This morning I saw this little clip from the black and white Bengali movie "Sadhak Kamalakanta" on YouTube and it inspired me to say a few words on the Tantrik approach to meditation. Here is the mantra that was chanted in the video and that we used for the meditation:

dhyānam

oṁ krīṁ karālavadanāṁ ghorāṁ muktakeśīṁ caturbhujām।
kālikāṁ dakṣiṇāṁ divyāṁ muṇḍamālāvibhūṣitām॥1॥

sadyaśchinnaśiraḥkhaḍgavāmādhordhvakarāmbujām।
abhayaṁ varadaṁ caiva dakṣiṇordhvādhaḥ pāṇikām॥2॥

mahāmeghaprabhāṁ śyāmāṁ tathā caiva digambarīm। 
kaṇṭhāvasaktamuṇḍālīgaladrudhiracarcitām॥3॥

karṇāvataṁsatānītaśavayugmabhayānakām।
ghoradaṁṣṭrāṁ karālāsyāṁ pīnonnatapayodharām॥4॥

śavānāṁ karasaṅghātaiḥ kṛtakāñcīṁ hasanmukhīm।
sṛkkadvayagaladraktadhārāvisphuritānanām॥5॥

ghorarāvāṁ mahāraudrīṁ śmaśānālayavāsinīm। 
bālārkamaṇḍalākāra-locanatritayānvitām॥6॥ 

danturāṁ dakṣiṇavyāpimuktālambikacoccayām।
śavarūpamahādevahṛdayoparisaṁsthitām॥7॥

śivābhirghorarāvābhiścaturdikṣu samanvitām। 
mahākālena ca samaṁ viparītaratāturām॥8॥ 

sukhaprasannavadanāṁ smerānanasaroruhām।
evaṁ sañcintayet kālīṁ dharmakāmārthamokṣadām॥9॥(siddhidām)

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