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  • Devi Bhagavathy Temples in Kerala List

     

    Devi, also called Bhagavathy,worship is more prevalent in Kerala.

     

    Devi is also worshiped as The Deity of towns/villages.

     

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    Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple,Kerala.

     

    One of the popular Temples of Devi in Kerala is The Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple, near Cochin.

     

    One of the unique featur of the Temple is that the Durga Suktha Homa is conducted daily to ward off Possession by spirits.

     

    The list I have produced here from vaikhari.org does not seem to list this temple in this List.

     

    Or is it included by some other name?

     

    Will some one from Kerala clarify?

     

     

     

     


    1. Aalapra Thacharikkal Bhagavathy Temple
    2. Aanakkulangara Bhagavathi Temple Pala
    3. Aandoor Anchakkulam Kalarikkal Bhagavathy Temple
    4. Aanikkadu Bhagavathi Temple
    5. Ambalappurathukavu Devi Temple Pala
    6. Angalamman Kovil Erattupetta
    7. Annapoorneswari Temple Vazhappally
    8. Brahmapuram Maathanam Devi Temple Thalayolapparambu
    9. Champakkara Bhagavathy Temple
    10. Chamundeswari Temple Paika
    11. Chathankudi Devi Temple Vaikom
    12. Chengalathukavu Devi Temple
    13. Cheradikkavu Bhagavathy Temple Marangattupilly
    14. Cheruvalli Sree Devi temple
    15. Cheruvallykkavu Devi Temple Kezhuvamkulam
    16. Cheruvallikkavu Devi Temple Pampady
    17. Chirakkarakkavu Bhagavathi Temple Nechippuzhoor
    18. Choorakkavu Bhagavathi Temple Aarppookkara
    19. Choorakkulangara Bhagavathi Temple Ettumanoor
    20. Edanadu Devi Temple Vallichira
    21. Eerayil Koottummel Bhagavathi Temple
    22. Elamprakkodathu Bhagavathi Temple Kadanadu
    23. Elanjithanam Bhagavathi Temple Chennadu
    24. Elikkulam Sree Bhagavathi Temple
    25. Erikadu Bhagavathy Vishnu Temple
    26. Eswaramangalam Bhagavathy Temple Kezhuvamkulam
    27. Ilamkavu Devi Temple Vadayar Vaikom
    28. Ilamkavu Devi Temple Kothala Pampady
    29. Ilamkavu Devi Temple Ithithanam
    30. Ilamkulam Mutharamman Kovil
    31. Ilapozhuthu Bhagavathy Temple Nechippuzhoor
    32. Illathappankavu Thambalakkadu
    33. Irangal Devi Temple
    34. Incholikkavu Talappalam
    35. Iyerkulangara Devi Temple Vaikom
    36. Karoor Bhagavathy Temple
    37. Kavinpuram Devi Temple Ezhacherry
    38. Karikulangara Bhagavathy Temple
    39. Kodungoor Bhagavathi Temple
    40. Kadappoor Bhagavathi Temple
    41. Karippadavathukavu Kurichithanam
    42. Kalikavu Bhagavathy Temple
    43. Kavil Bhagavathi Temple Changanassery
    44. Kallidamkavu Bhagavathi Temple Talanadu
    45. Kilikulam Kavu Mannam Pathampuzha
    46. Kiliroor Kunnummel Bhagavathi Temple
    47. Kurumulloor Veeryamkulangara Bhagavathy Temple
    48. Kumaranalloor Bhagavathi Temple
    49. Kochu Kodungaloor Bhagavathi Temple Kidangoor
    50. Keezhoor Bhagavathy Temple
    51. Kunnel Bhagavathy Temple Kizhaparayar Bharananganam
    52. Kondamaruku Sree Porkkali Temple Methiri
    53. Kathyayani Temple Thalayolapparambu
    54. Kakkinikkadu Bhagavathy Temple Ilakkadu
    55. Kattampakku Kottaram Devi Temple
    56. Kalkkulathukavu Bhagavathy Temple Vazhappalli
    57. Kulathumkal Devi Temple Manimala
    58. Kolladu Malamelkkavu Devi Temple
    59. Kondoopparampil Vanadurga Temple Meenachil
    60. Kongandoor Vadakkemuri Kottaram Bhagavathy Temple
    61. Kothanelloor Devi Temple
    62. Kottaram Annapoorneswari Temple Punnathura
    63. Kodiyanichira Bhagavathy Temple Pravithanam
    64. Kavumpurathu Bhadrakali Durga Temple Vayala
