Tantra Books
All You Wanted to Know About Tantra Yoga
by Ravindra Kumar, Ph.D. (Swami Atmananda)
Paperback (Edition: 2002)
New Dawn Press
ISBN 812072433X
Size: 5.8″ X 4.5″
Pages: 160
From the Jacket :
Raising one’s sexual enjoyment to its highest power, and then using it as fuel for spiritual advancement, leading eventually to enlightenment, is the underlying principle of tantra. Yoga, meditation and chanting of mantras are important in tantra.
This book provides, briefly yet sufficiently, the necessary knowledge for achieving the goal of enlightenment.
About the Author :
Swami Atmananda (formerly Professor Ravindra Kumar) is a Ph.D. in mathematics from IIT Delhi. He has taught in ten countries. His kundalini is awakened. He is Founder President of Academy of Kundalini Yoga and Quantum Soul (AKYQS), and guides people in yoga/meditation for self-realisation.
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CONTENTS
Preface 5
Introduction 11
1. Tantric Model of Genesis 17
2. Importance of Women in Tantra 28
3. The Whole and Creation 33
4. Techniques of Re-Conversion 46
5. The Subtle Body 62
6. Enlightenment or Self-Realisation 69
7. Buddhist Tantra 77
8. Freedom from Lust 85
9. From Sexuality to Spirituality 91
10. Spiritual Sex and Celibacy 103
11. Summary of the Method of Sex 120
12. Tantric Way of Living 128
13. Historical Development of Tantra 131
Product Code: IDE991
Tantra The Supreme Understanding
by Osho
Paperback (Edition: 2006)
Full Circle
ISBN 8121606950
Size: 8.3″ X 5.3″
Pages: 271
Back of the Book
Nothing much is known about Indian master Tilopa yet his mystical insight into Tantra in the form of a song passed on to his disciple Narepa, has lived on through the ages.
In this series of discourses Osho speaks on Tilopa’s verses, which contain many significant meditation techniques that are still as helpful and powerful today as when Tilopa first sang his song.
About the Author
Most of us live out lives in the world of time, in memories of the past and anticipation of the future. Only rarely do we touch the timeless dimension of the present – in moments of sudden beauty, or sudden danger, in meeting with a lover or with the surprise of the unexpected. Very few people step out of the world of time and mind, its ambitions and competitiveness, and begin to live in the world of the timeless. And of those who do, only a few have attempted to share their experience. Lao Tzu, Gautam Buddha, Bodhidharma… or more recently, George Gurdjieff, Ramana Maharshi, J. Krishnamurti – they are thought by their contemporaries to be eccentrics or madmen; after their death they are called “philosophers”. And in time they become legends – not flesh and blood human beings, but perhaps mythological representations of our collective wish to grow beyond the smallness and trivia, the meaninglessness of our everyday lives.
Osho is one who has discovered the door to living His life in the timeless dimension of the present – He has called Himself a “true existentialist” – and He has devoted His life to provoking others to seek this same door, to step out of the world of past and future and discover for themselves the world of eternity.
Osho was born in Kuchwada, Madhya Pradesh, India, on December 11, 1931. From His earliest childhood, His was a rebellious and independent spirit, insisting on experiencing the truth for Himself rather than acquiring knowledge and beliefs given by others.
After His enlightenment at the age of twenty-one, Osho completed His academic studies and spent several years teaching philosophy at the University of Jabalpur. Meanwhile, He traveled throughout India giving talks, challenging orthodox religious leaders in public debate, questioning traditional beliefs, and meeting people from all walks of life. He read extensively, everything He could find to broaden His understanding of the belief systems and psychology of contemporary man. By the late 1960s Osho had begun to develop His unique dynamic meditation techniques. Modern man, He said, is so burdened with the outmoded traditions of the past and the anxieties of modernday living that he must go through a deep cleansing process before he can hope to discover the thought-less, relaxed state of meditation.
In the early 1970s, the first Westerners began to hear of Osho. By 1974 a commune had been established around Him in Pune, India, and the trickle of visitors from the West was soon to become a flood. In the course of His work, Osho has spoken on virtually from the West was soon to become a flood. In the course of His work, Osho has spoken on virtually every aspect of the development of human consciousness. He has distilled the essence of what is significant to the spiritual quest of contemporary man, based not on intellectual understanding but tested against His own existential experience.
He belongs to no tradition – “I am the beginning of a totally new religious consciousness,” He says. “Please don’t connect me with the past – it is not even worth remembering.”
His talks to disciples and seekers from all over the world have been published in more than six hundred volumes, and translated into over thirty languages. And He says, “My message is not a doctrine, not a philosophy. My message is a certain alchemy, a science of transformation, so only those who are willing to die as they are and be born again into something so new that they cannot even imagine it right now… only those few courageous people will be ready to listen, because listening is going to be risky.
“Listening, you have taken the first step towards being reborn. So it is not a philosophy that you can just make an overcoat of and go bragging about. It is not a doctrine where you can find consolation for harassing questions. No, my message is not some verbal communication. It is far more risky. It is nothing less than death and rebirth.”
Osho left His body on January 19, 1990, as a result of poisoning by US government agents while held incognito in custody on technical immigration violations in 1985. His huge commune in India continues to be the largest spiritual growth center in the world attracting thousands of international visitors who come to participate in its meditation, therapy, bodywork and creative programs, or just to experience being in a Buddha field.
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Contents
1. The Ultimate Experience 1
2. The Root Problem of All Problems 27
3. The Nature of Darkness and of Light 51
4. Be like a Hollow Bamboo 71
5. The Innate Truth 93
6. The Great Teaching 123
7. The Pathless Path 151
8. Cut the Root 179
9. Beyond and Beyond 205
10. The Supreme Understanding 229
About the Author 261
Product Code: IDK039
Kundalini Tantra
by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Paperback (Edition: 2004)
Yoga Publication Trust
ISBN 8185787158
Size: 8.4″ X 5.3″
Pages: 453 (Coloured Illus: 8 and Illustrated throughout with Lines and Figures)
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Kundalini Tantra is Swami Satyananda Saraswati’s seminal work of kundalini, chakras and kriya yoga. Defining and explaining kundalini, this book provides a detailed account of kundalini awakening, including the signs and effects of such experiences and ways to both elicit and manage them.
