Bhairava yamala tantra how to#

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Bhairava yamala tantra how to#

It is a text that shows you how to reach God. You seem to have some knowledge of shakta shastras, Arjuna - can you tell me what is the best place to find some of the rarer tantras? For example I have done all sorts of net searches looking for brihannila and some of the others - it does not seem they are in print.The Vigyan Bhairava Tantra is one of the most important spiritual texts of the world. I am not sure if they are still adding to it - I can only hope so! Tantric texts are much harder to find both on the net and in print. On the net it's easy to find Sanskrit - as you probably know has huge amounts of material - but no agamas, nigamas, yamalas, damaras, or tantras! I have all 108 upanishads, Bhagavata purana, Shiva purana, Kalika purana, Markendeya purana and lots of other bits and pieces. Some parts of Mahabharata, Adhyatma-ramayana and other minor texts.įor the last couple of years I have been trying to build up a library of important texts of Sanatana dharma. Kalika-purana, Lalitopakhyana of Brahmanda-purana, Uma-samhita of Shiva-purana, Mahabhagavata-purana, Devibhagavata-purana, Devi-purana, Chandi-purana.Ģ. There are Tantric commentaries to Vedantic canon of Prasthana-traya: to Gita (Gitartha-sangraha of Abhinavagupta), Brahma-sutra (Shakti-bhashya) and some Upanishads (by Bhaskararaya Makhin and others).ġ. These include twenty eight Siddhantagamas (10 Shaiva + 18 Raudra) and Pancharatra-tantras (Lakshmi-tantra is of special importance out of them). In addition to these, Agamas of Shaivism and Vaishnavism are accepted as subsidiary sources. Saundarya-lahari attributed to Adi Shankara.

ĝevi-mahatmya, a part of Markandeya-purana.Lalita-sahasranama, a part of Brahmanda-purana.Tantraloka of Abhinavagupta, which was a direct revelation from Bhairava.Then, there are several texts which are revered as Agamic Shruti, though formally they are not. Rahasyamnaya, Rahasya-kaula school: exclusively oral tradition.Urdhvamnaya, Kula school: Kularnava-tantra, Kaulajnana-nirnaya.Uttaramnaya, including Krama, Kali and Tara schools: Krama-Agamas, Vatulanatha-sutra, Mahakala-samhita, Parananda-sutra, Shaktisangama-tantra, Kali-tantra, Niruttara-tantra, Brihannila-tantra, Todala-tantra, Yogini-tantra, Yoni-tantra, Kulachudamani, Ma-trikabheda-tantra, Tara-tantra, Kumari-tantra, Mahachinacharakrama-tantra, Phetkarini-tantra, Nirvana-tantra and many other.Pashcimamnaya, Kubjika school: Kubjika-mata, Shatsahasra-samhita, Cincinimatasara-samuccaya etc.ĝakshinamnaya, Shrividya school: Vamakeshvari-mata (which consists of Nityasho-dashikarnava and Yogini-hridaya), Jnanarnava, Parashurama-kalpasutra, Gandharva-tantra, Tripura-rahasya, Tantraraja, Prapanchasara, Tripurarnava.Purvamnaya, Trika school: Siddhayogeshvari-mata, Malinivijayottara-tantra, Shiva-sutra.These Amnayas with corresponding Tantras are: Kaulagamas, which are divided into six Amnayas (flows of Revelation). The most important texts of these group are Svacchanda-tantra, Vijnanabhairava, Rudra-yamala (incorporating Paratrishika-tantra, Devi-rahasya and other important texts), Devi-yamala or Devya-yamala, Brahma-yamala or Pichumata, Jayadratha-yamala, Tantraraja-bhattaraka, Netra-tantra and Mri-gendra-tantra.Ģ. 64 Bhairavagamas, which include a group of eight Yamalas. Bhagavadgita, which is seen as an exposition of Krama system.ġ. In addition to these, there are several later Shakta Upanishads which were not included into Muktika list: Advaitabhavana, Kali, Kalika, Kaula, Tara etc.ģ. The most important are eight Shakta Upanishads: Tripura, Tripuratapini, Devi, Bahvricha, Bhavana, Savitri, Sita and Saubhagya-lakshmi. Several Upanishadic texts, including some of great Upanishads (passages from Briha-daranyaka, Chandogya, Shvetashvatara, Kena and some other) and numerous minor Upanishads of Muktika canon of 108. Atharvana-samhita is thought to be a Vedic root of Tantras.Ģ. In this category we have Shri-sukta, Durga-sukta, Sarasvati-sukta, Devyatharvashirsha and others. Certain hymns of Vedas, especially those of Agni, Soma and various forms of Devi. Nigamas (Vedic texts) are acknowledged as an integral part of the same Shruti, though they cannot be under-stood and applied properly without Agamic knowledge.ġ. Primary authority for all schools of Tantrism are Agamas or Tantras, which are seen as the essence of Vedas and are the sole practical authority in kaliyuga. Additional sources are writings of Tantric Masters and a few texts from Puranas and Itihasas. Tantrism is based upon Shruti, Divine Revelation, which is of two kinds: Agama (Tantras) and Nigama (Veda-samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads).