To Linda: Amma and Kali, plus Bhajan

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My professor had one question, very important to her, to ask Amma. It

was "Are you Bhadrakali?" (This is one of the two professors who took

us to Kerala and introduced us to Bhadrakali.) She was unable to ask

the question so I have been sending her the Amme-Kali stroies as

posted here. This message included the English translation of Hrim

Kali:

 

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Namah shivaya

 

Reminds me of another swami story.. One of Amma's swamis once

insisted that Amma give him a vision of Her form as Kali ...

Amma said that he wouldnt be able to bear it.. but then he

insisted. He even went on a fast and prayed deeply for that

vision.

 

One day he was outside Amma's room. ( this was in those days

when Amma used to give darshan in a hut - "kutil darshan") .

Amma was walking up and down from the hut and towards the

staircase to Her room and back.

 

and even as the swami was looking , when she walked in one

direction She appeared as the normal Amma and when She walked in

the other direction She was Kali- 30 feet tall( he said that she

was at the height of the palm tree), with tongue hanging out and

all....

 

the swami was overcome, and frankly terrified. He just looked

down in fear and bowed his head down. after that Amma came and

told him "Didnt I tell you you wouldnt be able to bear it?".

 

It was after this vision, that the swami composed the bhajan

"Hrim Kali".

 

Jai Kali Ma.

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Followed by the words, in English translation, to the bhajan

"Hrim Kali"

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Dear Amma Family:

 

Here are the lyrics to "Hrim Kali" translated into English.

Their

may be inaccuracies but the spirit is present. I got this

translation from a non_Amma Hindu orientented web site.

 

O Goddess Kali identified with the sound "Hrim",

the Great Kali, Mother Amritanandamayi,

Who takes one across the Ocean of Becoming,

an Incarnation of Compassion and Bliss,

Mother Amritanandamayi.

In the beginning, Mother became the Lotus-eyed One.

Then She became Kali, Her actual form.

Kali became peaceful becoming Lalitambika,

the Mother for Her children.

She became the refuge for the devotees,

the Servant of servants,

the Guru for ascetics,

and everything for lowly me...

O Mother Bhagavati, gracious Amritanandamayi.

Thy mood as Krishna is a delight to the eyes

Thy Mood as Devi soothes the heart

 

Goddess in visible form,

Eye of my eyes,

For wrongs done knowingly or unknowingly,

forgive and protect me,

O Mother Bhagavati, Amritanandamayi.

 

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Aikya

 

 

 

 

Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> Iswari wrote:

>

> "Amma, I've heard it said that You are Kali. Is this true?" Amma

just

> laughed and shook Her head, "no." But then, all of a sudden, She

jumped out at the

> woman, arms flying, with Her eyes bulging out and Her tongue

waggling,

> laughing the entire time!

>

>

> Dear Group ~ I have felt drawn to the suggestion I made earlier in

response

> to this post.

> I want to make a sankalpa to collect stories of Amma appearing as

Kali. I

> checked my old digests, but I couldn't find the other two recent

stories, and I

> especially would like to include the one about the swami who saw

Amma as 30

 

 

 

 

> ft. tall Kali. I don't know how many stories

>

> I might collect. I will leave that up to Amma's grace. If you belong

to a

> satsang, perhaps you can check with your satsang members to see if

anyone knows

> a story of this theme that can be sent to me on the digest or to my

email:

> _Nierika@a..._ (Nierika@a...)

>

> It feels to me that once it looks like I am getting enough stories

that it

> may become a book, I will write to Swami Dayamrita and tell him of

my idea and

> ask permission to put this collection together and then turn it over

to

> Amritapuri or the M.A. Center to publish. I want nothing for myself

out of this,

> save for the joy of collecting these stories so they may be shared

with other

> Amma devotees.

>

> There are many books in the Amma bookstore, many like "Awaken

Children"

> series of a more general theme of various times in Amma's life,

others are

> biographies, others still are stories of devotees personal

experiences in coming to

> Amma, like Savriti Bess' "The Path of The Mother." But there are

none that

> have stories of Amma as Kali. I read many years ago that Amma made a

pilgrimage

> to, perhaps it was Dakshiniswar (sorry for the spelling), to

worship Kali.

> It made a huge impresson on me as these stories are doing.

>

> So whoever has a story to share, please help me with this seva I

feel called

> to do. Please be sure to include your name as I want to attribute

the

> stories to actual people (your Amma name and your original name),

and if you know

> the approximate date or year that the experience occurred. I am

having a

> vision of a wonderful book for devotees, with these marvelous

stories, and with

> illustrations. My heart feels very full as I write this, and tears

are coming to

> my eyes; I see Amma smiling at me. Jai Ma ~ Linda

>

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