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Q&A Kaulachara

Kaulachara
Questions:
1.What
is
Kaula
Achara?
2.Who
are
the
gurus
of
right
and
left
hand
paths?
3.Why are Kaula and Vama acharas denounced now as fit only for lowly people by the
mainstream
elite?
4.Can you tell us about what most people find objectionable in Kaulachara?
5.Is this the only problem? What about the rights of animals being killed for the sake of worship?
6.Then
what
is
objectionable?
7.What
forms
of
Kaula
are
practiced
in
Devipuram?
8.Can you be more specific and describe the process of puja so that we can decide whether to go
for
it?
9.What is the essence of tantra?
Q. What is Kaula Achara?
A: In Gods creation 50% are male and 50% female. Therefore, God/dess who extends in all of
creation is called Artha Nari Iswara, female (left half), male(right half). Those who worship the
female Goddess (Shakti) follow the left path called Vama achara. Those who worship the male
God (Siva) follow the right path called Dakshina Achara. There worship God in female, male and
also combined forms follow both right and left hand paths called Kaulachara, Kaula Achara. The
word Kaula derives from Kula which means total. Separately as female and male, and also both
together in union are worshipped as dieties. Thus Kaula Achara is a mix (misra) of right and left
hand paths. It has been acclaimed as the highest natural path (sahaja) since it does not debar any
one from practice on the basis of gender : female male neutral (rivers, hills, trees, earth,
water, fire, air, space, time, health, wealth, etc. which cannot be assigned any gender); Caste:
Brahmana Kshatriya Vaishya, Sudra and all others; Age: child, adolescent, youth, middle age and
old age; Ashrama: Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaparastha and Sanyasa. It brings all living or
imagined living forms into one single roof as being worthy of worship. It offers every one a wide
canvas of procedures appropriate to each.
Q. Who are the gurus of right and left hand paths?
A: The Gurus of Dakshinachara are Vedic Dakshinamurthy and also all the Christian and
Moslem Rabbis who claim God is Male. Since the plant is according to the seed thrown and not
on the soil, they insist that Purusha is dominant for creation, Prakriti or Nature is not. Vedas take
lot of pains to prove that the power in mantras offered into sacrificial fires are sufficient to create
progeny without the necessity of having to be born through a womb (a-yoni-ja), They thus claim
immaculate birth. The Gurus of Kaulachara are Dattatreya and also all the feminist and Pagan
Teachers who worship Females, in benign and malignant paths. They claim sex is as necesssary

for manifestation at the cosmic level as it is for normal procreation. As below, so above, they
believe. Therefore, they consider Siva and Shakti as the divine equivalents of phallus and womb.
Phallus is described as an infinite pillar of light. Its receptacle is the womb Kalash, the vessel of
immortality. The driving force behind all creation is like the pleasure of sex, called Ananda.
Q. Why are Kaula and Vama acharas denounced now as fit only for lowly people by the
mainstream elite?
A: Any achara connects people to Powers of God, both benign and malevolent. We can use
malevolent energies also to heal people and eliminate disease; it is a good use of bad energy. But
power in the hands of immature can destroy. So the teachers are wary of passing on the means to
get powers to everyone. They test the worthiness of a pupil before giving them the procedures to
connect to powers. It is a necessary precaution which cannot be objected to.
Vamachara and Kaulachara control the excess sexual energy present in living persons to
visualise, nourish and manifest any creative desire. This path is much faster than the right path.
Practiced under the proper direction of a competent and mature Guru, left path can lead to
dramatic improvement in the quality of life in the society for everyone. However, if the speed at
which the powers to manifest is more than that for gaining maturity to use the powers wisely,
much harm can be done to society by immature practitioners. Unfortunately many such cases
have indeed been there. Media reaching out to every home and molding public opinion, knowing
that sensation sells, focus on such issues. Instead of saying a glass is half empty ( focus on
negative aspect, smallness) why should we not assert that it is half full (focus on positive
fullness). If we focus on what can be done to correct the system, rather than looking at what is
bad about the system what cant be achieved?
The intellectual elite fought against the Vama and Kaula methods saying that they are fit only for
low caste people with small worldly desires (kshudra = small). Over time, it has become a fad to
criticize and throw mud at all practitioners of Vama and Kaula sects. Practitioners of right path
aggressively promoted audio visual media which is ever willing to capitalize on sensational
news, portraying only the worst aspects of Kaula and Vama methods. The attack was not only on
Hindus. The culture of Bharat (=Interest in light) provides a true balance of Male and Female
deities. It says worship God as woman: mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover, and prostitute; they
are all mothers, women. The Christian fundamentalists hunted and burnt at stakes the so called
witches, the wicked women. Actually the word wicked comes from wicca, which means no harm
to any one. It is similar to vicche, which means liberation. The Wiccans meet once a week to do
their rituals honoring the seasons. They wick, so others called them wicked. Phoenicians had
temples for the Goddess of pleasure the clitoris and Hindus worship Rati, the Goddess of carnal
pleasures. Prostitutes were considered sacred both in west as well as east, because they served
Deities (Deva Dasis) and taught men the arts of making love. In the golden age of tantra, all
major temples in India were richly adorned by sculptures of mithuna practiced in temple
precincts. It was a country wide and world wide fertility culture which offered sex to please the
deities controlling the life and food sustaining energies. Sacredness of sex was mainstream world
wide once, although it is much suppressed now by male dominated religions. If God is female,
worship of woman is worship of God. This is totally unacceptable to Male God rightists.

