– Jnanendralal Majumdar’s introduction to the Shakta commentary of Acharya Sri Satyanananda Sarasvati.  The final authority on which Tantra as every Shastra rests is

    Sri Siddhalinga Swami was one of the most famous sculptors of the twentieth century. A great śrīvidyā upāsaka, he was the Guru of

  Chandrasena Jadhav was blessed by his Guru Bhāskararāya that his pregnant wife would have a son. The king then traveled to Bhalki to see

  – Gavin D. Flood While texts of primary revelation, the Tantras, are mostly concerned with cosmology and ritual and not explicitly with philosophical argument,

    – David N. Lorenzen Some of the most valuable material about the Kāpālikas appears in the legendary biographies of the great Shankaracharya (A.D.

  – Randall Studstill Dzogchen has been practiced in Tibet for at least eleven hundred years by both Buddhists and Bonpos. Its doctrines and practices

  Two kinds of worship (varivasyā), external and internal, are described in various treatises on the Tantras. Of these, the propitiation of one’s own chosen

  Pādukā Pañchakam of ādinātha is one of the most sacred and esoteric of hymns celebrating the sacred Gurupādukā. ब्रह्मरन्ध्रसरसीरुहोदरे नित्यलग्नमवदातमद्भुतम् | कुण्डलीविवरकाण्डमण्डितं द्वादशार्णसरसीरुहं भजे

    The glorious Vidyā of the Supreme Queen Kāmeśvarī is called Pañcadaśī as it constitutes of fifteen mystic letters. 1. The first letter of

  – Vishwanath Drabu The origins of the Agamic period must, doubtless, go back to the pre-Mauryan period. The first references to this tradition can

  Today, most perform Navāvaraṇa pūjā using the Khaḍgamālā. Even when one performs the actual pūjā along with pātrāsādana prayōga, Balidāna is not given prominence.

    Bhairava Stava is a precious gem composed by Mahāmāhēśvara ācārya Abhinavagupta. It is said that one fine day, Abhinavagupta decided to shed his

  The author of Bhairavārcāpārijāta derives from the Vyōmavyāpīśvara mantra of śāmbhavāmnāya, the following twenty-five names of Lord Mahādēva. It is said that worshiping Shivaliṅga

  Generally, prior to an elaborate prayōga of any kind, one offers Bali to catuḥṣaṣṭi Yōginī and Bhairavas. As a part of this procedure, one

    ऊर्जितानन्दगहनां सर्वदेवस्वरूपिणीम् | परां वाग्रूपिणीं वन्दे महानीलसरस्वतीम् || One of our Buddhist friends questioned why diverse forms of Tārā Mahāvidyā are not worshiped