The Heart of the Yogini (eBook, PDF)

The Yoginihrdaya, a Sanskrit Tantric Treatise

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Produktbeschreibung

Though many practitioners of yoga and meditation are familiar with the Shri Chakra, a sacred diagram, few fully understand the depth of meaning in this representation of the cosmos. The Yoginihrdaya, a Hindu tantric text dating back to the tenth or eleventh century CE, discloses to initiates the secret of the Heart of the Yogini, or the supreme Reality: the divine plane where the Goddess (Tripurasundari, or Consciousness itself) manifests her power and glory, through her yantra, mantra, and worship. André Padoux, with Roger Orphe-Jeanty, offers the first English translation of this seminal text. Padoux demonstrates that the Yoginihrdaya is not a philosophical treatise aimed at expounding particular metaphysical tenets. Rather it aims to show a way towards liberation, or, more precisely, to a tantric form of liberation in this life-jivanmukti, which grants both liberation from the fetters of the world and domination over it.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199982349
• Artikelnr.: 39941790

Autorenporträt

Andre Padoux is now retired Senior Research Fellow at theFrench National Center for Scientific Research. Roger-Orphe Jeanty is an independent practitioner of Kashmir Shaivism and Sri Vidya.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on the Transcription and Pronunciation of Sanskrit
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1, Encounter in the Cakra - Cakrasadketa
Chapter 2, Encounter in the Mantra - Mantrasadketa
Chapter 3, Encounter in the Puja - Pujasamketa
Notes
Bibliography
Index