The book contains a comprehensive description of each chakra and significance of the chakras in tantric and yogic practice. Techniques are given to balance each centre for greater harmony in mind, body and spirit, and in preparation for the rising of kundalini Shakti. The 20 kriyas and their preparatory practices are fully elucidated.
Includes colour plates, diagrams and charts.
About the Author:
Swami Satyananda was born at Almora, Uttar Pradesh, in 1923. In 1943 he met Swami Sivananda in Rishikesh and adopted the Dashnami sannyasa way of line. In 1995 he left his guru’s ashram to live as a wandering mendicant and later founded the international yoga fellowship in 1963 and the Bihar school of yoga in 1964. Over the next 20 years Swami Satyananda toured internationally and authored over 80 books. In 1987 he founded Sivananda Math, a charitable institution for aiding rural development, and the Yoga Research Foundation. In 1988 he renounced his mission, adopting kshetra sannyasa, and now lives as a paramahamsa sannyasin.
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CONTENTS
Introduction to Kundalini and Tantra Kundalini 1
1. Ye Man, Tame the Kundalini 9
2. What is Kundalini? 13
3. Kundalini Physiology 21
4. Kundalini and the Brain 31
5. Methods of Awakening 37
6. Preparing for the Awakening 48
7. Diet for Kundalini Awakening 59
8. Risks and Precautions 64
9. Kundalini and Madness 72
10. Four Forms of Awakening 76
11. The Descent of Kundalini 81
12. The Experiences of Awakening 86
13. The Path of Kriya Yoga 93
14. Vama Marga and Kundalini Awakening 101
The Chakras
15. Introduction to the Chakras 113
16. Evolution through the Chakras 119
17. Ajna Chakra 127
18. Mooladhara Chakra 137
19. Swadhisthana Chakra 146
20. Manipura Chakra 156
21. Anahata Chakra 162
22. Vishuddhi Chakra 173
23. Bindu Visarga 180
24. Sahasrara and Samadhi 189
Kundalini Yoga Practice
25. Rules and Preparation 197
26. Posture 201
27. Chakra Sadhana Course 209
28. Practices for Ajna Chakra 211
29. Practices for Mooladhara Chakra 219
30. Practices for Swadhisthana Chakra 226
31. Practices for Manipura Chakra 229
32. Practices for Anahata Chakra 238
33. Practices for Vishuddhi Chakra 245
34. Practices for Bindu Visarga 251
35. Practices for Integrated Chakra Awareness 259
36. Your Sadhana Program 277
37. Kundalini Kriyas of Kriya Yoga 279
38. The Kriya Yoga Practices 284
Kundalini Research
39. Introduction 319
40. Kundalini, Fact not Fiction 324
41. Defining the Nadis 330
42. Controlling the Nadis and the Brain 338
43. Evidence for the Existence of Nadis 350
44. Neurophysiology of the Chakras 358
45. Evidence for the Existence of Chakras 370
46. The Cosmic Trigger 380
47. Cross-Cultural Evidence 395
48. Analysis of the Chakras from a Psychophysiological Viewpoint 402
Appendix 427
Glossary 433
References 446
Index of Practices 451
Product Code: IDF166
Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra: The Ascent
by Swami Satyasangananda Saraswati
Paperback (Edition: 2004)
Yoga Publications Trust
ISBN 818633632X
Size: 8.5″ X 5.5″
Pages: 527
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The theme of Vijnana Bhairava Tantra is dharana, or concentration, a subject most relevant today. This new translation and commentary of a classical tantric text sheds much light on the practice of dharana, which until now has been revealed only by pheripheral explanations. The text comprises 112 different dharanas, or techniques of concentration, which can easily be incorporated into one’s daily life. Although dharana is a practice intended for an adept, whose mind is steady and controlled, the techniques contained within this book provide a way even for the aspirant with a distracted mind to gradually develop concentration and meditation.
This work is the result of an in-depth study of dharana in relation to the tantric view of meditation, substantiated by the personal experience of the author. Included is a detailed introduction followed by the original Sanskrit slokas, with transliteration, translation and extensive commentary.
About the Author :
Swami Satyasangananda (Satsangi) was born on 24th March 1953, in Chandorenagore, West Bengal. From the age of 22 she experienced a series of inner awakenings, which led her to her guru, Swami Satyananda. From 1981 she traveled ceaselessly with her guru in India and overseas and developed into a scholar with deep insight into the yogic and tantric traditions as well as modern sciences and philosophies. She is an efficient channel for the transmission of her guru’s teachings. The establishment of Sivananda Math in Rikhia is her creation and mission, and she guides all its activities there, working tirelessly to uplift the weaker and underprivileged areas. She embodies compassion with clear reason and is the foundation of her guru’s vision.