Q: Can you tell us about what most people find objectionable in Kaulachara?
A: The use of 5 M s in worship. They all begin with the letter M in Sanskrit, so they are called
5 Ms, or Pancha Makaras. These are the ingredients used in Kula pujas. But it is important to
realize that their literal meanings are practiced by non-vegetarian Kaulas, and hidden meanings
are practiced by vegetarian Kaulas.
The 5 Ms are 1. Madya, 2. Matsya 3. Mamsa, 4. Mudra and 5. Mithuna. Their literal and hidden
meanings are given in table below.
Makara

Common

Hidden

1. Madya
2. Matsya
3. Mamsa
4. Mudra
pain.
5. Maithuna

Liquor
Fish
Meat
Woman

Intoxicated state of Bhakti, knowing nothing but Goddess.


Focus on in breath, which moves like a fish in waters of life.
Tongue on uvula, a piece of hanging flesh from upper palette.
Partner Nature is the woman partner, who brings pleasure and

Coitus

Every contact with your own nature inside, or world is coitus.

Most people in the world enjoy liquor for the intoxication it gives. And most eat fish and meat;
they constitute more than 95% of people. Every person enjoys sex intimacy either in marriage,
dating or in live-in relationships. Therefore all these 5 Ms are commonly done by all people.
What is not main-stream however is thinking that such common activities such as drinking and
sex also have a spiritual dimension. It comes by combining common meanings with hidden
meanings. The attitude of most people is: drinking liquor and enjoying sex is right; but using
them for worship, NO NO! This is the problem.
Q: Is this the only problem? What about the rights of animals being killed for the sake of
worship?
A: Arent animals killed for eating meat and fish? What is wrong if they are worshipped first,
then told that they will get a better life and then sacrificed in a ritual to get power? Dont we eat
meat to get power for our body? Useless killing has to be objected to.
Q: Then what is objectionable?
A: The use of bodily secretions in rituals. Everybody uses milk and honey to bathe the icons of
power: of desire, nourishment or manifestation. Use of menstrual blood and semen is objected to
by most people in rituals. Why? Let me explain. Milk is blood, modified by addition of calcium,
which happens automatically in lactating mothers. .So, milk and blood are same, obtained
without injury to animals. All we eat comes from organic living matter only; the seeds of paddy,
wheat, nuts, etc. Semen is just human seed. Both menstrual flow and semen are living, life giving
substances which can be used to give life here, or offered to fire to fulfill our desires to gain
control of environment. This is the precise part which is abhorred by people. Notice that
menstrual blood and semen are obtained with pleasure instead of pain; so they promote peace
loving good energies. In fact even cows urine and excreta along with milk, butter and ghee are

