| Essence Of Hinduism |
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HINDU THEISM |
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| The Veda, no doubt,
proclaims the identity of jivatman or the individual soul
and Paramatman or the Supreme Spirit. But how to
rediscover this lost identity? How to purify (Sodhana)
and lift up (uddhara) the soul immersed in sin
and sorrow to its original
level of pure caitanya or consciousness? It is here that the
Agama or the Tantra comes to
our aid and describes the path of realization step by step according to the
adhikara of
each man. It is not possible, nor is it desirable, in a book of this kind to give all the details of Tantric sadhana. The process of realization according to this school has to be prescribed for every individual by a qualified Guru. If the puja of the goddess is intelligently done with the appropriate mantra, yantra, Mudra and upasana under the guidance of a Guru, the mystic power called Kundalini, which lies coiled at the base of the spinal cord (susumna), will be roused. Gradually it will go up and pierce the six cakras or mystic nerve centres in the body. Each of these cakras is conceived to be in the form of a symbolic lotus. Finally, there are certain sadhanas prescribed for those who want to study Vedanta. In the preliminary stage of the discipline the student has to acquire the four qualifications known as Sadhana-Catustaya, viz.,
The next stage of the discipline consists of :
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