Kundalini: The Energy of the DepthsKundalini's power lies dormant in humans until it is awakened. The awakened Kundalini expresses the primal divine impulse and ultimately joins the individual with the divine. The development of the book parallels the development of the Kundalini within. Part One exposes the awakening and unfolding of the Kundalini; Part Two describes the piercing of the energy centers and the stages of ascent through the body; and Part Three examines Kundalini's relation to sexual expression. The book provides a deep understanding of Tantra and of the underlying purpose of Tantracism. The author carefully considers the Caryakrama practices of sexual expression as a means of awakening and controlling Kundalini. Silburn draws together passages from the Trika, Krama, and Kaula systems ranging through Abhinavagupta and Lalla and provides both translation and commentary for them. Chapters on the Chakras, the Nadis, and on mantras further elucidate the topic and lead to a forceful conclusion: Kundalini is the source of ultimate human knowledge and power. |
Contents
Various Means of Unfolding the Median | 4 |
Stirring and Churning of the Energy | 7 |
OF KUNDALINI | 19 |
The Parabija SAUH and the Rod Practice | 22 |
59 | 30 |
Movements of Kundalini Related to a Yogins Practice | 63 |
Chapter 6 | 71 |
Somānandas Säktavijñāna | 79 |
Chapter 2 | 143 |
Chapter 3 | 149 |
Chapter 4 | 157 |
21 | 163 |
24 | 171 |
Caryakrama and Kramamudrā | 172 |
Kulayaga Esoteric Sacrifice | 177 |
Description of Madhyacakra or Urdhvadhāman | 186 |
Text in Transliterated Sanskrit | 81 |
Chapter 1 | 87 |
Analysis | 92 |
Mantravedha Piercing of the Centers by Means of Mantra | 93 |
Para or Purnakundalini | 111 |
Chapter 3 | 121 |
Analysis | 129 |
Chapter 1 | 137 |
The Coiled Kundalini Within the Human Body | 190 |
Quiescence Emergence and Kaula | 193 |
Respective Roles of Man and Woman | 201 |
Definition of Omnipenetration Mantravyāpti | 202 |
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Abhinavagupta activity all-pervading apāna appeased arises ascent awakening aware becomes Bhairava bhrūmadhya bindu bliss body brahman brahmarandhra breath energy bulb cakra central wheel coiled conduits Consciousness cosmic disciple disciple's divine energy domain duality dvādaśānta emergence emission emitting ergy essence expired breaths fire flow fusion guru heart initial inner interiority Jayaratha kalā Kālī kāma kaula kula Kundalini linga lotus main wheel manifests mantra master means merge moon mouth movement mudrā mūlādhāra mystical nāda nāḍī nāga navel nectar nonduality ordinary penetration phonemes piercing plenitude practice prāṇa pure quiescent reaches Reality resonance resorption Rg Veda rises root center sacrifice śakti samādhi sciousness sense organs sexual union siddha Śiva Śiva and Sakti sound spanda spontaneous stage stanza subtle supreme suṣumnā tālu Tantraloka triangle Trika udāna unfolding unifying friction universe uvula verse vibration virile potency virya visarga vital void woman worship yogin yogin experiences