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Special bulletin: our Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra (VBT) meditation app, TANTRA 112, is being updated and improved with new content every month!
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Special bulletin: our Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra (VBT) meditation app, TANTRA 112, is being updated and improved with new content every month!
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The Śiva-sūtra is a Tantrik text of 77 aphorisms: mysterious and powerful terse phrases that point us beyond the mind and deep into our own conscious experience, unveiling unguessed possibilities within it.
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This post is an edited and revised version of a talk given on the Tantra Illuminated educational platform.
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I’m preparing a new book for publication called SUTRA.
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Sometime in the ninth century — perhaps the most extraordinary time in Tantrik history — in the Valley of Kashmīr — one of the most beautiful places on Earth — a revelation occurred that was so powerful, it’s still resonating today, 1200 years later . . .…
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This is my third blog post on the subject of Kuṇḍalinī.
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Special announcement: After nine years of planning, scheming, and dreaming, the long-hoped-for day has finally arrived.
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Special announcement: After nine years of planning, scheming, and dreaming, the long-hoped-for day has finally arrived.
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Recently I revised and improved my translation of the closing verses of this extraordinary text.
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VBT verse 52 ~ Yukti #25 ~ deha-śuddhi (an āṇava-upāya practice suitable for intermediate practitioners): कालग्रिना कालपदादुत्थितेन स्वकं पुरम् ।
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Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra Verse 49, Yukti #23 (an āṇava-upāya practice suitable for all practitioners): हृद्याकाशे निलीनाक्षः पद्मसम्पुटमध्यगः ।
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Practices focused on open spaciousness (śūnya) or emptiness (śūnyatā) are a dominant theme of the VBT, equalled only by the number of practices focused on energy.
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Now, on our journey through the text, we come to the last yogic practice before a long section on spaciousness/emptiness practices.
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At this point in our exploration of the text, it may be valuable to pause for a thematic overview.
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Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra verse 38, Yukti #12 (I consider this to be an śāmbhava-upāya practice suitable for any level of practitioner, but Śivopādhyāya thinks it is only for experienced practitioners [see below]): अनाहते पात्रकर्णेऽभग्नशब्दे सरिद्द्रुते |…
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Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra verse 36, Yukti #10 (I consider this to be an āṇava-upāya practice most suitable for experienced practitioners): कररुद्धदृगस्त्रेण भ्रूभेदाद्द्वाररोधनात् | दृष्टे बिन्दौ क्रमाल्लीने तन्मध्ये परमा स्थितिः || ३६ || kara-ruddha-dṛg-as…
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Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra verse 34, Yukti #8: कपालान्तर्मनो न्यस्य तिष्ठन्मीलितलोचनः | क्रमेण मनसो दार्ढ्याल्लक्षयेल्लक्ष्यमुत्तमम् || ३४ || kapālāntar-mano nyasya tiṣṭhan mīlita-locanaḥ | krameṇa manaso dārḍhyāl lakṣayel lakṣyam uttamam || 34 || Remaining…
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I’ve always felt that I have at least ten books in me.
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Verses 31-39 of the ancient Tantrik practice manual called the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra present us with some fairly esoteric practices.
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WHAT ARE THE SHIVA-SUTRAs?