महामनुस्तवः

MEDITATIONS

The goddess of Sri Vidya can be contemplated upon as the Divine Mother of exquisite charm and singular beauty. The aspirant thinks of the impenetrable ramparts of darkness inside him and how they are demolished in an instant by the smile of the Mother. He meditates on the lustre of her round face which makes his heart pure and unsullied.⁵¹

Or he thinks of the Goddess as having the marvellous space as her body and the one immutable sound, nada, as the regulating breath. He meditates on her in his heart-space as the one who is ever-vigilant in all hearts, untouched by darkness.⁵²

Or else, he contemplates on the Light spiritual emanating from the feet of the Mother, the Light that courses around him and has its play descending from high above his head.⁵³

This in sum is the secret doctrine of Sri Vidya, the great knowledge that leads to Liberation—liberation, not elsewhere, but here in this very existence. As the Tantra says: “Very few in this world are conversant with the Discipline of Sri Vidya; amongst them almost all know in a general way. The one who knows the intricacies is difficult to find."⁵⁴