used in Vedic rituals, since the mother goddess Lakshmi is supposed to be near the genital and
excretory organs of the holy cow. Vedas and Tantras are very similar. They overlap considerably
in using life energy positively and abhor needless violence. The main goals are Truth = Satyam,
and Ahimsa = non-violence, Asteyam = not coveting others properties.
The harmless Kaulas practice non-violence to the extent possible. If you are a vegetarian, be so,
it is good. If you are not a vegetarian, try to minimize harm by dedicating your life and other
lives to Goddess. Do not suppress desires. After all, they are gods desires. Desires are also
spiritual. This is the path of Kaulas.
Moksha means that it is not having a birth at all. But since we are born already, we can only
expect avoidance of rebirth. It can be achieved in three ways. 1. By offering our seed into fire
every time it is produced. This is Purna Ahuti, offering of self in seed form not to be reborn, but
to fructify our desires. It is both a Vedic and Kaula practice. 2. Not ejaculating the seed even
during coitus. It is hard, but can be learned with the right attitude and with the help of a learned
partner. This is called taking the seed upwards, Urdhva retas. The importance is to play and enjoy
with partners, Rasa-lila, without inhibitions, relaxing into a tender love rather than being driven
by lust. This is Bhakti, surrender of body, mind and soul to the partners all of whom are none
other than a Krishnas-Gopis or Shivas-Shaktiss. Of a collection of people. The concept of chakra
or mandala arises from here; we manifest a higher form of life through harmonious, playful
activities. This is puja of love, beauty and harmony, the goddess Tripura Sundari . This is a true
Kaula practice, which focuses on foreplay much more than coitus. 3. The third way is not to
engage in sex or thinking about it, avoid company of all opposite partners and thus not beget
children. This is followed by Sanyasis. The inhibition and negative attitude to pleasure tend to
promote anger and ego. The first is the easiest; the second and third ways are both difficult, and
require long practice.
Q: What forms of Kaula are practiced in Devipuram?
A: We do practice benign aspects and dont go anywhere near malevolent aspects.
Q: Can you be more specific and describe the process of puja so that we can decide whether to
go for it?
A: We do worship to consenting adult females and males as we do for icons of Goddess or God
following the sacred Sri Vidya tradition of Tripura Sundari. The ritual called Kalavahana or
Shaktipat goes like this.
First we touch the feet of the recipient and seek permission to do the puja by touching all parts of
body to invoke divine life into them. After getting it, we touch all parts of the body of the body
of receiver (female or male) placing the 50 beeja aksharas in all spiritual chakras from
Muladhara to Sahasrara.
Then Fire and its 10 powers are invoked in the genital area, 12 of Sun around the chest area, 16
of Moon around the neck.

Then again 10 powers of creation (Brahma) are invoked in the womb because creation takes
place there, 10 powers of pleasure which promotes life (Vishnu) in the external genital, 10 of life
without body (Rudra) around waist, 4 of love and bondage (Iswara) in the chest, and 16 powers
of communication across boundaries of space (Sadasiva), 3 of time past, present and future
(Tripura).
So far the attempt is to raise the level of awareness to the crown through prayers. The awareness
energy having gone up to the crown, the descent of grace is started from 2 feet of Guru at the
crown, and the never ending flow of time through present. The grace of enduring will
(Sarasvati), its nourishment and protection (Lakshmi), and fulfillment through manifestation in
womb (Durga), and a desire for not having a rebirth into a low form of life from the feet. Then
we give them a ritual head bath with mantras, called Abhishek. This is very empowering and
many people go into trance like state right then, which is an indication of empowerment taking
place. Then the initiatory mantras are given. The recipient is worshipped with flowers and
kumkum concluding the ritual. The entire puja can be and is done to clothed recipients publicly
at Devipuram. If the recipients desire it, exactly the same process can be done in their homes
also.
All our pujas are satvic, which empower and hurt none. This is how Kaula pujas are done to
willing and consenting adults at Devipuram. Priests never compel any one to do any particular
puja.
Suvasini (adult married woman), Kumari( Virgin adult girl above 18 years) and Dampati (Couple
or partners in a live-in relationship) pujas are an essential part of Goddess worship. Anga pujas
are necessary to invoke all powers in a balanced way. The powers invoked are 1. Iccha ( stable
will ), 2. Jnana ( expanding knowledge to achieve it ) and 3. Kriya ( manifesting the will ). Only
satvic pujas are offered to public seeking sacred traditions of Sri Vidya.
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Q: What is the essence of tantra? I know it is a vast subject, but a short and sweet answer will do.
A: Everyone wants happiness. Two things make us unhappy: Not getting what we Desire, and
getting what we Fear. If our desire is fake, we need to be protected from manifesting it.
The conventional spiritual way is to transcend desires and fears and thereby reduce the chances
of unhappiness. And through the process of transcending one is supposed to get to a state of
unconditional happiness (bliss) which comes through the realization that we ARE bliss and there
is no need to seek it.
The tantric way, on the other hand, is to get the power to get what we desire and be protected
from what we fear. The tantric power is not some kind of magic that we evoke with mantras. It
comes through a process of serious spiritual saadhana that also ultimately leads to the realization
of our true powerful nature.
However desire is the driving force for sadhana and not something to be shunned or overcome.
In Tantric sadhana we uninhibitedly go to Devi with our desires, seek her help with mantras and
poojas in this process many things happen. Often the desires get fulfilled which makes our love
for Devi grow. Sometimes they dont get fulfilled, but as we go on with the sadhana we realise
that they are fake desires, camouflages for real deeper desires, and then as we gain clarity into

