गान्धर्व तन्त्र (शैव-शाक्त आगम - मन्त्र-रहस्य, यन्त्र एवं देवतोपासना सटीक)

shore of ocean, solitary places and those where the preceptor lives or which help in the concentration of the mind, the cities of Benares and Dwārikā, the Vindhya mountain, Āryāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Prayāga, Pushkara, the river Karatoyā, Nandi kunda etc It also tells that the devotee is not held back from worship by the consideration of impurity arising from death or birth and that he should offer worship mentally in times of such a calamity 26th CHAPTER It deals with Dīkshā or initiation. It is necessary for the practitioner of mantras because it imparts right knowledge and removes sins Before having been done by man to man initiation was started by the holy line of nine divine teachers, viz Prakāśa, Vimarśa, Ānanda, Jñāna, Satya, Purna, Svabhāva, Pratibha, Subhaga, the first three living eternally in heaven, the middle three partly in heaven and partly on earth and the last three only on earth These receive their worship between Vimalā and Jayani in Shrīchakra Qualifications are laid down of both the initiator and the initiate The former among other things must have all good qualities = be free from vanity, greedless, healthy, pure, speaking truth and knowing sacred laws of the Tantras The latter must be orthodox, merciful, attached to the teacher, considerate and greedless. He should aviod all acts of indecency especially when in