When one has the urge he gets the Guru. Mother Divine sends the Guru to the aspirant. Further one's own heart clearly tells that such and such a person is His...
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Madhava K. Turumella
madhava@...
Apr 2, 2000 11:07 am
... Now that was a news to me! Unless we are talking from different realms, my understanding is that --- It is after all your own faith that leads to your ...
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S Sangaranarayanan
sangarsai@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:06 am
A competent Guru is more important in getting realised. He must be one who has treaded the path and had the experience also. Because only a person who has...
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Sunder Hattangadi
sunderh@...
Apr 3, 2000 1:46 am
Namaste, A Sadguru is only one; that one is 'destined'[niyata] one also, and is the 'Diksha Guru'. A person may want to be a disciple of a particular guru, but...
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Madhava K. Turumella
madhava@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:38 am
... You mentioned that one should not hesitate to get rid of the guru if he is not competent! Actually, one approaches and accepts a person as guru only after...
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Aravind Krishna
seeksha@...
Apr 3, 2000 9:34 pm
The 51 vital shaktI shrines are said to have emerged from dAkshAyaNI devi. dIkshitar meditates on this Adi shakti svarUpam of devi as abhyAmbikA (dAkshAyaNI...
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shivadass
Shivadass@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:41 am
Sangarji, I completely agree with everything in your response to this thread. I only want to point out that anytime we say THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY about...
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Aravind Krishna
seeksha@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:01 pm
gurusvarUpa dhyAnam ... prabala guruguhOdaye namaste dIkshA santuShTa mAnase namaste After visualizing the deity in the form she preferred to have in mAUram, ...
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Aravind Krishna
seeksha@...
Apr 5, 2000 2:39 pm
In the gItA shloka that I quoted in the Dhyanam-3 post, I missed the word 'tanuM' The shloka yo yo yA.m yA.m bhaktyA shraddhayArchitumichchhti . tasya...
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K. Rangarajan
krishra@...
Apr 5, 2000 5:21 pm
WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL 2000. Namasthe! There is a prevailing practice among Sumangalis to distribute one lakh turmeric pieces(laksham manjal). I want to know the...
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Savithri D
savdev@...
Apr 7, 2000 11:59 pm
Namaste, Does anyone know the origin, or perhaps the composer of the ashtalaxmi stotra? My kids will be dancing to this song in the temple tommorrow and some...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 10, 2000 1:28 pm
... I got this mail yesterday. Besides this we have to take steps to get all the works of shankara on devii in e-format. In this regard, Aravind sent me a...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 10, 2000 9:47 pm
ambhodhara shyAmaLa kuntalaayai taTitprabhaataamra jaTaadharaaya | niriishvaraayai nikhileshvaraaya namaH shivaayai cha namaH shivaaya || 6 || HER hair is dark...
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Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
msr@...
Apr 11, 2000 7:51 pm
SHE is a skilled player of viiNa. There are many references to this in literature. For instance, shrii shyaamaLa navaratnamaalikaa stotram.h, and many...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 11, 2000 9:40 pm
kambu means conch or shell and kaNTha means neck. HER neck is smooth like the surface of a conch. kambu also means 3 lines which when formed on the neck is...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 11, 2000 10:22 pm
prapa~ncha sR^ishhTyunmukhalaasyakaayai samasta samhaaraka taaNDavaaya | jagajjananyai jagatekapitre namaH shivaayai cha namaH shivaaya || 7 || SHE dances in...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 11, 2000 10:25 pm
pradiiptaratnojjvalatkuNDalaayai sphuranmahaapannaga bhuushhaNaaya | shivaanvitaayai cha shivaanvitaaya namah shivaayai cha namah shivaaya || 8 || HER (left...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:20 pm
... This name also occurs in shrii lalitaa trishatii. In his commentary, shriii shankara says: kambu shabdena atra shankha nishhTa rekhatrayaM laxyate,...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:42 pm
This name is also found in the trishatii. Commenting on it shrii shankara says: kaamaanaaM bhogyapadaarthaanaaM yatha dR^ishhTaM iishhTe prerayatiti tatha| ...
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Ravisankar Mayavaram
miinalochanii@...
Apr 12, 2000 12:53 pm
According to shruti, yaj~naa is indeed vishhNu. This name reveals HER oneness with shriman naaraayaNa. SHE is non-different from HIM and they are one and the...
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Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
msr@...
Apr 13, 2000 1:27 pm
O Golden hued splendour Self luminous divine Gauri, the slayer of darkness Evasive thou art like a swift deer To a sense-inclined mind like mine O the seer of...
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satish raja arigela
a.satishraja@...
Apr 14, 2000 4:20 am
i remember the following sentences in one commentery on the tripura sundari ashtakam for the second sloka "kadambavanavAsinIm kanakavallakIdhArinIm ...
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Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
msr@...
Apr 14, 2000 12:38 pm
AUM shriimaatre namaH Thanks for your very informative post. This definitely enables us to understand this name better. It is really a delight to understand...
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Ramu Thiagarajan
ramut@...
Apr 14, 2000 3:34 pm
Dear Fellow Members: A brand new year unfolded yesterday per the Tamil Calendar and for those from Kerala today is Vishu which marks a new year. This occasion...
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Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
msr@...
Apr 14, 2000 7:17 pm
Here are some links to articles on shriividyaa. -- Ravi namo namaH sha.nkarapaarvatiibhyam ... Please see (i) http://www.meaus.com/What_is_Sri_Vidya%3F.html...
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Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
msr@...
Apr 14, 2000 7:44 pm
... namaste It is our group effort. Everyone in the list is behind all the positive things it brings about. And I take this opportunity to thank all the...
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Ravisankar S. Mayavaram
msr@...
Apr 14, 2000 8:36 pm
namaH shivaayai cha namaH shivaaya | This idea was motivated by Aravind and something which should be accomplished. - It is important to get all the works on...
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Balakrishnan Shankar
balakrishnan_sh@...
Apr 14, 2000 9:52 pm
Ravi, You shall also have to include songs sung on Her by various saints- Dikshitar, Ramprasad, Sri Ramakrishna.... bala ... ...
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satish raja arigela
a.satishraja@...
Apr 15, 2000 3:51 am
here is a nice photo of sri dakshinamurti siva he is very important for devotees of ambaal because sri vidya has three different variations of which dakshina...
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satish raja arigela
a.satishraja@...
Apr 15, 2000 3:58 am
here is another photo of maha tripura sundari the photo is little dark in colour the photo shows lalitha mahatripurasundari seated on a beautiful lotus which...
