One last question on the matter of initiations (for the time at least)

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Do stotras require initiation?

Are there stotras that require initiation and others that do not?

Devi Mahatmya as long as i know contains one or two stotras but Devi

Mahatmyam itself requires initiation.

What about stotras like Mahishasuramardini Stotram, Ashtalakshmi

Stotram, Annapurna Ashtakam and Mahalakshmyashtakam?

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, "omshrimatenamah

<omshrimatenamah>" <omshrimatenamah> wrote:

> Do stotras require initiation?

> Are there stotras that require initiation and others that do not?

 

 

Depends on the stotra. As a thumb rule we can say all stotras

which dont have Bijaksharas(like hriim, shriim etc)dont need

initiation. Some stotras have a phala shruti at the end, and that

specifies any special rules or restrictions for reciting that

particluar stotra.

> Devi Mahatmya as long as i know contains one or two stotras but

>Devi

> Mahatmyam itself requires initiation.

> What about stotras like ***Mahishasuramardini Stotram, Ashtalakshmi

> Stotram, Annapurna Ashtakam and Mahalakshmyashtakam***?

 

The above stotras(those between stars)do not require any

initiation.

 

All stotras(excluding anything which says upanishad, suktam and

MulaMantraatmaka Baala stuti) listed on http://www.ambaa.org , do not

require any initiation to recite.

That is a lot of choice....

 

rgds