    65. Maadathaniyil Raktheswari Temple Panamattam
    66. Madappadu Bhagavathy Temple
    67. Madathilkkavu Bhagavathy Temple Kuravilangadu
    68. Madhura Meenakshi Temple Poonjar
    69. Mahalakshmi Temple
    70. Mamkopu Madukkayil Kottaram Temple Moonnilavu
    71. Mamkopum Kavu Temple Poonjar
    72. Manarkadu Bhagavathi Temple
    73. Manjoor Bhagavathy Temple
    74. Mannam Kilikulam Kavu Pathampuzha
    75. Mannanam Kottaram Bhagavathy Temple
    76. Mariyammankovil Ettumanoor
    77. Mazhuvancheri Temple Moothedathukavu
    78. Mevada Purakkattu Kavu Devi Temple
    79. Monippally Bhagavathy Temple
    80. Moorthattakkavu Devi Temple Keezhampara
    81. Moolavattam Kuttikkattu Devi Temple
    82. Moothedathukavu Bhagavathi Temple Vaikom
    83. Moothedathukavu Bhagavathi Temple Palkkattumala
    84. Moozhikkulangara Bhagavathy Temple Neendoor
    85. Murikkumpuzha Bhagavathi Temple Pala
    86. Muthirenthil Bhagavathy Temple Kizhaparayar Bharananganam
    87. Nadaykkal Bhagavathi Temple Poonjar
    88. Nadaykkamkunnu Bhagavathy Temple Kummanoor
    89. Nattakam Ponkunnathukavu Temple
    90. Nedumkunnam Bhagavathy Temple
    91. Neelamperoor Palli Bhagavathy Temple
    92. Neendoor Bhagavathi Temple
    93. Nellikkakunnu Bhagavathy Temple Veliyannoor
    94. Nerekadavu Sree Bhadra Devi Temple
    95. Nethalloor Devi Temple
    96. Njezhoor Thiruvampady Bhagavathi Temple
    97. Ozhakkattu Bhagavathi Temple Ezhcherry
    98. Panachikkadu Dakshina Mookambi Saraswathi Temple
    99. Puthiyakavu Devi Temple Ponkunnam
    100. Puthiyakavu Devi Temple Kizhatadiyoor
    101. Puthiyakavu Devi Temple Anthinadu
    102. Puthiyakavu Devi Temple Kumarakam
    103. Pizharukovil Kathyayani Temple Vellilappally Ramapuram.
    104. Pulikattu Bhagavathi Temple Alanadu
    105. Ponadu Bhagavathy Temple
    106. Parekkavu Devi Temple Iymkompu
    107. Peroor Bhagavathi Temple
    108. Panangavu Devi Temple Chempu
    109. Panamattam Bhagavathy Temple
    110. Perunna Maaranathukavu Ambika Temple
    111. Parippukadu Mahadevi Temple Karukachal
    112. Padinjattinkara Pattupurakkal Devi Temple
    113. Pallippurathukavu Bhagavathi Temple Kodimatha
    114. Panamattam Bhagavathi Temple
    115. Ponmala Devi Temple Edamattam
    116. Pizharukovil Devi Temple Vallichira
    117. Sree Bhadra Temple Perunilam
    118. Sree Kurumbakkavu Bhagavathi Temple Puliyannoor
    119. Sree Porkkali Temple Tamrakkadu Amanakara
    120. Sree Porkkali Devi Temple Thamarakkadu
    121. Thampalakkadu Illathappan Temple
    122. Thekkummuri Vykkolppadam Bhagavathy Temple Mutholi
    123. Thattarakathu Bhagavathi Temple Pala
    124. Thazhathuruthil Kottaram Bhagavathy Temple Kezhuvamkulam
    125. Thirumanivenkitapuram(TV Puram) Saraswathy Temple
    126. Thiruvanchoor Devi Temple
    127. Ullala Kaleeswaram Puthiyakavu Bhagavathy Temple
    128. Urulikunnam Gandharva Bhadrakali Temple
    129. Urumpikkavu Devi Temple Amanakara
    130. Vattakkavu Bhagavathi Temple Tidanadu
    131. Veloor Parappadam Devi Temple
    132. Vellappattu Vanadurga Devi Temple Pala
    133. Vazhanekkavu Edappady
    134. Vilakkumadam Bhagavathi Temple
    135. Vadakkekkavu Bhagavathi Temple Kondadu
    136. Vempally Devi Temple
    137. Velloothuruthy Sree Bhagavathy Temple
    138. Velliyeppalli Melamkottu Bhagavathy Temple
    139. Vadakara Bhagavathy Temple
    140. Venattusseril Devi Temple Kummannoor
    141. Ramapuram Mutharamman Kovil
    142. Kallara Sree Sarada Temple
    143. Kaliamma Nada Temple Vaikom
    144. Morkulangara Devi Temple Changanassery
    145. Ayyarkulangara Devi Temple Vaikom
    146. Mullackal Devi Temple Kottayam
    147. Cheruvallykkavu Devi Temple Thirunakkara

