Nadananda/Cliff's guru

[Guest guest]

Cliff,

 

Are you speaking of Aiya, (Sri Chaitanyananda) ?

Or someone else?

 

http://www.srividya.org/Temple_Publication/index.htm

 

, " Cliff " <numinae wrote:

> [....]

> I attempted to practice Sri Vidya for a number of years prior to

initiation as I could not find a teacher in the US who would accept a

westerner, [....] When I did find the teacher,

> [....] and took Diksha [....]

> My Guru had actually written a book several years

> earlier so that those outside the traditional

> schools might have access to the rites of Sri Puja,

> and It was this that formed the basis of my pre

> Diksha practice and I thank Goddess that someone offered it so.

>

> [....]

>

> Namaste,

> Nadananda

>

[Guest guest]

Aiya Exactly!

 

His book on Sri Vidya though for a large part incomprehensible at the time of

aquiring it was the key to the Temple of the goddess for me. It was not till

this year that I was able to get a copy of Sri Amritananda's commentary on Sri

Puja (which is astoundingly informative- and " upline " so to speak in the same

Sampradaya ;-) )

 

Chaitanyananda, and of Course Amritananda are the reasons that I am doing that

which fills my heart so. I had been rebuffed, though gently, by several

teachers that offered Sri Vidya Upasana in temples in Ohio, Penna, and

Washington state where I had lived over many years for not being the correct

" caste' by being of no caste by one and not being born Hindu by two others. (I

was also asked once to not attend Qabalah teachings in a Hebrew temple once

because I was not born Jewish)

 

I can understand that at one time the many restrictions on dispensing and/or

learning spiritual teachings may have had to be that way, but in a world of

people hungry for spirituality these attitudes seem counterproductive to

spreading the possibility of enlightenment and going astray into realms of

divisiveness. Though true that many that apply are not interested in the depth

of the ancient tradition (the pop Qabalah of Madonna and Britney come to mind),

I am grateful there are some that sincerely offer this light to those such as

myself with the understanding that the seeds may fall on infertile soil, but no

crop comes from seeds unsown. (please excuse my poetic metaphors - the grace

and humanness of their teachings have enriched me so )

 

Namaste

Cliff / Nadananda

 

-

msbauju

 

Cliff,

 

Are you speaking of Aiya, (Sri Chaitanyananda) ?

Or someone else?

 

http://www.srividya.org/Temple_Publication/index.htm