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Sadhana
February 18, 2021

DEBUNKING RHETORIC OF ONLY-HOMA : PART 2

We received emails stating objections against our post on homa from homa propagandists. Debunking the counterpoints and for greater visibility here is another post.. 1. 1/10th homa of japa count means one need not do japa just doing 1/10th count homa is equally powerful. It is just a creative way of writing in shastras. A: No. This is super spurious logic, can come from people who have never done full mantra puruscaranas in the traditional way nor actually seen the effects of the whole process step by step. Tantra-s declare each mantra must be done lakhs of time (specific count…
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MantraPhilosophySadhanaTantra
January 20, 2021

ANALYSING VALIDITY OF ONLY-HOMA AS A METHOD OF SADHANA – 1

MYTH BUSTING ABOUT FIRE RITUALS ON THE HOLY OCCASSION OF KARTIKA POORNIMA AND DEVA DEEPAVALII It is a modern-day trend a new-agey idea that by doing fire rituals alone – homa/havan - one can make great spiritual progress or faster progress. Not only is it a myth but a dangerous one propagated by self-serving individuals of questionable spiritual achievement but lot of self-promotion and marketing. Regardless, let's see the traditional and spiritual point of view here.   Before that what is considered as traditional in the adhyatmikta space? A dharmik sampradaya or school of thought that has survived for centuries,…
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PhilosophySadhanaShiva
August 11, 2019

THE ILLUSION OF EXPERIENCES

To be alive is to have experiences. But the only test of the authenticity or otherwise of an experience is the impact it leaves. Very often in spirituality experiences are nothing more than a projection of ones own deepest desires. There are often people who claim to have visions of deities or saints or other holy characters with all conviction and sanguinity and yet there is not one inch of change in their attitude, lifestyle or behaviour pattern. How is it possible to have such 'powerful' encounters with deities and things like that, yet remain the same old flawed individual…
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Jyotisha
August 11, 2019

SHUKRA

In whole of Jyotish only two grahas are accorded the status of a Guru. Shukra and Brihaspti. While Brihastpati guides the devas, Sukra is considered as the Guru of Asura-s. Born into the lineage of Rsi Bhrigu, Sukracharya is considered to be a great devotee of Lord Shiva who by his penance attained to the knowledge of Sanjeevani Vidya or the ability to bring life back into a dead organism. Sukra rules enthusiasm (that which creates a powerful zeal for life in any individual), arts, poetry, lovemaking, sense of aesthetics and beauty without being sentimental, infact passion for any work…
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SadhanaShivaTantra
August 11, 2019

MAHAKALA

Of the 12 jyotirlingas of Shiva, Ujjain is the place where Shiva appears as Mahakala. This form of Shiva is closely linked to hs Southern face of Aghora (meaning non-terrible where samsara is considered as terrible), the element of fire, and inspiration for the non-mainstream path of Yoga which goes by the name of Aghora. Though the common conception today is that Aghora is strongly linked to the vamacara side of Tantra, which is true in practice, yet it is still not devoid of its vedic roots taken from the essence of the Aghora mantra of Rudra: ॐ अघोरेभ्योऽथ घोरेभ्यो घोर…
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Sadhana
June 18, 2019

MANTRA ANUSTHANA – PART 2

Book: Voice of Babaji The mode of repetation of a mantra wth feeling and in a particular manner, a definite number of times, with right observances, until a fixed number of japa is reached, in order to obtain substantial benefit out of the mantra, is called a purashcarana. The practitioner has to observe certain rules and regulations in regard to purascharana and has to undergo perfect dietetic discipline, also in accordance with those injunctions. The mantra when it is mentally recited in this manner will bring to the sadhaka all that he desires within its jurisdiction. The sadhaka should face…
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ShaktiTantra
June 17, 2019

