– Gyatrul Rinpoche Meditation on the form of the deity is the core of deity yoga. The deity and the type of visualization you

    We were pointed to an article online which questioned the need for puraścaraṇa in the case of stōtra, nyāsa, etc. Such a view

    शून्यं शून्यं पुनः शून्यं त्रिशून्यं च निरामयम् | नभश्च गगनं व्योम खमाकाशं च केवलम् || निष्कलं निर्मलं नित्यं निस्तरङ्गं निरामयम् | निष्प्रपञ्चं निराधारं

  While Laghu and Divya Pāśupata mantras have specific āvaraṇas, the āvaraṇa for the astra pāśupata is composed of various astra mantras. 1. Vajrāstra śaktyastra

    The deity Chāmuṇḍā is today popularly associated with Aṣṭādaśabhujī Durgā of Saptaśatī. However, it must be noted that even before the popularity of

  स्फुरत्सहस्रारशिखातितीव्रं सुदर्शनं भास्करकोटितुल्यम् | सुरद्विषां प्राणविनाशि विष्णोः चक्रं सदाऽहं शरणं प्रपद्ये || १ || विष्णोर्मुखोत्थानिलपूरितस्य यस्य ध्वनिर्दानवदर्पहन्ता | तं पाञ्चजन्यं शतकोटिशुभ्रं शङ्खं सदाऽहं शरणं

    Agni samskāra is an important part of tāntrikī prakriyā and derives inspiration from the Vedic yajna. But it would be incorrect to assume

  – Jamgön Mipham Essence Concerning the essence of mantra, the Tantra of the Secret Essence states: A itself appears in manifold forms, as KA and the

  – B N Pundit With regard to basic philosophical problems about life, its origins, aims, etc., and also about the phenomenal existence, the Shaivism

    Navanāṭha Siddhas are popular throughout Yogic and Tantric literature but there seems to be very little clarity on who they really are. Also,

  The Kriyāpāda of Chandrajnāna enumerates seven varieties of śaivas: शैवाः सप्तविधा ज्ञेयास्तेषां भेदान् शृणु क्रमात् | अनादिशैवः प्रथम आदिशैवस्ततः परम् || महाशैवस्ततो ज्ञेयस्त्वनुशैवस्ततः परम्

  Svātantrya darpaṇa of Balajinnāṭha Paṇḍita is a work dealing with Kashmir Shaivism, but is considered to represent Navya śaiva śāstra. A few verses from

  सङ्घीभूता इमे नियमा आम्नायपदेन व्यपदिश्यन्ते | परमेश्वरश्चेमान् स्वीयैः पञ्चभिर्मुखैः प्रोक्तवान्, अत एव पञ्चाम्नाया इति प्रसिद्धः | परमेश्वरस्य ( काल्पनिकं ) पूर्वमुखं पूर्वाम्नाय इति कथ्यते

    During the Paurṇāmī of Vaiśākha, one who has obtained Pūrṇadīkṣā in śrīkrama worships Mahātripurasundarī in sṛṣṭikrama using the Hādi Saptadaśī Mahāvidyā, and in

  –  Balajinnātha Paṇḍita Several great persons under the name Nāgārjuna have appeared in India. The most prominent one among them is the famous teacher