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How to place Sri Chakra?

Dear Friends, I have a Sri Chakra based on a tortoise lifting on its back. I want to place this in front of god statue. Any one please tell me how to place the chakra. ie., either the head of the tortoise is towards god statue or tail is towards statute. ?.. please guide me in this regard...

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Mani

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Don't you have a brahmin in your locality or family brahmin?

    Why you want to forfeit a poor brahmin's earning?

  • Naguru
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Read the book on Srividya written by Anna Subrahmanyam. It is available in Sri Ramakrishna Mutt or in Giri Book Stores.

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    In the Shri Vidya school of Hindu tantra, the Sri Yantra ("sacred instrument", also Sri Chakra) is a diagram formed by nine interlocking triangles that surround and radiate out from the central (bindu) point. It represents the goddess in her form of Shri Lalita Or Tripura Sundari, "the beauty of the three worlds (earth,atmosphere and sky(heaven)"(Bhoo, Bhuva and Swa).[according to whom?] The worship of the Sri Chakra is central to the Shri Vidya system of Hindu worship. Four isosceles triangles with the apices upwards, representing Shiva or the Masculine. Five isosceles triangles with the apices downward, symbolizing female embodiment Shakti. Thus the Sri Yantra also represents the union of Masculine and Feminine Divine. Because it is composed of nine triangles, it is known as the Navayoni Chakra.[1] "These nine triangles are of various sizes and intersect with one another. In the middle is the power point (bindu), visualizing the highest, the invisible, elusive centre from which the entire figure and the cosmos expand. The triangles are enclosed by two rows of (8 and 16) petals, representing the lotus of creation and reproductive vital force. The broken lines of the outer frame denote the figure to be a sanctuary with four openings to the regions of the universe".[2]

    In a recent issue of Brahmavidya, the journal of the Adyar Library, Subhash Kak argues that the description of Sri Yantra is identical to the yantra described in the Śvetāśvatara Upanisad.[3]

    Together the nine triangles are interlaced in such a way as to form 43 smaller triangles in a web symbolic of the entire cosmos or a womb symbolic of creation. Together they express Advaita or non-duality. This is surrounded by a lotus of eight petals, a lotus of sixteen petals, and an earth square resembling a temple with four doors.[1] The various deities residing in the nine layers of the Sri Yantra are described in the Devi Khadgamala Mantra.[4]

    The Shri Chakra is also known as the nav chakra because it can also be seen as having nine levels. "Nine" comes from "Nau or Nava" of Sanskrit. Each level corresponds to a mudra, a yogini, and a specific form of the deity Tripura Sundari along with her mantra. These levels starting from the outside or bottom layer are:[1]

    Trailokya Mohan or Bhupar, a square of three lines with four portals

    Sarva Aasa Paripurak, a sixteen-petal lotus

    Sarva Sankshobahan, an eight-petal lotus

    Sarva Saubhagyadayak, composed of fourteen small triangles

    Sara Arthasadhak, composed of ten small triangles

    Sarva Rakshakar, composed of ten small triangles

    Sarva Rogahar, composed of eight small triangles

    Sarva Siddhiprada, composed of 1 small triangle

    Sarva Anandamay, composed of a point or bindu

    The Sri Chakra (called the Shri Yantra) is the symbol of Hindu tantra, which is based on the Hindu philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism. The Sri Yantra is the object of devotion in Sri Vidya.

    The two dimensional Sri Chakra, when it is projected into three dimensions is called a Maha Meru (Mount Meru).

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    Time is the best teacher. When you get that ideal and opportune time, Mata's grace will come to you, and you will yourself learn everything. In the first sloka of Soundarya Lahiri, Gooddess gives an assurance that if you are genuinely devoted, she will send a proper Guru to you.

    Source(s): compiled.
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