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Swamiji on Maa Kali
'Kal' means Darkness; Kali takes away that Darkness. She takes away the darkness from every individual who strives in the path of perfection by performing the spiritual disciplines of purifying austerities. Just as all the colors of the spectrum mix into black, yet still black remains black, so too, Kali, who is completely Dark, Unknowable, takes away all the Darkness, yet She, Herself, remains unchanged.
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With the blessings of our Gurus, we continued to make japa of the Sharanagata Mantra in 2008 and have offered more than 800,000 mantras. Thank You! The Japa totals as of June 15th 2008 are as follows:
| Ambika |
17,280 |
| Ananda Kaanta |
307,368 |
| Aparna |
18,900 |
| Brindavanshakti |
8,856 |
| Devi |
104,112 |
| Eric |
21,870 |
| Janitri |
8,000 |
| Jennifer |
20,628 |
| Jun |
12,096 |
| Kalachandra |
6,264 |
| Kaliananda |
17,504 |
| Kanda |
14,148 |
| Leela |
9,936 |
| Morningsong |
17,172 |
| Nanda |
1,080 |
| Parvati |
17,280 |
| Ramya |
12,494 |
| Rosario |
19,332 |
| Sivakumar |
7,992 |
| Srini |
16,848 |
| Tapomayi |
8,016 |
| Usha |
138,930 |
| Total | 806,106 |
