Bagalamukhi / A word of caution

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Nikhil, thanks for sharing There are some grains of truth in

what you wrote. Hence worship of certain deities and chanting of

associated mantras are best guided by a guru, swami or sadhu willing

to take on the individual. By doing so, a guru, swami, sadhu or

other holy person first has to give the person Nama Diksha, then

Mantra Diksha, which usually commences with Saguna Mantra (God/dess

Form Realization), before proceeding further. This is one of the

responsibilities of a true guru who himself/herself had realized or

been initiated by relevant Classical Orders of India and gone

through all the rites to the level of at least Poona Sanyas. I can

assure you there are many competent gurus and swamis in India who

are able to initiate and guide a person along but only if they feel

it is right to do so. By taking on a chela, a guru also absolves

the chela's karmas...... It is no light decision. This is why some

people are turned away from ashrams.

 

That said, there are individuals who posses past life samskaras that

enable them to remove the "nails" without realizing it, when they

chant mantras or worship deities such as Chinnamasta & Bala Tripura

Sundari, etc. The 10 MahaVidyas are actually accessible to all who

possess sheer bhakti. For difficult mantras with "nails", Pure

Bhakti have the power to remove those "nails".

 

With all due respect, do not believe everything you read. Most

writers sometimes just do research to put a book together without

having been actually initiated themselves in a Classical Order or

under the tutelage of a guru. Please analyze for yourself when

reading certain books

 

Ommmmmm

 

 

, Nikhil V

<nikhil_v23 wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> I am not an expert in Tantra, not even an amateur. If

> there is anything wrong in what I am stating below, I

> am sure that there are competent masters in this group

> who can correct me.

>

> The sadhana of dieties like Chinnamasta, Tripura

> Bhiravi, Dhumavati, and Bagalamukhi are not commonly

> practiced because of the intricacies involved in the

> actual rituals and the lack of competent masters who

> can cut through the twilight language in which the

> rituals are mantioned in Tantra.

>

> Eg: Chinnamasta Mantra & Bala Tripura Sundari mantra

> has "a Kilaka" (been nailed down by the godess).

> Unless the person chants the mantra for removing the

> nails tying down the mantra as prescribed even after

> chanting a million times the results of chanting wont

> be achieved. (details may be found in Mantra Mahodadhi

> of Mahindhara).

>

> Also unlike benevolenet forms of the godess like

> Kamala, Lakshmi or even Durga, mistakes in Sadhana may

> not be easily forgiven by the Aatugra (Terrifying)

> form of Mahavidyas. So one may take up the sadhana

> only if one is sure that you can complete it without

> getting distracted and making mistakes. Some say if

> you approach the godess with the innocence of a litle

> child she will guide you through out the sadhana

> herself. But I am not sure how many will be able to do

> that.

>

> GOOD lUCK

>

> Nikhil

>