|
So much of confusion!
1. Vandurga Saptashati is a collection of vedic and tantric mantras. It is also known as Vandurgopanishat, Navdurgopanishat etc. Bhaskarray ji talks about it in his commentary on name mahavidyaa.
2. If you think why its required, nothing is required! Healthy living itself is solution to all problems, why take medicine? Because we dont follow a perfect lifestyle, we need vitamins. When one gets a disease, why take specific antibiotics? Why not continue to take one medicine for all?
Each mantra has its own application and significance. Our ancient seers were not foolish to reveal them if every one could get everything by reciting pranav.
Also, all this self-realization, contemplation etc. are Vedantic terms. They don't directly apply to tantric sadhana, only neo-vedantic hybridization has mixed it all up real bad. Tantra has its own procedures and its own definition of what the ultimate state is. It is best not to mix everything together and make it one horrible jumbled mess where one is hopping from this end to that end in confusion. If you want to follow tantra, follow that completely, or if you want to stick to vedanta, do that faithfully. Applying one recipe to another is not always a good idea.
|