Guest guest Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Dear Rishi, The Devi Khadgamala is only 8-12 minutes long per sitting including the preliminary part at the beginning; that is the beauty of it. My Sri Vidya Guru says that it is worth 10 hours of meditation. It can also do many things says she; such as: stop natural disasters in their tracks, accidents, etc., etc. She said that when you chant it and focus it to where you want it to go around the world, it looks like arrows of white light landing around that area. The Khadgamala is only a portion of Sri Vidya, albeit a major one though. That is why maybe you heard 3 hours of sitting. W/ the khadgamala, Lalitha sahasranama, & Devi Mula mantras it would probably ALL total, be about 3 hours per sitting. It can be chanted aloud as all stotras. All stotrams are preferentially to be chanted aloud always. That is not to say that that can't be though. JANARDANA DASA sharmarsi <sharmarsi wrote: Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 DEAR JANARDAN, I HAVE SEEN YR LETTER. YES IT REQUIRE LONG TIME TO PRAY BUT ALL THE PRAYER IS DEPENDS ON THE TIME AVAILABLE. KHADAGMALA HAS 15 TYPES AND IT IS DIFFRENT FOR EVERY DAY. KHADAGMALA IS A COMPLETE PUJA OF BHAGWATI IN SHORT. YOU CAN READ ONE BOOK KNOWN AS "NITYA ANHIK".IF U HAVE TIME U CAN DO DAILY NAVAVRAN PUJA WITH PATRA SADHAN. BUT ALL THE PUJA WILL BE AS PER THE DIRECTION OF GURU. -PRADEEP SHARMA,GM,,RUCHI SOYA, HALDIA W.B. M-919832189009, 913224253594 Janardana Dasa <lightdweller wrote: Dear Rishi, The Devi Khadgamala is only 8-12 minutes long per sitting including the preliminary part at the beginning; that is the beauty of it. My Sri Vidya Guru says that it is worth 10 hours of meditation. It can also do many things says she; such as: stop natural disasters in their tracks, accidents, etc., etc. She said that when you chant it and focus it to where you want it to go around the world, it looks like arrows of white light landing around that area. The Khadgamala is only a portion of Sri Vidya, albeit a major one though. That is why maybe you heard 3 hours of sitting. W/ the khadgamala, Lalitha sahasranama, & Devi Mula mantras it would probably ALL total, be about 3 hours per sitting. It can be chanted aloud as all stotras. All stotrams are preferentially to be chanted aloud always. That is not to say that that can't be though. JANARDANA DASA sharmarsi <sharmarsi wrote: Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Dear Sharmaji: Where can I get the texts of all the 15 Khadgamalas? I have been searching for it for a long time. Regards Menon pradeep sharma <sharmap_101 wrote: DEAR JANARDAN, I HAVE SEEN YR LETTER. YES IT REQUIRE LONG TIME TO PRAY BUT ALL THE PRAYER IS DEPENDS ON THE TIME AVAILABLE. KHADAGMALA HAS 15 TYPES AND IT IS DIFFRENT FOR EVERY DAY. KHADAGMALA IS A COMPLETE PUJA OF BHAGWATI IN SHORT. YOU CAN READ ONE BOOK KNOWN AS "NITYA ANHIK".IF U HAVE TIME U CAN DO DAILY NAVAVRAN PUJA WITH PATRA SADHAN. BUT ALL THE PUJA WILL BE AS PER THE DIRECTION OF GURU. -PRADEEP SHARMA,GM,,RUCHI SOYA, HALDIA W.B. M-919832189009, 913224253594 Janardana Dasa <lightdweller wrote: Dear Rishi, The Devi Khadgamala is only 8-12 minutes long per sitting including the preliminary part at the beginning; that is the beauty of it. My Sri Vidya Guru says that it is worth 10 hours of meditation. It can also do many things says she; such as: stop natural disasters in their tracks, accidents, etc., etc. She said that when you chant it and focus it to where you want it to go around the world, it looks like arrows of white light landing around that area. The Khadgamala is only a portion of Sri Vidya, albeit a major one though. That is why maybe you heard 3 hours of sitting. W/ the khadgamala, Lalitha sahasranama, & Devi Mula mantras it would