     

     

    Source:

    http://www.vaikhari.org/Devi.html

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  • Sri Yantra Crop Circle In US

     

    A Crop Circle appeared at the bottom of a Dried out Lake in Oregon US in 1990 for a short periods of Time.

     

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    The etching of the Sri Yantra that appeared on a river bed in Oregon in August, 1990. Photo: Bill Witherspoon

     

     

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    Newspaper artticle Us

     

    The Sri Yantra. The colours are not the origin...
    The Sri Yantra. The colours are not the originally used colours of the Sri Yantra. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

     

    It was in the shape of Sri Yantra.

     

    It is not visible now.

     

    There are Theories doing the round that this Sri Yantra Circle was from Aliens and that they are monitoring us through this.

     

     

    Sri Yantra as 13 mile long crop circle (or, better to say, geoglyph) in the bottom of a dried-out lake, which allegedly appeared over a very short period of time in 1990. It is not visible today, which fuels conspiracy theories about the aliens imprinting it in the sand and the military destroying it. Including a couple of youtube videos along with the usual info.

     

     

     

    Sri Yantra Crop Circle
    Sri Yantra Geoglyph in Oregon

     

     

     

    Name: Sri Yantra Geoglyph in Oregon

     

    Lat, Long: 42.738105,-118.314011

     

    Location: Princeton, Oregon, USA

     

    “On August 10, 1990, Bill Miller, a pilot in the Idaho Air National Guard, noticed a huge etching on a dried-up lake-bed while flying over it, in Oregon State in the United States. The massive formation was a quarter of a mile in width and was etched 3 inches deep into the surface..

     

    Lieutenant Bill Miller of the 190th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, immediately reported the details of what he had spotted to the authorities at the Air National Guard – a 13.3 mile glyph of lines about a quarter of a mile in width and length, on the extremely hard, sun-baked dry bed of a lake in Mickey Basin located southeast of Steens Mountains in the Alvord Desert, 70 miles away from the city of Burns in Oregon.

    The Steens Mountain and the Alvord Desert are awe inspiring places. The majestic Steen Mountain rises over a mile from the white plains of the Alvord. The desert is filled with a series of bubbling hot springs and dried-up lakes. The beauty is breathtaking – the ambiance mystical!

    The formation detected on the morning of August 10, 1990 was oriented precisely in the North-South direction. The glyph had a machine like precision in its shape and clarity of lines. After Bill Miller reported the observation, the news was concealed from the public by the authorities for thirty days.

     

     

    By September 14th, the story was picked up by the Associated Press, Bend Bulletin and the Oregonian. The Oregonian reported that some architects that had been contacted by the newspaper, had said that the cost of conducting a land survey alone, before such a project could be initiated, would range from 75,000 to 100,000 dollars. The Sri Yantra design has a degree of complexity and a level of symmetry that makes it difficult to recreate its design even on paper, let alone furrow an enormous replication of it on a dry lake-bed. There was therefore a good deal of speculation that the glyph was not man-made.
    There were other reasons too to support this theory – not the least important of them being the fact that, the shape produced by the lines in this massive Sri Yantra at Oregon, could not be deciphered while standing on the ground. In fact, the shape only made sense when viewed from a height of a few thousand feet above.

    News Source.

     

    http://www.weirdgoogleearth.com/sri-yantra-geoglyph-in-oregon/#.U3IgCVWSz3R

     

     http://vediccafe.blogspot.in/2011/07/the-unexplained-mystery-of-oregon-sri.html

     

     

     

     

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  • How To Write Chintamani Bheeja Yantra on The Tongue

    Devi Kali is said to have written this Yantra on the tongue of Kalidasa.

