with the Kamrup kshetra?

The Vindhya pandas taking Bhagavati Vindhyavasini to Kamakhya for the four days

· 1:17:16–1:17:42 · Also a question

Chiefly, all the kuldevis and kuldevtas there are certainly have their place in the Kamrup kshetra, the speaker says; they certainly have a regular standing there, and they go. You should even have this information, he adds: in the Vindhya kshetra too, when the Ambubachi parva takes place, the sadhaks there and the chief pujaris and pandas take Bhagavati Vindhyavasini, in her kuldevi swaroop, to Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya for four days. Such is the mahima of that kshetra; its greatness has somewhere been shown by this.

109

Why is a rajaswala woman forbidden puja?

The claim that modern devices make the restriction unnecessary, and his answer to it

· 1:17:43–1:18:22 · Also a question

Some very great YouTubers have told on their channels, the speaker says, that if during Navratri a woman is doing sadhana and becomes rajaswala in the middle of the Navratri, then she may do the sadhana and no dosha attaches — that in earlier times people did this because there was the effect of impurity, whereas now there are many devices by which you can remain pure. This is entirely wrong, he says: no person can be a greater wicked and sinning one than those who tell such contemptible things by violating the maryadas of shastra. Maryada should never be violated.

110

What does the agni tattva do within a woman who becomes rajaswala?

The agni tattva rising within, and the irritability that follows

· 1:18:23–1:19:04 · Also a question

Know what the cause is, the speaker says. When a woman becomes rajaswala, then Kamrup Kamakhya, who is the chief swaroop of Bhagavati, is the swaroop of the kamanas and the swaroop of agni. The quantity of agni tattva rises within a woman — he has said this before too — and the swaroop of the devas is itself connected with agni tattva. Now, a woman filled with agni tattva, who has herself become the very swaroop of shakti, and in an ordinary woman, on account of the predominance of agni tattva, becomes irritable — any woman will be very irritable at that time, anger will come, she will weep, she will be very emotional, that is, her ordinary level will be displaced. In such a condition, when she sits down to do pujan, maryadas will be violated.

111

What happens when a woman filled with agni tattva touches a deva vigraha?

No coolness obtained, and the lok shakti that withdraws from the place

· 1:19:05–1:19:44 · Also a question

The second thing is that a woman filled with agni tattva, touching a deva vigraha filled with agni tattva, performing pujan and the archan of flowers and the rest, or doing japa and smaran of their name seated at the puja place, will suffer distress from it — because agni will increase agni, and coolness will not be obtained at all, the speaker says. For this reason too it is forbidden. Secondly, if a lok shakti is present there, then the lok shakti at once moves away from that place: as with the Mohan Ram Baba someone asked about, if such shaktis are worshipped in someone's house and a rajaswala woman goes to their place, those things at once withdraw.

112

Is a rajaswala woman worshipped as the swaroop of Kamakhya in tantra?

That maryada is different, and where alone such pujan occurs

· 1:19:45–1:20:28 · Also a question

People say that in the sequence of tantra a rajaswala woman has been held to be the swaroop of Kamakhya and her puja has been done, the speaker notes. Brother, its maryada is different, he answers — that pujan happens in a peeth. And in a peeth, in the karma pujan and the chakra pujan that take place, keep in mind that in every chakra pujan and in every saubhagya archan the entry of a rajaswala woman is forbidden. It is only in the Kamrup kshetra and in pujans of that kind — and not in every pujan even of Kamakhya.

113

How should a household treat a rajaswala woman?

Particular honour, the doshas that are pacified, and the ancestors' rule of rest

· 1:20:29–1:21:38 · Also a question

The maryada of this thing should remain intact, the speaker says, and whenever a woman in the house is in such a condition, she should be given particular respect — every man should do it, and should take care of her. Somewhere, when she is gentle and content, if there is any woman-caused dosha in your birth kundali, that too is pacified by it. Therefore, somewhere, this was a very good rule made by our ancestors: that at such a time women would not cook food and the rest, and would rest, and the other people should do the work at that time.

