--- In [email protected], coldbluiceman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Vaj wrote: > > > coldbluiceman wrote: > > > > >> Vaj wrote: > > >> Samaya Sri Vidya does not require any > > >> externally obvious signs. > > > > > > Namaste Vaj Ji, > > > Please tell me what exactly are > > > the "signs of Sri Vidya"? > > > > External ritual. > > Namaste Vaj ji > > Please tell me of this external ritual? > For example puja? > > > Samaya practice is internal > >(i.e. you might not necessarily see such > > a practitioner doing anything obvious externally). > > Please tell me is this "samaya" the same "tm-samya"? > > > >> Not > > >> finding a secret practice on a web site > > >> is no indication that it is > > >> not practiced, > > >> nor should we be surprised it is not practiced > > >> everywhere. > > > > > > Maybe, but you insisted "Sri Vidya" > > > was practised by Adi Shankara > > > and at His established mutts. > > > > You might want to look at > > what I did originally say: > > Ok. > > > > "Sri Rajareshsvari is a form of > > the Goddess worshipped in Sri Vidya > > and popular in the cult of the Shankaracharyas. > > A very old pagan and > > tantric Goddess. " > > i must politely take exception with your statement. > As when i *google* your "Rajareshsvari" name i come with nothing!! > > However if i *google* the name i told you- "Tripurasundari" i come > with 16,000 sites related to Devi Tripurasundari > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=tripurasundari > Results 1 - 10 of about 16,000 for tripurasundari. (0.58 seconds > > > > > > >> It has a long association with these traditions, > > >> esp. the > > >> southern seat. > > > > > > I gave you the link to the "southern seat" here it is again. > > > Why not email the "southern seat" directly and ask them if the > > > Shankaracharya there at Kanchi worships a "sri yantra'?? > > > 5). Kanchi mutt- here is the link go see if this mutt engages in > > > worship of Sri Yantra > > > http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/aboutpeetham.html > > > > I'm guessing what's confusing you is that > > they refer to it as a Sri > > Chakra. > > FYI this is synonymous with "Sri Yantra". > > No Sir. As i pointed out to you before.., when Adi Shankara > presented gifts to Devi Tripurasundari at the temple in Kanchi. He > gave Her earrings as gifts the earrings were called "Sri Chakra". > Please check the wedsite i provided for the Southern Seat. > http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/aboutpeetham.html > > The worship(or devotion/bhakti) of Sri Devi Tripurasundari is > related to Sri Chakra, and practrised in the Kanchi mutt. The > devotion/bahkti done to Sri Tripurasundari involves puja(or Arti) > and homage(or prayer) and RoopDhyana(or rememberance of Her divine > form) and does not involve "secret rituals". > > The "sri yantra" are mandalas painted on concrete or stone or paper > or made with sand-(as in the Tibetan Buddhist practice of sand > mandalas) and involve a mental concentration on a "yantra". > > > Perhaps you might > > want to look at the description of what > > Adi Shankara carved into the > > rock there (at the Sharada temple site) > > Where? > > > and what Vidyaranya installed > > at numerous other places. > > > > > > > >> > > >> BTW, just a casual glance at itineraries > > >> shows participation in Sri Vidya rituals. > > > > > > Please- *Specifically Identify from those "itineraries" which > > > are "sri yanta rituals"? > > > I want to know what you are calling "sri yantra rituals". > > > > > >> I think you're just playing games. > > > > > > I think you are playing games, and attempting to get me stare at > > > *VERY Artistic Mandalas* that my lovely wife > > > paints on concrete for > > > celebrations at our local "Hindu" temple. > > > > > > Are those mandalas my wife paints > > > part of some "sri yantra ritual"? > > > > Maybe you should ask her? > > Well on occassion i assist her, as some are very large. > However when the- frequent So. Indian visitors(some are pundits from > the Sri Meenakshi) come to our temple they view her painted > mandalas. While they comment on the significance of her manadals, > they never ascribe any sort of worship to them! > > > >> Just what FFL needed--another game player. > > >> Excuse me if you are > > >> actually ignorant in this area, > > > > > > Sir Vaj Ji, > > > I am not ignorant. > > > I just don't by into your whole-, "tantric / shankaracharya / sri > > > yantra secret rituals" thing. > > > I have been to 2 Shankaracharyas(1 north & 1 south) and 2 living > > > disciples of Sri BrahmanandJi Maharaj and 1 Jagadguru Acharya (my > > > spiritual master). > > > And, in 20 years i never heard of any secret teaching of "sri > > > yantra"!!..i assure you I am not ignorant in these "areas". > > > > LOL, what makes you think you'd > > hear of a secret teaching? > > LOL, What makes you think they are "secret teachings"?.. i can > find "sri yantra" worship on the internet right now!! > > > Even SBS > > sent ripe students elsewhere for > > inner instruction in Sri Vidya. > > Where did you find this information? > > I have spoken to 3 living disciples of Sri Brahmanandji-("SBS") and > none of them said anything like what you claim. > In fact if your are on the east coast- New York, New York you can > look up a living disciple yourself- > H.H. 108 Swami Vishva Hiteshji Maharaj. > > > > Its just these "areas" of yours > > > are highly speculative. > > > >> but it sure seems like game-playing > > >> to me! > > > > Pranams Vaj ji > > > Most politely, it sure seems like you > > > are a *Poser* / wannabe. > > > > And of course you're welcome to "believe" whatever you wish. > > Most politely, the Facts are facts..you have no clue..Vaj
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