probably ALL total, be about 3 hours per sitting. It can be chanted aloud as all stotras. All stotrams are preferentially to be chanted aloud always. That is not to say that that can't be though. JANARDANA DASA sharmarsi <sharmarsi wrote: Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 DEAR SHRI SHANKRA M I HAVE A VERY OLD BOOK OF THE SAME.FOR EVERY TITHI ,THE KHADAGMALA IS DIFFRENT.THERE IS APUBLICATION FROM CHENNAI AND PUBLISHING SAMBHUT KHADAG MALA.IF U ARE NOT GETTING THEN INFORM ME AND SAME WIIL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ( SRI VIDYA UPASKA.) REST IS OK sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote: Dear Sharmaji: Where can I get the texts of all the 15 Khadgamalas? I have been searching for it for a long time. Regards Menon pradeep sharma <sharmap_101 wrote: DEAR JANARDAN, I HAVE SEEN YR LETTER. YES IT REQUIRE LONG TIME TO PRAY BUT ALL THE PRAYER IS DEPENDS ON THE TIME AVAILABLE. KHADAGMALA HAS 15 TYPES AND IT IS DIFFRENT FOR EVERY DAY. KHADAGMALA IS A COMPLETE PUJA OF BHAGWATI IN SHORT. YOU CAN READ ONE BOOK KNOWN AS "NITYA ANHIK".IF U HAVE TIME U CAN DO DAILY NAVAVRAN PUJA WITH PATRA SADHAN. BUT ALL THE PUJA WILL BE AS PER THE DIRECTION OF GURU. -PRADEEP SHARMA,GM,,RUCHI SOYA, HALDIA W.B. M-919832189009, 913224253594 Janardana Dasa <lightdweller wrote: Dear Rishi, The Devi Khadgamala is only 8-12 minutes long per sitting including the preliminary part at the beginning; that is the beauty of it. My Sri Vidya Guru says that it is worth 10 hours of meditation. It can also do many things says she; such as: stop natural disasters in their tracks, accidents, etc., etc. She said that when you chant it and focus it to where you want it to go around the world, it looks like arrows of white light landing around that area. The Khadgamala is only a portion of Sri Vidya, albeit a major one though. That is why maybe you heard 3 hours of sitting. W/ the khadgamala, Lalitha sahasranama, & Devi Mula mantras it would probably ALL total, be about 3 hours per sitting. It can be chanted aloud as all stotras. All stotrams are preferentially to be chanted aloud always. That is not to say that that can't be though. JANARDANA DASA sharmarsi <sharmarsi wrote: Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 I am in deep dark africa Can I get scanned copies pls? pradeep sharma <sharmap_101 wrote: DEAR SHRI SHANKRA M I HAVE A VERY OLD BOOK OF THE SAME.FOR EVERY TITHI ,THE KHADAGMALA IS DIFFRENT.THERE IS APUBLICATION FROM CHENNAI AND PUBLISHING SAMBHUT KHADAG MALA.IF U ARE NOT GETTING THEN INFORM ME AND SAME WIIL BE PRESENTED TO YOU ( SRI VIDYA UPASKA.) REST IS OK sankara menon <kochu1tz wrote: Dear Sharmaji: Where can I get the texts of all the 15 Khadgamalas? I have been searching for it for a long time. Regards Menon pradeep sharma <sharmap_101 wrote: DEAR JANARDAN, I HAVE SEEN YR LETTER. YES IT REQUIRE LONG TIME TO PRAY BUT ALL THE PRAYER IS DEPENDS ON THE TIME AVAILABLE. KHADAGMALA HAS 15 TYPES AND IT IS DIFFRENT FOR EVERY DAY. KHADAGMALA IS A COMPLETE PUJA OF BHAGWATI IN SHORT. YOU CAN READ ONE BOOK KNOWN AS "NITYA ANHIK".IF U HAVE TIME U CAN DO DAILY NAVAVRAN PUJA WITH PATRA SADHAN. BUT ALL THE PUJA WILL BE AS PER THE DIRECTION OF GURU. -PRADEEP SHARMA,GM,,RUCHI SOYA, HALDIA W.B. M-919832189009, 913224253594 Janardana Dasa <lightdweller wrote: Dear Rishi, The Devi Khadgamala is only 8-12 minutes long per sitting including the preliminary part at the beginning; that is the beauty of it. My Sri Vidya Guru says that it is worth 10 hours of meditation. It can also do many things says she; such as: stop natural disasters in their tracks, accidents, etc., etc. She said that when you chant it and focus it to where you want it to go around the world, it looks like arrows of white light landing around that