Aspects of Tantra YogaIndica Books, 2007 - 162 pages Spiritual discipline or Yoga constitutes an inseparable partof the philosophy of every school, and especially the Tantricones, in which spiritual practices or sÈdhana kriyÈ dominate.This book opens with an account of the nature, origin anddevelopment of ’aiva-’akta Tantras, their classification underdifferent schools, the wealth of literature available belongingto these schools, etc., and sheds light on the principal metaphysicaltenets of ’aiva and ’Èkta Tantras. The book dealsalso with the concepts of divine Grace or aktipÈta, guru andhis different kinds, the process of initiation (dÏk È) and itsvarieties, mantra s nature and place in sÈdhana kriyÈ, etc.This book also attempts to remove the misconceptions widespreadin the academic world about the theory and practice ofTantra Yoga, which have been deliberately kept secret by thepractitioners to prevent their misuse by unscrupulous persons.Dr. Debabrata Sen Sharma is a well-known scholar of theAdvaita Shaiva thought of Kashmir. |
Table des matières
Blessing | 11 |
Chapter I | 17 |
Origin and development of the Tantrika literature | 23 |
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Abhinavagupta achievement adhva Advaita Advaita Śaivites Āgamas aham āṇavamala anugraha aspect attainment Bhairava body-apparatus Brahman caitanya cakras Calcutta cidaṇu comm consciousness creation Darśana defilements descent of divine devotees dikṣā disciple divine Freedom divine grace divine nature divine Śakti embodied existence experience fettered functioning Goddess Gopinath Kaviraj gross physical body guru Ibid idam Indian philosophy individual infusion of divine intellect jñāna Kāla Kālī kañcukas karma Kashmir Kaula kind of dīkṣā kriyā Kṣemarāja Mahāmāyā mala manifestation Māyā mentioned mode of spiritual Parama Śiva performance prāṇa prāṇaśakti prāṇavāyu prescribed pure residual impressions rites role sadhakas sādhanā Śaiva Śaiva and Śākta Śaiva Tantras Śaivites sakti Samvid Sanskrit schools of Indian self-experience self-manifestation Śiva Śivatva spiritual aspirant spiritual discipline spiritual practices Srinagar suddha Supreme Goal Supreme Lord Supreme Reality Svacchanda Tantra symbolises Tantraloka Tantric texts Tantrika tradition tattva technically called Trika universe Upanisads Vaiṣṇava Varanasi vāyu Vedic worship yogic yogins