re: kaula

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In a message dated 10/27/2004 12:11:12 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

ouranian writes:

> I *am* a kaula I am well

> aware of what you state above. I am not a man of delicate spiritual

> sensibilites that faints at the idea of these sorts of practices

 

i looked up kaula in the sanskrit english dictionary and it says this:

 

"Entry kaula

 

Meaning mf(%{I})n. (fr. %{ku4la}) , relating or belonging to a family ,

extending over a whole family or race R. iv , 28 , 9 ; heritable in a family

BhP. xii , 3 , 36 ; sprung from a noble family L. ; belonging or particular to

the Kaulas Kula7rn2. ; m. a worshipper of S3akti accord. to the left-hand

ritual ib. ; a kind of weight (%{kola}) Gal. ; (%{I}) f. noble descent , Var

Yogay.

; (%{am}) n. the doctrine and practices of the left-hand S3a1ktas Kula7rn2."

 

 

and I hate to be dense, because i've been on the internet for years now and

have heard of left hand practice before, but always in the context of pagan

systems.

 

now i hear it again here in terms of this ancient hindu system.

 

i'm wondering if somebody can explain the concept of the "left hand" path --

 

to somebody who aught to know, and who probably does have a sense for it a

little bit, but who would like to hear somebody else explain it better.

 

if somebody feels like explaining it.

 

i guess i'll do a little bit of web searching at any rate, to figure it out,

and if i find something that seems to explain it before somebody attempts to

explain it, i'll share what i find with the group.

 

peace,

cathie