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01 Philosophical Prologue
01 Philosophical Prologue
The Question of Devī (Verse 1)
The True Nature of Reality (Verse 2)
The Ninefold and the Threefold (Verse 3)
What Is the Pathway? (Verse 4)
Can the Supreme Have Attributes? (Verse 5)
Supremacy Requires Formlessness (Verse 6)
The Essence of the Tantras (Verse 7)
The Differentiated Form of Bhairava (Verse 8)
The Dreamlike Form of Bhairava (Verse 9)
Why Bhairava Is Given Form (Verse 10)
Not the Ninefold, Not the Threefold (Verse 11)
Beyond Nāda, Bindu, and the Chakras (Verse 12)
The Mother's Sweet (Verse 13)
Beyond Direction, Time, and Speech (Verse 14)
The Fullness of Bhairavī (Verse 15)
Who Remains to Worship? (Verse 16)
Parā Devī Is Bhairavī (Verse 17)
No Difference Between Power and Possessor (Verse 18)
The Fire and Its Burning Power (Verse 19)
Śakti Is the Entrance to Śiva (Verse 20)
Śiva Is Known Through Śakti (Verse 21)
Beyond Time, Place, and Description (Verse 22)
By What Means Is Fullness Reached? (Verse 23)
02 The Dharanas
02 The Dharanas
Dhāraṇā 1: The Two Origins of Breath (Verse 24)
Dhāraṇā 2: The Two Voids of Breath (Verse 25)
The Thought-Free Unfolding of the Center (Verse 26)
The Appeased Breath Between Heart and Dvādaśānta (Verse 27)
The Rising Ray in the Central Channel (Verse 28)
The Lightning Ascent Through the Chakras (Verse 29, Dhāraṇā 6)
The Twelve Vowel Stations (Verse 30)
The Brow-Bridge to Omnipresence (Verse 31)
Merging the Five Sense-Spaces (Verse 32)
The Dissolving Substrate of Attention (Verse 33)
Fixing Awareness in the Skull-Bowl (Verse 34)
The Lotus-Fibre of the Central Channel (Verse 35)
The Sealed Senses and the Dissolving Bindu (Verse 36, Dhāraṇā 13)
Dhāraṇā 14: The Subtle Flame-Bindu in Heart and Dvādaśānta (Verse 37)
Dhāraṇā 15: The Unstruck River in the Ear (Verse 38)
Dhāraṇā 16: The Protracted Praṇava and the Void Beyond Sound (Verse 39)
The Goddess-Void Before and After Sound (Verse 40, Dhāraṇā 17)
Dhāraṇā 18: The Sky at the End of Resonance (Verse 41)
Dhāraṇā 19: Raising the Mantra into Void (Verse 42)
Dhāraṇā 20: The Body as Boundless Space (Verse 43)
The Missing Body Between Two Voids (Verse 44, Dhāraṇā 21)
The Threefold Void (Verse 45, Dhāraṇā 22)
One Spot of the Body as Pure Emptiness (Verse 46, Dhāraṇā 23)
The Body-Substances Pervaded by Space (Verse 47, Dhāraṇā 24)
The Skin-Wall and the Unmeditatable (Verse 48)
Dhāraṇā 26: The Heart-Space at the Lotus Center (Verse 49)
Dhāraṇā 27: The Mind Dissolved in One Dvādaśānta (Verse 50)
Dhāraṇā 28: The Center Held in Every Act (Verse 51)
Dhāraṇā 29: Burning the Body in the Fire of Time (Verse 52)
Dhāraṇā 30: Burning the World to Ashes (Verse 53)
Dhāraṇā 31: The Tattvas Reabsorbed Into Source (Verse 54)
Dhāraṇā 32: Breath Into the Heart Before Sleep (Verse 55)
Dhāraṇā 33: Dissolving the Six Paths (Verse 56)
Dhāraṇā 34: The Universe as Śaiva Reality (Verse 57)
Dhāraṇā 35: The Whole Universe as Empty Void (Verse 58)
Dhāraṇā 36: The Space Inside the Vessel (Verse 59)
Dhāraṇā 37: Supportless Sight in a Barren Expanse (Verse 60)
Noticing the Space Between (Verse 61)
Leaving One Bhāva Without Entering the Next (Verse 62)
The Body-World Is Awareness (Verse 63, Dhāraṇā 40)
The Fusion of Inhalation and Exhalation (Verse 64)
Body of Bliss (Verse 65, Dhāraṇā 42)
The Trick of Sudden Joy (Verse 66)
The Ant-Crawl of Rising Prāṇa-Śakti (Verse 67, Dhāraṇā 44)
Between Fire and Poison (Verse 68)
The Bliss of Union Belongs to the Self (Verse 69, Dhāraṇā 46)
Remembering Union Without the Embrace (Verse 70, Dhāraṇā 47)
