The Heart of the Yogini: The Yoginihrdaya, a Sanskrit Tantric TreatiseOUP USA, 2013 - 191 Seiten Though many practitioners of yoga and meditation are familiar with the Sri Cakra yantra, few fully understand the depth of meaning in this representation of the cosmos. Even fewer have been exposed to the practices of mantra and puja (worship) associated with it. André Padoux, with Roger Orphe-Jeanty, offers the first English translation of the Yoginihrdaya, a seminal Hindu tantric text dating back to the 10th or 11th century CE. The Yoginihrdaya discloses to initiates the secret of the Heart of the Yogini, or the supreme Reality: the divine plane where the Goddess (Tripurasundari, or Consciousness itself) manifests her power and glory. As Padoux demonstrates, the Yoginihrdaya is not a philosophical treatise aimed at expounding particular metaphysical tenets. It aims to show a way towards liberation, or, more precisely, to a tantric form of liberation in this life—-jivanmukti, which grants both liberation from the fetters of the world and domination over it. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
1 Encounter in the Cakra | 24 |
2 Encounter in the Mantra | 58 |
3 Encounter in the Worship | 93 |
Notes | 163 |
Glossary | 181 |
Bibliography | 185 |
| 187 | |
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Abhinavagupta adept Amrtananda arghya aspect Bhairava Bhaskararaya bija binda bindu bliss brahmarandhra cakra called cdkrd central triangle chapter commentary consciousness cosmic cosmos deity described devi divine eight energy explains fifteen fifty figure fire first five flashing flow four Goddess gross elements guru heart HRIM identified imposed imposition inner japa kalas kdlds Kula kundalini letters liberation linga lotus manifested mantra master matrka meaning meditation mental metaphysical Mistress moon mudra nature nine nondualist nonduality nyasa ofliciant ofthe one’s outer square paja performed pervaded phonemes phonic pithas plane prana priye purification rites ritual s’ricakra s’ricdkrd s’rividya Saiva Sanskrit Sanskrit alphabet says shaivism shines siddhis Siva and Sakti sixteen spiritual stanzas subtle supreme deity supreme Goddess supreme godhead supreme Siva syllables symbolically Tantraloka Tantric tatha tattvas threefold translation Trika Tripura Tripurasundari universe unmana vibration vidya vidyd visualized vowels Word worship yestha yogic body Yoginis