Re:: For what is initiation required and for what is it not?

[Guest guest]

Dear Pradeep,

What I was told was to pray to Devi and chant the Lalitha Saharanam

(with nyasas) daily. Since, at first, it was a bit of a struggle for

me to learn it, I was spending alot of my time chanting it. I go to a

South Indian Temple where the chanting is very very fast (and SO hard

to keep up until you learn the text). I could not give you more advice

than what was given to me...Others here are saying to chant the

Khadgamala Stotram. I was told not to chant that without initiation

into Sri Vidya. So it must be different for different Sri Vidya gurus??

Are there others here who were told it's ok to chant the Khadgamala

without initiation? If so, then I would chant each one of them once a

day...that would be my natural impulse but I am not a guru so..........

hope this helped you. I think, personally, it's good to remember who

we are chanting to....Devi! She is so forgiving when we are struggling

and crying out for her. She wants what we want. Perhaps other people

will say what they think about this.

love,

sadhvi