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| May 4, 2018 at 13:00 | comment | added | Rickross | It is from the Brihat Tantrasara.. you won't find the book online.. it quotes from Tantras and Agamas.. @zaxebo1 | |
| May 2, 2018 at 14:51 | comment | added | zaxebo1 | what is the exact verse reference number of this shloka which you quoted - "Swapno lavdho mantro yadi sathgurum prApnoti tadA tata eva tanmantram grihniyAt nochet jalapurna kalase guroh prAnpratishthAm vidhAya vatapatre kumkumena likhitam mantram tat kalase prakshipya uttalya mantram grihniyAdityarthah.." ? It is very important for me, can you please help | |
| May 1, 2018 at 23:29 | comment | added | Akhil | Agama traditions cannot work without a Guru in physical form | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 11:51 | comment | added | Rickross | You are welcome. And yes all Hindu scriptures recommend taking Diksha from a living Guru only. Nothing else is ever prescribed. @RKh | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 7:57 | comment | added | RKh | Thanks for the detailed clarification. Even it is my experience that unless you have spent a considerable amount of time with a Guru, who is alive, and learned advanced meditation techniques and other practices, it is very difficult to progress without a Guru. Once you have spent enough time with a live guru, you can easily get his guidance even when he is not in body. I have seen devotees who have considered a saint as a Guru who lived hundreds years before and now not in physical form. These devotees are always puzzled. | |
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