WHY SRI VIDYA?

July 17, 2002

Dear Sir,

For the love of the goddess I dont want to share alot about the school of Kaula

there are many routes in this like I said the divya, vira and pasu.

The divya is a person (usually twice born) who worships the goddess rather in a

satvic way. kaula is a broad minded school that imbrases everything it states

that there is no difference in dharma and adharma. Self or the cosmos. To the

the higher levels of this sect one imbrases and realises the supreme divinity as

the mother Kali and generally does acts like offer of bali and so on to not only

convey symbolic relevance to themselves but also realise the significance.

For the divya alcohol and animal sacrifice is forbidden since divya wants the

supreme enlightenment. Alcohol symbolises the dillusion and bali the

beastiality. Even before these offerings are made one must b e above kama,

krodha, lobha and moha. One must never lead into that what is sin. Even though

dharma and adharma are looked at the same way that is one of the highest levels

until then we must resort to logic and conciousness.

Instead of these offerings the divya offers vinegar or water with chandan and

lime.

The veera calls on the goddess for power, siddhis and worldly perfection for

this they can offer animal sacrifice and alcohol and the prise of being reborn.

They still must be 100% resistant to sin since before they can do one of the

last and most contravertial acts the carnal consemation at the cremation ground.

This has nothing to do with lust. It simulates the creation of the cosmos, the

union of shiva and shakthi.

The pasu is a being who is not that resistant to sin and cannot do any of these

acts but can do japa and meditation this person does attain siddhi shaktis and

can use them to his/her will except to cause harm.

I had heard of a man he had envoked mother kali in the kaula way by envoking

five skulls something known as the kapala siddhi. For each skull he got a wish

and asked for different sorts of powers. One was to hypnotise and another to be

alluded from sight. he used it to cheat people from their money and later was

punished by his guru who took all his powers and hynotised him to act like a

dog.

In places like assam this thing is still prevelant since that is a captal of

kaulic voodoo as it is called. This school can be used for bad but at the prise

of an eternity in hell.

You get the best of both worlds in this school the power to kill and control as

well as be close to the mother but one wrong move or even thought at the extreme

level and your gone.

I myself am still studying this path but without a guru if you do any tantric

rituals or japa of the mantra they would either be of no use of cause harm. Be

warned you need a master of this school not just any tom, dick or harry can be

your guru. This is very hard.

The kaula school literally takes the fruit of being a vaishnava and shaiva that

is ultimate liberation with the aghori siddhanta. I know I am against animal

sacrifice, in this case teh mother accepts whatever you offer her and rewards

you for your love but you still will be in the bondage if you kill no matter

what that is why divya is the best way to go.

As a veera you get nifty powers and all and these people mostly do occupy assam

and places isolated by modern society but they still dont misuse their siddhi

unless called for.

The devi rahasyam should be read if you want to know more and the kaula

upanishad. Lord shiva is against the carnal consemation and animal sacrifice and

has said man has to be beyind sin to do this ofcourse this is very hard and

people who do this tend to be eradicated, if not exercise their powers and day

to day thoughts and activities with caution.

Mother kali is very forgiving but lord shiva turns a sturn eye on kaulas who go

"bad". Otherwise a very good school to be in if you want to play with nifty

siddhi shakthis and also gain enlightenment. As a veera you can also have

another upper for certain people that would be to participate in lustful

activities without being penelised for it except in the cremation ground

although that act is in many tantras people who do it have to be beyond the pasu

and the pasa or else.

It also depends on what tantra you follow some of the stuff I have told you well

some tantras contradict that. There are more then 48 tantric traditions that

make up the kaula so obviously you'd have to be specific. Todala tantra and the

kaulanirvana tantra are some of the most popular but the overall most popular is

tantra of the devi rahaysam.

The practical side of kaula is basically worship is divided into five things and

hence is called the panchangam or five limbs.

THE PATALA this is the instruction manual so to speak of the tantra and in

detail describes what is done as in the rituals and the type of guru needed.

THE PADDHATI similar to the patala is a set of mantras depends on the tantra can

change the whole format so you'd have to be looking at a particular tantra

KAVACHAM again this is where you people who recite the chandi kavacham without a

guru would have to learn something. You see the mother does protect but to get

the full power there has to be a prana prathista of the mantra into your body.

This mantra envokes to diety as to shield you from certain things and give thier

unique blessing (like mother saraswati gives great knowledge and wisdom).

SAHASRANAMA lists major attributes of the diety 1000 of them.

Stotram a mantra that praises the diety are the foremost.

There you go without the five no matter if you are a shakta, vaisnava or aghora

without these five, guru, diety's blessing you wont get squat.

YOu need a guru not to teach you only, the main reason for a guru is because

that person would have awakened the siddhi and the PRANA of the tantram.

words like hrim and dum they are jibberish unless a guru envokes their power in

you. That is the main reason in the kaula sect that a guru who knows his/her

stuff be found. Yes most of you shaktas are going to argue that even without a

guru hrim is powerful.

But is it? is it really?....mantras are like empty vessels like your body, you

wouldnt be functioning without prana that same is with yantras and mantras sure

zap a body with electiricity and it moves thats what happens your bhakthi is

that zap. BUT it wont function as well without a guru and can harm you.

Hope that clears things out for you dear sir,

Some of you might contradict what I wrote but like I said just depends on the

tradition and tantra was to the way u see kaulic tradition. The Guru thing

however is applicable to all.

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July 21, 2002