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CONTENTS
Preface xv
Introduction 1
Commentary 93
Inquiry into the nature of reality
Sloka
1. Rudrayamala and Trika 95
2. Reality of Bhairava 99
3. How the Bhairava reality is perceived 101
4. By what experience this reality is known 104
5. Transcendent or immanent 107
6. Indivisible and indefinable 109
7. Essence of tantra 110
8. Forms of Bhairava 111
9. Sakara aspect of Bhairava 116
10. Purpose of sakara meditation 119
11. What Bhairava is not 121
12. Essence of Bhairava 123
13. What has been told about Bhairava 125
14. Immeasurable and without attribute 127
15. Atman of Bhairava 129
16. Nature of highest reality 132
17. Bhairava is known by Paradevi 134
18. Dharma and the possessor of dharma 136
19. Dualism is a preliminary step 138
20. Shakti is the face of Shiva 140
21. Shiva is revealed by Shakti 142
22. Bhairava state of consciousness 144
23. Means to achieve Bhairava consciousness 146
24. Dharana on the two generation points 148
25. Kumbhaka dharana 157
26. Perfection of Kumbhaka 160
27. Kumbhaka leads to inner peace 163
28. Kundalini Jagran dharana 165
29. Piercing of the chakras 167
30. Kundalini becomes shiva 169
31. Mind transcends thought 172
32. Shoonya panchaka dharana 175
33. Mindful awareness 178
34. Dharana on the crown of the head 180
35. Sushumna dharana 182
36. Shanmukhi mudra 184
37. Dissolution in the cave of the heart 186
38. Dharana on shabdhabrahman 188
39. Pranava dharana 190
40. Dharana on Aum matras 193
41. Nada dharana 195
42. Bija mantra dharana 197
43. Dharana on the directions 199
44. Sushumna and daharakasha dharana 201
45. Sushumna, daharakasha and hridayakasaha dharana 203
46. Antarakasha dharana 205
47. Antarakasha dharana (cont.) 207
48. Antarakasha dharana (cont.) 208
49. Dharana on the mantra in the heart space 209
50. Dharana on dwadashanta 210
51. Result of dharana on dwadashanta 212
52. Dharana on Kaalagni 214
53. Result of dharana on Kaalagni 216
54. Tattwa dharana 218
55. Dharana on the indriyas or senses 220
56. Dharana on universal dissolution 222
57. Shiva tattwa dharana 224
58. Vishwa shoonya dharana 226
59. Dharana on an empty pot 228
60. Dharana on a deserted place 230
61. Dharana on the space in between two objects 232
62. Dharana on one object 234
63. Dharana on all existence as consciousness 236
64. Dharana on the fusion of vayus 238
65. Dharana on ananda 240
66. Dharana on austerity 242
67. Dharana on the ascent of pranashakti 245
68. Dharana on manipura and anahata 247
69. Dharana on union with shakti 249
70. Dharana on sexual bliss in the absence of shakti 251
71. Dharana on joy 254
72. Dharana on enjoyment of food and drink 256
73. Dharana on sensual pleasures 258
74. Dharana on satisfaction of mind 260
75. Dharana on the threshold before sleep 262
76. Dharana on the luminous space 264
77. Dharana on the tantric mudras 266
78. Dharana in relaxed asana 271
79. Dharana on shoonya yantra 274
80. Dharana on an object 276
81. Dharana on 'Ha' 278
82. Dharana on suspension of the body 280
83. Dharana on swinging the body 282
84. Dharana on the sky 284
85. Dharana on reality 285
86. Dharana on reality 287
87. Dharana on the darkness of night 289
88. Dharana on the dark form of bhairava 292
89. Dharana on restraint of the senses 294
90. Dharana on akaara 296
91. Dharana on visarga 299
92. Dharana on oneself in the form of space 301
93. Dharana on piercing of the skin 303
94. Dharana on one-mind 305
95. Dharana on the nature of the elements 308
96. Dharana on ending desires 310
97. Dharana on 'Who am I'? 312
98. Dharana on desire 314
99. Dharana on knowledge 316
100. Dharana on undifferentiated consciousness 318
101. Dharana on the negative qualities 320
102. Dharana on the illusive nature of life 323
103. Dharana on the middle path 325
104. Dharana on 'I am everywhere' 327
105. Dharana on higher knowledge 329
106. Dharana on the subject-object relationship 331
107. Dharana on consciousness 333
108. Dharana on the unsupported mind 335
109. Dharana on identification with Shiva 337
110. Dharana on identification with the source 339
111. Dharana on whirling around 341
112. Dharana on erroneous perception 343
113. Dharana of steady gazing 346
114. Dharana on anahad nada 349
115. Dharana on a deep well 351
116. Dharana on the omnipresent reality 353
117. Dharana on poornatva 355
118. Dharana on the state of Brahma 357
119. Dharana on memories 359
120. Dharana on unmani 361
121. Dharana on intuition 363
122. Dharana on a particular object 366
123. Dharana on purity 367
124. Dharana on the non-dual reality 369
125. Dharana on equality 371
126. Dharana in between two opposites 373
127. Dharana on bhairava as the unknowable void 375
128. Dharana on outer space 377
129. Dharana on thoughtlessness 378
130. Dharana on the word bhairava 380
131. Dharana on Tat (that highest reality) 383
132. Dharana on divine attributes 385
133. Dharana on the illusory nature of the world 386
134. Dharana on the changeless atman 388
135. Neither bondage nor liberation 390
136. Withdrawal of the senses 392
137. Dharana on knowledge and knower 394
138. Dissolution of the set of four 396
Conclusion
139. Means of cessation 398
140. Perfection of one dharana 400
141.. Master of yogis and siddhas 401
142. Liberated while living 402
143. Who is the worshipper and who is worshipped? 403
144. Gross forms of worship 405
145. Japa dharana on the supreme consciousness 407
146. Verification of meditation 409
147. True worship 410
148. Complete fulfilment or satisfaction 411
149. Real oblation 412
150. Saviour of all 413
151. Highest contemplation 414
152. Real purification 416
153. What is worship? 417
154. Supreme place of pilgrimage 418
155a. Blissful sacrifice 420
155b. Hamsa dharana 422
156. Continuous japa of the breath 424
157. Need for secrecy 425
158. Qualification for tantric practice 427
159 & 160 Tantric Initiation 429
161. Never give up this knowledge 431
162. Devi's understanding 432
163. Union of Shiva and Shakti 433
Appendices
A: Sanskrit Text 437
B: Translation 452
Glossary 473
Index 494
Product Code: IDE974
Tantra: The Supreme Understanding
by Osho
Hardcover (Edition: 2004)
The Rebel Publishing House
ISBN 8172610092
Size: 8.4″ X 5.8″
Pages: 269
From the Jacket:
Tilopa says in the song: Become like a hallow bamboo, nothing inside. And suddenly, the moment you are hollow bamboo, the divine lips are on you, the hallow bamboo becomes a flute, and the song starts – this is the song of Mahamudra.
