Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori

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INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA ŚĀSTRA
the manas with the ātmā, in which the jñāni sees all
things, rāja-yoga-sāmadhi is attained.
Ṣ AṬ CAKRA-BHEDA
The piercing of the six cakras is one of the most
important subjects dealt with in the Tantra, and is part
of the practical yoga process of which they treat. Details
of practice 1 can only be learnt from a Guru, but generally
it may be said that the particular is raised to the universal
life, which as cit is realizable only in the sahasrāra
in the following manner: The jīvātmā in the subtle
body, the receptacle of the five vital airs (pañca-prāṇ ā),
mind in its three aspects of manas, ahaṃkara, and
buddhi, and the five organs of perception (pañcajñānendriyas)
is united with the Kulakuṇ ḍ alinī. The Kandarpa
or Kāma Vāyu in the mūlādhāra, a form of the Apāna-
Vāyu, is given a leftward revolution and the fire wich is
around Kuṇ ḍ alinī is kindled. By the bija “Huṃ,” and the
heat of the fire thus kindled, the coiled and sleeping
Kuṇ ḍ alinī is awakened. She who lay asleep around
svayambhu-linga, with her coils three circles and a half
closing the entrance of the brahmadvāra, will, on being
roused, enter that door and move upwards, united with
the jivātmā.
On this upward movement, Brahmā, Sāvitrī, Dākinī-
Śakti, the Devās, bīja and vṛ tti, are dissolved in the body
of Kuṇ ḍ alinī. The Mahī-maṇ ḍ ala or pṛ thivī is converted
into the bīja “Laṃ,” and is also merged in Her body.
When Kuṇ ḍ alinī leaves the mūlādhāra, that lotus which,
1 Fuller details are given in the author’s translation from the Sanskrit of
the Ṣ aṭ cakranirūpaṇa by Pūrnānanda Svāmi, author of the celebrated
Sāktānandatarangini (The Serpent Power).