MSP-I: Śaradā Tilakaṁ

Sattva (Devanāgarī सत्त्व) is the quality of purity and goodness. It is regarded in sāṁkhya philosophy as the highest of the three guṇa (i.e. among rajas, sattva and tamas) because it renders a person true, honest and wise. It makes…

The Mahāmantra: Text, Theology, and Practice in Bhakti Traditions Mahā-mantra हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण, कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे॥ हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे। hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa | kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare| hare rāma hare rāma |…

Goodness manifests in many forms and we have to protect everything that is pure and good in this planet, in our lives and in our minds. Viśvarūpa means universal form and this is the form in which we learn to…

This flipping around the Udaya-Asta Lagna causes two kinds of charts. What we have been using is the second horā chart with Yama in 4th bhāva, both in rāśi and navāṁśa ‘lagna chakra’. The human brain is auto-configured to read…

The inside and outside are different stories. While the outside of the body is always visible like the daytime, the inside is always dark like the nighttime. To study this we need to extrapolate the concept of the aho-rātra (horā)…

1.01: The first verse of the Śāradā Tilakaṁ is an adoration of the Supreme Being, called महः mahaḥ and is not mentioned as either male or female, perhaps above both. The akṣara are constantly emanating from that divine mahaḥ, causing this universe…

Without अक्षर aksara (letters) there are no Śabda (शब्द), Pada (पद), Dhātu (धातु), Prātipadika (प्रातिपदिक), Avyaya (अव्यय) … words are generally referred to as Śabda (शब्द), while a complete, inflected word ready for use in a sentence is called a…

The Śāradā-tilaka of Lakṣmaṇa Deśikendra is a 25-chapter (Patala) white tantra text focusing on creation, mantras, and the worship of various deities. Chapters 1–24 cover the creation process, mantra vidhi, and rituals for goddesses (Saraswati, Lakshmi, Durga) and gods (Ganesha,…

ॐ श्रीगणेशाय नमः। om śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | ॐ श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः। om śrīgurubhyo namaḥ | करन्यासः karanyāsaḥ हृदयादि न्यासः hṛdayādi nyāsaḥ पञ्चपूजा pañcapūjā लं लं पृथिव्यात्मिकायै श्रीशारदादेव्यै गन्धं समर्पयामि। laṁ pṛthivyātmikāyai śrīśāradādevyai gandhaṁ samarpayāmi | हं हं आकाशात्मिकायै श्रीशारदादेव्यै पुष्पैः पूजयामि।…

Daksha Yagya remains central to the origin and the substanance of the Shakta form of worship and particularly to the establishment of the Shakti Peethas across the sub-continent. It is believed that when a distraught Mahadeva performed the Rudra Tandava…