Please do! The approach we recommend is to watch the series from the beginning, as described in the Dharmasār Video Guide: drive.google.com/file/d/1EZFqp9G893-LMYSm-ucUt3CylMTbfLV2/view?usp=drivesdk
Great that you can appreciate our work. This series in particular is the essence or distillation of many years of work, resulting in a very high-level view or conceptual map of the entire spiritual Path. It is solidly based on scripture, the reports of sages like Ramana Maharishi and our personal experiences and realizations. It has been very helpful to us and I hope you will also find it useful.
Amazing explanation, i've been studying and practicing Kaula for some years and there is soooo much knowledge that sometimes could be very confusing, you're so precise and wisdom, you're so sweet and funny perfect combo! i got the good stuff bc i stayed at the end of the video hahaha thank you so much! Be Blessed!
Pranaams Guruji 🙂❤️ thanks for all your knowledge Yes indeed, this power is indeed potent, and should be carefully handled, especially initiated via a legitimate guru and lineage. Post that, also one needs to keep one's ego at the door as well, else it may be dangerous. A number of incidents come to mind, Palm Isadora for one, sadly. Can you recommend some lineages or schools where we can get initiated?
You mean *Psalm* Isadora. A sad case. That’s why, if you read my bio, the first thing it says is, “I’m not a guru.” (ahem) So please don’t address me like that. Śrī Vidyā and Tantra are not at all dangerous in themselves; indeed they are the highest form of love. What is dangerous is people with unresolved _kārmik_ issues getting involved with Tantra. Śiva and Śakti do not like ego. Too much fame, money and power are not good for spiritual life. And there are always dark intrigues in and around ‘spiritual organizations’ (a total oxymoron; an organization is an abstraction and therefore can never be conscious or spiritual). Check out the community around Manblunder.com. Good people, and good teachings.
In addition to below comment, something happened to me 2.5 years ago...and I had to back down from it, as i was not mentally / physically strong enough. Since then, i have been searching for answers with little success ..
Got burned eh? Means you had insufficient background and preparation. This happens very often because people are impatient to jump up to higher stages and advanced techniques without proper grounding in _karma-yoga_ & _bhakti-yoga._
namaste swamiji, in one video related to these series you showed a chart of the 7 chakras and yogas and there you depicted different stages of development. one way of thinking was VISUAL which i can understand. in the next level the way of thinking was MUSICAL. so what does this excatly mean?
Thank you very much Guruji! 🙏 I really like the Knowledge and Love (if we can suppose that they are two different things) which are transmitted through your videos 💕 Concerning the KAULA Path, have you already made a video concerning the practice of sexual continence (no ejaculation for men and no energy discharge for women) and its possible evocation in the Vedic scriptures ?
Namaste Timahana 🙏 Knowledge and Love are indeed inseparable, as also Consciousness- _saccidānanda._ I haven’t made any videos on the erotic practices of Kaula-Tantra because they are confidential, only for disciples. Also they are obvious, at least to me. My Mother was an early western Tāntrikā practicing Karezza. So I learned the _tāntrik_ techniques early on.
@@ConsciousnessRC Yes, I see, you were at a "good school" :) I thank you for your answer. In fact, my question was not so much about the erotic practices themselves but rather about the explanation possibly provided in the scriptures of the need for sexual continence to allow the process of biological transmutation of the substantial sexual potential into energy, and then the sublimation of this colossal energy generated in order to reach higher states of consciousness, by associating these erotic practices with transfiguration.
Yes, it’s pretty much taken for granted that that is the purpose of the erotic practices of _maithunya-sādhana._ What else is it good for besides reproduction? Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a partner who could understand that, so I had to take the solo practice route. All good. 😇
I’m curious about the history of this practice. The Brahmins (part of the caste system) designed this practice? Did they forbid certain people from practicing (for example, people who were « lowest » in the caste system) or has it always been inclusive ? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
@justbeegreen the caste system (social status by birth) is not original, but superimposed by outsiders. the Vaidik _varṇāśrama_ system is _guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ:_ “determined by quality and work” - _Bhagavad-gītā_ 4.13. detailed descriptions of the qualities and work of the four _varṇas_ are also given in the _Gītā._ the Śrī Vidyā tradition was always open to all, since it is designed to facilitate _karma-_ and _bhakti-yoga,_ which are the means for spiritual advancement while still in dualistic _jagrat_ and _svapna_ consciousness.
