Paramārthasāra of Acharya Abhinavagupta “The Essence of the Teachings on the Highest Truth”
The first 50 verses – Abhinavagupta I take refuge in you alone, Sambhu, who are beyond maya, transcendent, without beginning, one, existent in all beings in myriad forms, refuge of all, and immanent in all animate and inanimate creation. ||1 Overwhelmed by the chain of…
IGNORANCE AND BONDAGE – SAKTIPATA THE AWAKENING OF DIVINE POWER
The three malas (impurities) constitute our experience of bondage. From the non-dual standpoint, they are not truly stains or an actual substance (as the dualists believe), but simply ignorance, or rather limited perception, which Consciousness has to take in order to become a finite individual, and which…
LOVE AND SADHAN
Through anougraha (grace), Kriya-Shakti (active form of Shakti) is activated in the aspirant and only then does the pathway to Samandhi, the divine union, gets illuminated. ”The water of the lake is still and calm.The lake is co clear that one can even see its…
Stages of Awakening
STAGES OF AWAKENING 1) Prana usually flows in Ida or Pingala Our kundalini energy system is usually more active in either the left or right sides, which are the Ida and Pingala. Of the thousands of energy channels (nadis), three are most important: Ida, Pingala,…
Siddha Yoga – Maha Yoga
The Siddha Yoga means Shaktipata Yoga: Transmission of Power Following the (Maha Vakya) Great statements of the Vedas when a human being experiences communion with God (Brahma), it is called ‘Knowledge’. By the grace of God and by the favorable glance of the spiritual master…
What is Deeksha?
Deeksha is originally a yogic initiation and is a well recognized approach for activating the Kundalini, your inherent life force potential. A being with an awakened Kundalini, a Siddha (one who has accomplished and completed the path of kundalini within themselves) acts as a channel…
Is Shaktipat an activity of the Pranamaya Kosha?
Pranamaya kosha The Pranamaya Kosha (sheath made of Prana, the overall vital life-force. This pranamaya kosha, a collection of the five Pranas (vital energies that comprise the Prana) namely Prana, Apana, Udana, Vyana and Samana provides movement and activity to the gross physical body and…
Guidance & Kundalini
There comes a critical point in everyones journey where the question arises whether or not external guidance is required on this pathless path. In the new age spiritual communities the widespread opinion is that an external teacher is unnecesary, because the “inner guru” is the…
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