> > There's only one Sri Yantra, Bharat2, associated > > with the Sri Vidya sect, and that is the Sri Chakra. > > Bhairatu wrote: > My point was that many yantras have bij mantras on them > so you can't claim that Sri Yantra is the source. > There is only ONE Sri Yantra associated with the Sri Vidya sect - the one Shankaracharya placed on the mandir at Sringeri. On it are inscribed the mantras of the Sri Vidya sect. All thirteen bija mantras are innumerated in the Saundaryalahari, composed by Shankaracharya. Among the mantras is the bija mantra of Saraswati, that is, Sri, the Goddess of Learning, worshiped by all the Swamis of the Saraswati sect founded by Shankaracharya. All the Dasanami Swamis have appeneded to thir name - Saraswati.
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati was a Dasanami Swami - his bija mantra was the bija of Saraswati. This mantra was given to Marshy who then gave it to me. I don't understand why you are bing so argumentative about this. It is more than obvious that Marshy got the bija mantra of Saraswati from his guru, a Saraswati Swami, and that Swami Brahmanand got it from his guru, Swami Krishnanand Saraswati of Sringeri. > > Do you know what Sri means in Sanskrit? And did you know > > that Tripuransundari is the object of their devotions? > > There is no difference between Sri Herself and Saraswati. > > And like I said, the TM mantra is used in meditation > > on Sri Vidya - Saraswati. > > > Sri has a number of meanings. > According to to the adherents of the Sri Vidya sect, the Sankrit term 'Sri' means Auspicious and 'Vidya' means Knowledge, that is, Transcendental Knowledge. Sri is the Goddess of Learning - worshipped through meditation on the bija mantra of Saraswati. All the Saraswati Dasanamis worship Saraswati, Sri Vidya. All the Saraswati Dasanamis practice transcendental meditation on Sri. Your attempts to mislead are without merit, Sir. According to the Swami Svarupanand Saraswati, a direct diciple of Brahmanand Saraswati, Guru Dev used to give out bija mantras based on Ista Devata, that is, Saraswati, otherwise known as Tripurasundari, called Sri, the diety if the Three Cities. You can read more about this is David Renfrew Brook's great books: 'The Secret of the Three Cities' An Introduction to Hindu Sakta Tantrism. by Douglas Renfrew Brooks University Of Chicago Press, 1998 http://tinyurl.com/37yzmw 'Auspicious Wisdom' The texts and traditions of Sri Vidya tantrism in South India. by Douglas Renfrew Brooks State University of New York Press, 1992 http://tinyurl.com/3xgfc5
