CONSCIOUSNESSES IN TANTRA

Sample Question  Paper: 1.     According to Upanishadic philosophy means of liberation is A   knowledge B   devotion C   action D    both knowledge and action 2.     According to Upanishadic philosophy cause of bondage is A   identity of soul and body B   difference of  jiva and Brahman C   difference of  Atman and Brahman D   all the three 3.According to Upanishadic philosophy cause of rebirth is A  only actions with desires B  both with and without desires C  only actions which are prohibited D  none of these 4 Concept of Rta is given by A  Veda B  Buddhism C  Jainism D  Samkhya 5 Liberation according to Upanishads is A  cessation of misery B  cessation of the cycle of rebirth C  state of bliss D  all the three 6.Samsara is due to A  karm...

Universe within atom:- The concept of causality fits with the manner in which the Kashmiri Shaivite describes the process of manifestation. Consciousness     spontaneously evolves through a series of stages ranging from the most subjective or inner states of ‘Shiva consciousness to the most outer or objective forms of awareness. The process of descent into matter is a progressive self-limitation (rodhana) of consciousness. The different orders or levels in the hierarchy (tartamya) of being do not in reality, become manifest consecutively. Even so, the only way we can understand the process of manifestation is to conceive the different categories of existence (tattva) as progressively emerging from consciousness in a single causal chain. East member of this chain is the effect of all the proceeding members and a constituent cause of the lower grosser orders which follow it Ksemaraja explains: When (the lord) feels a playful desire    to veil His own nature an...

Time :- Shakti is related to sixteen eternal kalas and these kalas are related to mantra, mantra is related to sushumna, sushumna is related to matrika, matrika is related to ida, pingala nd sushumna and these are related to sun, moon and fire and all these three are related to Sri Chakra, which is a symbol of both micro and macro. The Shaktis according to Shiva school of thought are many and varied. One of the principal aspects is pranashakti-the life energy-the motive and sustaining force. This is the divine shakti working both in the universal and the individual. The immanent aspect of Paramshiva sustains and controls the universe by this dynamic pranashakti. The changes and transfiguration of the material world are due to the pranashakti. Bereft of this shakti life any sphere means decay. In human being this aspect has been made more explict. The physical and psychological practices such as pranayama, dharana and dhyana are connected with this pranashakti. Voluntary and inv...