Please could you provide links to the Saundarya Lahari and siddha lakshmi stotram mantras/videos that you mention at the end of this video? I am very interested in trying this as suggested. A link to the downloadable PDF would also be helpful if possible.
and swamiji, another question: in a video i heard you saying that krsna devotees are creating their vaikuntha-reality. i had the same thought recently thats why i found it very interesting that you cinfirmed it - basically this means that the mind has the power to create ANY REALITY it wants - so there are as many realities in this material world as there are individuals, yes - but is it the same principle also for the spiritual realms? do i "log in" into a particular reality by having some information of it as we learn in scriptures about vaikuntha or goloka for example. they are described very much in detail. is the the reason so that the jiva can create this reality in his/her mind and thus manifest it one day? and is this reality objective or subjective in relation to the individual jiva and her realtionship with god? HARI AUM
that’s basically right view, but i wouldn’t express it like that you are still too much influenced by duality-consciousness and aristotelian logic. it’s more like, Śiva and Śakti create infinite possibilities, and we tune into them like a radio receiver by aligning our vibrations. this reality is tree-structured, so there is a major branch called vaikuntha, and the main trunk is śivaloka. each branch has unlimited potential variations inherited from the root, brahman. we can align our consciousness with their vibrations by mantra each mantra leads to a specific destination like goloka, Śivaloka, etc. then the individual adds a creative twist based on his or her specific tastes so each destination body/mind/taste/iṣṭa-devatā/lila/sva-rūpa or eternal identity is unique, and serves the god or goddess in a certain way that *only you can do*
@@ConsciousnessRC 🙏 thank you swamiji, thats beautifully described. how can i get rid of duality consciousness? and will chanting AUM NAMAHA SIVAYA lead me to sivaloka?
Bumped into the video accidentally..Can be a coincidence..Had started reading 'Kularnava Tantra'..it could be Amma (Shakthi) who guided to this video.. Pranams
Namaste Santosh 🙏 But I’m not anyone’s guru. I neither have nor want disciples in the traditional sense. We recently did a video on _Kulārṇava Tantra_ here: ruclips.net/video/tPQLOa5l568/видео.html Arthur Avalon’s edition is the best known in English, but he only wrote the front matter; M.P. Pandit did the translation. Generally I don’t critique other teachers and works. There is something for everybody, and somebody for everything. As it is said, “When the disciple is ready the teacher appears.” Who am I to judge what is right or wrong, good or bad for a particular person?
HARI AUM, swamiji, please could you let me know what the goal of kaula tantra is? is this an apropriate description: "Left-handed path practitioners descend towards union with the divine to obtain godhood status, with godlike powers of their own, having reunited with the ultimate divine source-energy; then once there, taking one more step separating from that divinity, out of this creation into a new creation of their own making, with themselves as the sole divinity of the new universe, apart from the previous creation."?
namaste 🙏 WHAT? no, that’s ridiculous, impossible. No one can become a god by any mystic manipulation. But you can become a loving devotee of Śiva-Śakti and help Them in Their ecstatic pastimes. Read our book, _Confidential Meaning of Śrī Lalithā-sahasranāmam:_ drive.google.com/file/d/19exLk8-T5YZWEGbG4Zi6NDqYa4we2YmB/view?usp=drivesdk
@@ConsciousnessRC thank you swamiji, i am very happy about this answer. so the goal in both tantric paths is to become a loving devotee of God? but is this possible in BRAHMAN, where the God and jiva exist in an undifferentiated state? also its said that in brahman the jiva dwells in her own sac-cid-ananda and there is no EXCHANGE with the Lord. how can one be a loving devotee in brahman?
