Tantrik texts
Author : Sir John George Woodroffe
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,37 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Tantras
ISBN :
Author : Sir John George Woodroffe
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,37 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Tantras
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Author : Svami Vimalananda
Publisher : Svami Vimalananda
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
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Category : History
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Tantrik Texts Karpuradistotram
Author : Arthur Avalon
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,24 MB
Release : 1981
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ISBN : 9780836423563
Author : Christopher D. Wallis
Publisher : Mattamayura Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780989761307
This book takes readers on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key teachings, foundational lineages, and transformative practices. Since the West's discovery of Tantra 100 years ago, there has been considerable fascination, speculation, and more than a little misinformation about this spiritual movement. Now, for the first time in the English language, Tantra Illuminated presents an accessible introduction to this sacred tradition that began 1,500 years ago, in the far north of India. The book uses translations from primary Sanskrit sources, offers a profound look at spiritual practice, and reveals Tantra's rich history and powerful teachings.
Author : Matthew Martin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,83 MB
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004439021
For the first time, Tantra, Ritual Performance and Politics in Nepal and Kerala offers a comparative approach to Tantric mediumship as observed in two locales: Navadurgā rituals in Bhaktapur, Nepal, and Teyyāṭṭam in North Kerala.
Author : Rajmani Tigunait
Publisher : Himalayan Institute Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780893891589
Describes authentic tantra, the different spiritual paths and how tantra combines yoga, meditation, ayurveda and other disciplines.
Author : DR. NARAYAN DUTT SHRIMALI
Publisher : V&S Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,38 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9350573822
For the Tantriks and the normal readers both, this book is a descriptive text containing simple and unserstandable descriptions of the various "e;tantrik kriyas"e;. #v&spublishers
Author : Swami Sivapriyananda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 2009-05-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1594779228
Explores the secrets and benefits of alternate nostril breathing practices • Includes breathing techniques to help overcome infertility, bad luck, and illnesses • Explains the interactions of the vital energy of breath with the chakras and energy channels (nadis) There is an intimate relationship between breathing and our emotional states. When we are nervous or excited, our breath rate increases. Conversely, if we alter our rate of breathing, we can alter our emotional state. The ancient civilization of India developed methods for changing the emotions and states of consciousness through yogic meditation and pranayama (breath control). Secret Power of Tantrik Breathing teaches the advanced pranayama system of svaraodaya, which is based on the fact that we normally breathe freely through only one nostril at a time. In a healthy person, breathing changes roughly every one and a half hours from one nostril to the other, with each nostril imparting different qualities to one’s mental and physical state. The left nostril is cool, soothing, passive, and feminine in nature; the right is warm, energizing, active, and masculine. When the breath remains in one nostril for longer than normal, mental and physical illness can result. The goal of svaraodaya is to harmonize the breath from each nostril with the life task needing to be accomplished. This book explains how to practice this breath control and how the vital energy of breath interacts with the chakras and energy channels (nadis) to create overall balance and harmony. It also includes svaraodaya breathing techniques to help overcome illnesses, infertility, and bad luck; make predictions; and attain liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
Author : David Kinsley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,49 MB
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520917723
The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine feminine—deities representing a wide range of symbolic, social, and meditative meanings. David Kinsley's new book documents a highly unusual group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, many of whom are strongly associated with sexuality and violence. What is one to make of a goddess who cuts her own head off, or one who prefers sex with a corpse? The Mahavidyas embody habits, attributes, or identities usually considered repulsive or socially subversive and can be viewed as "antimodels" for women. Yet it is within the context of tantric worship that devotees seek to identify themselves with these forbidding goddesses. The Mahavidyas seem to function as "awakeners"—symbols which help to project one's consciousness beyond the socially acceptable or predictable. Drawing on a broad range of Sanskrit and vernacular texts as well as extensive research in India, including written and oral interpretations of contemporary Hindu practitioners, Kinsley describes the unusual qualities of each of the Mahavidyas and traces the parallels between their underlying themes. Especially valuable are the many rare and fascinating images he presents—each important to grasping the significance of the goddesses. Written in an accessible, engaging style, Kinsley's book provides a comprehensive understanding of the Mahavidyas and is also an overview of Hindu tantric practice.
Author : Ellen Gough
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 022676706X
Jainism originated in India and shares some features with Buddhism and Hinduism, but it is a distinct tradition with its own key texts, art, rituals, beliefs, and history. One important way it has often been distinguished from Buddhism and Hinduism is through the highly contested category of Tantra: Jainism, unlike the others, does not contain a tantric path to liberation. But in Making a Mantra, historian of religions Ellen Gough refines and challenges our understanding of Tantra by looking at the development over two millennia of a Jain incantation, or mantra, that evolved from an auspicious invocation in a second-century text into a key component of mendicant initiations and meditations that continue to this day. Typically, Jainism is characterized as a celibate, ascetic path to liberation in which one destroys karma through austerities, while the tantric path to liberation is characterized as embracing the pleasures of the material world, requiring the ritual use of mantras to destroy karma. Gough, however, argues that asceticism and Tantra should not be viewed in opposition to one another. She does so by showing that Jains perform “tantric” rituals of initiation and meditation on mantras and maṇḍalas. Jainism includes kinds of tantric practices, Gough provocatively argues, because tantric practices are a logical extension of the ascetic path to liberation.