VBT 112 meditations
Sometime in June 2020, I compiled my (then) understanding of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra as expounded by Swami Lakshmanjoo, in his book ‘The Supreme Awakening’ . On this thread, I’ll be sharing my limited perspective. I usually prefer to write in poetry.
Look forward to all your inputs. |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra: preamble & epilogue
Both void & manifestation Spanda: life pulse vibration Expanding & contracting Concealing & revealing Stupefying & illuminating Separating & uniting Shiva’s self luminescence In playful innocence Creating a pulse of separation Culminating in divine union Paths four for liberation All found in the void of cessation Krama: the descent & rise Resulting in joyful surprise Or Pratyabhijna: re-cognition Upon ego delusion dissolution Whilst Kaula: mukti with bhukti Embrace & release in continuity Doing nothing Spanda: resonation With the omnipresent ॐ vibration Shiva appears upon the earth Shakti accompanying as his consort Both one as Ardhnarishwar indivisible Render the 112 agamas plain & simple That for those souls seeking renuion The path be clear without confusion This preamble given we yet need education About the basic mind-body construction First the purpose Of this circus Descending to rise to fulfil the potential Love in love with love as the ultimate miracle Father wishing that the son be as He Striving to become strong and mirrorlessly see Being absolute and illumined how may we play Unless immersed in limitations that make us sway Thus Shiva the magician manifests maya illusion Layering it with five veils to keep Himself in delusion Himself? Yes; for God alone exists and nothing else is All that we see & know & feel is His own elixirous fizz The first veil being limitation in time Bound by the linear periodic chime The second confinement within a boundary Limitation of space being also illusionary Third to fifth restricted will, knowledge & power Bondage to illusion self-blocking the bliss shower Yet what is manifested from perfection is perfection Thus concealed in mind-body is innate self-illumination The earth vehicle an interface ephemeral Within which pulsates the divine eternal As the seed of the ultimate having propensity for expansion The lifetron searches instinctively to reclaim bliss elation However senses five active are all externalised Along with lower mind in doership having everything analysed The secret being that the aspect perfect throbbing within Is the voice of conscience steering us away from sin The sin being nothing other than self ignorance In opting for transience instead of our eternal presence All the above known from different scriptures Being in delusion we are now our shadowy caricature Shiva in compassion then does reveal the 112 meditations Each of which may grant us here & now instant liberation |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra introduction
A dialogue between Gods manifested polarities To exit duality and get to the one singularity Freedom & liberation as an ever present orientation Illumined & unbound in will, knowledge & action All being grace There is no race For God consciousness The path is pathless Even the burning yearning For with the divine connecting Wherefrom came the exalted thought That inspiration along with it brought Yet trapped in body-mind Unable to unshackle ego bind 112 practices are revealed Self help plan with nothing concealed Three paths to embark upon our entrée Somewhat like the Gunas three The highest path thought free meditation Next mantra recitation and yoga in action The highest path then the vibrant void Unfettered & unbound in bliss overjoyed The other abiding in the gap of cessation Be it thought or breath or mantra recitation All paths leading to God forging a unity A samadhi of unbroken continuity Each practice a form of meditation Grace alone completing actual ascension A quick word on what actually is God realisation Being absolute freedom of will, knowledge & action Recognition that void & manifestation are the same A dance divine of concealing & revealing as a game |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra - prelude to the 112 practices
Self luminous and self existent Throbbing within a bliss current Undifferentiated state of singularity To know Itself descends into duality The choiceless choice an act of free will Screen of consciousness eternally still Projects attention into a vibration a notch lower That that pulse of separation moves farther & closer The play enacted in a spectrum of illusion The projected lifetron bewildered by maya projection Being always complete but veiled so feeling limited Imbibes easily in stillness bliss currents of rapture elated As such there being no way for we are already That In a self hypnotic trance we seek methods that all fall flat By divine grace alone we exit the hall of mirrors Following the fragrance of love as our heart quivers Yet in as much as we wish to employ mind & body Instruments of limited thought and perceptions shoddy The path is singular although offering opportunities many Within cessation of pure intention in stillness sedentary Cessation or emptiness humming with potent power Formless & identityless no longer limited by mind lower Exits too limitation of time and boundaries of space Self existent & self luminous Itself radiates divine grace Liberation here & now within bodily form Self illumined in the eye of the bliss storm The 112 paths kinetic to rest in absolute potentiality Getting to indivisible oneness singularity |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Practice-1&2/112
Each half breath has a point of cessation Yet the voids differentiated by intuitive intention The beginning of exhalation return to space Whilst commencement of inhalation divine grace Geometrically we may assign lungs to the Anahata Breath flow from nose to head crowned at Sahasrara Connector between the two being the Vishuddha Union of separated polarities the flowing divine enigma The flow being of nothing other than consciousness From the domain of matter through ether into formlessness Hiranyagarbha the one at Sahasrara becoming two The polarities merging in a bliss explosion as bliss renews The practice affirms manta ॐ (ohm/ham) during inhalation With the sound ‘Sa’ or ‘So’ during exhalation Yet focusing not on breath but relying on purity of loving intent Within our heart to the ॐ sound current we become sentient Such is the energetic path first of one hundred & twelve Urging us to focus on the voids and therein within ॐ dwell Blurring boundaries between form & formlessness Merging in-form consciousness with Absolute Oneness The second of the 112 paths same as the first Differentiated by an insatiable thirst Whereupon we abide in cessation without thought Simply imbibing the divine soma nectar as bliss brought |
I wish to clarify once again, that what I’m posting here, is my interpretation of the VBT, as expounded by Swami Lakshmanjoo in his book, referred to in post#1. The readers who are interested, may obtain a copy of this remarkable work directly from archive.org for free.