Tilopa has become a hallow bamboo, and the divine has come, and the song has started. It is not Tilopa’s song, it is the song of the ultimate experience itself.
From the Back of the Book:
Nothing much is known about the 11th Century Indian master Tiolpa, yet his mystical insight into Tantra in the form of a song passed on to his disciple Naropa, has lived for the past ten centuries.
In these talks Osho explains many significant meditation techniques that are as helpful and powerful today as when Tilopa first sang his song.
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CONTENTS
1 The Ultimate Experience 1
2 The Root Problem of All Problems 27
3 The Nature of Darkness and of Light 51
4 Be Like a Hollow Bamboo 71
5 The Innate Truth 93
6 The Great Teaching 123
7 The Pathless Path 151
8 Cut the Root 179
9 Beyond and Beyond 205
10 The Supreme Understanding 229
About the Author 261
Product Code: IDF358
Jnana Sankalini Tantra
by Paramahamsa Prajnanananda
Hardcover (Edition: 2006)
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 8120831454
Size: 8.9″ X 5.7″
Pages: 236
From the Jacket
Modern civilization is a marvel of technological accomplishment, material wealth, and communication systems that have shrunk the world to a nutshell. Despite the wealth and ease of modern life, people are not satisfied and are unaware of the inner bliss humanity may experience arousing the powerful energy latent in each human being.
This book by Paramahamsa Prajnanananda explains the true sacred meaning and hidden truths of tantric meditation, one of the most ancient and highest spiritual sciences. He reveals Tantra’s inner meanings in the light of his philosophical knowledge, which arises from his own direct inner experience and wisdom. His mystic, non-sectarian and universal approach, as well as the wisdom he imparts, make him a binding and bridging force between East and West.
Paramahamsa Prajnanananda is a teacher of Kriya Yoga, an ancient system meditation. He is the disciple and successor of Paramahamsa Hariharananda. A truly powerful and loving teacher, author, and speaker on world religion, well-versed in the scriptures of the East and West, he combines a divine compassion for humanity with his love for God and his mastery of complex philosophical thoughts. On his 39th birthday, the title of Paramahamsa, the highest title reserved for monks who attain the summit of realization, was conferred upon him by his loving and divine master.
He sets an example to one and all on how to realize the connection between ourselves and the Divine; how to surrender and unfold our infinite potential to its fullest in order to be or become anything we wish, without losing sight of the highest goal in life. Thus, his disciples are encouraged to follow his exemplary life and his teachings with enthusiasm and faith.
His loving guidance and deep compassion have won him the devotion and faith of countless disciples around the world whose lives he has transformed.
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With the passage of time, the real meaning of Tantra was misunderstood. From a highly evolved spiritual science Tantra was demeaned as a tool for magical or occult power or an enhancer of sensual enjoyment.
Tantra is none of these. It is an ancient discipline that provides a vast learning, a deep understanding of life, and a methodology to attain Self-realization.
Jnana Sankalini Tantra is a beautiful and meaningful dialogue between Lord Shiva and his consort, Parvati. In tantric practices, both Shiva and Parvati are worshipped together, since the former represents consciousness and the latter, in the form of shakti, symbolizes energy.
In tantric meditation, inner bliss can be obtained by arousing energy latent in humankind, and uniting it with Shiva. Tantra uplifts consciousness in order to embrace the cosmic spirit.
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Contents
PART I
The Vedic Culture 3
The Science of Tantra 5
Definitions of Tantra 6
Misinterpretation through the Ages 9
Consciousness and Energy 10
Tantric Literature 11
Integration between the Vedas and Tantra 13
The Sacred Trilogy 15
Tantra as a Philosophy 17
The Seven Steps 20
The Triple Qualities of Nature 24
The Five Principles 26
Tables 1-4 38
Spiritual Significance of the Cremation Ground 40
Shava Sadhana 41
Munda Sadhana 42
Kapalika 43
Aghora Sadhana 44
Guru and disciple 44
The Disciple’s Role 46
The Disciple’s Role 48
Diksha 50
Ishta Devata 52
Ishta Mantra 53
Japa 55
Kundalini and the Chakras 56
Summary 58
PART II
Introduction 63
Jnana Sankalini Tantra 65
Epilogue 220
Glossary
Product Code: IDK237
Love and Lust
(An Anthology of Erotic Literature from Ancient and Medieval India)
by Pavan K. Varma and Sandhya Mulchandani
Hardcover (Edition: 2004)
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 81-7223-549-6
Size: 9.5″ X 6.5″
Pages: 344
About The Book
A compendium of evocative and sensual writing spanning 5000 years of Indian literature…
In this comprehensive anthology, the authors forcefully drive home the point that the fascination with eroticism is age-old. The absence of inhibition and guilt and the candour and boldness with which society set about seeking its pleasures find expression repeatedly in writings over the ages. The literature of India, both religious and secular, is full of sexual allusions, sexual symbolisms and passages of such frank eroticism the likes of which are not to be found elsewhere in world literature. For example, some sections of ancient texts like the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics (the Mahabharata and the Ramayana), the Brahmanas, the puranas and devotional hymns like the Saundarya Lahiri (by Adi Shankaracharya) are studded with graphic sexual imagery. The sacred and the sensuous were thus seen as integrated elements of human existence.
In the medieval period, writers, poets, dramatists, painters, sculptors and artists, whatever be their language and idiom, gave full vent to their creative talents suffused with the sexual metaphor. Kalidas and Jayadeva stand out as exemplars of this genre. It was basically the evangelical fervour of the Victorian era that imposed severs strictures on the so-called heathen ‘amorous degradation’ and sought to ‘cleanse’ the Indian people by propagating Western ‘morality’ and values’. And the Victorian hangover still persists. The underlying themes of this volume are that, in the Indian tradition, the relevance of desire, with eroticism as its natural attribute, was pragmatically accepted and that women were given equal status as men in the pursuit of pleasure.