@mariaganesha you are confusing different levels of consciousness and their views. all types of consciousness their views exist and are accessible simultaneously. like you are reading this comment in jagrat, thinking about it in svapna, and simultaneously covering other perceptions with suṣupti. But also there is nothing but Brahman. don’t read too many books, just look at your experience!
Crazy how I end up here. I was researching Hindu version of ego ended up learning about patanjali yoga sutra, went from chakra to Lord Shiva, from Lord Shiva I end up seeing the word Kaula Tantra so here I am. I have several question sir... Are you a siddha? Is the Shakti is akin to Holy Spirit the divine feminine? Could Moses (he held a double staff snake), Hermes (caduceus), and Buddha/Siddhartha Gautama (i heard a snake guard him) from different religion/pantheon could've raise their kundalini and reach Samadhi? Is the halo is the sahasrara (is there an element, sense, animal, Shakti, God associate with this)? Where may I find the 3 video you mention? Should one be initiated into kaula before listening to the video? Thank you :)
Namaste 🙏 Welcome. I prefer to deal with one question at a time. Whether or not I’m a _siddha_ depends on how you define it. I realized Brahman in 1984 by getting _śaktipāt_ from Śakti Herself. Does that count?
Sir, do you think anyone in modern era has reached sahsra chakra? I have some experiences, that might be of interest to you. Btw, i think that when chakras are established...they all happen at once. I keep reading that a person is now at 3rd chakra stage etc. I don't think they understand....
_Sahasrāra_ is always active-but people aren’t aware of it because their consciousness is focused outwards, through the senses. All the _cakras_ and all the yogas_ function simultaneously. But ignorant people are unaware of them, tht’s all. As wisdom and Self-realization mature, the focus of consciousness reaches gradually higher and higher _cakras_ until _sahasrāra_ is realized. But it was there all the time.
@Mahapralaya Sphincter Hello friend- the real reason I asked is because I learned that Kaula lineage from my guru in India and it is rare to see one on youtube talking about the kaula lineage, in fact this is one of the only ones. That's it. Thanks.
In Kaula-tantra, meat, fish, liquor and so on are allowed *only during specific Tāntrik rituals.* There is no support for indiscriminate casual nonvegetarian diet. The same goes for sexual activity. Western people do not want to accept any kind of instruction, discipline, austerity or regulative principles. Thus even though such foolish people advertise themselves as great _yogīs_ and Tāntrikās, factually they cannot make any tangible spiritual advancement. The first step in Self-realization is controlling the tongue. One whose tongue is uncontrolled is simply a two-legged animal: _viyogī, paśu._
"A saint in truth is a saint in youth." It has nothing to do with western or eastern-it’s about compassion. I became vegetarian at age 16. I just couldn't stand the taste and texture of flesh, nor could I tolerate the idea of killing a living being for the satisfaction of my tongue. When my family served me meat, I gave it to the dog under the table.
Of course! Who has created the universe? It must be the product of intelligence and will. Some extremely powerful conscious entity has to care about it to make it happen. Sure, our anthropomorphic conceptions of the Goddess are metaphors, symbols for an inconceivable reality. That doesn’t make Her any less real. Her consciousness is everywhere. The devotees know how She responds to worship-and offenses.
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Please do! The approach we recommend is to watch the series from the beginning, as described in the Dharmasār Video Guide: drive.google.com/file/d/1EZFqp9G893-LMYSm-ucUt3CylMTbfLV2/view?usp=drivesdk
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These videos are helping me a lot thankyou for making them, there is great wisdom on road to the other shore
Great that you can appreciate our work. This series in particular is the essence or distillation of many years of work, resulting in a very high-level view or conceptual map of the entire spiritual Path. It is solidly based on scripture, the reports of sages like Ramana Maharishi and our personal experiences and realizations. It has been very helpful to us and I hope you will also find it useful.
This is very helpful for me nice video Godess always bless you sir🙏🙏
Namaste Gaurav 🙏 Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for making these, can’t get enough
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Amazing explanation, i've been studying and practicing Kaula for some years and there is soooo much knowledge that sometimes could be very confusing, you're so precise and wisdom, you're so sweet and funny perfect combo! i got the good stuff bc i stayed at the end of the video hahaha thank you so much! Be Blessed!
