LS - secrecy

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Namaste,

 

, Jayaram

<vaidyanathan.jayaraman@g...> wrote:

> when this wonderful

> forum became less of a discussion forum but more of

a journal about

> lalita sahasranama.

 

That is only for one year. Posts on other topics are

allowed but limited to only one post per person any

given day.

Please also see

/message/7838

 

> I think that the moderator must have got tired of

this group and

> wanted to take this to a different direction.

 

Ambaa-l is a devotional list with the following goal.

 

"The principal goal of this discussion group is to

study the devotional works on shrImAtA and Lord shiva

thereby enabling the members to worship them

(shivAbhyAm) better. "

>I earnestly trusted that this group, which is THE

PRIME

> group for smartha and devi devotees to share and

learn from each

> other.

 

That can still be done in a limited way.

> But, LS is a rahasya

> mantra and a potent but dangerous medicine. So,

distributing LS >as if

> it is a notice of ﷯local﷯ talkies is a modern

development and ﷯need﷯s >to

> be discouraged.

 

Neither the owner nor me as far as I know hold that LS

is something that can be distributed like above.

I agree that it is to be kept secret. However, am not

sure if discussion of the names can be a taboo. That

is because most names in the LS can be found in other

sahasranamas too which are not considered rahasya etc.

Given that, I wonder what difference would it make.

People can always refrain from giving away esoteric

explanations that are meant only for initiates.

> LS itself prohibits you from doing this. I think

the

> moderator has a different take on that, though.

> Secondly, LS is not for discussion.

> Secondly, LS is not for discussion.

 

I like to remind that only Devi/Shiva bhaktas are

allowed into the group. Unlike other groups, any one

who clicks the "join this group" button is not

admitted here.

 

I do not know if Ravi has plans of making the group

archives private/non-public in future.

>This is for practice. Yes, We

> have plenty of wonderful commentaries and discourses

on this maha

> sloka. These would have been given introduction by

the Guru who

> initiates the mantra.

 

I think discussion is as important as practice.

> Third, and most important from my side, This

development of

> journalizing this group is the biggest blow to the

only source of

> sharing of information on other practical and ritual

aspects of

> religion. This group should in-fact have been more

focused on >doing

> the normal and small things right.

 

As said above, all those can be discussed, but with

some restraint.

 

The subject of discussion need not be ﷯just﷯ nama-s.

The pUrva pIThika

and uttara pIThika are also the subject of discussion

You already contributed by raising the issue of secrecy of LS.

 

I agree that LS is only for initiates.

 

The pUrva pIThikA clearly says "upAsakAya dAtavyaM.."

meaning the stotra is meant only for upAsakA-s.

Clearly an upAsaka is one who is initiated into devI mantra(s).

 

Regards,

Satish.