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October 31, 2025
Art: Carmen Richards
Tantrik Studies
Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verse 54: Purifying ...

Continuing the in-depth VBT series. With this verse we complete one-third of the text!

Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verse 54: Purifying the Tattvas
September 30, 2025
Image: Nik Orion
Tantrik Studies
The closing verses of the ...

The astonishing closing verses of the most acclaimed practice text of nondual Śākta-Śaiva Tantra.

The closing verses of the Vijñana-bhairava-tantra
July 31, 2025
Tantrik Studies
Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verses 52-53: Burning ...

A truly deep dive into two powerful practices of the VBT.

Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verses 52-53: Burning the body, burning the world
June 30, 2025
Photo: Crina Murgulescu
Tantrik Studies
Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verses 49-51: the ...

The latest in my ongoing series of deep dives into the practices of the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra!

Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verses 49-51: the Heart-Lotus and the End-of-Twelve
May 1, 2025
Tantrik yoga, Sacred scripture
Tantrik Studies
Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verses 43-48: the ...

Six of the powerful spaciousness practices of the VBT.

Vijñaana-bhairava-tantra verses 43-48: the Spaciousness practices
Tantrik Studies
July 20, 2015
Tantrik yoga

Tantrik philosophy for the layperson: What is the cause of liberation?

Tantrik Studies
July 20, 2015
Tantrik yoga
Tantrik philosophy for the layperson: What is the cause of liberation?

In just four verses from the Tantrāloka, we find Abhinavagupta’s succinct answer to the key question, “What is the cause of liberation?”

Tagged: liberation, awakening

6 Comments
Tantrik Studies
July 15, 2015
Tantrik yoga

What is Shaivism?

Tantrik Studies
July 15, 2015
Tantrik yoga
What is Shaivism?

What is Shaivism? This religion, the source of Tantra, once flourished throughout the Indian subcontinent as well as Southeast Asia. Read more about it in this fascinating excerpt from my dissertation.

Tagged: shaivism

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Tantrik Studies
July 8, 2015
Tantrik yoga

Do we really have the power of choice? Part Two.

Tantrik Studies
July 8, 2015
Tantrik yoga
Do we really have the power of choice? Part Two.

One of the eternal questions -- is free will an illusion -- receives a fresh look. Can we integrate what science and spirituality have to say about it? Part 2 of 2. 4min read.

Tagged: choice, freedom

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Tantrik Studies
July 8, 2015
Tantrik yoga

Do we really have the power of choice? Part One.

Tantrik Studies
July 8, 2015
Tantrik yoga
Do we really have the power of choice? Part One.

One of the eternal questions -- is free will an illusion? -- receives a fresh look. Can we integrate what science and spirituality have to say about it? Part 1 of 2. 4min read.

Tagged: choice, Bhagavad Gītā, tantra illuminated, dharma, shaivism, samskaras

5 Comments
Tantrik Studies
July 7, 2015
Tantrik yoga

Definition of spiritual awakeness

Tantrik Studies
July 7, 2015
Tantrik yoga
Definition of spiritual awakeness

Awakeness is no longer looking to the contents of your mind to define yourself; no longer investing emotional energy in preferences and mental images; no longer projecting your beliefs about reality onto reality; in other words, no longer seeing through the lens of the conditioned mind.

Tagged: awakening, mind, bodha

3 Comments
Tantrik Studies
July 4, 2015

The purpose of the spiritual life PART TWO

Tantrik Studies
July 4, 2015
The purpose of the spiritual life PART TWO

What does freedom from the mind-world look like? Is it really possible in our modern world, or is it only for Zen farmers? A powerful inquiry in a 5min read.

14 Comments
Tantrik Studies
June 24, 2015
Tantrik yoga

The purpose of the spiritual life (it ain't what ya think). Part One.

Tantrik Studies
June 24, 2015
Tantrik yoga
The purpose of the spiritual life (it ain't what ya think). Part One.

What are the two goals of the spiritual life according to original Tantra? How do these goals connect to the teaching that everything is consciousness? A powerful inquiry in a 5 minute read.

Tagged: purpose, truth

7 Comments
Tantrik Studies
June 20, 2015
Tantrik yoga

The 10-cakra system from "Jewel-mine of Music" - Part 2 of 2

Tantrik Studies
June 20, 2015
Tantrik yoga
The 10-cakra system from "Jewel-mine of Music" -       Part 2 of 2

The previously unknown (to the general public) 10-cakra system of 500+ year old "Jewel-Mine of Music".

Tagged: cakra, chakra

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Tantrik Studies
June 14, 2015
Music and Yoga, Tantrik yoga

A 10-cakra system from an 800-year-old text

Tantrik Studies
June 14, 2015
Music and Yoga, Tantrik yoga
A 10-cakra system from an 800-year-old text

This stunning description of a 10-cakra system is the only premodern source we know of that associates specific cakras with specific mental-emotional states. Part 1 of 2.

Tagged: cakra, chakra, emotions, music, kundalini

6 Comments
Tantrik Studies
June 13, 2015

definition of the word TANTRA

Tantrik Studies
June 13, 2015
definition of the word TANTRA

"A tantra (i.e., tantric scripture) is so called because it expands on the topics of mantra and the principles of reality (tattvas), and because it saves us from the cycle of suffering."
In this blog I discuss the three ways of analyzing the meaning of a Sanskrit word.

Tagged: tantra

7 Comments
Tantrik Studies
May 22, 2015

The Recognition Sūtras

Tantrik Studies
May 22, 2015
The Recognition Sūtras

Reverence to the Divine, who constantly performs the five Acts (of creation, preservation, reabsorption, concealment, and revelation)—and who, by so doing, reveals the ultimate reality of one’s own Self, which is nothing but the Joy of Awareness.

Tagged: divine nature, the recognition sutras, Oṃ namaḥ shivāya

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