(We bring to you this time a famous passage from Jñāneśvar's commentary on the Bhagavad Gīta chapter 6, verses 186-328, which contains...

(What follows in this post is an assembly of verses from the Prādhānika and Vaikr̥tika Rahasyam, two texts appended to the Durgā...

(In this post, we present some excerpts by paṇḍit D. S. Subbaramaiya, as he discusses, from the Vedāntic standpoint, the twofold aspect...

(Here we share some quotes from Trika Āgamas portraying some aspects of the worship of Parā Devī. The purpose in sharing this is purely...

(In this post we share some excerpts from the Kubjikā Upaniṣad, a text related to the great tantric Goddess of the same name, worshipped...

(In this post we share the first twelve verses from Nityāṣodaśīkārṇava from Vāmakeśvara Tantra, the very foundation of the tradition of...

(What follows is a re-arrangement of excerpts from Ācārya Sthaneswhar Timalsina's paper "The Monistic Śākta Philosophy in Guhyopaniṣad",...

(Beautifully poetic verses of praise to Śiva and Śakti, the all-pervading couple, written by Jñānadeva in his Amr̥tānubhava, as...

The following is a series of selected excerpts depicting the nature of the liberated state according to the Śaivādvaita or Visiṣṭādvaita...

What follows is a short collection of excerpts from Raurava Āgama (translated by S. P. Sabharathnam Sivacharyar), through which one can...

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...

The (Śākta) Tantras hold that the Supreme Reality or Parā Śakti, before the manifestation of the Universe and the souls, remains in a...

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 shaped by...

The Body as a Temple The iconic representation of the divine underlies the principle that the body is an altar. This act of portraying...

The Body as Mantra One of the most ubiquitous concepts found among Tantras is the correlation between the body and mantras. Tantras...

Tantric visualizations, similar to various other yogic meditations, are instrumental in facilitating the mind’s entry into varied forms...

Tantric āgamas, considered to be divine revelation, are in dialogical format. In their monistic philosophy, Abhinavagupta and Kṣemarāja...

One of the most original concepts found in Utpala/Abhinava is the equation of freedom with power while making freedom an inextricably...

Originating in South Asia in approximately the fifth century CE, Tantric texts constitute a body of literature that teaches certain...