Sharing Tantra's Secret Knowledge PART II

[Guest guest]

Should the secret knowledge of Tantra be shared on the Web? Two

accomplished Srividyas at Shakti Sadhana say, "Yes." Our our co-

moderator, Kochu (Bhasurananda Natha) and the venerable Sri

Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji) recently discussed the question,

and have authorized us to share their views here for the benefit and

discussion of our members.

 

Kochu's comments preceded in Part I. Below are the comments of Amrita:

 

"I have published mantras on the web. I am trying to do everything

possible to make information available to people through interactive

teaching media. So you have my take on this.

 

It is true I am taking on the karmas of all those who misuse it. Let

me suffer gladly for that.

 

If i am connected to Goddess, she is taking on the karmas made by

Her. Let Her enjoy it.

 

Ramanuja went to top of roof and shouted the mantra given to him by

his guru who extracted a promise that he would not reveal it to any

one.

 

My feeling is that information should be made available. Just because

it is available, it does not

imply that every one looks at it.

 

It is in this spirit that books on Parashurama Kalpasutra are

published. Don't they contain the

decoded Mantras? What is the esential difference in publishing it in

a book or on the web?

 

The problem with books was that soundtracks were not there.

Interactivity was not there. Now they are, courtesy of the Web. It is

a proper auditory transmission from a guru to sishya.

 

How many so called Gurus are actually giving the information in such

detail to sishyas now? The gurus themselves are just throwing the

mantras not knowing any intricacies.

 

If our learned Gurus don't tell publicly the secrets, all kinds of

wrong interpretations go round. The wise shall choose to speak.

Otherwise, the unwise have their way.

 

Look at all the play with tantra in the form of sexual licence. Given

that what we are saying is probably less than 0.1% of what is out

there, should we not break the silence?

 

Who does not know about the use of Pancha Makaras? Is it any secret

now? We need to direct the people to proper ways of using it by

channeling correct information than hiding it.

 

The times of puritan rejection of disseminating information have to

change to prevent damage.

 

I do not wish to entertain any further correspondence on this subject.

 

Need I say more?

 

Love, Guruji"

[Guest guest]

Pranaams Devi_bhakta,

 

Thank you for sharing that discussion between two very experienced

SriVidya upasaaks and two people that I have a high regard for.

 

Just wanted to add that perhaps a lot of the strictures against

chanting from books might simply have to do with the fact that most

people in ancient India did not know how to read and write; since

much of the teaching was transmitted orally from teacher to student.

The only people who could read and write were accountants and great

scholars; there are various scripts that were historically used for

recording texts-one such that was widely used being a script callled

grantha-lipi(devanagiri is supposed to have come much later). To

exacerbate this, even if one could read, there was no guarantee of

getting the intonation correct- both of which are not an issue today

as Guruji pointed out.

 

 

For those that still believe that diksha is a must for practicing a

mantra, I will shortly share a procedure for getting diksha from He

who is Sakalanigama-guhyaya, the repository of all agaama and nigama,

Lord Shambhu himself; this is called "shambavi diksha" and is

detailed in the Mantra Maharnava, primarly to be used in

circumstances where one wants to earnestly practice a mantra but

cannot find a guru to give diksha- this was shared with me by a very

knowledgeable member of this forum who wanted to stay anonymous.

 

Aum Namasivaya

yogaman

 

 

, "Devi Bhakta"

<devi_bhakta> wrote:

> Should the secret knowledge of Tantra be shared on the Web? Two

> accomplished Srividyas at Shakti Sadhana say, "Yes." Our our co-

> moderator, Kochu (Bhasurananda Natha) and the venerable Sri