     

    He immediately started the Shymala Dandakam,

     

    Manikyaveenam upalaalayantheem,Mthalasaam Majula Vaakvilaasaam’

     

    In Devi Upasna family traditions there is this practice of writing the Bheeja Yantra of Devi.

     

    The Chintamani Yantra Drawing.
    The Chintamani Yantra

     

    Half an hour after the birth of the Child, the Yantra has to be written with a blunt Golden needle, dipped in Cow’s Ghee mixed with Honey in unequal

     

     

    proportions(make sure that the mixture is uneven as equal quantity is reported to be fatal),uttering the following Mantra in the Child’s right Ear in a

     

    sweet tone, not very loud.

     

    The Mantra.

     

    तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।
    उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्वदर्शिनः ॥     
    उस ज्ञान को तू तत्वदर्शी ज्ञानियों के पास जाकर समझ, उनको भलीभाँति दण्डवत्* प्रणाम करने से, उनकी सेवा करने से और कपट छोड़कर सरलतापूर्वक प्रश्न करने से वे परमात्म तत्व को भलीभाँति जानने वाले ज्ञानी महात्मा तुझे उस तत्वज्ञान का उपदेश करेंगे. श्रीमद्*भगवद्*गीता-4.34

     

    Citation.

    Chintamani Yantra

     

    Chintamanai Mantra Download pdf.

     

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  • Sri Vidya Mantra Tantra Vidyas Sources Details

    Sri Vidya Mantra Tantra Vidyas Sources Details

    Sri Vidya is unique in Hinduism as it has the rare distinction of combining Mantra and Tantra Shastras.

    It also includes Yoga.

    Sri means Prosperity and Plenitude.

    Vidya is Knowledge.

    Sri Vidya is that which grants Knowledge and Prosperity or Knowledge of Prosperity.

    As Knowledge that liberates  the Soul, it has no equal.

    The special feature is that Sri Vidya grants both prosperity and Liberation here and in the after Life, nay, also Liberates one from the cycle of births and deaths.

    In two short phrases Lalitha Sahasranama describes Goddess Lalitha as .Bhaktha Sowbhagyadhaayini’

    One who grants every thing for the welfare of Her Devotees.

    She is The Universal Mother.

    The Lalitha Sahasranama begins addressing the Goddess as The Mother , Mother of Prosperity,

    “Sri Matha, Maharajne’

    As Knowledge of Prosperity Sri Vidya it gives scope for prosperity in this world through Saguna Upasana and for Beyond  by Nirguna Uapasana.

    Sri Vidya combines Gnana, Bhakti, Karma and Raja Yoga and synthesizes them in one format.

    It also provides for Dualism,Dwaita and Advaita in worship.

    As a Devotee if one worshps the Devi as different from the Self, it becomes Dwaita.

    When Sri Vidya is practiced as the raising of Kundalini through the Chakra in the Human Body it becomes Yoga.

    In Kunḍalini yoga, one realizes divine consciousness through the activation of the hidden energy of Kunḍalini.

    There are six centers (cakras) in the spinal channel. Kunḍalini is said to be initially coiled up at mulādhara.

    She is the Mother. She passes through these six from mulādhara at the bottom of spine to ajna at the forehead, then to the crown of the head (sahasrāra) where individual consciousness fully unites with cosmic consciousness.

    When you concentrate on the Unity of Shiva and Shakti, it Unites Shaiva and Shakta.(Aikyaanusnathaanam)

    When one meditates on the Devi as an expression of the Universal Self, Brahman, it is Advaita.

    As the mantras are mystically locked, it is Mantra Shastra.

    Devi Lalitha
    SrI Lalitha mge Crediit http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IIRQ_YMaVhg/0.jpg

    “

    Sound is produced through contact, vibration and obstruction.

    This is called āhata. However cosmic hiss if one can hear is eternal and existent.

    This is called Anāhata. It is not produced by us but only heard.

    A yogi can hear this.

    In sādhana one makes the sound oneself (by doing mantra japa), in a rhythm, resonant with the vibrations of his nādis and his breath.

    Through this one will be able to discover the deeper vibration.

    This way of merging individual with cosmic is called mantra yoga.

