--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Billy wrote: > > What is the Sri Chakra and where can I see it? > > > You can see the Sri Chakra at Sringeri, at Dwarka, at Puri, > and at Jyotir Matha. Shankara placed them there. All the > members of the Shankara Order worship the Sri Vidya. Swami > Brahmananda had a Sri Chakra encrusted with rubies which he > kept with him for puja worship. He probably read the Tripura > Upanishad on a daily basis. > > Shankara also composed the Soundaryalahari, with the sixteen > bija mantra contained therein. You can also read the Tripura > Upanishad - it contains the explanation of the sixteen bija > mantras of Sri Vidya. You can also read the commentary by > Bhaskarayanatha. > > You have been given the bija mantra by Swami Bramanand > Saraswati, now you are already in the enlightened state - > all you have to do is *isolate* the Purusha using Yoga, and > then burn up your accumulated karma using tapas. > > In your case, this might take several lifetimes of devotion > to a personal God, practicing Bhakti and Karma Yoga, or, > you could use tantric techniques and become a jivanmukti > in this very lifetime - it's up to you, Billy. This could > be your year of living dangerously.
Got it...but, surely there are pictures, yes? How about that 16 syllable mantra, can you spell it out here?