Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche<\/p>\n
Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra<\/em><\/strong> 69 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Technique: sexual intercourse<\/p>\n \u015baktisa\u1e43gamasa\u1e43k\u1e63ubdha\u015bakty\u0101ve\u015b\u0101vas\u0101nikam | \u201cHe comes to the \u015bakti; the \u015bakti is fully aroused; he enters into the \u015bakti; the climax occurs: – the pleasure [experienced at that point] is \u2018Brahma\u2019; that pleasure is his very own.\u201d<\/p>\n The word \u2018\u015bakti\u2019, that is \u2018sexual partner\u2019, is used three times in the first line: \u2018he comes to the \u015bakti (\u015baktisa\u1e43gama<\/em>); the \u015bakti is fully aroused (sa\u1e43k\u1e63ubdha<\/em>); he enters into the \u015bakti (\u015bakty\u0101ve\u015ba<\/em>). The stages of the process are listed in due order. Emphasis is placed on the concluding (avas\u0101nikam<\/em>), climactic moment.<\/p>\n The \u015bakti is fully aroused in every sense, her energy, her freedom and all her faculties are engaged. She is fully aware and wholeheartedly desires to be the \u015aakti to her \u015aiva, the Kula to his Akula.<\/p>\n It is into the \u015bakti at this point that the practitioner enters. The word ave\u015ba<\/em> has many meanings. He penetrates into her body and mind, into her emotions and her very being. This is when the orgasm occurs.<\/p>\n The second line mentions the pleasure (sukha<\/em>) twice: \u201cthe pleasure [experienced at that point] is \u2018Brahma\u2019\u201d (sukham brahmatattvasya<\/em>), \u201cthat pleasure is his very own\u201d (sukham sv\u0101kyam<\/em>). In other words, the highest divine pleasure and the practitioner\u2019s own pleasure are identical. His pleasure is the divine pleasure. He experiences divinity at this climactic moment, which is the whole point of the practice.<\/p>\n This same teaching is found in a quotation Jayaratha supplies for Tantr\u0101loka<\/em> 29.99-100.<\/p>\n \u201cHe, whose mind, at the moment of emitting semen, i.e. within the split-second of time, has spontaneously settled in respect of all the fluctuations of thought, all at once there arises in his mind the consciousness of bliss. The resulting form is perfectly described as ‘pertaining to brahman’ (r\u016bpa\u1e43 tad-brahma\u1e47a\u1e25 sam\u0101khy\u0101tam).<\/p>\n Jayaratha provides another quote: \u201cThe form known as ‘the bliss of brahman<\/em>‘\u2026.\u201d (brahma<\/em>\u1e47<\/em>ya-\u0101nanda-\u0101khya<\/em>\u1e43<\/em> <\/em>r\u016bpam<\/em>), namely semen.<\/p>\n The Kula ritual as described by Abhinavagupta develops this whole process, especially in T\u0100<\/em> 29.96ff. In doing so he gives the term brahmac\u0101r\u012b, <\/em>which usually means \u2018celibate\u2019, a totally opposite meaning: namely someone who uses sexual activity as the means to reaching full consciousness. The term brahmac\u0101r\u012b<\/em> will be given a different meaning in my commentary on \u015bloka<\/em> 70.<\/p>\n This entry (ave\u015ba<\/em>) can be practised at three levels: objective, \u00a0(sthula<\/em>), subtle (suk\u1e63ma<\/em>), and supreme (para<\/em>). The purpose of the practice at the levels of sthula<\/em> and suk\u1e63ma<\/em> is to arrive at the level of para<\/em>, for \u015aiva dwells supremely at the para<\/em> level. There the emotion is most intense, the awareness of \u015aakti most complete, the penetration most full.<\/p>\n The term sukha<\/em> alone is used in \u015bloka<\/em> 69 while sukha<\/em> is contrasted with \u0101nanda<\/em> in \u015bloka<\/em> 70.\u00a0 The difference is significant, as will be seen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/a> For \u0101kyam <\/em>read \u0101khyam <\/em>\u00a0\u2018named\u2019, \u2018called\u2019, \u2018declared\u2019. The word sv\u0101khyam <\/em>can be spelt out as sva-\u0101khyam <\/em>\u2018deemed to be his own\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 69 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Technique: sexual intercourse \u015baktisa\u1e43gamasa\u1e43k\u1e63ubdha\u015bakty\u0101ve\u015b\u0101vas\u0101nikam | yat sukham brahmatattvasya tat sukha\u1e43 sv\u0101kyam[1] ucyate || 69 || \u201cHe comes to the \u015bakti; the \u015bakti is … Continue reading
\n<\/em>yat sukham brahmatattvasya tat sukha\u1e43 sv\u0101kyam[1]<\/strong><\/a> ucyate || 69 ||<\/em><\/p>\n
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