Think of erotic literature form India and what immediately comes to mind is Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra. This was indeed not the first study in erotology nor was it the last. Beginning with the Rg Veda (written some 5000 years ago) right up to the seventeenth century, Indian literature is marked by diverse genres replete with unabashed eroticism in which love, lust and life are explored to their fullest extent…
Today, the philosophical acceptance of desire and the erotic sentiment has been asphyxiated by a hypocritical morality that has for much too long equated sex with sin and desire with guilt. The purpose of this anthology is to provide enough evidence of an alternative vision, so that readers can get a glimpse of the sense of maturity and honesty that animated our ancestors.
About The Author
Author-diplomat Pavan K. Varma has penned several successful and critically acclaimed books such as The Great Indian Middle Class and Krishna: The Playful Divine apart from an authoritative biography of the renowned poet Mirza Ghalib. He has also translated Kaifi Azmi (a well-known Urdu poet) and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee into English. He was, until recently India’s hight commissioner in Cyprus. He has now been appointed the director of the Nehru Centre, London.
Sandhya Mulchandani has worked in the print media for several years and is the author of The Indian Man: His True Colours, a book that looks at the modern urban Indian male, warts and all. She is presently working on a five volume series, translating hitherto unpublished Sanskrit Kama Shastra manuscripts into English, as well as on Kamasutra for Women.
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Introduction 9
1. THE VEDAS 23
2. THE MAHABHARATA - VYASA 31
3. THE BRAHMANAS 43
4. THE UPANISHADS 51
5. THE RAMAYANA - VALMIKI 57
6. ARTHA SHASTRA - KAUTILYA 64
7. GATHA-SAPTASHATI - HALA 68
8. NALINIKA JATAKA 73
9. THE PURANAS 75
10. POEM OF LOVE AND WAR: TAMIL SANGAM LITERATURE 90
11. KUMARASAMBHAVA, RTUSAMHARA AND SRNGARATILAKA - KALIDASA 101
12. SETUBANDHA - PRAVARASENA 109
13. THE PANCHATANTRA - VISHNU SHARMA 111
14. SHATAKATRAYAM - BHARTIHARI 114
15. DASAKUMARACHARITA - DANDIN 121
16. SANATKUMARA CHARITAM - HARIBHADRA 126
17. THE SAUNDARYA LAHIRI - ADI SHANKARA 129
18. VAJJALAGGAM - JAYAVALLABHA 132
19. KADAMBHARI - BANABHATTA 136
20. AMARUSATAKA - AMARU 139
21. THE FOREST OF THIEVES AND THE MAGIC GARDEN - UDAYAPRABHASURI 143
22. GAUDAVAHO - VAKPATIRAJA 147
23. KUTTANIMATAM - DAMODARAGUPTA 151
24. VASAVADUTTA - SUBANDHU 157
25. POEMS OF VIDYA AND SHILABHATTARIKA 161
26. TANTRA 166
27. DHVANYALOKA - ANANDAVARDHANA 173
28. VADDARADHANE 177
29. KARPURAMANJARI - RAJASHEKHARA 179
30. KATHA SARITASAGARA - SOMADEVA 185
31. SAMAYAMATRKA, KALAVILASA AND DESOPADESA - KSHEMENDRA 190
32. GAHUN: CHANDO AIN GANGRAJ - GAHUNI 195
33. YOGAVISHISTA 198
34. KUMARAPALA PADIBODHA - HEMACHANDRA 201
35. SUBHASITARATNAKOSA - VIDYAKARA 204
36. CAURAPANCASIKA - BILHANA 208
37. GITAGOVINDA - JAYADEVA 214
38. YASHODHARA CHARITE - JANNA 219
39. SUKA SAPTATI 228
40. RATIRAHASYA - KOKKOKA 239
41. NAISADHIYACARITTA - SRIHARSA 242
42. VELI KRISHNA RUKMANI - PRITHVI RAJ RATHER 245
43. VERSES OF VEMANA 248
44. ANANGA RANGA - KALYANAMALLA 253
45. RITIKAL POETRY 257
46. POEMS OF GOVINDADASA 273
47. SATSAI - BIHARI 275
48. MANUCHARITRAMU - ALLASANI PEDDANA 279
49. VAISHIKATANTRAM 284
50. UNNICHIRUTEVICHARITAM 287
51. RAMAYANA - KRITTIVASA 290
52. KADAMBARI - BHALAN 293
53. SAHAJIYA POETRY 297
54. GAUDIYA VAISHNAVISM POEM 299
55. RATIMANJARI - JAYADEVA 304
56. MADHAVANALA KAMAKANDALACHARITA 306
57. WHEN GOD IS A CUSTOMER: TELUGU COURTESAN POEMS 310
58. GHANANJAGHANA - DHANANJYA BHANJA 319
59. VIDYA SUNDARA - BHARATCHANDRA RAY 321
60. FOLK MYTHOLOGY 327
61. RADHIKA SANTWANAM - MUDDUPALANI 332
Glossary 335
Acknowledgements 341
Product Code: IDD905
Die O Yogi Die: Talks on the Great Tantra Master, Gorakh
by Osho
Hardcover (Edition: 2004)
Tao Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 8172611919
Size: 8.4″ X 5.8″
Pages: 463
From the Back of the Book:
Gorakh, a Tantra master, is one of the four people that Osho calls “the foundation stones of Indian mysticism.” He is direct and to the point, earthy, an “unpolished diamond,” who doesn’t allow any detours or side-stepping on the path to self-realization:
Laughing, being playful – the knack of meditation…
Die, O yogi, die! Die, sweet is this dying.
