– Frederick M Smith Assuming the centrality of a statement in a Kāpālika text, representing a sect of cremation ground ritual (smaśāna sādhana) specialists

    During śrāvaṇa, on a particular day, Pūrṇābhiṣikta śrīvidyōpāsaka worships Mahācaṇḍikā to earn freedom from tāpatraya so as to immerse himself completely in the

  – Thomas E. Donaldson If, as noted by DC Bhattacharya, Vaiṣṇavism was predominant throughout India and particularly engaged with Buddhism in a struggle for

  The efficacy of Mantras varies with yuga. In the age of Kali (Kaliyuga), certain mantras are said to be more potent than the others:

  – Parameshvarananda Rasēśvara mārga is more a science than a School of Philosophy. It does not propound any new metaphysical, ethical or epistemic theory.

  अन्वासितं हरिहरद्रुहिणैस्सदारैः जामतृभिस्तनुभवैर्दुहितुस्सुतैश्च | अग्रोपवेशितजगज्जननीसमाज- माराधये जननि रूपमनुत्तरं ते || Last week, we received an invitation for a Kumbhābhiṣēka for a certain temple in

  – John Milton’s Comus In the name of great Oceanus, By the earth-shaking Neptune’s mace And Tethys’ grace majestic pace, By hoary Nerus’ wrinkled look, And the Carpathian wizard’s hook, By scaly Triton’s winding shell, And

    श्रीमाधवी काननस्थे गर्भरक्षाम्बिके पाहि भक्तं स्तुवन्तम् || वापीतटे वामेभागे वामदेवस्य देवस्य देवी स्थिता त्वम् | मान्या वरेण्या वदान्या पाहि गर्भस्थ जन्तून् तथा भक्तलोकान्

  – Dr. Kamalakara Mishra A misconception, prevalent even among scholars, is that the Vedic tradition alone forms the basic trend of Indian culture, the

  – Devavrata Sen Sharma According to the Trika system, all sādhakas who have attained the knowledge of their Essence and have had the self-experience

    Abhinavagupta, one of the most prominent authors of Kashmir Shaivism, was a descendant of Atrigupta, a great scholar of Kannauj, whom King Lalitāditya

  – Roger R Jackson The Yōginī Tantras, which include the Hēvajra, Samvarōdaya, Chaṇdamahārōṣaṇa, Mahāmudrātilaka, Vajrakīlaya, Chatuhpīṭha, Buddhakapāla, and Kālacakra Tantras and texts related to

    – Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Body of Light or the Tibetan jalus is also known as the Rainbow Body. Certain realized beings (practitioners of

  Paraśurāma Kalpasūtra, in Gaṇanāyaka paddhati, states: सर्वत्र देवतानामसु श्रीपूर्वं पादुकामुच्चार्य पूजयामीत्यष्टाक्षरं योजयेत् | This means that the mantra to be employed during worship is:

    On the day of Vralakṣmī Vrata several years ago, our Guru Brahmaśrī K P Shankara śāStrī initiated me into Vanadurgā Mahāvidyā. Gurunātha was