In this section of the Tantrāloka, Abhinavagupta unveils his key teaching of the three Ways to Liberation for the first time! This excerpt, newly translated, is packed with rich and juicy teachings to contemplate.
TANTRALOKA 29: The kula-yaga, or secret sexual ritual of original Tantra (part 1 of 12)
The first of 12 posts translation Tantrāloka chapter 29, which details not only the kula-yāga or sexual ritual, but its preliminary meditations, the nonsexual variant forms of the practice, and the important topics of how to perform a Kaula initiation and the ways in which the Guru can pierce the cakras of the disciple and activate his or her energy-body.
The nature of awareness (Tantraloka 1 cont'd)
In this section of the text, Abhinava discusses the nature of Awareness as the ground of all being. He breaks down sentience & insentience, gradations of awareness, individuated awareness vs. overarching Awareness, what full realization entails, and refutes objective materialism, all in the course of just five Sanskrit verses!
