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elation with the element Fire, the Sun, the rajas (menstrual flow), the respiration
Samana, the sense of sight, and so on.
4P) anahata (anahahata sabdo is the sound made car without touching two objects, a
"mystical sound") region of the heart, seat of prana and Jivatman. Red. Golden lotus with
twelve petals (letters k, kh, g, gh, etc.).. In between, two triangles placed in position "seal
of Solomon", color smoke, in whose center there is another triangle, gold, which conceals
a shining linga. Above the two triangles is Isvara, coupled with the Kakini Sakti (red).
Anahata cakra is in relation with the Air element, the sense of touch, the phallus, the
driving force, the circulatory system, etc..
5P VISUDDHA cakra (the cakra of purity): region of the chest (laryngeal and pharyngeal
plexus, at the junction of the spinal cord and medulla oblongata) seat udana respiration
and bindu, 16-petal lotus red ash (letters a, i, u, etc.).. Inside the lotus, a blue space,
symbol of the element akasa (ether, space) in the middle is a circle surrounding bianco an
elephant. On the element rests Fante bija-mantra h (Hang) holding Sadasiva, half silver
and half gold, as God is represented under its aspeeto androgynous (aidhanarisvara).
Sitting on a bull, carries in its nu-merous hands a number of objects and emblems that
belong (vajra, trident, bell, etc.).. Half his body is the Sada Guri, with ten arms and five
faces (three eyes each).
The color in relation to the target, the
Sound, skin, etcetera.
6?) Ajna (-command, control) cakra, located between the eyebrows (cavernous plexus).
Lotus bianco two petals, with the letters h and ks. Seat of the cognitive faculties: Buddhi,
ahamkara, manas and indrya (= sense) in its subtle form. The lotus is a triangle recorded
bianco, inverted (symbol of the yoni) in the middle of the triangle, a linga bianco also
called ITAR (the "other") .. This is the seat of paramasa. The bija-mantra OM. The
tutelary goddess is Hakini: it has six faces and six arms, and is sitting on a lotus bianco.
7 °) Sahasrara cakra: at the top of the head, represented as a lotus of thousand petals,
turned (sahasra-thousand). It is also called brahmasthana, Brahmarandhra, nirvanacakra,
etcetera. The petals are all possible pronunciations of Sanskrit alphabet, which has 50
points (50 X 20). In the midst of the lotus is the full moon enclosing a triangle. That's
where the union is experienced end (unmani) of Siva and Sakti, target of tantric sadhana:
kudalini arrives there after having gone through six cakra-sado lower. It should be noted
that the sahasrara no longer belongs to the level of the body that appoints and
transcendent-president level, and this explains the generally speak of the doctrine of the
"six cakra.
Cakra there are other, less important, between the mu-Ladha and is the yonisthana
Svadhisthana: place of reunion of Shiva and Shakti, also called place of bliss (co-rn the
Muladhara) Kamarupa. It is the source of desire and carnal level, an anticipation of the
Shiva-Shakti union that ended in the Sahasrara. Ajnacakrase are very close sisters and
soma cakra cakra, related to the functions and certain experiences intelligences yogis.
About ajnacakra are also the karana-rupa, the seat of the seven "forms" causal ", of which
it is said that central and produced are the body" subtle "and body" physical ". Finally,
other texts speak of a certain number of adhara (= support, recep-tacular) located between
the cakra or identified with them. (See Note VI, 9.)
The only four known Buddhist Tantra cakra located respectively in the umbilical region,
cardiac, laryngeal plexus and brain: the latter, the most important, is called usnisa-kamala