Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche<\/p>\n
Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra<\/em> 145\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Contemplation is recitation<\/strong><\/p>\n bh\u016byo bh\u016bya\u1e25 pare bh\u0101ve bh\u0101van\u0101 bh\u0101vyate hi y\u0101 | \u201cThe act of contemplation, while it is being progressively brought to the supreme level, is a \u2018recitation\u2019.\u00a0 Sound arises there spontaneously, sound that is is the essence of the mantra. That is the recitation to be performed.\u201d<\/p>\n Contemplation (bh\u0101van\u0101<\/em>) develops progressively (bh\u016byo bh\u016bya\u1e25<\/em>). When it reaches the supreme level (pare bh\u0101ve<\/em>) it is in fact the mind of \u015aiva himself. While there are methods and techniques to help the beginner on the road of contemplation, the act of contemplation becomes increasingly natural and effortless. This is because the Divine lies at the very heart of each human, essentially. To discover one\u2019s centre is to discover Reality, which is both divine and the source of one\u2019s humanity.<\/p>\n The guru perceives this inner essence of the disciple and brings it into the open. \u00a0The guru does not give what was not there, but brings into the open and into effect that which lay concealed. This teaching is found in St Paul: \u201c[God] has let us know \u2026 the hidden plan he so kindly made in Christ from the beginning\u201d. (Eph 1.90)<\/p>\n This process of becoming increasingly contemplative enables the individual to reach the divine state, which is in fact the interplay of light (prak\u0101\u015ba<\/em>) and auto-illumination (vimar\u015ba<\/em>), of self and self-knowledge. The relationship between self and self-knowledge is a vibration, and in this sense is a recitation (japa<\/em>). In fact it is the highest form of recitation of which all other forms are a preparation.<\/p>\n From the state of the Self there arises the awareness (vimar\u015ba<\/em>) \u2018I am\u2019. This is the primordial \u2018sound\u2019 (nado<\/em>), which arises spontaneously (svaya\u1e43<\/em>) from the Self (\u2018tra<\/em>). It is not so much an audible sound as the perfection of the Word. It arises of its own accord, in all freedom, and is not a distraction to be avoided. It is also called the \u2018unstruck\u2019 sound (an\u0101hata<\/em>). It is also called \u2018the essence of the mantra\u2019 (mantr\u0101tm\u0101<\/em>), since all other mantras are imbued with it just as the sesame oil permeates through all parts of the seed. It is not a product of the contemplator\u2019s will, for it is spontaneous. He (she) surrenders to it, not unwillingly but in full freedom.<\/p>\n The contemplators will progressively come to a state where they too say \u2018I am\u2019, for they are \u015aiva.<\/p>\n How does this relate to Christianity? The aim of Christian spirituality is theosis<\/em>, namely divinisation. As St Athanasius famously said, \u2018God became man so that man might become God. The Christian acquires not just the mind and heart, but the very being of God, becoming \u201ca participant in the divine nature\u201d. (2 Pt 1:4) God can be known fully only by those who have acquired the fullness of his being. Then there is no division between contemplator, contemplation and contemplated. All are one.<\/p>\n When a person reaches the heights of contemplation their whole person is suffused with the divine reality, such that even \u201cordinary language becomes a recitation\u201d (kath\u0101 japa\u1e25<\/em>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra 145\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contemplation is recitation bh\u016byo bh\u016bya\u1e25 pare bh\u0101ve bh\u0101van\u0101 bh\u0101vyate hi y\u0101 | japa\u1e25 so ‘tra svaya\u1e43 n\u0101do mantr\u0101tm\u0101 japya \u012bd\u1e5b\u015ba\u1e25 || 145 || \u201cThe … Continue reading
\n<\/em>japa\u1e25 so ‘tra svaya\u1e43 n\u0101do mantr\u0101tm\u0101 japya \u012bd\u1e5b\u015ba\u1e25 ||<\/em> 145 ||<\/p>\n