Chakras and the sixty four Yoginis
There are extra techniques of chakras in the tantrik tradition than most people
realise. Probably the most ancient appears in chapter 9 of the Kaulajnana
Nirnaya, attributed to Siddha Matsyendranath. Mentioned to be the progenitor of
the Kaula faculty of tantra, this chakra system is eightfold. Each of the
lotuses has eight petals and these symbolize the sixty four yoginis, famed in
Kamarupa.
"The letter ksa is within the Brahmarandhra, la in the brow, ha between the
eyes, sa within the mouth, sa within the throat, sha in the coronary heart, va
within the navel, and ha within the genitals. Dear One, take heed to the
collective meditation in these chakra places.
"The primary of the eight is a celestial eight petal lotus of pure crystal
effulgence, a heavenly hearth or flame, fully with out stain, free from all
duality, from the fires of cruelty, devoid even of nothingness. One should avoid
perturbation and practise equipoise (Sama) consciousness. One my see even past
the longer term, one with the infinite circle of time, having information of
what is spoken at a distance, capable of each grant boons and to paralyse, with
the power to seize and subjugate pashus, or to destroy or to kill them, mortal,
always truthful, and in equipoise, changing into eloquent, a Siddha, and in a
position to do anything.
"One should meditate on the second as having eight petals, as brilliant as a
good looking pure flame. One conquers demise and turns into the reason for nice
excitation. Meditating one-pointedly on this multi-fold kind one turns into an
emperor amongst kings, doing in anyway one wills, and may destroy all within the
three worlds, whether animate or inanimate - like Kruddha, the reason for each
creation and dissolution, at all times engaged in love.
"The third nice chakra is the deliverer from the nine tattvas. After meditating
on the Guru in that chakra for six months, one my achieve whatever is wished
for, destroy previous age, have the ability to see at a distance, able to
hinder, even when one hundred yojanas distant. In a lonely place one should
meditate on that multi-fold form.
"The fourth chakra is the reason for peace, rising happiness and pleasure. By
always meditating on it, afterwards one turns into immortal, eloquent,
victorious over loss of life and disease. Practising it each day, one causes
loss of life to flee. By continuous follow for a interval of sixteen seasons on
this great chakra, one turns into able to destroy in a day and a night.
"O Surasundari, the fifth great lotus has eight petals. One ought to all the
time meditate on it as being of a smoky color, then one my shake the three
worlds. It causes eloquence and avoidance of untimely dying, and permits one to
each enslave and paralyse.
"If one ought to meditate devotedly on the sixth royal chakra, fiery, with a
pericarp of eight petals, as vivid as liquid gold, the reason for Iccha Siddhi,
it enables one to see into the long run, giving Anima and the other seven
siddhis - of this there is no doubt.
"Expensive Mahadevi, the seventh is as brilliant as the full moon, auspicious,
inside the body, bestowing each enjoyment and liberation, destroying fever and
loss of life, enabling one to enter into another's body. what is probably not
completed? One becomes the very best within a circle of people. "Pretty-Eyed
One, the eighth great chakra, adorned with eight petals, provides Dharma, Artha,
Kama and Moksha."
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