Diksha (initiation) in Pancharatra
by Shanta Srinivasan | 2000 | 33,961 words
This English essay studies Diksha in Pancharatra with reference to important texts. Diksha refers to initiation ceremonies into a particular esoteric tradition which is given, for example, by the teacher (Guru) to the student (Shishya). Pancharatra refers to an ancient school of Vaishnavism based on ancient Tantra-like texts called Agamas which wer...
5. The concept of Mantropadesha
4.6 MANTROPADESHA鈥擳丑别 mantra by then have been made the form of God fully visible. The preceptor shall behold quickly the course (adhvans) in the Lord, pupil there and in himself. He shall then see the form of the Supreme self as having absorbed the mantras on his body. The divine nature is brought into his own self and mantra form in the thread and all these in the body of the pupil. Four offerings have to be made after the Mula mantra is uttered as paratmane namah suksmatmane namah sthulatmane namah sarvatmane namah The preceptor shall then meditate upon the beneficial group of adhvans to have entered into his body from the foot upto the top of tuft divided into three as Adhyatma, Adhidaiva and Adhibhuta. The mantra that are used here are of Varaha Narasimha and Vagisvara' 1. Sattvata-samhita XIX 60-67 Also see commentary on these slokas. 124