Vishnu’s column

The history of India has left behind a fascinating legacy of impressive temples and monuments. One such monument is also Vishnu’s Column, which was erected in the courtyard of a temple in Delhi. Vishnu represents a major hypostasis of God in the Hindu religion, he belongs to the trinity (trimurti) together with Brahma (the Creator) and Shiva (the Destroyer), and has the role of maintaining the creation. Vishnu has ten major avatars, meaning divine incarnations, the best known of which are Krishna s

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The Five Bhavas – The Divine Attitudes

Any practice that brings you joy and makes you feel bright and light is good to include it in your daily routine. As yogis, the most important tool is the attitude with which you approach the practice and not the practice itself, which promises a positive consistent experience. There is a Zen Buddhist proverb, well known, which in its simplicity is profound and holds the key to a truly happy life:, “Before enlightenment cut wood and carry water, d

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Shocking proof for skeptics: a yogi has not eaten or drunk anything for 70 years

It turns out that an 83-year-old yogi from India spent more than 70 years without drinking water and without eating. Yogi Prahlad Jani was admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad for a series of medical tests and observation 24 hours a day. This is not the only amazing case that is found even by science in which a man can live without water and food. Among the best known is the German nun Therese Neumann, who, apart from the fact that he does not mâ

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Pratyabhijnahrdayam [english]

Pratyabhijnahrdayam Return to: Trika Shaivism Main Page Excerpted from the Introduction to: Jai Deva Singh. Pratyabhijnahrdayam: The Secret of Self-Realization (3rd revised edition). Motilal Banarsidass. Delhi, India (1980). Sutra 1: The absolute Citi (consciousness) out of it’s own free will is the cause of the Siddhi of the universe. Comments: Universe in this context means everything from Sadasiva down to the earth. Siddhi means bringing into manifestation, maintenance, and withdrawal. Read –

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Tilopa’s Mahamudra Instruction to Naropa

Tilopa’s Mahamudra Instruction to Naropa in Twenty Eight Verses Homage to the Eighty Four Mahasiddhas! Homage to Mahamudra! Homage to the Vajra Dakini! Mahamudra cannot be taught. But most intelligent Naropa, Since you have undergone rigorous austerity, With forbearance in suffering and with devotion to your Guru, Blessed One, take this secret instruction to heart. Is space anywhere supported? Upon what does it rest? Like space, Mahamudra is dependant upon nothing; Relax and settle in the contin

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About Shivaism

Article taken over by the www.adanima.org website <>Shaivism would seem to be, literally, the oldest spiritual tradition in the world. In India, Shaivism is multimillennial old, with archaeological excavations at Mohenjo Daro and Harappa revealing a history that goes even beyond the Chalcolithic period. Shiva represents that hypostasis of the divine who manifests himself as

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Swadhisthana chakra

The center located along the channel SUSHUMNA, at the bottom of the basin about a palm below the navel. Its physical correspondence is in the pelvic area and the first lumbar vertebra; it governs the genitals, and adrenal glands, 6 NADIs or lotus petals (energy spokes) of orange color, emanates from this CHAKRA whose symbolic form is a white crescent, the fundamental mantra corresponding to it is (BIJA) VAM, its symbolic animal is

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Anahata

The center of force (see also CHAKRA) located in the subtle plane in the cardiac plexus area; corresponds to empathetic, affective, elevated experiences, universal love and compassion. The corresponding subtle element in his case is air (VAYU TATTVA). ANAHATA CHAKRA presents 12 directions (subtle channels) of vibration for subtle cosmic energies. The yogi who fully activates his ANAHATA CHAKRA becomes the channel or instrument of Divine Love and is endowed with all SATTVA-ic qualities

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Vishuddha chakra

The center located in the subtle plane at the base of the neck, also inside the SUSHUMNA channel. It is the center of the subtle ether element (AKASHA TATTVA). Its physical correspondence is the laryngeal plexus. 16 NADI symbolized in the form of lotus petals emanate from this CHAKRA whose symbolic shape is the circle, the color is indigo, the fundamental MANTRA that corresponds to it is (BIJA) HAM, its symbolic animal is an elephant with six fangs and the deities with which one can get in touch through it

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Ajna

The center of force (see CHAKRA) located in the subtle plane in the middle area of the forehead (synonym: third eye, eye of SHIVA). It corresponds to the Macrocosmic Divine Mind and its complete awakening gives the yogi spiritual enlightenment, the definitive destruction of the bonds of KARMA (see KARMA) and allows him to acquire the amazing paranormal powers of SIDDHI (see SIDDHI)). in the center (resonant focus) of AJNA CHAKRA vibrates the fundamental energy of creation, the sound of fundam

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Sahasrara

“Lotus with 1000 petals”; corresponds to the highest level of consciousness, through which the human being can fully merge with the Transcendent Infinite (God). SAHASRARA therefore corresponds, analogously, in the human microcosm, to ABSOLUTE, ecstatic, Cosmic Consciousness. The ultimate goal in any form of YOGA is the perfect awakening or complete dynamization of this fundamental secret focus of consciousness. These secret centers of force exist objectively and can be felt by any human being.

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The violet flame – the invincible colorful vision of subtle currents

The subtle violet colored current and the subtle purple-indigo colored current generate in the being of the viewer or practitioner of meditation based on subtle colors the highest state, compared to the other colors of the spectrum,
Only bright white is taller and integrative, but this is not considered color.

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