HYMN TO KALI KARPURADI STOTRA BY ARTHUR AVALON

WITH INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY BY VIMALĀNANDA-ŚVĀMĪ THIS celebrated Kaula Stotra is attributed to Mahākāla Himself. The Text used is that of the edition published at Calcutta in 1899 by the Sanskrit Press Depository, with a commentary in Sanskrit by the late Mahāmahopādhyāya Kṛṣhṇanātha Nyāya-pañcānana, who was both very learned in Tantra-Śāstra and faithful to his Dharma. He thus refused the offer of a good Government Post made to him personally by a former LieutenantGovernor on the ground that he would not accept money for imparting knowledge. Some variants in reading are supplied by this commentator. I am indebted to him…
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Vedanta
June 4, 2019

THE SILENT MIND – DESCENT OF SHAKTI

The first stage in Sri Aurobindo's yoga, and the major task that opens the door to many realizations, is mental silence. Why mental silence, one may ask? Clearly, if we wish to discover a new country within us, we must first leave the old one behind; everything depends upon our determination in taking this first step. Sometimes it can happen in a flash. Something in us cries out: "Enough of this grinding!" We at once are on our way, walking forth without ever looking back. Others say yes then no; they vacillate endlessly between two worlds. Let us emphasize here…
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SadhanaVedanta
May 27, 2019

VERSES FROM SADHANA PADA OF YOGASUTRA BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

1. तऩ्स्वाध्यामेश्वयप्रणिधानाणन णिमामोग् ॥ १॥ tapahsvadhyayeshvarapranidhanani kriyayogah Mortification, study, and surrendering fruits of work to God are called Kriya Yoga. Commentary: The first step, the preliminary step, is called Kriya Yoga. Literally this means work, working towards Yoga. The organs are the horses, the mind is the reins, the intellect is the charioteer, the soul is the rider, and this body is the chariot. The master of the household, the King, the Self of man, is sitting in this chariot. If the horses are very strong, and do not obey the reins, if the charioteer, the intellect, does not know…
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Shakti
May 26, 2019

STOTRA OF PARASHAKTI

namaḥ paradevatāyai mātarme madhukaiṭabhaghni mahiṣaprāṇāpahārodyame helānirjitadhūmralocanavadhe he caṇḍamuṇḍārdini | niśśeṣīkṛtaraktabījadanuje nitye niśumbhāpahe śumbhadhvaṃsini saṃharāśu duritaṃ durge namaste.aṃbike || aṣṭau bhujāṅgīṃ mahiṣasya mardinīṃ saśaṅkhacakrāṃ śaraśūladhāriṇīm | tāṃ divyayogīṃ sahajātavedasīṃ durgāṃ sadā śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye || mahiṣamastakanṛttavinodana- sphuṭaraṇanmaṇinūpuramekhalā | jananarakṣaṇamokṣavidhāyinī jayatu śumbhaniśumbhaniṣūdinī || brahmāṇī kamalendusaumyavadanā māheśvarī līlayā kaumārī ripudarpanāśanakarī cakrāyudhā vaiṣṇavī | vārāhī ghanaghoraghargharamukhī daṃṣṭrī ca vajrāyudhā cāmuṇḍā gaṇanātharudrasahitā rakṣantu māṃ mātaraḥ || uddhatau madhukaiṭabhau mahiṣāsuraṃ ca nihatya taṃ dhūmralocanacaṇḍamuṇḍaka raktabījamukhāṃśca tān | duṣṭaśumbhaniśumbhamardini nanditāmaravandite viṣṭapatrayatuṣṭikāriṇi bhadrakāli namo.astu te || Photo: Ugrachandi, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu lakṣmīpradānasamaye navavidrumābhāṃ vidyāpradānasamaye śaradinduśubhrām | vidveṣivargavijaye.api tamālanīlāṃ devīṃ trilokajananīṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || candrahāsaṃ triśūlaṃ ca śaṅkhacakragadāstathā | dhanurbāṇaṃ ca…
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