Dear Krishna ji, We see that the Dhyana Slokha before and affter the Japa are different with respect to the second line last word. is it Sarojadhvyam or Surojadhnyam ? Which one is rt ?

Thank you dear Krishna for your kind wishes. I appreciate it. While we may have our differences, as fellow sadhakas, we are in the same boat. However, I will continue to speak up when I see what I consider to be wrong. It is unfortunate that our convictions have arrayed us in opposition, but as fellow sadhakas, I appreciate your best wishes, and you have mine. All the best.

Dear Bam, I can see how it appears that many are ganging up against one. And Dear Rasit, I can also see how it appears that there is some conspiracy or coup underfoot. I can assure you both, on the sacred memory of the founder of this site itself, that I am only speaking up against what I deeply feel is wrong. I know nothing of or about Kuru or Herodion, and they me. I am a stranger to them. It is just that our positions coincided. If you doubt it, there are also others who hold the same or similar opinions. For example, Amargi. I don't know who he is, and he me. Would you say that Amargi and I are acting in concert? Things only progressed naturally when matters came to be discussed in depth. If you guys can check my comment history, you can see that I was not active on this site even though I was on this site from before. I kept away and did not interfere when there were some really outrageous things being said in the comments some months ago or earlier. My involvement came only when Krishna referred to the Devi Rahasyam on taking shastra as the guru, and I asked for precise references as I did not know of those references. And things snowballed as others commented. Further, Krishna is not some frail flower, and he gives as good as he gets, as you can see from his comments. He has his strong opinions, and so do I. And he will not admit he's wrong, and I will not back down. He's a fighter, and so am I. It really is, howsoever difficult it may be to swallow for anyone, a matter of shastra and dharma for me. God bless you both.

Dear Krishna, I am following the back-and-forth debate that started on March-23rd-2026 and is still going on. In NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), there is a simple yet effective technique where you simply take yourself out of the situation and observe what’s going on as a 3rd person from a neutral angle. This allows you to notice patterns, things, traps, ideas, etc. you would not notice otherwise. So instead of preaching NLP, I applied that rule to get a better picture about what’s going on lately right here on Manblunder. I noticed certain patterns that can’t be explained by pure coincidence. Let me go over them: 1. Kuru started his opposition on March 23rd and continued till April 4th. 2. On March 28th, Herodoin joined the arguments to support Kuru. 3. Interestingly March 28th is also the day Chakravarti joined the discussions. 4. If you pay attention to their comments, it’s clear that this is an organized effort. Kuru/Herodion leading, and Chakravarti acting like sidekick/wingman as if he is not really part of the team. 5. The intention is clear yet confusing. Somehow this Group (No idea whom they are really representing, but there is an Organization/Cult behind them for sure) has convinced themselves without ever being part of the Manblunder, they can either reshape manblunder in their own Image or take over Manblunder. None of these two options will happen, but I doubt they have realized that yet. 6. I believe including you, anyone who tries to reason with this mysterious group’s representatives are wasting their time. That’s not their goal; the goal is to destroy Manblunder beyond recognition or take over it. Here is a simple fact with a simple yet effective solution, since March-23rd Manblunder has turned into a battlefield, and the only way to stop that is to block them from the Site, so we can go back to share info/ideas with each other.

Dear Kuru Sandhyasa, you seem to be highly blessed that you always have the name of revered Tīvra on your lips and in your mind at all times. I reverently bow to this great bhakti bhāva that you have within you. Bhakta Prahlāda lauded his father Hiraṇyakaṣipu that He had Lord Nārāyaṇa in his mind at all times and it was this factor that gave rise to the Mahāvatār Lord Nṛsiṁha. Your bhakti towards the Divine Mother in the form of revered Tīvra is certainly something I will strive to imbibe in myself. May the blessings of the Divine Mother be upon you and your close associates.

I still see nothing but avoidance and excuses. You claim Tivra to be a great guru, an avadhuta no less, and a mahasiddha at that! You continuously propagate their teachings and even publish them, yet the moment someone calls on this and states they should take responsibility for their teachings, you backpedaled and referred to them as a "scholar" and said we should be lucky they are even here. Krishna, do not act like you and the admins of the website are in agreement. As I have said, I am in contact with the other admins! Who do you think warned me when you had suggested that I and herodion apply as initiators? You told the other admins you were not going to do so. So then why did you want to gather all our information? For what purpose? No good intentions there I am sure. As Chakravarti said, you admit the teaching that a guru is required for practice, and you yourself call Tivra a great guru, a mahasiddha! A great sage! Yet you shy away and hide at the very mention of having them brought aboard in any sort of way where they or you would have to take responsibility. We all know it was Raviji's request that you create content for the website. I was told this as well. That you would be responsible for content. Do not make it seem to be as if he wanted his own teachings removed or reformed.

Dear Chakravarti, among the tens of thousands of sadhakas that he initiated, he chose me to be the lead of this site. I have written communication from him that was sent to me and Santosh to remove his name from the website in its entirety and add only mine in the 'About Me' page. We did not accept that request even though it came from him and changed the 'About me' to 'About us' and never removed his email from the 'Contact' link either. You may have noticed that Shri Raviji's name and comments are removed from the Manblunder forum in their entirety. This was done by him and we could not prevail. Other gurus of this site are more capable and far more advanced in sadhana than I am, it is probably for that reason that he chose the least accomplished sadhaka as the contact person and I am more than happy to be that. I also chose to be the last contact in the initiations page but my very dear friend Dan beat me to it! We are doing what we can and those who are not happy with us, are more than welcome to complain to whomever or wherever they wish to, including this website. We have the blessings of those who matter the most to us! Remember, ego, attachment and emotions in general are to be overcome to ascend spiritually. Wishing you and your fellow likeminded disciples the best! When you have already received diksha from Shri Raviji, look no further and you need no more guidance from anyone. The guru mandala will guide you in your journey.