Tracing Joy to Its Rising Point (Verse 71, Dhāraṇā 48)
Savoring Taste Into Fullness (Verse 72, Dhāraṇā 49)
The Collective Sound in Music (Verse 73, Dhāraṇā 50)
Where the Mind Is Peacefully Satisfied (Verse 74, Dhāraṇā 51)
Awareness at Sleep's Threshold (Verse 75, Dhāraṇā 52)
The Space Dappled by Light (Verse 76, Dhāraṇā 53)
The Five Siddha Mudrās (Verse 77)
The Unsupported One-Buttock Seat Of Fullness (Verse 78, Dhāraṇā 53)
The Armpit Spaces of Peace (Verse 79)
Dhāraṇā 57: Seeing Without the Story (Verse 80)
Dhāraṇā 58: The Mouth-Center and Mental Ha (Verse 81)
Dhāraṇā 59: The Supportless Body (Verse 82)
Dhāraṇā 60: The Divine Flood Between Two Movements (Verse 83)
Dhāraṇā 61: The Cloudless Sky and the Unbroken Gaze (Verse 84)
Dhāraṇā 62: The Sky Dissolved in the Head (Verse 85)
Dhāraṇā 63: The Three States Are Bhairava (Verse 86)
Dhāraṇā 64: The Storm-Darkness of Bhairava (Verse 87)
The Darkness That Remains When the Eyes Open (Verse 88)
Dhāraṇā 66: The First Instant of Broken Sense-Contact (Verse 89)
Dhāraṇā 67: The Bare A Of Astonishment (Verse 90)
Dhāraṇā 68: The Supportless End Of Visarga (Verse 91)
Dhāraṇā 69: The Body As Sky Without Sides (Verse 92)
Dhāraṇā 70: The Needle-Point Entry Into Bhairava (Verse 93)
Dhāraṇā 71: The Vanishing Inner Instrument (Verse 94)
Dhāraṇā 72: Seeing Māyā And The Coverings Without Separation (Verse 95)
Dhāraṇā 73: Dissolving Desire At Its First Stirring (Verse 96)
Dhāraṇā 74: I Am As I Am (Verse 97)
Dhāraṇā 75: Recognizing Desire Or Knowing As The Self (Verse 98)
Dhāraṇā 76: Objective Cognition Belongs To No One (Verse 99)
Dhāraṇā 77: The Same Consciousness In Every Body (Verse 100)
Dhāraṇā 83: The Unbroken Contact of Subject and Object (Verse 106)
Dhāraṇā 84: Feeling Consciousness in Another's Body (Verse 107)
The Mind Without Props (Verse 108)
Dhāraṇā 86: The Conviction of the Supreme State (Verse 109)
Dhāraṇā 87: The Manifold Waves of the Self (Verse 110)
The Exhaustion of Agitation (Verse 111)
The Revelation at the Edge of Exhaustion (Verse 112)
Dhāraṇā 90: The Unblinking Gaze of Liberation (Verse 113)
Dhāraṇā 91: The Inner Resonance of the Closed Senses (Verse 114)
The Gaze into the Deep (Verse 115)
The Omnipresent State of Shiva (Verse 116)
Dhāraṇā 94: Universal Consciousness in the Sense Organ (Verse 117)
Dhāraṇā 95: The Sudden Jolt Into The Self (Verse 118)
The Phantom Body of Memory (Verse 119)
The Slow Withdrawal of the Gaze (Verse 120)
The Intuition Born of Intense Devotion (Verse 121)
Verse 122
Dhāraṇā 100: The Purity Beyond Pure And Impure (Verse 123)
The Bhairava State in the Ordinary (Verse 124, Dhāraṇā 101)
Dhāraṇā 102: The Equal Gaze of Fullness (Verse 125)
The Center Between Extremes (Verse 126)
Beyond Existence (Verse 127)
Outer Space (Verse 128)
The Immediate Dispersal of the Mind (Verse 129)
The Intense Recitation of the Name (Verse 130)
Dhāraṇā 108: The Supportless "I Am" (Verse 131)
The Contemplation of the Five Attributes (Verse 132)
The World As A Magic Show (Verse 133)
The Voidness of Dualistic Knowledge and Action (Verse 134)
The Reflection In The Limited Intellect (Verse 135)
The Natural State of Withdrawal (Verse 136)
The One Essential Nature of Knowledge and the Knower (Verse 137)
Ultimate Dissolution (Verse 138)
Becoming Bhairava Himself (Verse 140)
The Redefinition Of Meditation (Verse 146)
The True Form of Worship (Verse 147)
The Fullness of a Single Practice (Verse 148)
The Inner Sacrifice of the Supreme Void (Verse 149)
03 Epilogue
03 Epilogue
The Tideless State (Verse 139)
The Liberated Master and the Final Question (Verses 141–144a)
Verse 142 — Who Is Left to Worship?