    Mantra is said to be the sound-form of Devata (god-form).

    One realizes Devata through the chanting of mantra in mantra yoga.

    Mantra yoga concentrates on nada (sound) to strike rhythm between individual and cosmic vibration, to activate the right nādis, to expose one into the cidākāsa or daharākāsa (causal space).

    Śabda (sound) is the tanmatra (subtle attribute) of mahābhuta (primal element) ākasa (space)

    It practices Geometrical Worship, Sri Chakra, it becomes a Tantra Shastra.

    As Laya Yoga.

    Meditation is the means in laya yoga. One controls mind through the control of breath, so that full concentration is possible in meditation.

    Through meditation, one’s consciousness merges in the object of meditation and one realizes Atman.

    The state, in which the difference between the one who meditates the act of meditation and the object of meditation dissolves, is called samādhi or sāyujya.

    One also observes during meditation one’s own being, the different sheaths of consciousness.

    There are five kosas or sheaths of consciousness of being – annaMāya (physical), prānaMāya (vital-life), manoMāya (mental), vijnānaMāya (intellect-knowledge) and ānandaMāya (causal – blissful).

    The first is gross, next three constitute subtle and the fifth causal being.

    The causal being is Īśvara who resides in all beings, along with Māya His consort. She veils the unmanifest form of the divine, Brahman.

    The Mother is MahāMāya, who covers the world with veil of ignorance and lifts the veil out of grace, causing the entire play of creation.

    This is the cosmic sport She does for the Lord, Her līla. Her play, action can be seen in karanākāsa the causal space.

    She is the moon of that space, and is called Cidākāsa candrika.

    Sources for Sri Vidya.

    The Tantric texts like Rudra Yamala expound ŚrīVidyā. Khadgamāla Stotra, is the map and worship of Śrī Chakra

    .Besides there are several Śrī Kula texts in the oral traditions, either as compilations or as part of the mantra Śāstra texts like Mantra Mahodādhi, Mantra Mahārnava and Śāktā texts.

    Primary Source,

    Lalitha Sahasranama.

    A few of these texts are listed below –

    • Kāmakala vilāsa
    • Tantrarāja tantra
    • Tripurārnava tantra
    • ŚrīVidyārnava tantra
    • Jnanārnava tantra
    • Dakṣiṇamurti samhita
    • Gandharva tantra
    • Nitya shodashikarnava
    • Yogini hridaya.

    Citation.

    Hindupedia.

    Resources:

    1. Śrī Lalita Devi Caritra by Jagadguru Śrī Siddheswarananda Swami, Published in Telugu by Swayamsiddha Kali Peetham, Guntur
    2. Śrī Guru Samsmarana, The Souvenir on Centenary of Śrī C V Swami Sastriji
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  • What is Tantra? Devi Upasana

    Sriividya Upasana is very complicated and it needs a lot of patience and perseverance and most importantly familiarity with the terms in Tantra Shastra and a passing knowledge of Sanskrit is necessary.

    Sri Meru Yantra, produced by the Devipuram tem...
    Sri Meru Yantra, produced by the Devipuram temple, Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    What is Tantra?

    “Tantra is that (Scripture) by which knowledge (Jñana) is spread (Tanyate, vistaryate jñanam anena, iti Tantram). The Suffix Tra is from the root ‘to save’. That knowledge is spread which saves. What is that but religious knowledge? Therefore, as here and generally used, Tantra means a particular kind of religious scripture. The Kamika Agama of the Shaiva Siddhanta (Tantrantara Patala) says:

    Tanoti vipulan arthan tattvamantra-samanvitan

    Trananca kurute yasmat tantram ityabhidhyate.

    (It is called Tantra because it promulgates great knowledge concerning Tattva and Mantra and because it saves.)-Arthur Avalon.

    There is a feeling that the Tantra Shastra is related only to Shakti or Devi Worship.

    It is not correct.

    There are Tantras of other sects of the Agama, Tantras of Shaivas andVaishnavas.

    The Tantra Shastra belongs to the Agamas, and not the Vedas.

    The Agamas are divided into the following parts.

    1.Shakta Agama,

    2.Shaivagama, and

    3.The Vaishnava Agama or Pancaratra.

    Tenoktang sattvatang tantram yaj jnattva muktibhag bhavet

    Yatra strishudradasanang sangskaro vaisnavah smritah

    There are Agamas which follow the Vedas called, Vaidik Agama and others,Avaidikagama,Non Vedic.

