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Shri Rudram
one hears little of realised masters who were artisans, traders, musicians, carpet weavers, or carpenters. The ‘lowly occupations’ were more the forté of the Indian mahasiddhas such as Dhombipa who washed people’s clothes.
Ngakpa Chogyam • Entering the Heart of the Sun and Moon
Haribhadra
Jamyang Khyentse • The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
What is an Upanishad? Etymologically the word suggests “sitting down near”: that is, at the feet of an illumined teacher in an intimate session of spiritual instruction, as aspirants still do in India today.
Eknath Easwaran • The Upanishads (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality Book 2)
So right at the beginning, seekers should have in mind what they want out of a guru. If you have certain principles and you think that it’s inappropriate for a guru to live in luxury (and understandably so), you should pay attention to that. There is a reason Shakyamuni Buddha chose to communicate with the methods of walking barefoot with a begging
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Some Śrīvidyā lineages adhere to the requirement for initiation, quoting textual references that support this view. In other Śrīvidyā lineages (including the one into which I’m initiated), the LSN is available to all. The philosophy here is that since the entire universe is Devī’s body (as we will discover), how can anyone be excluded from her
... See moreKavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