You're very welcome! Yes my Mother taught me always save the best for the end.
Got a very deep understanding of Kaula path.
Thank you 🙏🏼 Grace of my guru.
Why are likes disabled? his video deserves plenty of likes I think
Thank you 🙏 I just checked and the likes are working.
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Pranaams Guruji 🙂❤️ thanks for all your knowledge
Yes indeed, this power is indeed potent, and should be carefully handled, especially initiated via a legitimate guru and lineage.
Post that, also one needs to keep one's ego at the door as well, else it may be dangerous.
A number of incidents come to mind, Palm Isadora for one, sadly.
Can you recommend some lineages or schools where we can get initiated?
You mean *Psalm* Isadora. A sad case. That’s why, if you read my bio, the first thing it says is, “I’m not a guru.” (ahem) So please don’t address me like that.
Śrī Vidyā and Tantra are not at all dangerous in themselves; indeed they are the highest form of love. What is dangerous is people with unresolved _kārmik_ issues getting involved with Tantra. Śiva and Śakti do not like ego.
Too much fame, money and power are not good for spiritual life. And there are always dark intrigues in and around ‘spiritual organizations’ (a total oxymoron; an organization is an abstraction and therefore can never be conscious or spiritual).
Check out the community around Manblunder.com. Good people, and good teachings.
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You’re very welcome 😊
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In addition to below comment, something happened to me 2.5 years ago...and I had to back down from it, as i was not mentally / physically strong enough. Since then, i have been searching for answers with little success ..
Got burned eh? Means you had insufficient background and preparation. This happens very often because people are impatient to jump up to higher stages and advanced techniques without proper grounding in _karma-yoga_ & _bhakti-yoga._
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namaste swamiji, in one video related to these series you showed a chart of the 7 chakras and yogas and there you depicted different stages of development. one way of thinking was VISUAL which i can understand. in the next level the way of thinking was MUSICAL. so what does this excatly mean?
the difference between visual and musical thinking is like the difference between prose and poetry
@@ConsciousnessRC 😊🙏 understood - thank you. aum namah sivaya!
Thank you very much Guruji! 🙏 I really like the Knowledge and Love (if we can suppose that they are two different things) which are transmitted through your videos 💕 Concerning the KAULA Path, have you already made a video concerning the practice of sexual continence (no ejaculation for men and no energy discharge for women) and its possible evocation in the Vedic scriptures ?
Namaste Timahana 🙏 Knowledge and Love are indeed inseparable, as also Consciousness- _saccidānanda._ I haven’t made any videos on the erotic practices of Kaula-Tantra because they are confidential, only for disciples. Also they are obvious, at least to me. My Mother was an early western Tāntrikā practicing Karezza. So I learned the _tāntrik_ techniques early on.
@@ConsciousnessRC Yes, I see, you were at a "good school" :) I thank you for your answer. In fact, my question was not so much about the erotic practices themselves but rather about the explanation possibly provided in the scriptures of the need for sexual continence to allow the process of biological transmutation of the substantial sexual potential into energy, and then the sublimation of this colossal energy generated in order to reach higher states of consciousness, by associating these erotic practices with transfiguration.
Yes, it’s pretty much taken for granted that that is the purpose of the erotic practices of _maithunya-sādhana._ What else is it good for besides reproduction? Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a partner who could understand that, so I had to take the solo practice route. All good. 😇
I’m curious about the history of this practice. The Brahmins (part of the caste system) designed this practice? Did they forbid certain people from practicing (for example, people who were « lowest » in the caste system) or has it always been inclusive ? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
@justbeegreen the caste system (social status by birth) is not original, but superimposed by outsiders. the Vaidik _varṇāśrama_ system is _guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ:_ “determined by quality and work” - _Bhagavad-gītā_ 4.13. detailed descriptions of the qualities and work of the four _varṇas_ are also given in the _Gītā._
the Śrī Vidyā tradition was always open to all, since it is designed to facilitate _karma-_ and _bhakti-yoga,_ which are the means for spiritual advancement while still in dualistic _jagrat_ and _svapna_ consciousness.
