Talk:Yantra

message: Disagree with merge. Sri Yantra is the most common yantra and whole books have been written about it. While this article could certainly be expanded and there are dozens of yantra which could be listed here, Shri Yantra is significant enough for a whole article. IPSOS (talk) 13:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: Twilight language (and the Sanskrit term from which it is rendered) is a valuable categorisation term that fords dialogue between mutually informing technologies and processes. I am godsmacked how you can dismiss it out of turn. 
*blinks in wonder*
B9 hummingbird hovering (talk • contribs) 01:21, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: But what's it got to do with this article? The quote is vague and has no infomation specific to yantra. It a non sequitur in the lead section of this article. Why not spend your time writing a proper article on twilight language? An article on the topic is quite obviously missing and the disambig page you created does nothing to remedy it. IPSOS (talk) 01:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been trying to figure out where the book is being inserted and so far have found it on these articles, many with the same pattern of insertion of the book with no quotation or other citation that would justify placement in References (according to WP:LAYOUT).  Bucknell insertions:
*2 August: B9 hummingbird hovering Creates page for the book The Twilight Language: 
*2 August: Five_Dhyani_Buddhas: 
*2 August: Om_mani_padme_hum: 
*2 August: Chakra: 
*2 August: Mandala: 
*3 August: Yantra: 
*4 August: Mudra: 
*4 August: Mantra: 
Buddhipriya 23:07, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twilight language:  [[:wikt:gobsmacked|godsmacked]]    

message: Does this belong on the Yantra page? Or anywhere else? Can you shed any light on it before it's speedily deleted? The text on top says "Billion Yantra" (billion as in may-you-become-a-billionaire).  It is attributed to Luang Poo (revered abbot) Brahma Khemjaro () of a monastery () in  Amphoe Si Mueang Mai of Ubol Ratchathani province, Thailand. The abbot passed away at 22:11:31 [UTC+7] on 23 August 2002, age 105, at Wat Thatwararam in Loei Province () amuletcenter.com. The design seems bit more erotic than most Thai yantras - it's certainly an interesting example. But I know nothing of Yantra or Tantra in Thailand, much less what beasts are depicted coupling, so I fear the image is "orphaned" for now. ThaiTambon.com lists the wat as  (). Hopefully, someone who knows something will do something. Pawyilee (talk) 12:43, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Image:Yantric Matrices04.jpg

message: It would be wonderful if contributors would occasionally remind themselves that Wikipedia is (meant to be) an encyclapedia for the general reader. I arrived at this page as an unknowing, but dedicated seeker of enlightenment on the subject of Yantra. I depart still very much condemned to samsara. 
--Philopedia (talk) 14:35, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puthujjana: Keep Out! 

message: *
German wikipedia for its Yantra site has chosen a slightly different Sriyantra.
:-- 88.75.66.151 (talk) 11:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: In recent months this article devolved from a well-sourced article using reliable sources, to one that had a great deal of extremely poorly sourced and essay-like material. This is a reminder to use reliable secondary sources for this article. That would especially mean the following, from WP:Reliable sources and WP:Verifiability:
* "content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of its editors"
*  "All material in Wikipedia mainspace, including everything in articles, lists and captions, must be verifiable"
*  use "reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."
*  "academic and peer-reviewed publications are usually the most reliable sources"
*  "Anyone can create a personal web page or publish their own book, and also claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason self-published media—whether books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, personal pages on social networking sites, Internet forum postings, or tweets—are largely not acceptable."
* Read WP:Reliable sources and WP:Verifiablity for the full explanation.
First Light (talk) 05:50, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Using reliable sources