Shri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra: The Ascent  (Paperback, Saraswati Satyasangananda)

Book Summary of Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (Eng. ) The theme of Vijnana Bhairava Tantra is dharana, or concentration, a subject most relevant today. This new translation and commentary of a classical tantric text sheds much light on the practice of dharana, which until now has been revealed only by peripheral explanations. The text comprises 112 different dharanas, or techniques of concentration, which can easily be incorporated into one's daily life. Although dharana is a practice intended for an adept, whose mind is steady and controlled, the techniques contained within this book provide a way even for the aspirant with a distracted mind to gradually develop concentration and meditation. This work is the result of an in-depth study of dharana in relation to the tantric view of meditation, substantiated by the personal experience of the author. Included is a detailed introduction followed by the original Sanskrit slokas, with transliteration, translation and extensive commentary. Contents Preface Introduction Commentary Inquiry into the Nature of Reality Sloka 1. Rudrayamala and Trika 2. Reality of Bhairava 3. How the Bhairava Reality is Perceived 4. By what Experience this Reality is Known 5. Transcendent or Immanent 6. Indivisible and Indefinable 7. Essence of Tantra 8. Forms of Bhairava 9. Sakara Aspect of Bhairava 10. Purpose of Sakara Meditation 11. What Bhairava is not 12. Essence of Bhairava 13. What has been told about Bhairava 14. Immeasurable and without Attribute 15. Atman of Bhairava 16. Nature of Highest Reality 17. Bhairava is known by Paradevi 18. Dharma and the Possessor of Dharma 19. Dualism is a Preliminary Step 20. Shakti is the Fac