Download or read book The Ipsalu Formula written by Bodhi Avinasha and published by Ipsalu Pub. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ipsalu Formula" presents a practical approach for achieving bliss in the body. The magic of the Ipsalu Formula is in the synergy of the principles, practices, traditions, and scientifically based techniques it draws upon. This book is a companion to Avinasha's "Jewel in the Lotus: The Tantric Path to Higher Consciousness."

Download or read book A Method of Tantric Bliss written by Bodhi Avinasha and published by New Age Books. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Method for Tantric Bliss presents a practical approach to spiritual awakening leading to a joyful experience of who you really are and your oneness with all things, your bliss. Created on a solid foundation of ancient principles and practices with deep psychological insights, The Ipsalu formula works for everyone who practices it.

Download or read book Jewel in the Lotus written by Sunyata Saraswati and published by Ipsalu Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets are revealed in this complete and systematic course in the science of Tantric Kriya yoga that shows readers how to be more aware of the inner working of the boy and mind. (World Religions)

Download or read book The Cosmic Play of Power written by Sanjukta Gupta and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hindu theology, Divine Power is conceived as a divine woman-the Goddess. Sometimes she is wholly autonomous and sometimes she is the divine spouse of the creator God, Siva or Visnu. She is also held to be the evolving material source of every created phenomenon. Religious texts like Puranas and Tantras have thoroughly investigated the mysterious nature of the Cosmic Goddess. Tantra as a religious practice endeavoured to show how through ritual and Yoga one may achieve the realization of the mystery of the Supreme Goddess. Authors in Sanskrit and modern Indian languages have poured out their ecstatic devotion to the Goddess. She is close to the heart of the passionate devotee, who adores her as mother or daughter - a mortal emotional bond with the divine so peculiar to Hindus. She is also sovereign Power a little part of which reigning royalties covet to possess in order to be good rulers. AS the divine woman she is represented in all women. Therefore women should be holding a high position amongst Hindus. But the question is, do they? In spite of the obvious contrary evidence, women do succeed in carving out a very important position in Hindu religious practices by having their alternative religious rituals highly valued by Hindu women have a very complex interrelationship. The book focuses on the great cosmic Goddess and her ritual worship, Tantric theology and praxis in a wider sense, the attitude of her devotees towards her authority and the social character of the Tantric practitioners, and the position of Bhakti. It also figures out the position of women inside the Tantric and non-Tantric Hindu religious milieu. The Goddess symbolizes the supreme divine authority that activates the creation, protection and governance and necessary dissolution of the world in accordance with the ancient Indian concept of cyclical time. But She also discharges the divine sovereign privilege of punishing evil-doers and rewarding true devotees. Finally, the relevant forms of the Cosmic Goddess in this book are Sri/Tripurasundari/ Lalita; Goddess Kali and Her various emanations; and Laksmi and Her powers in the Pancaratra canonical texts.

Download or read book Guide to Dakini Land written by Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications US. This book was released on 1996 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. originally published: Tharpa Publications, 1991.

Download or read book Tantric Revisionings written by Geoffrey Samuel and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relating to Tibetan Buddhism and Indian religion, this work is a collection of articles. These articles are linked by their subject matter, and they are also linked by a common approach to religion.

Download or read book Jewel in the Lotus written by Sunyata Saraswati and published by Ipsalu Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A course in Tantric Kraya Yoga. Allows a student to direct the life force through the body in new ways to promote health and refine the nervous system.

Download or read book Jnana Sankalini Tantra written by Prajñānānanda (Paramahaṃsa) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India is a civilisation of many images a culture of many visual feasts a tradition where th visible and the palpable are as important as the oral and the occurrent, where our highest truths are embodied in our kathas and gathas our songs and stories, where our temples are not only places of worship but equally a gallery of beautiful forms and figures where myth is as important as doctrine, where ancient memories are full of cherished narratives where mythic beings are real in many different ways and we enrich our lives by festivals which celebrate events from the lives of our mythic gods and goddesses and where knowledge is gained as much from itinerant performers as it is from learned discourses and where when the wind blows thorugh the Pipal tree is as if we hear the hymns of the Vedas.

Download or read book Triadic Mysticism written by Paul E. Murphy and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first consistent theological treatment of the subject of Hindu thought known to itself as Trika or Triadiam and popularly as Kashmir Saivism. Few Indic theologies equal it in architectonic power and mystical profundity. Its highest category and goal is consciousness or Light whose foremost characteristic is Freedom. This goal can be attained through four ways (upayas). The theology of these ways pertains to Gnostic or knowledge oriented Triadism whose prime theologian is Ahhinavagupta the emperor of Indic speculation.

Download or read book Reflections on the Tantras written by Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1978 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brochur touches upon all the principal precepts of Tantra, especially the esotric practices. an account of the Sakta pithas has also been given in the background of the ethnological divisions of India. New light has been thrown on the origin of bija, mantra and gayatrt occurring in Tantric works. The study may be regarded as a new one, since scientific discussion of Tantricism has not yet progressed so far satisfactorily, especially from the point of view of the Tantrics themselves.