Dear Chakravarti, I don't usually comment on arguments, but the way that you, Kuru and Herodion have ganged up on Krishna ji is really bad. You say you all are disciples of Shri Raviji, are you saying Shri Raviji was short sighted when he appointed Krishna ji and others as administrators of the website? I as an outsider knows just by reading the blogs that Shri Raviji was no ordinary person, he was Lalita himself, as shishyas one should not question the decision of his Guru. Lalitopakhyan states that a guru-disciple relationship has only dasya bhakti( that of a slave), there can be advaitam with the devta but not with the Guru. I believe Shri Raviji was visionary and wise enough to see who has the capability of guiding others and who doesn't. If you all were his disciples, why did he only give Guru Diksha and Purna Diksha and put the names of those Gurus in the initiation page? Why not others? Why didn't he give the responsibility of the website to Krishna ji and not others? Why should you and others question the decision of your own Guru? It is sad that as a kid and novice myself, I have to bring these things to light. It is said even if the Guru is wrong one should not question it. One should keep quiet and not correct the Guru's decision, this is said by none other than Acharya Abhinavgupta himself. I believe if you have faith in your Gurus' words and decisions, you will know what to do. Sorry if this feels disrespectful, but lately I have been seeing this constant attacks on Krishna and more arguments on things rather than actual knowledge, Guru Disciple relation/ Guru Family is not a democracy, its based on adhikara(rights) you can't think of doing a sudden revolution. Shri Raviji gave the adhikara of initiation and website management to only a select few which is visible on the initiation page. If he felt, more Gurus are needed, he would have surely mentioned them on the website.

Krishna, my dear friend, you don't know this, but Raviji was also one of my gurus. I was in personal contact with him and have received valuable guidance from him several times. We were in personal contact prior to and during his period of illness and before he passed away. So you see, I'm not some passer-by; I'm your, and all of Raviji's disciples', guru bhai. I'm family, dude. Further, I'm already initiated, so be assured I'm not shopping around on Manblunder. When Herodion and Kuru Sandhyasa declared themselves as also disciples of Raviji, I recognised in them my senior guru bhai-s, and to respect their position and encourage all who might be interested, I offered to kick-start the process and formally take from them whatever mantra or practice they'd give me. This is a traditional position recognized by several lineages - senior disciples of the same guru can teach the juniors. So, you see, I'm definitely not here to pounce on the unwilling. I'm here not for my personal benefit, but to give some succour and relief to struggling and confused sadhakas. I'm here to try to set my master's house in order. I'm here to save this parampara and dharma from further injury. I'm here to safeguard Raviji's original vision. Now, I've gone through your writeup, and I'm disappointed in you, my friend. I see only excuses and evasion of responsibility in your words. You say that sadhakas on Manblunder should be initiated elsewhere and not here. Then why even maintain the initiations page? Pull it down! You say that you have families and don't have time. Who doesn't, in today's time and age? Has paucity of time ever been an acceptable excuse for not doing the right thing? You say you're not an organization and just some discussion blog/website. Really? Then why situate yourself in Raviji's lineage, when you do not honour his vision? Say you are a new thing, an independent thing. Declare openly that you're just an online forum, declare that no initiations are done here, take down the initiations page. Make it clear to all, and not just here in the comments. Krishna, my friend, is it advisable to say one thing and do another thing? Is it just? Is it good? I sincerely hope you'll ponder over my words, which have come from a place of love and concern. I've nothing against or for anyone. Certainly I've nothing against you or Tivra or Dylan or Agni or Tripuraghna or anyone else. Whether it is Krishna or Kuru Sandhyasa, both are my guru bhai-s. I've never spoken earlier, even when there were flame wars. But I now feel I should have. Maybe things would have been better.

Dear Chakravarti, the articles presented on this site by Shri Ravi ji will certainly guide an aspirant towards spiritual growth and emancipation. Those looking for Śrīvidya sādhana have various options available in almost every city in India and spreading everywhere in the world too, with online and offline organizations helping prospective sādhakas. Note that the progress made by a sādhaka is almost entirely their own effort aided by the able guidance of their guru. We at Manblunder are not an organization and are simply helping out whoever we can in the limited amount of time that we are able to spare. We are working professionals in jobs, leading our own families and helping out prospective sādhakas as and when we can. Please use the site as a guide and most articles on the site are written by Shri Ravi ji himself to help sādhakas find the right guidance. Think of him leading you on your spiritual journey and guiding you. You can use this site as a supplement to the directions that you obtain from your guru and all other sources of information gathered through books and writings on other sites etc. Let us be content that advanced scholars like Tivra visit this site and provide valuable information that can help us in our journey. I understand your desire to seek help from the best of gurus. It is the intention of this site that advanced scholars like Tivra shower their blessings upon us in the manner they deem fit and let us pray that this continues for a long time to come and becomes a great catalyst in advancing our spiritual journey.