{"id":234,"date":"2016-07-29T13:53:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2016-07-29T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:54:24","slug":"vijnanabhairava-tantra-shloka-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra (Shloka 35)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verse 35, Vij<\/em><\/strong>\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u201cThe central channel stands at the centre like the stem of a lotus. By meditating on this space within, the God shines forth, because of the Goddess.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0921\u0940 \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e \u092c\u093f\u0938\u0938\u0942\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092d\u0930\u0942\u092a\u092f\u093e\u0964
\n<\/span>\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0930\u094d\u0935\u094d\u092f\u094b\u092e\u092f\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0924\u092f\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0903 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936\u0924\u0947\u0965 \u0969\u096b\u0965<\/span><\/p>\n

madhyan\u0101\u1e0d\u012b madhyasa\u1e41sth\u0101 bisas\u016btr\u0101bhar\u016bpay\u0101 |
\n<\/em>dhy\u0101t\u0101ntarvyomay\u0101 devy\u0101 tay\u0101 deva\u1e25 prak\u0101\u015bate<\/em>|| 35 ||<\/em><\/p>\n

This <\/span>\u015bloka<\/em> is concerned with the context in which the Goddess can be effective. \u00a0She is the major operative force in his <\/span>\u015bloka<\/em>. It is because of her that the God becomes evident.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first line of the \u00a0<\/strong>\u015bloka<\/em><\/strong> gives a set of balances.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The first is between the left (<\/span>i\u1e0d\u0101 <\/em>) and right (<\/span>pi\u1e45gal\u0101<\/em>) channels of the body.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u1e0d\u0101 <\/em>is described as \u2018white\u2019, \u2018feminine\u2019, \u2018cold\u2019, and represents the \u2018moon\u2019 while <\/span>pi\u1e45gal\u0101<\/em> is described as \u2018red\u2019, \u2018masculine\u2019, \u2018hot\u2019, and represents the \u2018sun\u2019. The channels start from the base chakra (<\/span>m\u016bl\u0101dh\u0101ra<\/em>), cross from side to side of the body, and finally meet at the point between the eye-brows (<\/span>\u0101j\u00f1\u0101<\/em>). The subtle-breath (<\/span>pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>) circulates through them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between <\/span>i\u1e0d\u0101<\/em> and <\/span>pi\u1e45gal\u0101<\/em> is the central channel (<\/span>madhyan\u0101\u1e0d\u012b<\/em>) which is called \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>su\u1e63umn\u0101<\/em>. It is where the left and right channels balance their energies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Spandak\u0101rik\u0101<\/em>, another of the texts of Kashmir Shaivism, associates the practice of this <\/span>\u015bloka<\/em> with the outward (<\/span>pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>) and inward (<\/span>ap\u0101na<\/em>) breaths. The contrasting forces of exteriority and interiority are balanced. Persons with an extrovert nature, if not balanced by a sense of interiority, become bombastic. Likewise persons with an excessively introvert character lose touch with reality. A balance of outward (<\/span>pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>) and inward (<\/span>ap\u0101na<\/em>) is necessary. \u00a0A balanced personality will be both self-aware and outer-aware.<\/span><\/p>\n

From another yogic viewpoint, the balance of the <\/span>pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and <\/span>ap\u0101na<\/em> lead to the from of subtle breath called <\/span>sam\u0101na<\/em> (\u2018equality\u2019, \u2018evenness\u2019) and from this comes the \u2018upward rising subtle-breath\u2019 (<\/span>ud\u0101na<\/em>) which in turn leads to the <\/span>vy\u0101na<\/em> and the full flowering, the energizing of the all the centers, and faculties, so that in the end the whole person is empowered.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is also the state of <\/span>bhairavamudr\u0101<\/em> where inner and outer coincide. When Bhairava looks within himself he sees the whole world, since all things proceed from him. If he looks at the world outside he recognizes it as his very self.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The second balance is between upper and lower. The image is that of the lotus stalk (<\/span>bisa-s\u016btra<\/em>), which comes out of the mud, rises and flowers on the surface of the water. The stalk links lower and upper, immanence and transcendence, the transience (<\/span>sa\u1e41s\u0101ra<\/em>) of water and the infinity of space. Both upper and lower are present, neither is rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n

The stalk is a tube, and therefore is empty in its inmost core. This is the <\/span>su\u1e63umn\u0101,<\/em> the central channel, which is not anatomically visible but is experienced in the body, particularly along the spine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first half of second line of the <\/strong>\u015bloka<\/em><\/strong> describes the practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

The practitioner meditates (dhy\u0101t\u0101<\/em>) on the emptiness (vyoman<\/em>) of the \u2018stalk\u2019 within himself (antar<\/em>), located between right and left, between base and height. In this way he ensures there is openness and freedom; he makes sure there is neither rejection nor control.<\/p>\n

The second half of second line of the <\/strong>\u015bloka<\/em><\/strong> describes the result<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a result the Goddess is free to function. She becomes active and energetic, and under her influence (devy\u0101<\/em>) the su\u1e63umn\u0101<\/em> becomes a place of movement, as the energy unfurls from the base (m\u016bl\u0101dh\u0101ra<\/em>) to the highest level, to the thousand-petalled lotus (sahasr\u0101ra<\/em>) at the crown of the head. The goddess rises spontaneously and brings the practitioner to fullness of knowledge. Because of her (tay\u0101<\/em>) the God (deva\u1e25<\/em>) shines forth (prak\u0101\u015bate<\/em>).<\/p>\n

It is then that the practitioner realizes he is not just like \u015aiva but is \u015aiva. \u00a0He is full of light, he is light.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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