Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
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INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA ŚĀSTRA<br />
within it a beautiful bed, on which let him picture <strong>to</strong><br />
himself his Iṣṭ adevatā. The Guru will direct him as <strong>to</strong><br />
the form, raiment, vāhana, and the title of the Devatā.<br />
Jyotirdhyāna is the infusion of fire and life (tejas) in<strong>to</strong><br />
the form so imagined. In the mūlādhāra lies the snakelike<br />
Kuṇ ḍ alinī. There the jivatma, as it were the tapering<br />
flame of a candle, dwells. The Sādhaka then meditates<br />
upon the tejomaya Brahman, or, alternatively,<br />
between the eyebrows on praṇ avātmaka, the flame<br />
emitting its lustre.<br />
Sūkṣma-dhyāna is meditation on Kuṇ ḍ alinī with<br />
śāmbhavī-mudrā after She has been roused. By this<br />
yoga (vide post) the ātmā is revealed (ātmā-sākṣātkāra).<br />
NIRLIPTATVA: SAMĀDHI<br />
Lastly, through samadhi the quality of nirliptatva,<br />
or detachment, and thereafter mukti (liberation) is attained.<br />
Samādhi considered as a process is intense mental<br />
concentration, with freedom from all saṃkalpa, and<br />
attachment <strong>to</strong> the world, and all sense of “mineness,” or<br />
self-interest (mamata). Considered as the result of such<br />
process it is the union of Jīva with the Paramātmā. 1<br />
FORMS OF SAMĀDHI-YOGA<br />
This samādhi yoga is, according <strong>to</strong> the Gheraṇ ḍ a-<br />
Saṃhitā, 2 of six kinds: (1) Dhyāna-yoga-sāmadhi, attained<br />
by śāmbhavi-mudrā 3 in which after meditation on the<br />
Bindu-Brahman and realization of the Ātmā (ātmapratyakṣa),<br />
the latter is resolved in<strong>to</strong> the Mahākaśa. (2)<br />
1 See Commentary on verse 51 of the Ṣ aṭ cakranirūpaṇa.<br />
2 Seventh Upadeśa.<br />
3 Ibid, Third Upadeśa (verses 65 et seq.).