area. The Khadgamala is only a portion of Sri Vidya, albeit a major one though. That is why maybe you heard 3 hours of sitting. W/ the khadgamala, Lalitha sahasranama, & Devi Mula mantras it would probably ALL total, be about 3 hours per sitting. It can be chanted aloud as all stotras. All stotrams are preferentially to be chanted aloud always. That is not to say that that can't be though. JANARDANA DASA sharmarsi <sharmarsi wrote: Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. =========> why shocked?? sharmarsi <sharmarsi wrote: Dear all, I am new to this forum and would like to say a few words on the Khadgamala Stotram, Sri Vidya, etc... before getting to my question. Though I had heard of a Devi Khadgamala Stotram existing, I never read it until I came across the Shakti Sadhana website. I was always interested in Sri Vidya Upasana but my impression from talking to initiates from some lineages is that it would involve at least about an hour per sitting of practice three times a day. Given my existing practices, and general time constraints it was not very convinient way of going about doing things. Keep in mind that this was as I understood one of the minimum amount of practice possible, not just a recommended amount. In any case, when I saw the Shakti Sadhana website and checked the Khadgamala stotram I was really surprised that such a thing existed. I was familiar with the structure of the yantra, generally what the deities represented etc... so I recognized immidiately how the stotram followed the Sri Chakra exactly and this came as a bit of shock. I have taken to the practice recently (twice a day) and the only question I have is whether it is preferable to recite mentally or verbally. I have tried both and it seems like both work very well though in different ways. Compared to other meditation I found that the post-meditative state lasts longer, I don't know if other can corroborate. My other question (which is the official subject of this post) is what kind of practices require initiation and what kind don't. I was particularly looking at the website vi1.org which has teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati and I am a bit confused about this. On the one hand, I assume that it is all being put up online for everyone to see for a reason. However, it does seem like the Chakra meditation for instance would be something that requires initiation. Personally, I was interested in the "Sri Vidya Mantras" practice and I would imagine one would need initiation. On that note, other than at Devipuram, where else are there qualified people who give initiation in this tradition? Thank you for your time, please forgive me if such questions have been asked ad-nauseum in the past, Regards, Rishi. Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Dear Rishi, One thing that might be helpful for you???? When I was waiting for Sri Vidya initiation, I was told that the very best way to prepare myself was daily chanting of the Lalitha Sahasranam. It is a beautiful text...available in recordings. sadhvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 DEAR MS, YES, THIS REQUIRE INITIATIONS .WITHOUT THIS IT IS NOT FRUITFUL. GURU MUST BE FROM SRI VIDYA AND MUST BE PURNA ABHISHIKTA.OTHER WISE HE CAN NOT GIVE ANY DIKSHA. -PRADEEP SHARMA,GM,RUCHI SOYA, HALDIA (W.B) M-09832189009,913224 353594 nityashakti <sadhvi wrote: Dear Rishi, One thing that might be helpful for you???? When I was waiting for Sri Vidya initiation, I was told that the very best way to prepare myself was daily chanting of the Lalitha Sahasranam. It is a beautiful text...available in recordings. sadhvi Traditions Divine Visit your group "" on the web. Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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