The literature on Tantras is vast and variously classified. According to Mṛgendra Tantra, Parameśvara, to award the four puruṣārthas to souls, classified the primordial

  śrīmātre namaḥ If one examines the Vāmakeśvara Tantra: bhāsanādviśvarūpasya svarūpe bāhyato.api ca | etāścatasraḥ śaktyastu kā pū jā o iti kramāt || The world

    Sage Vikhanasa, the originator of the Vaikhānasa stream is said to have taught nine chief disciples: Kaśyapa, Atri, Marīci, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgirā, Bhṛgu, Pulastya,

  देव्युवाच श्रुतं सर्वं मया देव मोक्षमार्गैकसाधनम् | स्तोतुमिच्छामि देव त्वामनुजानीहि मां प्रभो || १ || शिवस्तुतिः नमस्ते देवेदेवेश नमस्ते भक्तवत्सल | नमस्ते करुणासिन्धो परमेशाय

    Achārya Amr̥itavāgbhava, who experienced śāmbhava samāvēśa from none other than Lord Durvāsā, has recorded in a memoir, his direct experience of the vision

– Kevin Shepherd Shirdi Sai Baba was an Urdu-speaker. He adapted to Marathi, but his basic linguistic and cultural affiliations reveal him as a Muslim,

  The importance of saṅkalpa in every ritual – be it nitya, naimittika or kāmya, is well established in the śāstras. In terms of śrīvidyā,

    – Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche Compassion is the beneficial thought that moves you to help other sentient beings. It arises when you see

  – Palden Sherab, Tsewang Dongyal In the Dzogchen teaching, “earth” or “bhUmi” symbolizes the Ground or Base. What is the ground of both samsara

  – Sengaku Mayeda It is well-known that Shankara is criticized by his opponents as a “Buddhist in disguise” (pracchannabauddha) and his philosophy as Māyāvāda

    Snāna is as important to a upāsaka of Tantra as to any other ritualist of śrauta or smārta streams. It is said: स्नानमुख्याः

    In the esoteric Yoga of Vajrayāna, access to two things is considered primarily important: a suitable Guru and a compatible yōginī or mudrā.

  Before one ponders deeply into any kind of sādhanā, it is very important to become familiar with it’s ānuśaṅgika dr̥ṣṭi (view). It is the

    Someone asked me the other day if Dhūmāvatī was the only deity worshiped in the form of an elderly woman. Another such deity

  ॐ हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतस्रजाम् | चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ||१||   तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् | यस्यां हिरण्यं विन्देयं गामश्वं पुरुषानहम्