[Excerpts from `Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses’ by Sri Vamadeva Shastri] As in many spiritual traditions, the feminine aspect of Divine reality represents knowledge

Dakshinachara is the method taught by Sri Hayagriva in Hayashirsha Samhita, Daskhinamurti Samhita, parts of Vasistha, Shuka Samhitas and various Smrti/Purana/Itihasas. Vamachara was taught by

janmoddhAranirIkShaNIha taruNI vedAdibIjAdimA nityaM chetasi bhAvyate bhuvi kadA sadvAkyasa~nchAriNI | mAM pAtu priyadAsabhAvakapadaM saMghAyate shrIdharA dhAtri tvaM swayamAdidevavanitA dInAtidInaM pashum || 1 || The [Kula

shrImAtre namaH One can dare to speak on Sri Lalita Divya Sahasranama, if he is Lalita himself or is blessed with a speck of dust

The chaturviMshati mUrti nyAsa is described as a part of the krama for the mantra of dvAdashamukha gaNDabheruNDa nR^isiMha in the gaNDabheruNDa nR^isiMha kalpa (which

namaH shivAbhyAm There was a query whether those in brahmacharyAshrama can undertake the practice of Tantra. They can, undoubtedly. One can quote the utility of

For all the mahAvidyA goddesses, there is an associated Bhairava or Shiva, whose upAsanA is considered mandatory by some sources. The Bhairavas for the ten

shrImAtre namaH bhavAni is a special name of Parashakti Sri Lalita and is celebrated in various scriptures. It is said in the nirvachanAdhyAya of Sri

“If the blue mountain be the ink, the ocean the ink-pot, the biggest branch of the heavenly tree – Kalpaka be the pen, the earth

Bhaskararaya Makhin If any one deserves special mention in the field of Srividya after Sri Adi Shankaracharya, it is undoubtedly Sri Bhaskaracharya. He descended to

salomAsthi svairaM palalamapi mArjAramasite para~nchauShTraM maiShaM naramahiShayocChAgamapi vA | baliM te pUjAyAmapi vitaratAM martyavasatAM satAM siddhiH sarvA pratipadamapUrvA prabhavati || ayi asite – O Mother

[Query] I am confused about who can recite lalitha sahasranamam? Please clarify whether balaa manthra diksha is enough. Some mahans permit this. shrImAtre namaH Irrespective