anganyas, karanyas(small correction)

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I had typed fast thus: Srividya Deeksha is different in different

sampradayas. If your

> Srividya Guru says, it is not necessary, then it is necessary.

 

Please read it as : ...then it is not necessary..

 

Shreeram Balijepalli

Smarthrugaami-Dattavaibhavam , " para_anuloma "

<para_anuloma wrote:

>

> Respected sir,

>

> Srividya Deeksha is different in different sampradayas. If your

> Srividya Guru says, it is not necessary, then it is necessary.

>

> Nyasas infuse the body with divinity and prepare it for meditation

and

> japa.The types of nyasa most often encountered in tantrika ritual

are

> Rishi Nyasa, Kara (hand) Nyasa, Matrika Nyasa and Sadanga Nyasa.

>

> Though the Shastras do not perse say it is cumpulsory many tantric

> texts including Nityotsavam lay great emphasis on the practice of

> Nyasas.

>

> So, you re right in your thinking. To get the Nyasas too as a

deeksha

> from Guru would be fantastic but many a time Guru asks the disciple

to

> learn it from a Gurubratha or a text with His guidance.

>

> To do Srividya Puja/Japa without Nyasas will not yield any

substantial

> results(or at the best yield delayed results).

>

> However, as in everything, your preceptor should guide you properly

in

> all these.

>

> A proper Guru-Parampara will make things even clearer as one need

not

> lean on any texts and follow the parampara aadesha.

>

> Hraum Guruvaashritarakshanaaya namaha!

>

> Shreeram Balijepalli

>

> Smarthrugaami-Dattavaibhavam , " nsv1951 "

> <nsv1951@> wrote:

> >

> > Respected and beloved Shreeramji,

> >

> > I had an opportunity to talk with an exponent in Mantra Sashtra

> > who is one of the senior Shrividya upasaka.

> > while he was narrating about mantras, he told me that after

> > getting initiation, one can start doing japa, doing Nysa on Rishi

> > and Chandas and dhyana. Anganyas and Karanyas are only

optional.

> > Nowhere in mantra sashtra, it is mentioned that Anganyas and

Karanyas

> > are compulsory, he opines. But I come to understand that for a

> > mantra japa, nysa,dhyana, anganyasa and karnyasa are completely

> > required. Can you offer your valuable opinion in this regard ?

> > Thanking you,

> >

> > N.S.Venkhataraman

> >

>