प्रथमं बालविघ्नेशं द्वितीयं तरुणं तथा | तृतीयं भक्तविघ्नेशं चतुर्थं वीरविघ्नकम् || पञ्चमं शक्तिविघ्नेशं षष्टं ध्वजगणाधिपम् | सप्तमं पिङ्गलं देवं तथा चोच्छिष्टनायकम् || नवमं

    महाकाली-कालभैरवः शृणु चार्वङ्गि सुभगे कालिकायाश्च भैरवम् | महाकालं दक्षिणाया दक्षभागे प्रपूजयेत् | महाकालेन वै सार्धं दक्षिणा रमते सदा || तारा-अक्षोभ्यभैरवः ताराया दक्षिणे भागे

    Today, in a weekly discussion group that discusses Tantrāloka, one of my dear friends had several questions about the great Mahāvidyā with a

  Several years ago, when I was experiencing an intense Kuṇḍalinī phenomenon during the puraścaraṇa of Mahāvārāhī mantra, several spontaneous kriyās would manifest. They were

    The practice of the Raśmimālā mantra is considered indispensable for every śrīvidyā upāsaka in most living traditions today. This mālā, which is an

  There are several mantras that are combinations of the mantras of two deities. Some examples of three popular such deities used in our lineage:

    जाग्रद्बोधसुधामयूखनिचयैराप्लाव्य सर्वा दिशो यस्याः कापि कला कलङ्करहिता षट्चक्रमाक्रामति । दैन्यध्वान्तविदारणैकचतुरा वाचं परां तन्वती सा नित्या भुवनेश्वरी विहरतां हंसीव मन्मानसे ॥ श्रीमृत्युञ्जयनामधेयभगवच्चैतन्यचन्द्रात्मिके ह्रीङ्कारि प्रथमा

  One frequently hears the claim that ācārya Shankara Bhagavatpāda was responsible for eliminating Buddhism from the Indian sub-continent. This is used both as praise

  Vimalāgama describes the six aspects of the incomparable Shiva Pañcākṣarī Mahāmantra, which make it a pūrṇa (complete) mantra that fulfills all puruṣārthas. Sarvakr̥tyātmakatvam na

  शुक्लः शिवो रक्तशक्त्यां पराशाम्भववेधतः रक्तशाम्भवरूपेण परातत्त्वेन शक्तितः | रक्तः शिवः शुक्लशक्त्यां परशक्त्यैक्यभवतः रक्तः शिवः शुक्लशक्त्यां सच्चिदानन्दलक्षणः || śuklaḥ śivo raktaśaktyāṃ parāśāmbhavavedhataḥ raktaśāmbhavarūpeṇa parātattvena śaktitaḥ

    Though there are numerous forms of ānjaneya, nine forms are said to be most suited for purposes of upāsanā: अनन्तेष्वतारेषु नवैवोपास्तिगोचराः ॥ They

  A frequent doubt expressed by adherents is if there is any significance to Mantra, Deity Yoga, etc., or if contemplation on Emptiness/Brahman itself was

  बर्हावतंसयुतबर्बरकेशपाशां गुञ्जावलीकृतघनस्तनहारशोभाम् | श्यामां प्रवालवदनां सुकुमारहस्तां त्वामेव नौमि शबरीं शबरस्य जायाम् || The āgamas describe the efficacy of worship of various Mūrtis of Nārāyaṇa

  The Tibetan Buddhists have adopted much from Indian Buddhism, which again owes most of its content to Hinduism (Veda, Upaniṣads, Purāṇa, Itihāsa, Jyōtiṣa, āgama,

  – Dr. Balajinnatha Pandit The peculiar type of Shaivism, for which Kashmir is famous, entered there sometime in the eighth century and developed as