Download or read book The Knowledgebook written by and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, visual reference, enhanced by two thousand photographs and illustrations, provides information on all major fields of knowledge and includes timelines, sidebars, cross-reference, and other useful features.

Download or read book Exploring Mysticism written by Frits Staal and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until less than a century ago, the two prevailing views of dreams as well as of souls were that they are inconsequential (the scientific view) or of divine origin (the religious view). In either case it was assumed that they cannot be objects of rational inquiry. Similar views still prevail regarding mystical experiences and mysticism in general. Modern Western opinion, whether friendly or hostile, holds that the mystical falls squarely within the domain of the irrational. Mr. Staal argues that mysticism can be studied rationally, and that without such study no theory of mind is complete. He exposes the grounds for the belief that mysticism cannot be studied, and shows them to be prejudices issuing from a particular historical development. While his contention has unflattering implications for the contemporary study of the humanities in general, it reveals in particular that existing academic approaches to the study of mysticism, even those that appear sound, are in fact inadequate. This conclusion applies to a variety of dogmatic inquiries and, as becomes clear in these pages, to philological, historical, phenomenological, sociological, physiological, and psychological ones as well. The illustrations in Exploring Mysticism are drawn mainly from Indian forms of mysticism such as Yoga, supplemented with Buddhist, Taoist, Muslim and Christian examples.

Download or read book Siva Sutras written by Jaideva Singh and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siva Sutras are considered to be a revealed book of Yoga: the supreme identity of the individual self with the Divine. Here an English translation of the Siva Sutras has been provided, together with an abstract of each sutra, which throws a flood of light on the entire system of Saiva Yoga. A glossary of technical terms and index are appended for the convenience of the reader. Four commentaries on Siva Sutras are available at present, the Vimarsini commentary of Ksemaraja in prose, the Siva-sutra-vrtti by some anonymous author in prose, the Siva-sutra-varttikam by Varadaraja in verse. The Siva-Sutra-vrtti is so close to Vimarsini that it appears to be either a preliminary draft or a later abstract of the Vimarsini. There is a strong presumption that the author of the Vrtti was Ksemaraja himself. For more information, please head to www.mlbd.co.in

Download or read book Fullness No Matter What written by Ulla Mentzel M.A. and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When change comes knocking on our door, or when we are ready to play a bigger game in life, Fullness No Matter What explores the opportunities inherent in opening ourselves up to new vistas. Ulla Mentzel takes us on a journey into our very own fullness through:  Art  Poetry  Breathing and pleasure exercises  Thought provoking concepts and perspectives  Inspirational quotes  And more. Whether single or in relationship, this journey into fullness is filled with such aspects as pleasure, laughter, joy, loving, and inspiration, and all of it just inside these human bodies. "Fullness is when our cup runs over and we give back where inspiration guides us, gratitude points us, and help is needed." Here is a practical resource for anyone who is ready to experience joy in everyday life, find more and expansive levels of pleasure, celebrate the attitude of gratitude towards everyone and everything, and see the funny side of just plain living. By the way, if we should find ourselves stranded on a deserted island, Fullness No Matter What is the one book that might make that challenging situation exciting and pleasurable, possibly even meaningful.

Download or read book Tantraraja Tantra written by Arthur Avalon and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Trident of Wisdom written by Abhinavagupta and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have prepared a trident of Wisdom in order to cut asunder their bondage." -- Abhinavagupta This is a long commentary on a short Tantra. One of the most authoritative and venerated texts in Kashmir Shaivism, it deals with the nature of Ultimate Reality and with methods of realization focusing on the theory and practice of Mantra. Abhinavagupta presents his metaphysics of language, of the Word (Vak), and its relation to consciousness. He calls it, "trikasastra-rahasya-upadesa: The teaching of the secret of the Trika doctrine."

Download or read book Spanda Karikas written by Jaideva Singh and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spandakarikas are a number of verses that serve as a sort of commentary on the Siva-sutras. According to Saivagama, the divine consciousness is not simply cold, inert intellection. It is rather spanda, active, dynamic, throbbing with life, creative pulsation. In Siva-sutras, it is the prakasa aspect of the divine that is emphasized; in Spandakarikas, it is the vimarsa aspect that is emphasized. Together, these two books give us an integral view of Saiva philosophy. Ksemaraja has written a commentary on Spandakarikas, titled Spanda-nirnaya. He is fond of sesquipedalian compounds, long and windy sentences, but he is very profound in the comprehension of the subject and so cannot be ignored. The author tried to provide a readable translation of both the karikas and the Spanda-nirnaya commentary. Each karika (verse) is given both in Devanagari and Roman script, followed by its translation in English. This is followed by Ksemaraja's commentary in Sanskrit. Then follows an English translation of the commentary. After this, copious notes are added on important and technical words. Finally, a running exposition of each karika in the author's own words is given.