Each Amnaya has separate Guru Mandala. Again, Gurumandala of each Amnaya has different lineage. Like this there are many Guru Mandalas. During the passage of time, these separate Guru Mandalas got mixed up because of some other reasons (may be jumping from one guru to other etc) and evolved different Srividya practices. Evidence is that, we can find some procedures belongs to Dakshina cult in Kaula cult and vice versa. It is well known fact that Guru mandala is different for Panchadasi and Shodasi. Thank God we never question why don't we stop worshiping Shodasi Guru Mandala after worshiping of Panchadasi gurus mandala. (Argument is that all guru's are one and same). A great seer of Andhra Pradesh Sri Tadepalli Raghavanarayana Sastry Garu himself declared he belongs to fourth avarana of Srichakra. He was a Bala upasaka. I can not say whether he reached to pinnacle of Srichakra. Same way, Sri Ayalasomayajula Kavyakantha Ganapati muni garu, (fortunately I belongs to his Vamsam) a great Rishi of Andhrapradesh who was great upasaka of Devi (esp. Tara. He brought Tara upasana to South). Next coming to a great seer of East Sri Ramakrishna paramahamsa. He had two gurus 1.Bhairavi Brahmani 2. Totapuri. First person is Tantrik Guru and second person is Advaita guru. Some sadhakas offered him deeksha other than above two great gurus but he refused those offers. They neither discounted anyone nor diluted anyone's spirit ( for liberation). Point here is that they might have got liberation but not their followers (exception to Sri Vivekananda who was a incarnation of a Rishi). Why? If we observe above cleanly, we can understand that their spiritual development played great role to have gurus. Please remember, spiritual journey not restricted to this present body only. All these three great sages, did bahya puja as well as amtar puja. This soul will get right guru path/lineage as per its sadhana during present life. Classic example for this is HH Ramana Maharshi. He was a realized soul by birth (of course he did recognized it after certain age). He was a great sadhaka during his past births under great gurus. That sadhan fructified in his last birth. Some people showing him as example and argue "No guru is required" for Sadhana. But they ignore the facts behind his sadhana. So, what guru mandala puja we do in Srichakra Puja if we have separate gurus for separate mantra? A persons true zeal, urge, passion for liberation will get him eligibility to have right guru. It is not the argument. I am just trying to convey traditional values and its importance. Chanting one or true mantras daily in certain numbers will not give any result (either positive or negative). It is a psychological feeling of beginners that they are getting something new energy etc. If we do anything new which we like more will give us utmost happiness, new energy etc. In the same way if we start practicing any new puja procedure, new mantra etc will have such psychological effect for some time/days. Later that will go and new puja/mantra will start. It is like a flood flow. We have to accept this true. Some people may not agree to this point openly but their inner consciousness will definitely. - By Bhuvananandanatha. (AUM.Ravi)

I will definitely do so, thank you very much for your help.

In Sri Vidya, the role of the Sri Guru (the guru who initiates one into Sri Vidya) is considered very important and is primary. In the Sri Chakra puja, the Guru Mandala is worshipped along with Lord Shiva and the Divine Mother Shakti in the bindu (dot). The significance is that the Guru Mandala is one with the Super-consciousness and liberated. The role of the guru, is to lead us there, where he himself is elevated by us to that status. Such a guru who is liberated, does not have any attachments whatsoever, including mantras and simply cannot perceive anyone or anything, as different from the Divine Mother. A true guru leads us all the way to the bindu and introduces us to the Divine Mother. She alone becomes the True Guru, who then leads us to Paramashiva who completely liberates us. In today's world, we are chaining and pulling even the entire guru mandalas from the bindu, back to the mundane world, to fulfill our desires and our ignorance! It occurs to me, that the Gurus on the top echelons of the pyramid are suffocating from this and are probably requesting all sadhakas irrespective of lineage, to allow them to stay there. So maybe it is okay to pray to different gurus and all their mandalas, so they get to remain there with the Divine Mother, especially if the gurus at the base of the pyramid are not sharing the True knowledge with genuine sadhakas. What appears to be a dimensionless dot (bindu) to us, is an entire dimension and a world to the spiritually liberated.

what would be the state of the East, had the wondrous discoveries and inventions of the West were concealed and not revealed for the benefit of mankind? How many millions have been saved by the advances made in medicine? How many have been saved by the secret rasayana shastras? What did all the custodians of the most powerful and secretive mantras do, when the nations were attacked and millions perished across the globe? What purpose did these hoarders and selfish persons serve? In the end, all that matters is, not how much we gather, but how much we scatter. Krishna Sir, Thank you very much for these highly potent thought provoking lines.

Yes, body diseases - weakened immunity, illness cold, back pain from cold, tiredness, etc. Mostly it is put on me, so I worship the Mother Pratyangira a She helps me very much. Thanks to all for your help.

Dear Svarupanandanath ji, Good to see you here. Since you are from Guhanand mandali, I would like to ask something. It seems there was a committee "Sri Brahma Vidya Vimarshini Sabha" who published series of books in english. One gem i found at https://archive.org/details/SrividyaSaparyaVasanaSriBrahmaVidyaVimarshiniSabhaSeriesNo.6NSubramaniaIyer/page/n1 Do you have link of more books in english / Hindi ? That will be boon for all

Here, healing refer to body ailments? If, so there is a Pratyangira mantra in Atharvana Veda.

Divine Mother Prathyangira Devi is also known as Bakshini....it means she swallows all the negativities associated with the sadhaka...whether it is negative thoughts, negative karmas or negative energies due to which diseases have ocurred....my suggestion is please worship the Divine Mother sincerely with devotion and faith, healing is natural by-product, while Enlightenment will be the Actual Outcome.

I would like to share one line from the Tamil poet Arunagirinathar's work Kandar Anubhuti. In the last line, he says "Guruvay varuvaai arulvaai Guhane!". Meaning Oh Guha! It is only you who comes as Guru and blesses me. In the Sri Vidya tradition, it is believed that it is Mother herself who comes as Sri Guru and blesses the ripe upasaka. Someone practicing a mantra by following a book or website may not have any use at all on the person chanting it. but if the Bhakti that is exerted towards the deity is true and so strong, the deity will come as Guru and bless them with initiation. Krishnaji's effort of going through the scriptures is mainly to share for information purposes. Besides, it is only Mother's will that She wants the world to be aware of Her various forms of mantras. Whatever She plans is beyond human comprehension.

Even the great gurus whom we follow, are referring to the same published mantras. They maybe looking at some manuscripts, scribbled notes or books from reputed publishers and sometimes even at some blogs. There are also some gurus who publish and sell books, rudrakshas, yantras etc. They may also offer initiations and serve as a one stop spiritual mall!