Kṣemarāja's Bhairāvanukaranastava
Mahāmaheśvarācārya Kṣemarāja's Bhairāvanukaranastava, or his prayers of worship to Lord Bhairava (mainly in his Svacchanda form),...
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vimarshafoundation
- Sep 1, 2022
- 16 min
The 5 Mahārtha Levels of Mastery
In what follows, we read Lilian Silburn describing the classification of five levels of Siddhas or perfected beings as comprehended in...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 29, 2022
- 9 min
Principles of Mahārtha philosophy
The central philosophy constitutive of the Sarvāmnāya Tantra, around which all other philosophies are subsumed, is the Mahārtha, coming...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 25, 2022
- 9 min
The Fusion of the Mystical and the Aesthetic in Tripurasundarī
Saundaryalaharī (SL), a devotional poem traditionally attributed to Śaṅkara, is one of the most revered and widely read texts with...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 22, 2022
- 7 min
The myth of Śiva and Pārvatī
A reading of the classiccal myth of the wedding of Śiva and Pārvatī from the outlook of contemporary global concerns over humanity's...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 18, 2022
- 15 min
Lord Amr̥teśa and the Tantric paradigms of healing and disease
A consideration of Tantric paradigms of healing and disease in the worship of Lord Amr̥teśa, according to Netra Tantra The highest goal...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 13, 2022
- 5 min
Siddhilakṣmī and Nepalese Sarvāmnāya Tantra
In what follows, we read an excerpt from an article by Śaivācārya Sthaneshwar Timalsina in which he describes features of the Tantric...
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vimarshafoundation
- Apr 11, 2022
- 12 min
Kuṇḍalinī Rise
(We bring to you this time a famous passage from Jñāneśvar's commentary on the Bhagavad Gīta chapter 6, verses 186-328, which contains...
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vimarshafoundation
- Feb 1, 2022
- 5 min
Caṇḍikā's Manifestations
(What follows in this post is an assembly of verses from the Prādhānika and Vaikr̥tika Rahasyam, two texts appended to the Durgā...
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vimarshafoundation
- Jan 19, 2022
- 6 min
Aparā and Parā aspects of Sādhanā
(In this post, we present some excerpts by paṇḍit D. S. Subbaramaiya, as he discusses, from the Vedāntic standpoint, the twofold aspect...
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vimarshafoundation
- Jan 14, 2022
- 4 min
Parā: the Trika Goddess
(Here we share some quotes from Trika Āgamas portraying some aspects of the worship of Parā Devī. The purpose in sharing this is purely...
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vimarshafoundation
- Dec 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Kubjikā Upaniṣad
(In this post we share some excerpts from the Kubjikā Upaniṣad, a text related to the great tantric Goddess of the same name, worshipped...
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vimarshafoundation
- Dec 15, 2021
- 10 min
The Tantra of Tripurā
(In this post we share the first twelve verses from Nityāṣodaśīkārṇava from Vāmakeśvara Tantra, the very foundation of the tradition of...
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vimarshafoundation
- Dec 7, 2021
- 9 min
The Upaniṣad of Guhyakālī
(What follows is a re-arrangement of excerpts from Ācārya Sthaneswhar Timalsina's paper "The Monistic Śākta Philosophy in Guhyopaniṣad",...
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vimarshafoundation
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
The all-pervading couple
(Beautifully poetic verses of praise to Śiva and Śakti, the all-pervading couple, written by Jñānadeva in his Amr̥tānubhava, as...
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vimarshafoundation
- Nov 23, 2021
- 8 min
On the Liberated State
The following is a series of selected excerpts depicting the nature of the liberated state according to the Śaivādvaita or Visiṣṭādvaita...
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vimarshafoundation
- Nov 15, 2021
- 5 min
On the Śaivāgama Path
What follows is a short collection of excerpts from Raurava Āgama (translated by S. P. Sabharathnam Sivacharyar), through which one can...
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vimarshafoundation
- Nov 12, 2021
- 5 min
Five-faced Sadāśiva
It is figuratively said that Sadāśiva appears with a body. In reality, His body is of the nature of five mantras of Śivaśakti. He is with...
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vimarshafoundation
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
Some Aspects of the Philosophy of Śākta Tantra
The (Śākta) Tantras hold that the Supreme Reality or Parā Śakti, before the manifestation of the Universe and the souls, remains in a...
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vimarshafoundation
- Nov 2, 2021
- 6 min
Reconstructing the Tantric Body (Part IV)
The Body is Identical to the Cosmos The body as finite and the outer layer as its extension is an experience that has been both sha