--- rmy108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- 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 > === message truncated === And when you become aware that you are thinking thoughts, come back very easily, very gently to the mantra.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
