Guest guest Posted July 26, 2002 Report Share Posted July 26, 2002 I agree with Satish. Are there very many difference between Kaula and Vamaacharya upaasanas - Kalika putra ? Rgds L Vaidyanathan --- satisharigela <satisharigela wrote: > shrIH > Namaste, > , "Steve Brown" <ganesha@r...> > wrote: > > what gives you a right to claim to be a kaula > (which by the way is > the > > objective form of the nominal form kula ex. viSnu > is followed by > vaisnavas) > > The Kula (lit. family) is a small group of tantric > sects that find > their > > intellectual high point with the writings of > Abhinavagupta. > Speaking rather > > strictly, kali is generally not a central focus of > the kulas > practices, but > > more importantly for this discussion, the kula has > disintegrated. > there is > > little if any evidence of "kula" practices later > than the 13th > century. > > generally speaking, it is accepted that the kula > had failed within 1 > > generation of the direct deciples of Abhinava. > > > Can you plz explain what do u mean by failure? > That they are > extinct? If so I would like to tell that it is not > so. There are lots > of kaulas still in India. > > You wrote "generally accepted". Accepted by whom? > "Indologists"? > > > > > ------------------------ Sponsor > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > AUM namaH shivAya > AUM namaH shivAbhyAm > > Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) > : /messages// > > Contact : help > > Your use of is subject to > > > ______________________ Want to sell your car? advertise on Autos Classifieds. It's Free!! visit http://in.autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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