The Question of Dualistic Ritual (Verse 143)
The Rejection of External Ritual (Verse 144)
True Japa As Unbroken Contemplation (Verse 145)
The Redefinition Of Meditation (Verse 146)
The Fullness of a Single Practice (Verse 148)
The Inner Sacrifice of the Supreme Void (Verse 149)
The True Place of Pilgrimage (Verse 150)
The Real Pilgrimage (Verse 151)
The True Purificatory Bath (Verse 152)
The Redefinition of Worship (Verse 153)
The Highest Place Of Pilgrimage (Verse 154)
Permeated by the Goddess (Verse 155)
The Automatic Recitation Of Breath (Verse 156)
The Secrecy of the Immortal State (Verse 157)
The Vessel of the Teaching (Verse 158)
The Catalogue Of Worldly Holdings (Verse 159)
Grasping the Lasting Treasure (Verse 160)
The Supreme Nectar (Verse 161)
The Heart of All the Shaktis (Verses 161b-162)
The Language Of Transcendental Love (Verse 163)
Siva Sutras
Siva Sutras
01 Sambhavopaya
01 Sambhavopaya
Śiva Sūtra 1.01 — Consciousness as Perfect Freedom
Śiva Sūtra 1.02 — jñānaṁ bandhaḥ
Śiva Sūtra 1.03
Śiva Sūtra 1.04
Śiva Sūtra 1.05 — Final Chapter
Śiva Sūtra 1.06 — Final Chapter
Śiva Sūtra 1.07 — The Unbroken Fourth
Śiva Sūtra 1.08–1.10: The Three States as Map of Bondage and Recovery
Śiva Sūtra 1.09 — svapno vikalpāḥ
Śiva Sūtra 1.10 — The Net of Darkness: Deep Sleep as Māyā
Śiva Sūtra 1.11
Śiva Sūtra 1.12 — The Wonder That Does Not Wear Out
Śiva Sūtra 1.13
Śiva Sūtra 1.14
Śiva Sūtra 1.15
Śiva Sūtra 1.16 — Final Chapter
Śiva Sūtra 1.17 — Practitioner Manual Chapter
Śiva Sūtra 1.18 — The Bliss of the Light Is the Joy of Open-World Samādhi
Sutra 1 19
Sutra 1 20
Śiva Sūtra 1.21
Sutra 1 22
02 Saktopaya
02 Saktopaya
Śiva Sūtra 2.01 — Cittaṁ mantraḥ: The Mind That Returns to Itself Is Mantra
Śiva Sūtra 2.02 — prayatnaḥ sādhakaḥ
Śiva Sūtra 2.03 — vidyāśarīrasattā mantrarahasyam
Śiva Sūtra 2.04 — The Womb of Bliss and the Womb of Illusion: Discriminating True Mantra-Vitality from Its Counterfeit
Sutra 2 05
Śiva Sūtra 2.06 — gururupāyaḥ
Śiva Sūtra 2.07 — mātṛkācakrasambodhaḥ
Śiva Sūtra 2.08 — Śarīraṁ Haviḥ: The Body as Oblation
Sutra 2 09
Sutra 2 10
03 Anavopaya
03 Anavopaya
Śiva Sūtra 3.01 — ātmā cittam
Śiva Sūtra 3.02 — jñānaṁ bandhaḥ
Śiva Sūtra 3.03 — Final Chapter
Sutra 3 04
Sutra 3 05
Sutra 3 06
Sutra 3 07
Sutra 3 08
Sutra 3 09
Sutra 3 10
Sutra 3 11
Sutra 3 12
Sutra 3 13
Sutra 3 14
Sutra 3 15
Sutra 3 16
Sutra 3 17
Sutra 3 18
Śiva Sūtra 3.19 — kavargādiṣu māheśvaryādyāḥ paśumātaraḥ
Sutra 3 20
Sutra 3 21
Sutra 3 22
Sutra 3 23
Sutra 3 24
Sutra 3 25
Śiva Sūtra 3.26 — śarīravṛttirvratam
Sutra 3 27
Sutra 3 28
Sutra 3 29
Sutra 3 30
Sutra 3 31
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Sutra 3 33
Sutra 3 34
Sutra 3 35
Sutra 3 36
Sutra 3 37
Sutra 3 38
Sutra 3 39
Sutra 3 40
Sutra 3 41
Sutra 3 42
Sutra 3 43
Sutra 3 44
Sutra 3 45
Spanda Karikas
Spanda Karikas
Pratyabhijna
Pratyabhijna
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Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
01 Philosophical Prologue
01. Philosophical Prologue
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Verses 1-23 setting the philosophical ground of the Tantra.
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