[Advaita-l] SrividyA and advaita vedAnta

[Venkatraghavan S]

Namaste,
Thank you Sriram mahodaya.

Given that we are discussing the topic of SrividyA, could you (or anyone
familiar with the matter) please elaborate a little bit on how SrividyA
upAsana fits within advaita vedAnta?
1) Is it a sAdhana for chitta shuddhi, ultimately requiring / leading to
guru prApti, shravaNa-manana-nidhidhyAsana, jnAna and moksha? i.e., does
SrividyA hold that one would need to transition from SrividyA upAsana to
jnAna sAdhana for moksha?
2) Or, does SrividyA shAstra hold that jnAna is not a requirement for
mokshA and upAsana itself is sufficient? Is the nature of mokshA different
in SrividyA and advaita?
3) Or, are these elements incorporated within the ambit of the upAsana
itself - i.e. the word upAsana in this context includes both upAsana and
jnAna sAdhana? If so, how?

It would be very helpful to understand the correspondence between advaita
vedAnta and SrividyA upAsana, and where the two diverge (if at all they do).

Kind regards,
Venkatraghavan

2017-10-01 19:03 GMT+01:00 Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> The Upasakas of Sri Vidya will get Bhoga and Moksha both
>
> ////////////
>
> Yes – shrIdevi bestows both bhoga & moksha but is there any end to the
> wish-list for enjoyment?
>
> shrI bhAskararaya makhin provides the explanation in another way as:
>
> भोगेभ्यो विषयाभिलाषेभ्यो मोक्षो मोचनं तद्वासना त्यागः प्रददातीत्यादिरर्थः –
> it eliminates the vAsana of ‘bhOga-lAlasa’.
>
> And hence, it is said “चरमे जन्मनि यथा श्रीविद्योपासको भवेत्” –
> One is blessed with shrIvidya in last birth
>
> The great shAkta shivAnandanAtha says - निष्कामानामेव श्रीविद्या सिद्धिः न
> कदापि सकामानाम्
>
> rgs,
> sriram
>
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