I was over on the Sarasvati tribe and reading a few of their threads. One thread was speaking of mantras. They had mentioned that to be able to chant the mantras, one had to recieve Diksha. Is Diksha a blessing from a guru to have permission to recite mantras? I do not have access to a guru. How do I recieve Diksha? Some of the gurus mentioned on that tribe, I am not a follower of, nor am I interested in becoming a follower of them. So to scramble over to them when they are touring near here just to recieve Diksha is hypocritical and I do not feel that I can have full faith that I have recieved propler Diksha in this manner. Can I go to the temple and talk to a panditji? What to do? Do I have to recieve Diksha before I can perform a puja? I seem trapped.