Michael Jackson: > Guru Dev was a tantric?? > Not just another Tantric!
All the Shankaracharyas agree that the Saraswati Dasanamis worship the Sri Vidya, a tantric sect. It is a fact that the Sri Yantra is ensconced on the mandir at Dwarka, Kanchi, and the Sringeri Mathas. It is also a fact that all the Adwaita Sannyasins claim that Adi Shankara established four mathas as seats of learning and for the worship of Sri Vidya. According to the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, the Adi Shankara placed the Sri Yantra, symbol of Tripura, with the TM mantras inscribed thereon, at each of the seats of learning - Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri, and at Jyotirmath. The bija mantras of TM are tantric mantras which came DIRECTLY from SBS and are related to Sri Vidya. >From what I've read, the cult of Sri Vidya was derived from the nath siddhas, tantric alchemists of medieval India during the Gupta Era. Work cited: "Auspicious Wisdon" The texts and traditions of Srividya Sakta Tantrism in South India. by Douglas Renfrew Brooks SUNY 1992
