Sri Durga Devi

Shaktivada

  – Jnanendralal Majumdar’s introduction to the Shakta commentary of Acharya Sri Satyanananda Sarasvati.  The final authority on which Tantra as every Shastra rests is

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OM

Narayan Maharaj

  Chandrasena Jadhav was blessed by his Guru Bhāskararāya that his pregnant wife would have a son. The king then traveled to Bhalki to see

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Srichakra

Para Upasana

  Two kinds of worship (varivasyā), external and internal, are described in various treatises on the Tantras. Of these, the propitiation of one’s own chosen

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Shaktipata

Paduka Panchakam of Adinatha

  Pādukā Pañchakam of ādinātha is one of the most sacred and esoteric of hymns celebrating the sacred Gurupādukā. ब्रह्मरन्ध्रसरसीरुहोदरे नित्यलग्नमवदातमद्भुतम् | कुण्डलीविवरकाण्डमण्डितं द्वादशार्णसरसीरुहं भजे

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Shodashi

Srikrama Balidana Prayoga

  Today, most perform Navāvaraṇa pūjā using the Khaḍgamālā. Even when one performs the actual pūjā along with pātrāsādana prayōga, Balidāna is not given prominence.

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Vatuka Bhairava

Kshetrapala Bali

  Generally, prior to an elaborate prayōga of any kind, one offers Bali to catuḥṣaṣṭi Yōginī and Bhairavas. As a part of this procedure, one

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Tara Mahavidya

Tara Mantra Vaibhavam

    ऊर्जितानन्दगहनां सर्वदेवस्वरूपिणीम् | परां वाग्रूपिणीं वन्दे महानीलसरस्वतीम् || One of our Buddhist friends questioned why diverse forms of Tārā Mahāvidyā are not worshiped

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