Guest guest Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Vande Shakthi Ganesha! Vande Mooshika Vahana! Vande Mahaganaadyaksha! Dear Members, It is my endevour to introduce to the Srividya Upasakas here to some arcane concepts of Srividya Tantra. Sri-Vidya is the great Mantra of Mahamaya.Maha maya si described in Devi Mahatmyam to be the meld of all shakthis. It is also called the Panchadasi or the Panchadasakshari, for it is formed of fifteen letters. In its developed form it consists of sixteen letters and is called Shodasi or the Shodasakshari. The aspirant should directly get initiation of this Mantra from a Guru, and should not start reading it for himself or doing Japa of it, of his own accord. This is a very powerful Mantra and, when it is not properly repeated, it may harm the Upasaka. So it is imperative that it should be got directly from a Guru who has got Siddhi of this Mantra. Siddhi of the mantra means saakshatkaara sthithi(the darshan of the deity in sthoola form and then internalizing the Deity into oneself to become one with Her.Also, known as "saaham" state). The general rule is that this Mantra (Sri-Vidya) should be repeated after one's passing through certain stages of self-purification through other Mantras. In the beginning a Purascharana of Ganesa-Mantra should be done. Then Purascharanas of Gayatri-Mantra, Maha-Mrityunjaya-Mantra and Durga-Mantra (Vaidika or Tantrika) have to be done. After this the Panchadasakshari and the Shodasakshari have to be taken up for Japa. Karpagamika-Mylapore,Chennai But sometimes the Srividya adept decides a different course to a disciple seeing his past birth and then giving directly the Panchadasi mantra. Nowadays, all mantras all available openly. But without initiation, nothing will fructify.On the other hand problems will beset people who enter into such foolhardy assays. The Bija-Mantras and the Sri-Vidya should not be repeated by those who are not well acquainted with them. Only those who have a very good knowledge of the Sanskrit language and who have been directly initiated by a Guru (who has Mantra-Siddhi) can take up the Japa of Bija-Mantras and the Sri-Vidya. Others should not approach these Mantras and should do only their own Ishta-Mantras which are easy to pronounce and remember. One important thing to note is that every Srividya School has its own traditions. I belong to the Datta-sampradaya Srividya Marga but we follow Guhananda Mandali Padhatthi with the Avarana Pooja vidhi from it a bit modified by Rajagopala Swami. Now, what is Swasa Kriya?.... To be continued.... Yours Yogically, Shreeram Balijepalli Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam... Click to join Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru Sponsored LinkMortgage rates near 39yr lows. $420,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new house payment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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