Kama=Desire, Rupa=form; i.e. the form of desire or the desire body! Usually referred to in the after death state where the unfulfilled desires are left in what the Catholics call 'purgatory'. This kama-rupa (as opposed to arupa or formless) is the suppository of all your worldly desires, if evil it takes on a hideous form and is attracted to hellish conditions, if good the outcome is happiness, even heaven or what the theosophists call Devachan. Noted often in Theosophy and Vedic literature. http://www.katinkahesselink.net/devachan.htm http://www.katinkahesselink.net/devachan.htm
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: Richard, what do you mean by Kama-rupa? On Sunday, December 15, 2013 8:30 PM, Richard J. Williams <punditster@...> wrote: Apparently all the TM mantras are feminine aspect mantras. There is no Shiva without Shakti. MMY fully supports the yantra as a golden dome, as pure vastu - an enclosure to realize pure consciousness; vastu is almost pure Shakti symbolism, and represents the universal womb. MMY is a proponent of yantra and Indian vastu and that's why the golden dome has an east-facing entrance with a nice fence around it - east is the traditional location of Kama-rupa. They don't call it "Mother" India for nothing. A 'yantra' can be any image, two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Yantras are tools for facilitating yogic enstasis, that is, a meditation that is transcendental. In tantric yoga, there are mental techniques and tools, such as mantra and yantra, asana, puja, etc., used as aids to meditation. A yantra is any design that symbolizes a void with the bindu at the center. Shakti is in fact, listed as a progenitor in the Guru Dev puja, right after Naryana. "Shaktism's focus on the Divine Feminine does not imply a rejection of Masculine or Neuter divinity. However, both are deemed to be inactive in the absence of Shakti. As set out in the first line of Adi Shankara's renowned Shakta hymn, Saundaryalahari (c. 800 CE)..." Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaktism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaktism On 12/15/2013 6:38 PM, yifuxero@... mailto:yifuxero@... wrote: Interesting, but MMY discarded this aspect of Devi worship; thus not following in the footsteps of Guru Dev. I've not encountered any instances of MMY promoting Devi worship, Sri Yantra or Sri Chakra pujas, or for that matter, the knowledge of Tantric symbols, or any related practices, aside silent repetition of the mantras. No japa or worship of the Sri Yantra, or the Lalitasahasranama. . ... OTOH, Ramana Maharshi - even though regarded as a "pure Advaitin", had regular daily Sri Chakra pujas conducted at his Ashram. So go figure....MMY is a Sabateur.....effectively putting an end to Devi worship in that particular lineage. ... ...
