{"id":169,"date":"2015-09-04T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T10:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2015-09-04T10:10:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T10:10:04","slug":"vijnanabhairava-tantra-shloka-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=169","title":{"rendered":"Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra (Shloka 42)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra<\/strong>\u00a042<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche<\/p>\n

pi\u1e45damantrasya sarvasya sth\u016blavar\u1e47akrame\u1e47a tu |
\n<\/em>ardhendubindun\u0101d\u0101nta\u015b\u016bnyocc\u0101r\u0101d bhavec chiva\u1e25<\/em> || 42 ||<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other hand, by [noting) in due order the \u2018gross\u2019 phonemes of any pi\u1e45damantra<\/em>, [and ] by rising through the stages \u2018half-moon\u2019, \u2018dot\u2019, \u2018end of sound\u2019, \u2018void\u2019,\u00a0 one becomes \u015aiva.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the normal recitation of pr<\/em>a\u1e47<\/em>ava<\/em> (AUM)<\/em>, according to Kashmir Shaivism, the practitioner goes through twelve stages, namely a, u, m, <\/em>bindu,<\/em> ardhacandra, nirodhini<\/em>, \u00a0<\/em>n<\/em>\u0101<\/em>da, n<\/em>\u0101<\/em>d<\/em>\u0101<\/em>nta, sakti<\/em>,\u00a0 vy<\/em>\u0101<\/em>pin\u012b, saman<\/em>\u0101,<\/em> unman<\/em>\u0101<\/em>. The first two are the vowels A<\/em> and U<\/em> followed by M whose nasalization is shown by the sign \u0901 . This sign consists of two parts, the crescent shape, ardhendu<\/em> (literally \u2018half-moon\u2019) and the dot, bindu<\/em>. The termination of the process of sounding is n\u0101d\u0101nta<\/em> (\u2018end of sound\u2019). The whole process ends in unman<\/em>\u0101<\/em> or, equivalently, in \u015b\u016bnya<\/em>. This moving upwards from the audible to the inaudible, from limited sound to the unlimited void, is called ucc\u0101ra<\/em>.<\/p>\n

By mentioning only some of the twelve stages, namely ardhendu-bindu-n\u0101d\u0101nta-\u015b\u016bnya<\/em> the \u015bloka<\/em> is referring to all.<\/p>\n

This particular \u015bloka<\/em> 42 considers, not a mantra which is pronounceable, but an unpronouncable mantra, namely one which consists only of consonants, which are given the description \u2018gross\u2019. This is called pi\u1e45damantra<\/em>, since it consists of a \u2018mass\u2019 (pi\u1e45da<\/em>) of sound. An example of a pi\u1e45damantra <\/em>is H, R, K\u1e63, M, L, V, Y, \u1e46, \u016a\u1e41<\/em> which is called nav\u0101tma.<\/em> \u00a0It cannot be pronounced but it can be thought. It is not the object of contemplation if contemplation means focusing on the mantra, for the intention is to move through the twelve stages to reach the ultimate state, which is \u015aiva.<\/p>\n

The \u015bloka<\/em> 42 comes as the conclusion of a series on mantra and sound: namely \u015blokas<\/em> 36 and 37 on bindu<\/em>, \u015bloka<\/em> 38 on an<\/em>\u0101hata<\/em> (\u2018unstruck\u2019 or spontaneous sound), \u015bloka<\/em> 39 on AUM<\/em>, 40 on the beginning or end of a phoneme, \u015bloka<\/em> 41 on the sound of a plucked string. Then \u015bloka<\/em> 43 proceeds on to techniques concerned with the void (\u015b\u016bnya<\/em>), which is also mentioned in 42. In this way, \u015bloka<\/em> 42 forms a fitting conclusion to one series and an introduction to the next.<\/p>\n

The technique, therefore, it is firstly to acknowledge the unpronouncable mantra and from this position to go through the various stages to the void, at which point the practitioner becomes identified with \u015aiva who is the void and the source of all manifestation.<\/p>\n

This practice forms a useful corrective in case the practitioner should stay tied to a pronouncable mantra and not proceed on to silence. This \u015bloka<\/em> emphasizes that the purpose of reciting a mantra is to go beyond it to the state of Siva himself. \u00a0In other words, the purpose of the audible is to reach silence, the purpose of the visible is to reach the formless, since silence and emptiness are the origin of all and contain all.<\/p>\n

The technique starts with \u0101\u1e47avop\u0101ya <\/em>and finishes with \u015b\u0101mbhavop\u0101ya.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra\u00a042 Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche pi\u1e45damantrasya sarvasya sth\u016blavar\u1e47akrame\u1e47a tu | ardhendubindun\u0101d\u0101nta\u015b\u016bnyocc\u0101r\u0101d bhavec chiva\u1e25 || 42 || \u201cOn the other hand, by [noting) in due order the \u2018gross\u2019 phonemes of any … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-texts","tag-vbht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}