The concept of drawing mandala is follows like this:Square represents - futureCircle represents - pastShatkona represents - presentTrikona represents - Icha, jnana and kriya saktiBindu represents - Santa/Santyateeta kalaThe mandala with all above qualities take care of the "patras" used in "patra sadhana". These shaktis will be infused into that patras and so into the saadhaka during navavarana puja.

Please send me a mail at ravi@manblunder.com and I will scan those pages in Sanskrit and send them to you as attachments.

Hello Respected Ravi Uncle,I loved your blog. Please send me the Matangi kavachm and sahasranamam Sanskrit or hinidi or kannada docs. to recite.Does the mantras of matangi need to be recited after gurubhodhan or just remind guru in mind and start chanting. ?Please tell me the procedure like which direction or simply infront of god ?Does nyas is mandatory to recite or can we skip ?Before and after procedures ?Please respond.Regards,Ranjini Joshi

For some all this information is difficult to understand and can get confusing. Consider yourself lucky if it is easy for you!True story - it happened over 20 years ago. Someone told me. There was this person who believed in Lord Shiva. A relative was visiting and stayed at their home for a few days. One day the relative asked who is that man sitting in that chair - I see him all the time. Then the relative described the man - it was the vision of Shiva that the person worshipped simply with "om namah shiva" .. belief, faith, devotion is what this person had .. none of this knowledge.

There is no point complaining that person is not telling, this person is not telling. Raviji, Aum.Ravi, Kamkoti Mandali are all sharing knoweldge for other's benefit. One should be grateful and not complain. These days everyone wants everything to be available on a platter. Go search libraries, seek guru, hunt for knowledge, just dont sit in front of computer and expect people to serve everything to you. First of all, be grateful to those who are sharing for what is being shared. Without it, mother will give you nothing

I have left out one point. A Guru initiates his disciple in two ways; it could be either through ājñācakra or through maṇipūraka. This is general practice. However, I find that different Guru-s use different chakras to initiate.

Yoga Cūḍāmaṇi Upaniṣad deals with kuṇḍalinī, but not about chakras. Even Bhagavad Gītā refers only to ājñācakra. Your observation regarding chakras is perfect. Thank you.

The Divine Will which leads a person on to the path of spiritual knowledge is called Śaktipāta. Technically it a Divine Grace on a selected soul or multiple souls. Śiva (Brahman) cannot be realized by reading Scriptures or receiving spiritual instruction or mantra initiations alone. Self-realization happens only when Śiva decides to reveal Himself to the aspirant. To whom Śiva reveals Himself is another question, which is difficult to explain. There could multiple factor for Śiva to decide on to whom His Grace is to be showered through Śakti. What happens after the descent of Divine Grace (Śaktipāta)? The veil of māyā is removed. When the veil of māyā is removed, he is freed from all types of limitations. He looks beyond his body as the yogi himself becomes Śiva and he looks at everything from the point of view of Śiva. Śaktipāta is directly related to the depth of Love for the Lord. There is also a theory that Śaktipāta is possible only when one’s karmas are exhausted. It is called karmasāmya or equalisation of karma or nullification of karma. Depending upon the Guru, his role is determined. A Guru who is already a realized Yogi can guide an advanced spiritual aspirant, who is able to connect his individual soul with Śiva can be guided by such a Guru who tells his disciple to look for Śaktipāta. Only such a Guru is instrumental for the descent of Śaktipāta, which is possible only if the mind is conditioned. When there is descent of Śaktipāta, no human intervention is necessary at all. Śaktipāta is possible during initiation process by certain highly evolved Gurus. In such instances, due to Guru’s grace, the disciple’s kuṇḍalinī is also activated. Here initiation of a mantra may not be necessary and the Guru decides on this. Even after Śaktipāta one needs to practice to attain liberation. This can further be explained through a separate article. I will do that soon.

In my opinion as Manblunder say's concept of chakra's will not differ but focus and awakening may differ tradition to tradition, Vamacharin's and Kaulacharin's will also focus on Swadishdana chakra because they need an experience of bliss through sexual experience,Vedandin's (upanishad) will only talk about heart center and eyebrow which is a path of purifying emotions and controlling mind and developing wisdom, (Ravi Aiya, my knowledge on Upanishad is very limited please correct if I am missing any meditation found on other chakra's in upanishad), throughout the time this knowledge was passed through Guru-shishya parampara, In some Sadaka some chakra’s may well develop and some may not, then Guru will teach the meditation to develop the lower one. THEN IT ALL ABOUT PURPOSE AND CHOICE OF HIS EXPERIENCES. I hope now a day’s due to the lack of understanding on above rational, present education system and so much of information making confusion among Seekers.

I have specific questions on Śaktipāta, by definition Śaktipāta is a process of transferring Guru's energy to disciple, that mean with awakened Consciousness Guru will hit the moladara chakra and ascend the kundalini upto Sahasrara chakra by his will, in this process 1) Please comment on above understanding?2) Is Guru is entering to Sadaka's astral body (chakras) first through which chakra?3) in my understanding if sadaka got Śaktipāta (as per the Tantra indeed level of Śaktipāta is a factor, aditheevra Śaktipāta can give the liberation at the time of initiation, I am talking about normal level) it is a guided first journey of Kundalini through chakra's with the help of Guru, based on the experience received on that time Sadaka should practice frequently to get the steady state of awaken Kundalini, in other words normal Śaktipāta will give quick progress on final liberation but to get the liberation he need the proper practice, please comment?4) If yes to # 5, after the Śaktipāta Sadaka there is possibility of the blockages due to accumulation of impurities because of Sadaka's discipline and foods, please comment?