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(lotus of the head) and corresponds to the Hindu sahasrara . In the three lower cakra are
located three kaya (body): Nirmana-cakra in the umbilical kaya, kaya dharma-cakra at the
heart, kaya 8ambhoga-cakra in the chest. But with regard to the number and location of
these anomalies can be checked cakra and contradictions (see Dasgupta, An Introduction
to Tantric Buddhism, p. 163 et seq.). As in the Hindu tradition, are associated cakra
mudra and goddesses Locaria, Mamaki, Panda and Tara (Sri-, Samputa, cited by
Dasgupta, p. 165). Hevajra-Tantra offers a long list of "quaternity" in relation to the four
cakras: four tattva, four anga, four "moments" four noble truths (Arya-sattva, etc.). (idem,
ps. 166-167).
Seen in projection, the cakra is a mandala whose center is marked by the Brahmarandhra.
It is also in this "center" where was the breakdown of the level, where the act for
transcendence Paradoxically, the overrun of samsara and the "sa-lida out of Time".
The symbolism of the mandala is also establishing the tem-ples and the entire Indian
sacred building: seen in projection, a temple is a mandala. We can therefore say that any
ritual is equivalent to walking an approximation to the Center, and that entry into a
temple initiatic repeated insertion into a mandala, or the passage of kundalini through the
cakra. Moreover, the body is trans-formed, while, in microcosm (with Mount Meru per
center) and Pantheon; each body part and every organ "subtle" has its tutelary deity, his
mantra, his mystical lyrics etc.. Not only does the pupil is identified with the Cosmos, but
comes to re-discover your body genesis and destruction of universes. As we shall see, the
sadhana includes two stages: 1) the "cosmization" the human being and 2) the
"importance" of the cosmos, ie its "destruction" through the unification of opposites (
"Sun" - "Luna ", etc.).. The classic serial of transcendence is constituted by the final act
of the ascent of the kundalini: its union with Siva, at the height of the braincase, the
sahasrara • 6
25 Do not forget that many schools do not use tantric kundalini symbolism to express the
a: 6 No of opposites. See below.
We evoked and certain aspects of Kundalini, is described in the form of a serpent, a
goddess, and an "energy" at a time. The Hathayogapradipika, III, 9, presents us in these
terms: "Kutilangi (which has the body twisting), Kundalini, Bhujangi (female serpent)
Sakti, Isvari, Kundali, Arundhati, all these terms are important. As open a door with a
Have, the Yogi opens the door to liberation (mukti) freeing the kundalini through
Hathayoga (Gorahsasataka, 51). When the Goddess is awakened dormant gratia grant to
the guru, all are rapidly traversed cakra (Sivasamhita, IV, 12-14; HY D, Ill, 1). Identified
to Sabdabrahman, OM, Kundalini accumulates the attributes of all gods and all goddesses
(Sarada-tilaka Tantra, I, 14, 55, XXV, 6). In the form of a snake (ibid., 54) lives in the
middle of the body (dehamadyaya) of all creatures (I, 14). In the form of Parasakti,
kundalini manifests itself in the trunk (adhara, I, 53), in the form of Paradevata dwells in
the midst of the knot that is at the center of adhara. from which come the nadi (XXVI,
34). Kundalini moves inside the susumna strength through inner sense (manas) released
by the prana, is "carried through the susumna like thread through the needle"
(Goraksasataka, 49). Is awakened through asana and kumbhaka "OLPRAN then absorbed
into the void" (SUNY, HY D, IV, 10).