Sri Bala
Goddess in the form of little girl
About Sri Bala
Goddess who plays with you
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Sri Bala Tripura Sundari is the child form of Maha Tripura Sundari, The Great Goddess. Upadesam of Sri Bala mantra happens after initiation into Maha Ganapathy Tarpanam and is the basic step in Sri Vidhya tantra.
Why Sri Bala?
The upasaka is now a child in the school of Sri Vidhya. To master the profound knowledge of Sri Vidhya and receive the intense energy of Maha Tripura Sundari, he needs to take baby steps. Upsana of Sri Bala mantram is like taking kindergarten classes. While Ganapathy opens the gates to the school, it is Bala who actually starts the teaching in the kindergarten. Like the child-goddess, the upasaka gains the quality to learn more and does it in a playful, child-like manner.
Sri Bala is said to have the appearance of the rising Sun, bright red and flamboyant and always smiling, with a book and a japa mala—indicative of her ability to cultivate the seed of learning in the upasaka. With Bala mantra upadesyam, the upasaka experiences the child-like goddess in him, one who makes mistakes and learns the hard way. He gains a lot of good qualities as she tests him and prepares him to rise up to the next stage of Sri Vidhya.
There are three Bala mantras the upasaka is trained in—Triputa (which is basic and kindles an interest in learning), Kumari (which makes him want to learn more) and the final one (which gives him the maturity of an adult). Bala mantras give the upasaka the maturity and vairagya to proceed further in the hard path of Sri Vidhya.
Siddhars of South India call Sri Bala Vaalai Devi. The mantras bestow a plethora of benefits to the upasaka, from granting him immense beauty and youthful appearance to removing major roadblocks in life.
Guru Srivasthan Swamy initiates upasakas into Bala mantras after they practice Maha Ganapathy Tharpanam for a considerable period. The mantras are powerful and stoke an innate quest in the upasaka, preparing him for the next stage of Sri Vidhya.
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