Guruji's teachings
Guruji's short invitation to Devipuram, a place to learn and do Shakti sadhana, and his call to turn desire toward love and the divine.
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Original post: Devipuram: Sadhana Kshetram, Guruji's blog, posted by Vira Chandra on 25 April 2016 and signed "Amritananda". Guruji names the poets and teachers Kshetrayya, Annamacharya, Jayadeva, Adi Sankaracharya, Ramakrishna and Sai Baba. The post has no other quoted book or website. The picture on the original is not used here.
Devipuram is a Sadhana Kshetram to learn and to do Shakti-Sadhana in satvic traditions. It is located on the bus route 5km from Sabbavaram to Anakapalle, close to Vizag.
Here Kamakhya and Siva temples are on a hillock. At the ground level is the Sri Meru temple.
Kamakhya devi is the form of yoni, the mother of all. All 10 maha-vidyas including the Sri-Chakra reside there. Devotees can do serious sadhanas here in AP, saving the trouble of going to Assam to see Kamakhya. Kanyas, desiring soubhagyam get abhishekams done at the "dhara" in Kamakhya here. Chidless couples get their desire fulfilled here.
Siva temple has a marble Lingam and phallic Lingam outside for archana. Prior to Muslim and Christian eras, satvic tantrics worshipped phallus as Siva, yoni as Shakti and offered their joys to Siva-Sakti. Even today, sadhakas are doing these pujas in secret places all over the world.
At the ground level, the temple itself is a big Sri-Cakra. Walking into it, life size Khadgamala deities greet the visitors. Some are nude. They openly suggest that desire should be directed towards God/Goddess. This is the concept behind Bhakti, expressing love and desire for God/Goddess.
Today, moral values are changing. Promiscuity and power games are in vogue. People are disrespecting our great tantric traditions. They are saying it is only black magic, which is far from the truth. We need to protect our youth from buying vulgarity and cruelty from the culture of advertisements stoking up desires. We need to direct their energies into love.
You are requested to visit this unique Shakti Sadhana Kshetra based on exquisite culture of beauty and harmony. Please promote our great Shakta, Saiva and Vaishnava traditions. We need to guide lust of the young towards sringara aimed at divinity.
Let us value great traditions set by Kshetrayya's padas, Annamacharya's kirtanas, Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, Adi Sankaracharya's Soundarya Lahari, Ramakrishana's Mother worship, Sai Baba's Love all, serve all. The great erotic sculptures of Konark, Khajuraho and our ancient temples bear testimony to our Samskriti based on Bhakti. Loss of such culture is at stake otherwise. We cannot ignore the role of sexuality in tantra. So we intend to dedicate a separate section to explicit discussions. Stay tuned.
Amritananda
Shown in full, word for word, from Devipuram: Sadhana Kshetram, Guruji's blog, 25 April 2016.
Guruji's invitation points to one idea. Desire is a strong force, and it can be pointed toward the divine instead of being pushed away or left to run wild.
In the Kaula view, the Goddess is worshipped inwardly and outwardly. The Sri Chakra, the temples and the deities are outer forms that remind us of an inner truth.
Some of the practices Guruji mentions are private and are done only by willing, consenting adults, with a teacher. This page does not explain them.
Learn from the post, then go slowly. A teacher and your own steady experience matter more than any description.
Guruji attained mahasamadhi in October 2015. Guru Amma Annapurnamba guides the lineage today.
Guruji calls Devipuram a Sadhana Kshetram, a place to learn and to do Shakti sadhana in satvic traditions. He says it is on the bus route 5 km from Sabbavaram to Anakapalle, close to Vizag.
He describes Kamakhya and Siva temples on a hillock, and the Sri Meru temple at the ground level, which he says is itself a big Sri Chakra.
No. He says people who call tantra only black magic are far from the truth, and that they disrespect great tantric traditions.
He says Bhakti is expressing love and desire for God and Goddess, and he asks that the energy of the young be guided into love and sringara aimed at divinity.
Kshetrayya, Annamacharya, Jayadeva, Adi Sankaracharya, Ramakrishna and Sai Baba.
Read the original: Devipuram: Sadhana Kshetram, on Guruji's blog.
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