Yoga Spandakarika : the sacred texts at the origins of Tantra

Named Person: Vasgupta
Named Person: Bhatta Kallata

Named Work: Vijnanabhairava Tantra : Vijnana Bhairava .
Named Work: Spandakarika : Spandakārikā .

Description: The Spandakarika, the "Tantric Song of the Divine Pulsation," is said to have been transmitted directly to the sage Vasugupta from the hands of Shiva on Mount Kailas. In his commentary on these fifty-two stanzas, the sage Ksemaraja described them as the heart of the Mahamudra.

The oldest masters of Spandakarika viewed everything in the universe, including matter, as consciousness and created a yoga practice in accordance with this realization. The sacred dance of Yoga Spandakarika, Tandava, is extremely subtle and difficult, requiring thousands of hours of practice to master, yet it surpasses any other physical practice, allowing the practitioner to touch the divine inner pulse. Once its third stage has been mastered, the yogi or yogini is able to manifest the dance of Shiva in space, a tradition visible in the statuary of Tantric temples in India and Tibet. Energy is no longer contracted by the perception of duality, and the mind and body become unbounded, forming a sphere that contains all that was formerly outside. In Yoga Spandakarika Daniel Odier passes on these vanishing teachings as he received them from his Tibetan master, Kalu Rinpoche, and Kashmiri yogi Lalita Devi.

Table of Contents: The Ancient Text --
Spandakarika: The Tantric Song of the Sacred Tremor -- of Vasgupta
The Commentary --
First Flow (Stanzas 1-16): The Instructions Concerning the Independent Existence of the Self --
Second Flow (Stanzas 17-27): The Direct Perception of One's Own Fundamental Nature --
Third Flow (Stanzas 28-52): The Universal Nature Reflected in the Power of One's Own Nature --
Conclusion: Should One Practice Mahamudra? --
Appendix 1: Vijnanabhairava Tantra --
Appendix 2: The Natural Liberation through Naked Vision, Identifying Intelligence. translated by Robert Thurman

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