Sri Vidya (05/41) Tantra Kundalini Kriya Yoga Meditation Swami Rama

(05/41) (Lecture 1 of 4, Part 5 of 8)
Four lectures by Swami Rama on Saundaryalahari, the Wave of Beauty, which is a prominent text of Sri Vidya Kundalini Tantra Yoga. The wave of creativity, love and bliss of Shakti is one and the same with Shiva. The lectures contain practical advice on advanced meditation practices of Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra. The 6 hours of talks have been divided into 41 parts of 10 minutes or less.

Lecture 1, Part 5 includes:
Shrine of the Lord is within
You cannot exclude yourself from God
Space in a glass is not separate
Teacher makes you aware of this
Path starts inward from gross to subtle
Love and serve others without expectation
You don't move away from your convictions
Christ had conviction
First understand yourself
First awareness is that Mother Divine is within
Sanskrit writing of Shiva, Shakti, and shava or corpse
Without Shakti there is no Shiva
Second awareness is that Shiva and Shakti are one and the same
You need to understand the point of focus in the body
Teacher gives you science of chakra / chakras
Annie Besant
Theosophical Society
Knowledge of microcosm and macrocosm
Pinda and Brahmanda
Acyutananda
Qualitatively, not quantitatively one and the same
Not body
Not breath
Not senses
Not thinking
Not emotions
Not appetites
Not inclinations
Senses are beyond body
Mind is beyond senses
Soul is beyond mind
Teacher is needed to interpret, not to teach

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• Swami
• Rama
• Saundaryalahari
• Sri
• Vidya
• Tantra
• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Kriya
• Yoga
• Meditation
• Enlightenment
• Self
• Realization
• Shiva
• Shakti