Die this death that Gorakh embraced and awakened
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CONTENTS
1. Gorakh: The Foundation Stone 1
2. The Unknown is Calling 45
3. Live Naturally 87
4. Understand Desire 133
5. Living in the Heart 181
6. The Juice of Buddhas 227
7. Wander Alone 267
8. The Essence of Existence 315
9. The Inner Revolution 361
10. The First Test of Love 413
About Osho 456
Product Code: IDF381
Tantra, Mantra, Yoga & Spiritual Bliss
(The Holistic Yoga: Posture, Pranayama, Tattva-Shuddhi, Chakr
by J. L. Gupta Chaitanya
Hardcover (Edition: 2007)
Penman Publishers
ISBN 8185504504
Size: 8.5″ X 5.5
Pages: 462 (Color Illus: 7, Black & White Illus: 33)
From The Jacket
Life is beautiful, divine and a constant celebration. Yoga, for our life, has been a potent power for the spiritual regeneration of people right from the days of yore. As a complete scientific guide, Yoga is designed for all who seek a full, happy and purposeful life. The discipline and training of Yoga embraces the body, the mind and the spirit. The perfection of body helps in the perfection of mind, mental efficiency is used to attain higher spiritual perfection, and collectively the three planes of perfection connote Happiness or Bliss.
Indian sages first discovered Yoga in the Rigveda over 5000 years ago. The system of Yoga was developed and passed down primarily through oral teachings from Guru to disciple in an unbroken tradition. The practice of Tantra, Mantra and Yoga bestows one the bounties of life on earth fulfilling their wishes and attunes to the spiritual dynamic energy unfolding one’s hidden potential. It enables people to begin from their immediate, present state of consciousness and move forward into a state of wholeness, wellbeing and enlightenment.
The author has produced this masterful work with his unique blend of experience, intelligence and skill. It reflects on the aspects of Ashtangayoga & Hathayoga including Pranas, Nadis, Bodies, Postures & Pranayama, Mudras & Bandhas, Yoganidra, Bhutashuddhi, Chakra Meditation, Awakening of Kundalini Shakti, Mantra-Japa, Om, So’ham and Gayatri mantras and the science of breathing. The book is embellished with plenty of coloured and black-n-white illustrations.
J. L. Gupta ‘Chaitanya’ was born at Sultanpur (U. P.), in 1958 into a family of farmers. His cousin grand-father was a freedom fighter who had served the army of Azad Hind Fauz. With brilliant academic career, Mr. Chaitanya obtained P. G. Dip. In Book Publishing (Editing) from the College of Vocational Studies, Univ. of Delhi, securing First Div. Earlier, he taught in private colleges, later worked with publishers as a Sr. Editor, Translator & Writer for more than two decades.
Mr. Chaitanya was drawn to spirituality from the childhood itself and studied most of the Hindu scriptures from enlightened masters. He devoted his entire life to the study and contemplation of god and the human existence on the earth. He took to the discipline of Yogic Sadhana in early ninety’s Pleased with his dedication and steadfastness in Sadhana, his Guru conferred on him the title of Acharya. He was anointed preceptor in succession to his Guru and now provides guidance in Dhyana Yoga.
He is a prolific writer on various aspects of Indian culture and Yoga and has authored, edited and translated more than 20 books. His works on Tantra, Mantra, Yoga and Sanatana Dharma have got published from Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sanstha, Delhi and Indo-US Books, New York. He is also Founder of Penman Publishers, Delhi.
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Contents
Prologue v-xii
Introduction 1-14
I The Holistic Health 15-29
II The Human System 30-57
1. Gross Body (Corporeal Body) 35-47
Bones 37, Cells 37, Tissue 38
The System: 38-43
(1) Digestive System 39
(2) Circulatory System 39
(3) Respiratory System 40
(4) Excretory System 41
(5) Endocrine System 42
(6) Nervous System 42
2. Sukshma Sharira (Bioplasmic Body) 47-49
3. Karana Sharira (Astral Body) 49-50
What is Death ? 50-51
Gunas: Sattva, Rajas & Tamas 51-53
The Five Koshas 53-57
III. Shiva-Shakti 58-80
Shiva, the Supreme Master of Yoga 61-68
Shaivism 68-70
Shakti, The Primordial Power 70-75
Tattvas in Shaiva-Shakta Tantra 75-80
IV. The Conquest of Mind 81-86
V. Prana, The Life Force 87-94
Five Major Prana-Vayus:
Prana, Apana, Vyana, Samana, & Udana 89-92
Upa-Pranas 92-93
Distribution of Pranas and Diseases 93-94
Distribution of Pranas and Diseases 94
VI. Nadis, The Psychic Channels 95-109
Ida Nadi, The Lunar Channel 100-102
Pingala Nadi, The Solar Channel 102-103
Sushumna Nadi, The Meridian Channel 104-106
Nadis in Sangita Ratnakara & Yogarnava 106-107
Secret of Nadis 107-109
VII. Dimensions of Yoga 110-128
Kinds of Yoga: 121-128
(1) Rajayoga, (2) Jnanayoga, (3) Bhaktiyoga
(4) Karmayoga, (5) Tantrayoga, (6) Mantrayoga,
(7) Hathayoga, (8) Kundaliniyoga,
(9) Layayoga, (10) Svarayoga, (11) Bhavayoga
VIII. Hathayoga & Ashtangayoga 129-152
Ashtangayoga 130-138
Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama,
Prayahara, Dhyana, Dharana, Samadhi
Hathayoga 138-152
Shatkarmas: Neti, Dhauti, Nauli, Basti,
Kapalabhati, Trataka 141-145
What is Asana 145
Preparing for Yoga Postures: Brisk Walk,
Yogic Walk, Obeisance to Guru & God, Salutation