    Avaidika Agamas.

    The Kurma Purana (XVI.1) mentions as Avaidika Agama, the  Kapala, Lakula, Vama, Bhairava, Purva, Pashcima, Pañcaratra, Pashupata and many others.

    Pashupata again is said to be both Vaidika and Avaidika such as Lakula.

    Kurma Purana (Uttarabhaga, Ch. 38) says “By Me was first composed, for the attainment of Liberation, Shrauta (Vaidika) Pashupata which is excellent, subtle, and secret, the essence of Veda (Vedasara).

    The learned devoted to Veda should meditate on Shiva Pashupati.

    This is Pashupata Yoga to be practiced by seekers of Liberation.

    Woodroffe on Srichakra.
    Srichakra Explanation.-John Woodroffe.
    Image credit.
    http://www.workofthechariot.com/TextFiles/Back-Tantra.html

    By Me also have been spoken Pashupata, Soma, Lakula and Bhairava opposed to Veda (Vedavadaviruddhani).

    These should not be practiced. They are outside The Veda.” Sanatkumara Samhita says:

    Shrautashrautavibhedena dvividhastu shivagamah

    Shrutisaramapah shrautah sah punar dvividho matah

    Svatantra itarash ceti svatantro dashadha pura

    Tatha’ shtadashadha pashcat siddhanta iti giyate

    Itarah shrutisaras tu shatakoti-pravistarah.

    .

    The Shaiva Agama is of Two Kinds.

    Sharautha and Ashrautha.

    Shrauta is Shrautisaramaya and of two kinds, Svatantra and Itara.

    Svatantra is first of ten kinds and then Siddhanta of eighteen kinds

    (This is the Shaivasiddhanta Agama with 28 Mula Agamas and 207 Upagamas. It is Shuddhadvaita because in it there is no Visheshana).

    Itara is Shrutisara with numerous varieties.

    There are many schools of Shaivism and so are the Tantras associated with Shaivism.

    The Devi Worshippers or Shaktas are of many kinds,of which three are important.

    1.Those who follow 64 Tantras.-Ananta Shastry in the introduction to Anandalahari.(Kaulachara.

    2.Eight Tantras-Mishra and

    3.Five Tantras-Samaya sect.

    There are many more.

    But these five will do .

    What are the Common Practices in Tantra?

    Mantra,

    Bija,

    Yantra,

    Mudra,

    Nyasa,

    Bhutashuddhi,

    Kundaliyoga, construction and consecration of temples and images (Kriya), religious and social observances (Carya) such as Ahnika, Varnashramadharma, Utsava; and practical magic (Maya-yoga).

    Where there is Mantra, Yantra, Nyasa, Diksha, Guru and the like, there is Tantra Shastra.

    There are some extreme practices in some schools,

    As also variations.

    The Kaula rites are philosophically based on monistic doctrine.

    Now it is this Kaula doctrine and practice, limited probably, as being a secret doctrine, at all times to comparatively few, which has come to be known as “The Tantra”.

    Nothing is more incorrect. This is but one division of worshippers who again are but one section of the numerous followers of the Agamas, Shaiva, Shakta and Vaishnava.

    The basis of all these schools is the Lalitha Sahasranama, which recognises various sects and interpretations.

    “Samayachara Thatpara”

    ‘Kaulamarga Thatpara Sevitha_

    -Lalitha Sahasranama.

    –

    These relate to the schools.

    We also have how he Lalitha Saharanama speak of various Yoga Practices.

    “Srimad Vakbhavakudaika Swarupa Mukha Pankaja(Sloka 34)

    ‘Kandaatha Kadparyandha Madhya kudaswarupini

    Sakthikoodai Kathapanna  Katyatho Bhaagadhaarini( Sloka 35)

    Our goal is to realize Her and follow one system faithfully with out getting into academic discussions as these discussions are useless.

    As Adi Shankaracharya says in The Bhaja Govindam.

    Sampraapthe Sannnihithe Kaale,

    Nahi Nahi Rakshasi Rok Tukung Karane”

    As we near Death, decided by our actions, these philosophical discussions will not help us.

    I plan to follow Bhaskararaya and shall be posting on these lines.

    Citation.

    Arthur Avalon.  http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/sas/sas03.htm

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