114

If an event occurred merely by a baba's saying it, nothing would be left to one's own faith and effort

If a baba's word made an event occur, what would be left

· 1:21:39–1:22:25

He will say only this much, the speaker tells the questioner: that if some event were to occur merely by a baba's saying it, then what indeed is left. If you wish to become an IAS, then have faith in yourself, and take hold only of those in whom you have the greatest trust and faith. Whatever seva-puja you can do within a limit, according to your strength and capacity, take hold of it regularly — for instance, if you worship Shiva ji, then you may do japa of Shiva ji's satnam and his Ishan mantra, pranav-rahit, and may recite his kavach. And while doing all this, make preparation for your ishta, and leave the rest to them.

115

Can a marriage into a rich house override what prarabdha has written?

Prarabdha catching up, and why he trusts Bhagavati above the kundali and the palm lines

· 1:22:26–1:23:37 · Also a question

Suppose it is written in your prarabdha that the marriage should be into a poor house, and by one means or another you marry into a rich house, the speaker says: even if the marriage takes place into a rich house, if it is written that life is to be passed in poverty, then some event or other will certainly occur, so that in two or four, five or ten years you will become poor. And if your prarabdha is good and you do seva-puja, then it may also change — it may be that living in poverty was written, but that the poverty is not of that level.

116

When should a mala or yantra be dissolved, and what is Kamakhya's swaroop held to be?

Visarjan on breakage, and Kamakhya as the mixed swaroop of Kali and Tara

· 1:23:38–1:23:58 · Also a question

Asked when a mala or yantra should be dissolved, the speaker says: if the mala breaks, or the yantra becomes broken, then. And Bhagavati Kamakhya, in one manner, has been held to be the mixed swaroop of Maa Kali and Tara; Kamakhya is in herself a Mahayogini and a distinct swaroop.

Asked when any mala or yantra should be given visarjan, the speaker says: if the mala breaks, or if the yantra becomes broken, then. Bhagavati Kamakhya, in a manner of speaking, has been held to be the mixed swaroop of Maa Kali and Tara. Kamakhya is in herself a Mahayogini and a distinct swaroop.

117

What should a sadhak do at home during the Ambubachi parva?

Bathing the vigraha on 22 June and covering her wholly in red cloth

· 1:23:59–1:24:43 · Also a question

The last thing he will say, the speaker states, is what is to be done and not done in the Ambubachi parva. Every sadhak, whether sadhika or sadhak, should at the time of the Ambubachi parva cover the Shri vigrahas of Bhagavati in your house with red cloth — as you do the puja of Bhagavati Durga, or the puja of Bhagavati Kalika — from 22 June up to 26 June. On 22 June, early in the morning, have Bhagavati bathed and the rest, quite early in the morning, and cover her wholly with red cloth. Only her eyes and face should be faintly visible. Whatever ornaments are upon her body, all the ornaments should be removed; if there are weapons to be put on and given into her hands, those should be taken out and given rest.

118

What is offered to Bhagavati during the four days of Ambubachi, and how is she unveiled?

Madhu morning and evening, and the unveiling with haldi water and scented dravyas

· 1:24:44–1:25:28 · Also a question

She should be kept covered completely with red cloth and will remain in that same state; the bhog of madhu should certainly be offered to Bhagavati at that time, every morning and evening, the speaker says. Whatever seva-puja, sadhana, havan and the rest of the four days you wish to do, you may do; you may do the jagran of mantras and so on. On the last day, after the 26th — that is, on the 27th — you will again lift the cloth from Bhagavati's body and perform abhishek upon her properly with haldi water and scented dravyas and the rest. Then you will dress her in new cloth and put on the ornaments, and the cloth Bhagavati had worn for four days you should keep at the place where you keep your wealth, or wear it in a kavach, or tie it on the hand — you may put it to good use as you wish.

119

Which forms of Bhagavati should be covered during the Ambubachi parva?

Whichever Shri vigraha stands installed at home

· 1:25:29–1:25:57 · Also a question

Every person should perform pujan in this manner at the time of the Ambubachi parva, the speaker says — whichever swaroop of Bhagavati it may be, whether Kali, or Durga, or Maa Bhagavati Bagla; chiefly, whosever Shri vigraha is installed at home, they should certainly be covered. The subject has been told separately on the channel too, and he will put it up again.

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