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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – continued
The next two sessions in the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra series are now live. Subscribers to the series can find them in the subscription section on the main menu or the link on the front page, or by clicking on the link below. The sessions are in depth explorations of some of the dharanas (practices) from…
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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – The Practices
As the editor of this blog, I’ve gone through all the archived recordings of Swamiji’s teachings on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra from around 20 years ago. In terms of audio clarity and the breadth of content, the recent series that Swamiji did via Zoom is the best that I’ve found (and Swamiji is with me…
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Vigyana Bhairava Tantra – Introduction
A series of recordings on the Kashmir Shaivism text ‘Vigyana Bhairava Tantra’, taken from a series of talks and practical lessons given by Swami Nishchalananda from 2002 through to the present time. To start the series, here is an introductory recording from Swami Nishchalananda, putting the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra (VBT) into historical context. Believed to…
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The Vigyana Bhairava Tantra in context.
A series of recordings taken from some of Swami Nishchalananda’s discourses on the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra, will be coming to the blog very soon. We decided it would be useful to explain a bit about how the concepts and practices fit into the landscape of Yoga and Tantra as practiced in today’s world, as well…
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South Asia Centre, Bengaluru (Bangalore) Part Three
The final part of the question and answer session from the South Asia Centre, Bengaluru, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002. Consider Yoga, or any system which can draw us back to a more sensible, reasonable, natural relationship with Life. Wouldn’t it be fine to have more access to such a system as a natural…
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South Asia Centre, Bengaluru (Bangalore) Part Two
Continuing the Question and answer session from the south Asia centre Bangalore in 2002. This is an enjoyable and lighthearted session driven by questions from the listeners and is a chance to hear from Swamiji about some aspects of his life in India. The presence at the event of his good friend Padma, (she had…
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A Talk given at the South Asia Centre, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Swami Nishchalananda was invited as a guest speaker to an audience of local people and overseas visitors. Driven by questions he gives a clear description of the basics of Yoga, and studying the subject. This is part one of a long session. The recording has some extraneous noise just in the beginning part but that…
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A discussion around Kundalini Yoga, and Yoga Nidra
Sixth in the series of Question and Answer sessions, this one on the topics of ‘The practice of Kundalini Yoga’, ‘Requirements for teaching Yoga Nidra’, and asking Swamiji’s viewpoint on how to understand the state of the World.Another in the series of 2004 discourses from Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales, by the Founder Swami Nishchalananda…
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