> > > 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. > > Vaj wrote: > Uh, that's what I just said. > Uh, you said that the *seed* syllables were the source of the "mandalas" used in Sri Vidya practice. There are no mandalas in Hindu tantra. Do you know the difference between a Sri Vidya yantra and a Tibetan Mahayana mandala, Vaj?
> > A seed mantra is the seed of *something*. 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.
