Prior to our Hallowe'en lecture on ghosts in the Tantrik world, we recite a few hymns and poems to Mahākāla Bhairava and Mā Bhairavi (Abhinava Gupta's Bhairava Stava and the two Kālī poems by Swami Vivekananda) that feature similar macabre elements to make a point about radical acceptance, non-duality and overcoming fear.
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00:00:00 Different Types of Ghosts in the Tantrik World
00:03:34 Poetic Meters in Sanskrit Spiritual Literature
00:12:20 A Tribute to Swami Lakshman Joo
00:18:55 Bhairava Stava of Abhinava Gupta
00:30:20 Brief Commentary on the Bhairava Stava
00:31:00 Introduction to Swami Vivekananda's poems to Kali
00:32:07 "Kali, The Mother" by Swami Vivekananda
00:33:30 Commentary on "Kali, The Mother"
00:40:33 And Let Syāmā Dance There (Swamijis Bengali Poem to Kālī)
00:49:20 Commentary on "And Let Syāmā Dance There"