our real desires they get fulfilled. Meanwhile the tantric rituals and mantras keep instilling into
us the ultimate truth of who we really are Devi herself.
Without sadhana desire is truly the cause of all suffering. Without the light of DevI, we blindly
grope around to fulfill our desires, hurt others and get hurt by others. We get so clouded by our
powerlessness and frustrations that we forget our real desires and substitute them with easy
fakes, We feel guilty about our desires and try to hide them even from ourselves.
Tantra brings desires out of darkness into Gods light and fufills them thereby fulfilling the
purpose of our life in this form.
Q: Give us a message to live by.
A: Do as you like. Minimize hurt.
Q: Thank you for answering questions patiently. We follow what we desire to do. In that process,
we will minimize hurt and get connected to the Powers..
Love Guruji
Q&A Maha Meru Sri Chakram

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Questions:
1. Is Maha Meru 3 D form of Srichakram ?
2. Is it related to SriChakram in Sringeri from Adi Sankaracharya ?
3. During His time Maha Meru concept was there or not ?
4. Which book can give me more information about Maha Meru?
5. Probably I will get a more convincing answer from elevated and enlightened souls like you.
Ans:
It resembles the Sri Chakra very precisely, but with some vital differences. The most notable are
1. the 3 digit accuracy with which the marmas are made; and elevations separating the triangular
regions from the rest of the plane regions. This follows from the modern scientific understanding
that our Universe is a four dimensional brane in a 12 dimensional universe.
600 kg bronze vigraham of Sringeri peetham at Sveta Sringachalam in AP running a Vedic
University came to Devipuram. We giifted a Maha Meru for daily pujas there. It is receiving dily
pujas. This shows one aspect of the deep connections that exist beteen Vedic and tantric
traditions.

However, its benevolence will be experienced even if one keeps it just an object without rituals
to ward off evil eye, negative forces and to act as a lucky charm. Just soft music, or vedic chants,
or mantra chants by a sadhu guru will work wonders.
I am making a CD for showing a complete navavarana puja as it is performed done at Devipuram
every day. Just playing it once a month on full moon days will do. This can be downloaded from
the internet with a broadband connection. It should be available soon.
Adi Shankara installed a Maha Meru in Mookambika temple, where he did tapascharya. Thus
theGuruji tribal goddess was changed into a great mother goddess status.
I do not know how elevated I am; but I am just telling you what little I know. Please forgive my
incomplete answers to your pregnant questions.
As Kalidasa says,
Puranmityeva na sadhu sarvam, na chapi kavyam navamityavadyam Santah parekshyaanyatarat
bhajante, moodha para pratyayaneya buddhih.
I understand that Mother is of all, for all. Learned or ignorant; every one can worship Her in any
way they know. She forgives Her children and leads them forward as She only knows how.
Following these ideas, we say Meru, her symbol at the causal level, beyond the physical body
level and vital kundalini level, is for all, irrespective of color, caste, or religion.
Dont believe me. I may be wrong, and usually I am wrong. Please assess for yourself its worth
by studying Shakta Upanishads like for instance, Tripura tapini which discusses the relation
between Gayatri and Sri Vidya extensively, in its mantric, yantric and tantic aspects
6) Is Gayathri initiation (Upanayanam) meant only for men? If so what is the reason?
Ans: Gayatri is for women and men. They used to wear what is called channaveeram, which is
savya and apasavya both. That was their yajnopaveetam.
I have given Gayatri to so many women and girls; to muslims, to christians.
Brahmopadesam is for all. That is my belief; much more, I have put this belief in action.
Hope this clarifies my stand. Let us close this topic for now.

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