Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 namasthe, The reply could be given in just one line. It is said in the Mahabharatha -- The Very Author of Gita who is Krishna Bhagawaan, the Avatar of Mahavishnu, directing Arjuna to meditate on Durga before the war and therefore doesn't need further references from Gita. Meditation of Durga is definitely Sri Vidya. reg ganapathy "Shrinivas A. Gadkari" <sgadkari2001 wrote: Namaste, If one were to pick out one chapter from bhagavat gitA where the concepts from shrI vidyA are most clearly described, which chapter would one pick ? Regards, Shrinivas Gadkari -- pradiipajvaalaabhirdivasakaraniiraajanavidhiH sudhaasuuteshcandropalajalalavairarghyaracanaa . svakiiyairambhobhiH salilanidhisauhityakaraNaM tvadiiyaabhirvaagbhistava janani vaacaaM stutiriyam.h www : http://www.ambaa.org/ Contact: help / Ganapathy --- Vijaya " Jai Bhavani " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 If I am not mistaken, Shrinivasji was asking reference to the underlying concept of shriividyopAsna in bhagavad giita and not a direct reference to the specific upAsana itself. An answer to that depends on what one understands as the basis or fundamental principle of shriividya. In my understanding, for shriividyopaasana there are two essential aspects. These two aspects are addressed by verses 10-20 and 11-55. Sage Ramana considers verse 10-20 as the essence of bhagavad giitaa and our achArya considers 11-55 as the essence of giita. He give a very grand introduction to this verse "adhunaa sarvasya giita shaastrasya saarabhuutaH arthaH niHshreyasaarthaH anushhTheyatvena samuchchitya uchyate:". (Gambhirananda's translation from giita supersite -- Now the essential purport of the whole scripture, the Gita, which is meant for Liberation, is being stated by summing it up so that it may be practised:) We should underline and make it bold, the phrase "so that it may be practised". I may be wrong, but imho, these verses complement each other and provide a solid basis for a correct approach to any upAsana, and in my understanding shriividyopasaana has this basis. This is one of the reasons, Sage hayagriiva says "moxaika hetu vidya tu shriividya na samshayaH". My 2c. Ravi > > ganapathy = = vijaya [srividya101] > Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:29 PM > > Re: shrI vidyA in gitA > > > namasthe, > > The reply could be given in just one line. > > It is said in the Mahabharatha -- The Very Author of Gita who is > Krishna Bhagawaan, the Avatar of Mahavishnu, directing Arjuna to > meditate on Durga before the war and therefore doesn't need > further references from Gita. > > Meditation of Durga is definitely Sri Vidya. > > reg > ganapathy > > "Shrinivas A. Gadkari" <sgadkari2001 wrote: > Namaste, > > If one were to pick out one chapter from bhagavat gitA > where the concepts from shrI vidyA are most clearly > described, which chapter would one pick ? > > Regards, > Shrinivas Gadkari > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Namah Shivaya Thank you Ravi for this reply . when asked where does the Gita refer to Sri Vidya , i am tempted to say that the entire Gita is Sri Vidya! The Gita is both Brahma Vidya and Yoga Shastra and almost every principle is referred to there .. However, I have read from Sri Aurobindo, where He says that the explicit reference to the Divine Mother in the Gita comes in chapter 7 verse 5: NamahShivaya bala "M. S. Ravisankar" <ravi wrote: If I am not mistaken, Shrinivasji was asking reference to the underlying concept of shriividyopAsna in bhagavad giita and not a direct reference to the specific upAsana itself. An answer to that depends on what one understands as the basis or fundamental principle of shriividya. In my understanding, for shriividyopaasana there are two essential aspects. These two aspects are addressed by verses 10-20 and 11-55. <rest of the quoted message clipped> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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