LIVE online series, based on Swami Lakshmanjoo’s teachings of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. We will analyze the unique ‘means’ (upāyas) of meditation used in Kashmir Shaivism, and experience meditations that expand your awareness. This understanding will enhance your daily meditation by illuminating important subtleties revealed by these unique upāyas. Watch the introduction/first…
This is an excerpt from the Vijnana Bhairava, Dharana 109, verse 135, where Swamiji says: “Become divine! Do not put limited shrunken thoughts in yourself. Try to keep your mind broad. That will make you divine!” Read below and listen to Swami Lakshmanjoo explain how. Dhāraṇā 109 न मे बन्धो न मे मोक्षो जीवस्यैता विभीषिकाः ।…
In this excerpt, Devi is asking: “O Lord, what is the real essence of the way we have to tread?” and Swami Lakshmanjoo is revealing to us what Lord Shiva’s answer is as he explains important concepts of Kashmir Shaivism. This is an excerpt from the Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization, verses 2b…
In this lecture from the Manual for Self Realization: 112 Meditations of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, verses 24, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals the correct way of meditation on breath with “so‘ham” mantra. Dhāraṇā 1 श्रीभैरव उवाच ऊर्ध्वे प्राणो ह्यधो जीवो विसर्गात्मा परोच्चरेत् । उत्पत्तिद्वितयस्थाने, भरणाद्भरिता स्थितिः ॥२४॥ śrī bhairava uvāca ūrdhve prāṇo hyadho jīvo visargātmā…