to Sun God, Vishnu Mudra, Precautions 146-152
IX Asanas & Pranayamas 153-196
Surya Namaskara 153-158
Yoga Asanas (Yoga Postures) 158-177
X. Mudra, Bandha, Dhyana & Yoga-Nidra 197-215
XI. Fundamentals of Tantrayoga 216-235
Guru Tattva 218-223
Worshipping an Image or Yantra 224
Purifying the Bhutas 224
Tattva and Nyasa 225
Kavacha (Protection) 226
Mudras (Gestures) 227
Yantra (Amulet) 227-229
Five Makaras 229-230
Bija-Mantras 230-235
XII. Tantra Practice in India 236-259
Inner Journey & Tantric Yoga 240-241
Chakrayata Pranayama/Chakra
Anusandhana in Tantra 241-243
Dimensions Of Tantra 243-259
1. Tantra relating to Senses 244-245
2. Tantra of Lower Category 245-249
3. Aghora Tantra 249-250
Recognizing Varna and Caste 250-254
Tantrayoga: The Esoteric Sense 254-255
Bodies, Koshas, Chakras & Kundalini 255-259
XIII. Bhuta Shuddhi (Purifying Elements) 260-269
Pancha Mahabhutas: 260-263
Prithivi, Jala, Agni, Vayu and Akasha Tattvas
Colours of Tattvas 264
What Tattvas create in body 264
Tattvas affecting the Mind 264
Mantras & Bija-mantras of Bhutas 265-267
Purification of Bhutas 267-269
How to Know Tattvas 269
XIV. Chakras, The Energy Centres 270-300
1. Muladhara Chakra (The Base Chakra) 282-285
2. Swadhishthana Chakra 286-288
3. Manipura Chakra (Fulness of Jewels) 288-291
4. Anahata Chakra (Unstruck Melody) 291-292
5. Vishuddhi Chakra (Complete Purity) 293-294
6. Ajna Chakra (Guru's Command) 294-296
7. Sahasrara Chakra (Crown Centre) 296-299
XV. Chakra Meditation 301-315
Chitta Shuddhi 302
Chakras and Meditation 303-304
(1) Meditation at Maladhara Chakra 304-307
(2) Meditation at Svadhisdhana Chakra 307-308
(3) At Manipura or the Navel Chakra 308-309
(4) At Anahata or the Heart Chakra 309-310
(5) At Vishuddhi or Throat Chakra 310-312
(6) At Ajna Chakra or the Third Eye 312-314
(7) At Sahasrara or the Crown Chakra 314-315
XVI. Kundalini Yoga 316-338
Chakras and Kundalini Shakti 317-320
Para Shakti, Kundalini, Nada & Bindu 320-324
Awakening the Kundalini Shakti 324-328
Purification of Nadis for Kundalini Awakening 329
Kundalini Awakening: Asanas and Pranayamas 330
Techniques of Awakening the Kundalini 331-338
XVII. The Human Life and Divinity 339-365
Diseases of the Body and Mind 352-360
Attachment (Moha) 354-356
Anger (Krodha) 356-357
Ego (Ahankara) 357-360
Fear (Bhaya) 360-361
Love of Divine Eliminates Diseases 362-365
XVIII. Mantrayoga: Mantra Japa 366-386
States of Consciousness 371-372
Para, Pashyanti, Madhyama & Vaikhari 372
Mantrayoga 372-375
Mantra Chanting 375-377
Naam-Japa (Name Chanting) 377-384
Mantras of Shiva 384-386
XIX. Aum and So'ham Mantras 387-397
Aum, The Great Mantra 388-394
Bija Mantra 394
So'ham Mantra/Ajapa Japa 395-397
XX. Gayatri, The Mahamantra 398-403
How to Chant 400-402
Pranayama 400-401
The Chanting Method 402
Pt Shriram Sharma Acharya on Gayatri 402-403
The Power of Gayatri 403
XXI. Svarayoga: The Science of Breathing 404-416
Breath, Prana and Svara 406-409
Mind and Breath 409-410
Svara Sadhana 410-412
Techniques of Changing the Svara 412-413
Holistic Health by Breathing (Svara) 413-416
Select Bibliography 417-421
Glossary 422-431
Index 432-437
Illustrations 438
Product Code: IDI748
The Great Tantra of Ajita
5 Volumes
by Edited, Translated & Annotated By. N.R. Bhatt, Jean Filliozat & Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat
Hardcover (Edition: 2005)
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts & Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 8120819748
Size: 9.8″ X 7.5″
Pages: 1844 (B & W Illus: 285)
From the Jacket:
The Hindu temple is the seat of a full culture including material commodities and services, arts ranging from cooking and flower decoration, to music and philosophy. To conceive, build, organize, manage, maintain such a privileged site of culture an authentic and well thought out theory and guidance is required. Sanskrit Agamic literature plays this role. The Saiva religion is based on a set of twenty-eight Tantra’s. The Ajitamahatantra is the fifth in a international list, a lengthy text, which invites the reader to approach the Saiva religion in a form, which probably goes back to the Cola period and is definitely located in Tamilnadu. In eighty-nine chapters, it offers a systematic account of the installation of Linga starting from the selection of the stone ad construction of the temple to the great ceremony of installation of the deity. Thereafter it deals extensively with the daily worship, festivals and occasional rituals, with iconography, subsidiary rituals, as well as the rites of atonement of faults and failures. The present publication in five volumes is the second revised critical edition with English translation and annotation. Wherever possible, descriptions have been illustrated with theoretical drawings or photographs of actual monuments and icons.
About the Author:
N. Ramachandra Bhatt is a traditional Pandit well-versed in the vast literature of Saivagama. He has toured South India for many years to collect manuscripts and conduct inquiries in the temples. He has directed a team of researchers on this subject in the French Institute of Pondicherry and authored critical editions of Agamas and relevant texts. To his credit is also a general study, The religion of Siva (in French) which sheds light on the rituals with special reference to Tamilnadu.