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Please could you provide links to the Saundarya Lahari and siddha lakshmi stotram mantras/videos that you mention at the end of this video? I am very interested in trying this as suggested. A link to the downloadable PDF would also be helpful if possible.
better, here is the CRC video catalog with links to all our series:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KkjDLz6HslfFuay260GRTcs2ezvF8Q3X/view?usp=drivesdk
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Namaste Ji. Do you have a comparison video of Samay , vama , Kaula and Dakshinachara paths please ? 🌹🌹🌹💚
no. i’m not a scholar; i only speak from experience.
who has time in life to experience so many variations of Śrī Vidyā?
and swamiji, another question: in a video i heard you saying that krsna devotees are creating their vaikuntha-reality. i had the same thought recently thats why i found it very interesting that you cinfirmed it - basically this means that the mind has the power to create ANY REALITY it wants - so there are as many realities in this material world as there are individuals, yes - but is it the same principle also for the spiritual realms? do i "log in" into a particular reality by having some information of it as we learn in scriptures about vaikuntha or goloka for example. they are described very much in detail. is the the reason so that the jiva can create this reality in his/her mind and thus manifest it one day? and is this reality objective or subjective in relation to the individual jiva and her realtionship with god? HARI AUM
that’s basically right view, but i wouldn’t express it like that
you are still too much influenced by duality-consciousness and aristotelian logic.
it’s more like, Śiva and Śakti create infinite possibilities,
and we tune into them like a radio receiver by aligning our vibrations.
this reality is tree-structured, so there is a major branch called vaikuntha,
and the main trunk is śivaloka.
each branch has unlimited potential variations inherited from the root, brahman.
we can align our consciousness with their vibrations by mantra
each mantra leads to a specific destination like goloka, Śivaloka, etc.
then the individual adds a creative twist based on his or her specific tastes
so each destination body/mind/taste/iṣṭa-devatā/lila/sva-rūpa or eternal identity is unique,
and serves the god or goddess in a certain way that *only you can do*
@@ConsciousnessRC 🙏 thank you swamiji, thats beautifully described. how can i get rid of duality consciousness? and will chanting AUM NAMAHA SIVAYA lead me to sivaloka?
Bumped into the video accidentally..Can be a coincidence..Had started reading 'Kularnava Tantra'..it could be Amma (Shakthi) who guided to this video..
Pranams
Yes, of course. No coincidence-destiny and Amma’s will (Iccha-Śakti)
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Namaskara Gurujii 🙏what is your view on book by Arthur Avalon on Kularnava tantra
Namaste Santosh 🙏 But I’m not anyone’s guru. I neither have nor want disciples in the traditional sense. We recently did a video on _Kulārṇava Tantra_ here: ruclips.net/video/tPQLOa5l568/видео.html
Arthur Avalon’s edition is the best known in English, but he only wrote the front matter; M.P. Pandit did the translation. Generally I don’t critique other teachers and works. There is something for everybody, and somebody for everything. As it is said, “When the disciple is ready the teacher appears.” Who am I to judge what is right or wrong, good or bad for a particular person?
@@ConsciousnessRC 🙏
HARI AUM, swamiji, please could you let me know what the goal of kaula tantra is? is this an apropriate description: "Left-handed path practitioners descend towards union with the divine to obtain godhood status, with godlike powers of their own, having reunited with the ultimate divine source-energy; then once there, taking one more step separating from that divinity, out of this creation into a new creation of their own making, with themselves as the sole divinity of the new universe, apart from the previous creation."?
namaste 🙏 WHAT? no, that’s ridiculous, impossible. No one can become a god by any mystic manipulation. But you can become a loving devotee of Śiva-Śakti and help Them in Their ecstatic pastimes. Read our book, _Confidential Meaning of Śrī Lalithā-sahasranāmam:_ drive.google.com/file/d/19exLk8-T5YZWEGbG4Zi6NDqYa4we2YmB/view?usp=drivesdk
@@ConsciousnessRC thank you swamiji, i am very happy about this answer. so the goal in both tantric paths is to become a loving devotee of God? but is this possible in BRAHMAN, where the God and jiva exist in an undifferentiated state? also its said that in brahman the jiva dwells in her own sac-cid-ananda and there is no EXCHANGE with the Lord. how can one be a loving devotee in brahman?
