Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
Introduction to Tantra Sastra - Aghori
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ABHI Ṣ EKA 71<br />
guru (with whom he must constantly reside, and whose<br />
instructions he must receive direct), he does the pañcaṇga-yoga—that<br />
is, the last five limbs of the aṣṭ anga.<br />
He is thereafter qualified for pūrṇ a-dikṣābhisekā, sometimes<br />
called virāja-grahaṇ ābhiseka. On the attainment<br />
of perfection in this last grade, the sādhaka performs<br />
his own funeral rites (śrāddha), makes pūrnāhuti with<br />
his sacred thread and crown lock. The relation of guru<br />
and Siṣya now ceases. From this point he ascends by<br />
himself until he realizes the great saying, So’hām (“I am<br />
He”). At this stage, which the <strong>Tantra</strong> calls jīvan-mukta<br />
(liberated whilst yet living) he is called parama-haṃsa.