Tag: mantra
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Candi Devi and esoteric sampradaya
Candi Devi and Ćandi Sampradaya – Candi spiritual traditions Candi, Ćandi, Candii Candee or Chandi – चण्डी trsl. Sanskrit: Caṇḍī or Chandika (Caṇḍīka) or Ran-Chandi is a ancient Hindu Goddess. Candi is the combined form of Lakshmi, Saraswati and Durga, the ferocious form of Parvati. She is said to be the most ferocious incarnation of…
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SriVidya – Tantra Sadhana
Śri Vidya Tantra shortly Śrī Vidyā – also spelled “Shri” or “Shree” Vidyaa. विद्या (IAST: vidyā; and to see Sanskrit letters install Devanagari.ttf or Lohit.ttf script on Your computer!) is “knowledge, learning, lore, science”, is a Hindu Tantric religious system devoted to the Goddess as Lalitā Tripurasundarī (“Beautiful Goddess of the Three Cities”), Bhuvaneśvari etc.…
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What is Mudra? (49)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next Mudra is simply a posture or gesture in the sense of the arrangement of the whole body. Sublimated to perfection down to the smallest detail, āsana is MUDRA. This technique belongs to the group of exercises called sthula kriya and is the basic basis of Laya Yoga practices in its…
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Mahasandhi – The Great Perfection (33)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next The Great Perfection is a living embodiment of Mahamudra, i.e. the Great Attitude. Mahasandhi, the Great Perfection, is a practical vehicle for practicing of Laya Yogis. Mahamudra is the basis of this path, as is Samnyasa – the last vehicle of discipleship on the Laya Path. The commandment “Be perfect…
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Establishing Inner Guidance (30)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next Let’s try to go today to a real spiritual practice, thanks to which it will be possible to easily establish contact with the so-called Inner Voice. Our inner self, the voice of the heart, or if you prefer, the voice of silence, can begin to speak clearly and distinctly within…
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The Importance of Guru in Spiritual Development (24)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next With gratitude for all letters and questions regarding the importance or irrelevance of a person of Guru during a journey on a spiritual path, with pleasure I undertake this subject, difficult in our culture. I will try to include an outline of the traditional view of enlightened beings regarding the topic raised…
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Gayatri – Narayana Mantra (23)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next INTRODUCTION For thousands of years, Gayatri is a vision of people who are spiritually oriented. It is an invocation, a call to the Deity of Light. The wonderful prophet who pointed out this Song of Light, called the source from which all good thoughts come from and from which all divine forms…
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Bhakti Sadhana of Śri Rama (18)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next In several previous issues of the bulletin we discussed the subject of the act of veneration, devotion, adoration and fervent adoration of the spiritual ideal, deity or God. This process is called bhakti in yoga, and Sufi call it ashika. It belongs to the mantra yoga mantra as a completely…
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Mantra Yoga – The Power of Vibrations (17)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next The ancient treatise “Yogatattva Upanishad” identifies four fundamental groups of yoga systems, which are useful in the Dark Age or Kali Yuga in which humanity currently is. The pattern of these four systems is so universal that all authentic spiritual schools will have to be constructed in a similar way,…
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Mansa Yoga – Practice of Mastering the Mind (16)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next What is ‘mansa’? It is yoga of modern era, in the spirit of the times. It helps in controlling the chaotic mind and in overcoming the stream of running thoughts. “Mansa” is a healthy person and a healthy human psyche. This is the common name for the basic system of…
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Self-Realisation of the Jewel of One’s Own Original Self: HRID (1)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next The first issue of the esoteric magazine obliges us to clarify its title and the mission that it has been designed to fulfil. It is wholly contained in one beautiful and simple word: HRIDAYA. I hope that this magazine will attract the attention of all CHELA: disciples, aspirers and students of yoga,…
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Self-Realisation of the Jewel of One’s Own Original Self: HRID (2)
The first issue of the esoteric magazine obliges us to clarify its title and the mission that it has been designed to fulfil. It is wholly contained in one beautiful and simple word: HRIDAYA. I hope that this magazine will attract the attention of all CHELA: disciples, aspirers and students of yoga, so that they can follow…