Vaj wrote: > A seed mantra is the seed of *something*. > You are incorrect - the *seed* syllables are the source of the yantra diagrams - that's why they call them a bija - an indestructibale bindu, the source of everything.
> It's a mandala that is their source, the mandala of the > deity in question. Over time, in the Hindu tantras these > were corrupted to mere yantras and the originals lost. > You need to get some smarts, Vaj, there are no "mandalas" in Hindu tantra. The diagrams in Hindu tantra are just simplified yantras. Mandalas are used in the Mahayana Buddhism of Tibet. There are no deities in Mahayana Buddhist mandalas.