@mariaganesha you are confusing different levels of consciousness and their views. all types of consciousness their views exist and are accessible simultaneously. like you are reading this comment in jagrat, thinking about it in svapna, and simultaneously covering other perceptions with suṣupti. But also there is nothing but Brahman. don’t read too many books, just look at your experience!
Crazy how I end up here. I was researching Hindu version of ego ended up learning about patanjali yoga sutra, went from chakra to Lord Shiva, from Lord Shiva I end up seeing the word Kaula Tantra so here I am.
I have several question sir...
Are you a siddha?
Is the Shakti is akin to Holy Spirit the divine feminine?
Could Moses (he held a double staff snake), Hermes (caduceus), and Buddha/Siddhartha Gautama (i heard a snake guard him) from different religion/pantheon could've raise their kundalini and reach Samadhi?
Is the halo is the sahasrara (is there an element, sense, animal, Shakti, God associate with this)?
Where may I find the 3 video you mention? Should one be initiated into kaula before listening to the video?
Thank you :)
Namaste 🙏 Welcome. I prefer to deal with one question at a time. Whether or not I’m a _siddha_ depends on how you define it. I realized Brahman in 1984 by getting _śaktipāt_ from Śakti Herself. Does that count?
@@ConsciousnessRC thank you sir :)
Sir, do you think anyone in modern era has reached sahsra chakra? I have some experiences, that might be of interest to you. Btw, i think that when chakras are established...they all happen at once. I keep reading that a person is now at 3rd chakra stage etc. I don't think they understand....
_Sahasrāra_ is always active-but people aren’t aware of it because their consciousness is focused outwards, through the senses. All the _cakras_ and all the yogas_ function simultaneously. But ignorant people are unaware of them, tht’s all. As wisdom and Self-realization mature, the focus of consciousness reaches gradually higher and higher _cakras_ until _sahasrāra_ is realized. But it was there all the time.
@@ConsciousnessRC sir. Thanks for your reply and sharing this knowledge
my I ask whom you learned this Kaula lineage from?
My mother and father.
@@ConsciousnessRC Sakthi and Shiva, right..?
@Mahapralaya Sphincter Hello friend- the real reason I asked is because I learned that Kaula lineage from my guru in India and it is rare to see one on youtube talking about the kaula lineage, in fact this is one of the only ones. That's it. Thanks.
I read as a meat eater (just can't give it up 😕) I read Kuala practioners are not (necessarily ) vegetarian. (Excuses for me I guess).
In Kaula-tantra, meat, fish, liquor and so on are allowed *only during specific Tāntrik rituals.* There is no support for indiscriminate casual nonvegetarian diet. The same goes for sexual activity. Western people do not want to accept any kind of instruction, discipline, austerity or regulative principles. Thus even though such foolish people advertise themselves as great _yogīs_ and Tāntrikās, factually they cannot make any tangible spiritual advancement. The first step in Self-realization is controlling the tongue. One whose tongue is uncontrolled is simply a two-legged animal: _viyogī, paśu._
"A saint in truth is a saint in youth." It has nothing to do with western or eastern-it’s about compassion. I became vegetarian at age 16. I just couldn't stand the taste and texture of flesh, nor could I tolerate the idea of killing a living being for the satisfaction of my tongue. When my family served me meat, I gave it to the dog under the table.
@@ConsciousnessRC Me too! I always fed the dog.
Wait, so do people take this stuff literally? You're making this all seem extremely serious.
Of course! Who has created the universe? It must be the product of intelligence and will. Some extremely powerful conscious entity has to care about it to make it happen. Sure, our anthropomorphic conceptions of the Goddess are metaphors, symbols for an inconceivable reality. That doesn’t make Her any less real. Her consciousness is everywhere. The devotees know how She responds to worship-and offenses.