File - LS-LT-FAQ.txt

[Guest guest]

1) Restrictions based on the texts itself

---------

 

Both lalitaa sahasranaama and lalitaa trishatii require that

 

a) the text should be kept secret

 

b) should be revealed and given only to those who are initiated to

SriVidya + other good qualities such as devotee etc.

 

You will see this in the uttara piiThika of these works.

 

 

2) What happens in practice:

-----------------------------

 

a) Text is not a secret and available to all. And almost all groups and

schools of thoughts agree on this point.

 

b) Some believe that initiation to SrividyA (or bAlA tripurasundari

mantra based on daxiNamuurti samhita is required) is a must and some

schools do not accept it. Latter is the majority. Mostly people treat

it like any other devotional work, which you buy in a book shop and

start reading.

 

 

3) What you can do:

---------------------

 

a) There is no restriction in practice on listening to audio cassettes

or reading translations etc. IMO,if you can find time to listen to an

audio cassette once a day, it is even better than reading from a book.

There are very good cassettes available. I always found closing one's

eyes and listening, gives you better focus than reading from a book.

 

 

b) To chant the safe approach is:

 

Take initiation to SriVidya and get permission from your guru and

start. You got to be lucky to do this.

 

c) Alternatives:

 

There are lot of teachers who start you into this without Srividya.

Find one of them, if you are not keen or do not see a reason for taking

Srividya. Typically from both LS and LT, the responsibility is on the

shoulders of the guru. There are many who are kind and compassionate to

do it.

 

I know of an instance where shrii shrii bhaarati tiirtha swamigaL of

shringeri maTha has permitted a devotee to start both sahasranaama and

trishatii by blessing that devotee's book and asking the devotee to

chant these works. Typically, teachers decide this on a case by case

basis. Hence, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A TEACHER FIRST.

 

 

 

4) Additional Details

----------------------

 

See messages 3463. 3470. 3472, 3474, 3477, and 3484 on our group

archives. or see

 

http://ambaa.org/archives/msg03417.html

http://ambaa.org/archives/msg03424.html

http://ambaa.org/archives/msg03426.html

http://ambaa.org/archives/msg03428.html

http://ambaa.org/archives/msg03438.html

http://ambaa.org/archives/msg03431.html