Jean Filliozat (1906-1982) was a versatile scholar in many fields of Indology, with an excellent command over Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan and Tamil. Initially a medical doctor, he held the prestigious chair of Indology in College de France (Paris). He established and administered the French Institute of Pondicherry from 1955 to 1978 where he conceived and directed a project of the study of Saivagamas and South Indian temples. His works cover all branches of Indology from Ayurveda to Buddhism, Tamil literature, expansion of Indian culture in South East Asia, etc.
Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat is Professor of Sanskrit in Paris and conducts research mainly in the field of Sanskrit literature, Alamkarasastra, Vyakarana, Saivagamas, History of Indian art and architecture. His publications bear inter alia on Panini and Patanjali, Saivagama and Temple architecture in Karnataka.
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Preface 1
Introduction: Saivism, Religion, Culture, System 9
Text and Translations of Ajitamahatantra
Volume I
(Patala I-XVIII)
Patala I, The descent of Tantra-s 3
Patala II, The nature of Siva 29
Patala III, The process of birth of the Linga 39
Patala IV, The process of characterizing the Linga 43
Patala V, The process of collecting stones etc. 63
Patala VI, Description of sites 75
Patala VII, The rite of ploughing 83
Patala VIII, The process of worshipping the Site-Spirit 83
Patala IX, The process of installing the gnomon 99
Patala X, The process of placing the first bricks 105
Patala XI, The rules concerning the temple-base 121
Patala XII, The process of characterizing the temple 127
Patala XIII, The rule concerning the wall-base 145
Patala XIV, The characteristics of the pillars etc. 155
Patala XV, The process of placing the head-bricks 181
Patala XVI, The characteristics of the pedestal 193
Patala XVII, The process of the innermost deposit 207
Patala XVIII, The process of installation of the Linga 217
Text and Translations of Ajitamahatantra
Volume II
(Patala XIX-XXXV)
Patala XIX, The Process of ablutions 3
Patala XX, The process of worship 29
Patala XXI, The process of fire ritual 87
Patala XXII, The process of preparing the auxiliaries of worship 125
Patala XXIII, The process of waving lights 157
Patala XXIV, The process of illumination 163
Patala XXV, The process of the daily festival 167
Patala XXVI, The process of characterizing mudra-s 177
Patala XXVII, The process of the great festival 193
Patala XXVIII, The process of the swing-festival 257
Patala XXIX, The process of the bathing ceremony 275
Patala XXX, The process of the special worship 333
Patala XXXI, The process of the milk ablution 345
Patala XXXII, The process of heaping up substances on the Linga 353
Patala XXXIII, The process of the ablution of clarified butter 357
Patala XXXIV, The process of the cool ablution 371
Patala XXXV, The process of the offering of sprouts 377
Text and Translations of Ajitamahatantra
Volume III
(Patala XXXVI-LXVI)
Patala XXXVI, The process of characterizing icons 3
Patala XXXVII, The process of characterizing of pavilions 93
Patala XXXVIII, The process of characterizing of compounds 109
Patala XXXIX, The rule about the entourage-shrines 121
Patala XL, The process of installation of icons 135
Patala XLI, The process of installation of icons with Goddess,… 159
Patala XLII, The process of installation of Siva with Visnu and Brahman 173
Patala XLIII, The process of installation with Uma, Sri, Visnu… 179
Patala XLIV, The process of installation of Half-Hari 185
Patala XLV, The process of installation of Ardhanarisvara 193
Patala XLVI, The process of installation of the Lord of bulls 199
Patala XLVII, The process of installation of Brahman 209
Patala XLVIII, The process of installation of the Mothers 217
Patala XLIX, The process of installation of Vinayaka 229
Patala L, The process of installation of Skanda 243
Patala LI, The process of installation of Candesa 257
Patala LII, The process of installation of Jyestha 267
Patala LIII, The process of installation of Durga 275
Patala LIV, The process of installation of Surya 283
Patala LV, The process of installation of Ksetrapala 301
Patala LVI, The process of installation of the surrounding deities 313
Patala LVII, The process of installation of Visnu 323
Patala LVIII, The process of installation of Sarasvati 325
Patala LIX, The process of installation of trident 335
Patala LX, The process of installation of the tower deities 345
Patala LXI, The process of installation of golaka etc. 353
Patala LXII, The process of installation of a devotee 357
Patala LXIII, The process of installation of devotee 367
Patala LXIV, The process of installation and festival of Sastr 379
Patala LXV, The installation of the seven Kanya-s 403
Patala LXVI, The installation of Kanyaka-Paramesvari 407
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Volume IV
(Patala LXVII-LXXXIX)
Patala LXVII, The process of the spring festival 3
Patala LXVIII, The process of the light-festival of Krttika-s 9
Patala LXIX, The process of the sraddha festival 19
Patala LXX, The bath festival 35
Patala LXXI, The process of Gauri festival 39
Patala LXXII, The process of offering firstlings 51
Patala LXXIII, The process of worship of Siva with kala-s 55
Patala LXXIV, The process of worship of the enjoying aspect [of Sakti] 63
Patala LXXV, The process of donation of a bull 67
Patala LXXVI, The process of circumambulation and salutation 73
Patala LXXVII, The process of diksa 83
Patala LXXVIII, The characterization of the acarya 89
Patala LXXIX, The process of the five cow-products 99
Patala LXXX, The process of the five ambrosias 109
Patala LXXXI, The process of the construction of the temple-car 117
Patala LXXXII, The process of ordeals 121
Patala LXXXIII, The pacification of portents 141
Patala LXXXIV, the process of renovation 145
Patala LXXXV, The process of sprinkling 157
Patala LXXXVI, The process of installation of Linga's socle 169
Patala LXXXVII, The process of atonement of faults 181
Patala LXXXVIII, The process of purification of the arcaka 203
Patala LXXXIX, The purification of places 207
Glossary of substances 213
Index of half-stanzas 227
Volume V
Abbreviations vii
List of Illustrations ix
Illustrations
Volume I 1
Volume II 67
Volume III 135
Volume IV 183
Product Code: IDE718
