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FOREWORD In your hands, you hold a treasure. The Radiance Sutras, the life-work of beloved writer and teacher Lorin Roche, is a contemporary interpretation of the timeless, universal meditations of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. The 112 contemplative meditations known as both yuktis and dharanas unfold as a sacred exchange between the divine masculine as Shiva, or Bhairava, and the divine feminine as Shakti, or Bhairavi.
This happens at a deep level of vibration through the living current, spanda shakti, the pulsating source of consciousness of the early Trika-Krama lineages of tantra that knew of the quantum wave long before modern physics.
Lorin poetically translates the experience of spanda, “the creative vibration,” as always expanding and contracting, creating feelings, thoughts, or actions and then dissolving back into space. Attend to the skin as a subtle boundary Containing vastness. Enter that pulsing vastness And know there is no other but you. YUKTI 25
offer lines of the Radiance Sutras as an invocation, during the hovering space of a mudra or asana, and as a meditation to end a session. They offer ways of changing stiffness into fluidity, replacing density with shimmering energy, transforming separation into the sacred flow satisfied within.
The simple flow of breath, which for most modern practitioners is trapped under tensions and internal neglect, transforms into the most intimate connection to the sublime source. Be conscious of this unconscious prayer (of your breath), For She is the most holy place of pilgrimage. She wishes for you to enter this temple, Where each breath is adoration Of the infinite for the incarnate form. VERSE 154
PRELUDE
Metaphorically, a tantra is a tapestry of knowledge weaving together the threads of yoga technique.
Its focus is on full-body spirituality and accepting every breath, sensual experience, and emotion as doorways to deep and intimate contact with the energies of life.
A LANGUAGE OF LOVE The Bhairava Tantra is set as a conversation between the Goddess Who Is the Creative Power of the Universe and the God Who Is the Consciousness that Permeates Everywhere. For short, they call each other Devi and Bhairava, or Shakti and Shiva. They are lovers and inseparable partners, and one of their favorite places of dwelling is in the human heart.
Their inquiry is about how to enter into the vibrant essence of the world with the dual balance of passion and detachment.
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The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche presents key insights from the Tibetan Buddhism tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
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