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  There are great scholars and practitioners of Tantra who have done yeomen service to sādhaka-varga through their commentaries. While Abhinavagupata and Bhāskararāya are well-known

  – Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Compassion and Practice of Tantra Somewhere in Tibet in a cave, there was a very good Lama in retreat. He

  The debate on the proposal to build a mosque at Ground Zero continues to hog the headlines but I took special notice of a

  The Chaturdaśī after Vijayadaśamī is celebrated as Nr̥simhōtsava by many śāktas. On this day, one begins with the worship of Pātāḷa Nr̥simha, Akāśabhairava, Yajñavarāha,

-Dr. S Rangachar Often Tantra śāstra is characterized as ‘prayōga śāstra’ – a spiritual technique, a religious technology, a ‘Do-it-yourself’ śāstra for the aspirants. Tāntrikī

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  (The following is a summarization from Lobsang Lhalungpa’s exposition of Mahamudra) Tranquility and Insight are the basis of all meditational absorptions of Buddhistic traditions.

  – Based on Stephen Eskildsen’s translation of the text The Zhonghuang Jing is a Taoist text of obscure origin and uncertain date. Its main

  In the age of Kali (Kaliyuga), some vidyās are said to be nirvīrya and hence incapable of granting siddhi. Some other vidyās are said

    ॐ अस्य श्रीललिता चिन्तामणिमाला स्तोत्र महामन्त्रस्य दक्षिणामूर्तिर्भगवान् ऋषिः अनुष्टुप् छन्दः श्रीचिन्तामणि महाविद्येश्वरी ललिता महाभट्टारिका देवता ऐं बीजं क्लीं शक्तिः सौः कीलकं श्रीललिताम्बिका प्रसादसिद्धर्थे

  – Prabhat Mukherjee Buddhism undoubtedly influenced the philosophy of medieval Vaiṣṇavism. The theory of piṇḍa-brahmāṇḍa was partly adapted from the dēhavāda of the Sahajīya

    श्रीराघवेन्द्राय वसिष्ठगीतं श्रीपाण्डवेन्द्राय मुरारिगीतम् | श्रीमच्छुकेन्द्राय विदेहगीतं नमामि तद्देशिकलब्धबोधम् || गुहास्थचित्प्रभाव्याप्तब्रह्माण्डाखिलमण्डलः | यो विभाति सदा तस्य पादुकाभ्यां नमो नमः || हालास्यविधिविष्ण्वादि रूपधारिणमद्वयम् |

    ब्रह्माणीं हंसयानां द्रुतकनकनिभामब्धिवक्त्रां त्रिनेत्रां हस्ताब्जैः ब्रह्मकूर्चं कमलमपि लसत्कुण्डमब्जाक्षमालाम् | बिभ्राणां चारुवेशामथ हरिहयदिक्पत्रमूले यजेत्तां गन्धाद्यैर्बन्धुराङ्गीं वहति वरजटाजूटभारं सदा या || brahmāṇīṃ haṃsayānāṃ drutakanakanibhāmabdhivaktrāṃ trinetrāṃ