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proposes a meditation on the
the left hand fingers are identified with the five cosmic elements and the five tutelary
deities, while five syllables a1 mystical "respectively bianco color, yellow, red, black and
green" are "imposed" on ufias; these syllables re-presented to the five Tathagata:
Vairocana, Amitabha, Aksobhya, and Amoghasiddhi Batnasambhava.
To some extent, depend on the iconography-as at first tried to imitate the postures and
gestures of the Buddha-the mudra, a term that offers a number of meanings (stamp,
gestures, FingersteUung, disposition of the fingers, etc.). , one of which is erotica (see
below, Note VI, 4). In tantric liturgy, mudra can receive various interpretations, the most
common being the "realizaci6n" certain states of consciousness through hieratic gestures
and postures, plus exactly by the echo effect in the deeper layers of the human being
behind the re-discovery of "message" hidden in every archetypal gesture. For Hatbayoga,
mudra bandha or designate a body posture during practiced pranayama and concentration
in order to "freeze" the semen viril.8 But keep in mind that the tantric sadhana-articulated
in a complex Liturgical the involved images, gestures and sounds at once. (Referring to
the various meanings of mudras
see Note VI, 4.)
MANTRA, DHARANI
Since Vedic times it was known the value of the "sounds mistH *". From the Yajurveda,
OM, the mantra for excellence cia, go / prestige to universal has been identified with
Brahman, with Veda, with all the great gods, Patanjali (Yoga-Sutra, I, 27) regarded it as a
expression of Isvara. It is useless to recall the
* Edited and translated by L. Finot, Manuscrtts Sanscrit * Sadhana (As'atique Journal,
July-September 1934, p. 54-58, 69-71).
t> About mulabaudha: Hathayogapradipika, III, 61-63; Gheranda-sam-hita. III, 14-17;
Sivasamhita, TV, 64-66, on Mahabandha, Sivasamhita, IV, 37-42; you. Y-Pradipika, III,
19-21; Gheranda, III, 18-20; on mudra see the third chapter of the Gheranda-Samhita; on
one of the most impor-tant Sakticalana-mudra, HY-Pradipika, III, 114 -118. List of
mudra and description of the most important Sivasamhita, IV, 22; also Alain Dani lou,
Yoga, P. 40 and ff.
theories on Vak (the Word), the creative value of the ritual formulas (Aitareya Br X, 3, 1,
XIII, 11, 7, etc.).. Simply note that certain tantric mantra are already in the Brahmana
(eg.: Khat, photos, etc..; Apastamba, XII, 11, 10, etc.).. But it is mainly Tantric, Buddhist
or sivaita, which elevated the mantra and the dignity dharani car of salvation (mantrayana)
.*
It is important to distinguish various aspects of this universal fashion of the sacred
formula, fashion on one hand led to the most ele-vate theories concerning the "sounds
mystical," and on the other, the mo-Flax lamaicas prayers. Above all, we must take into
account the inevitable "popular success" of a similar method, the facili-'dad apparent to
achieve salvation, or at least make merit, repeating the mantra and dharani. Not dwell on
this phenomenon of vulgarization and spiritual decadence of a technique, is well known
in the history of religions, and ultimately, it is their "people's victory" which can reveal
the secret mantrayana. The practical value and importance of philosophical mantra orders
are based on two facts: first, the yogi function of phonemes used as "carriers" for the
concentration, then the actual contribution Tantric: the elaboration of a system and