I’ve looked at the 112 meditations, as it resonates with me. As such, it is a personal view. We each must determine the validity for ourselves. In fact, I’ll be looking forward to your perspective as of your understanding and experience! Thank you! |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Practice-3/112
Before we get to the practice number three A few words to reside in clarity The triad or trika Para, para-para & apara Lowest the apara - we as in-form consciousness Aligning with (para-para) Shakti to get to (Para) Shiva Oneness Or we may say our journey from ignorance to luminescence Relying upon energy as vibration in octaves of innocence The path being pathless there being no coming or going Yet awakening from amnesia by simply re-recognising So no doing to be done erect without support The Sushumna ignites vaporising the maya fort Or we may say bypassing the Ida & Pingala We cajole the Kundalini to ascend via Sushumna Thus theoretically this practice is known Yet execution feasible only when fear has flown So what does the practice actually entail How may we rudderless sail Resting thoughts imaginal As also theories conjectural Our focus on Sushumna when breath ceases Possibly is a childlike prayer that Shakti pleases The practice also speaks of Samadhi like meditation Which if enabled grips Sushumna in bliss elation Which it always was & is Though we were oblivious to its fizz As such this practice is for those who are so qualified Having partly awakened with lower mind vaporised Epilogue The practice narrated As stated Yet it may be affirmed Confirmed That indeed the Sushumna is the rod of initiation Luminous with radiant bliss throbbing in elation Preceded by fusion of polarities in the Anahata Whereupon bliss in permanence abides in the Sushumna |
Essentially, the 112 meditations listed in a dialogue between Shiva & Parvati are offered to humanity that whichever any one meditation suits, it can carry the pilgrim to enlightenment. The catch? That the neophyte be pure of heart!
(There’s always a catch!) :biggrin: |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Practice-4/112
A simple physical breath recitation For we cannot yet call it meditation Gently inhaling we pause at the heart Likewise pause at crown when breath departs Breathing thus with pause of cessation Thoughts may come & go as of ego suggestion We gradually lengthen the practice duration Flow of breath regardless of thought agitation Simply positioning attention during the voids Alternating at heart & crown therein buoyed What happens thus is assigning priority Getting to the divine in stuporous simplicity By merely performing an exercise in lengthening time Until the divine relents and we we hear the chime Within Footnote Such is the exposition But there is no imposition Possibly it may not resonate Unless thought rested we meditate We may then thus tweak what is written Like a spirited horse not do as bidden Adding to this doing our own colouration Of love seeking love via breath meditation Why not? |
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Practice-5/112
Tantra being the path of energy To facilitate divine connectivity Triad from gross to subtle to emptiness Are three basic tools for getting to oneness Eventually no path higher or lower Although some are faster and others slower Essentially divine reality omnipresent It depends upon how we choose to be sentient Taking theoretical knowledge of chakras as a given We may embark upon the offered suggestion So plunging into technique number five Vibrancy in stillness that makes us jive Employing imagination along with our breath Breath silent descends via Sushumna in stealth Where at root in supreme glory resides the Para Shakti Empathetic to our trepidation smiles in loving geniality The practice involves cessation of breath as prana Surrendering in wonderment to behold the divine enigma Content as a child in the lap of the divine mother We know not where it takes us for the bliss shower There then being upon our part no striving For at the Muladhara itself we feel the pulse vivifing We rest all vicarious knowing of chakras & nadis Each cell within our form holding the divine in entirety Para Shakti illumines the Sushumna with her radiance Each chakra in its own right Shiva in full brilliance We thus rest as Shakti decides imbibing the divine elixir For who are we to suggest any imagined vector As far as subtlety goes the Sushumna too has layers Revealing invisible conduits depending upon our prayer Unfathomable is the ultimate divine mystery Yet each coordinate perfect for divine connectivity |
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