Cāmuṇḍā Chanting + Kirtan

On Navami last week, for our final online Navarātri celebration, we chanted one māla of the siddha-kunjika mantra together, which as it says in the Rudra-Yāmala Tantra is itself equivalent to chanting the whole Caṇḍi! Be forewarned: this is quite a powerful mantra so one's experience of it can be quite intense, especially after chanting it in such a sustained way like this. Here's the mantra:

ōṃ aiṃ hrīṃ klīṃ chāmuṇḍāyai vichchē ।
ōṃ glauṃ huṃ klīṃ jūṃ saḥ jvālaya jvālaya jvala jvala prajvala prajvala
aiṃ hrīṃ klīṃ chāmuṇḍāyai vichchē jvala haṃ saṃ laṃ kṣaṃ phaṭ svāhā ॥ 5 ॥

Then, of course, we plunge into some kirtan! To sing and clap and celebrate God is Sri Ramakrishna's preferred prescription for worldliness! Kirtan begins at 00:48:45 with the first and third hymns of the Caṇḍi, Shiva kirtan begins around 1:08:30 and at 1:17:10 Eliotji leads us in the Kāmākhya Ārati centered around the daśa-mahāvidyas:

Namo Kāmākhya Namo Kāmākhya Jaya Jaya Māta Namo Kāmākhya

Śakti-pīṭha Namo Namah, Ādi Śakti Namo Namah

Māta Kālika Namo Namah, Tāra Mā Namo Namah

Tripura-Sundarī Namo Namah, Bhūvaneśvarī Namo Namah

Chinnamastaka Namo Namah, Māta Bhairavī Namo Namah

Dhūmavatī Mā Namo Namah, Bagalāmukhī Mā Namo Namah

Mātangī Mā Namo Namah, Kāmalātmika Namo Namah

Also, forgive me for the very sludgy and distorted sound of the guitar . When I was playing in punk bands, that was exactly the kind of tone I wanted but for this video, it sounds very muddy! I think the gain is on too high on the microphone! I'll do a soundcheck next time :'( 

And also, the video quality is kind of wonky so if you'd prefer just an audio version of all of this to chant along to, I've attached the audio-file with this post! 

Special thanks to Danielji and Eliotji for the percussions and thank you to all who came online and in person to celebrate Mā on Navami! 

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Lectures happen live every Monday at 7pm PST and again at Friday 11am PST
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For more videos, guided meditations and instruction and for access to our lecture library, visit me at:
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