Sublime

Shiva, like many archetypes and gods, has a dark and a light force. In his active principle, he is called Rudra, the howler or weeping one—a fierce destroyer, searing ignorance in a single glance with lightning that emanates from his third eye. Yet Rudra was also the lord of song, healing, sacrifices, and prosperity, simultaneously seen as the

Vedanta is the teaching of the Upanishads, a collection of dialogues, stories, and poems, some of which go back to at least 800 B.C.

Brahma pranam, Brahma havire, Brahmagni, Brahmanahota Brahmaitan Gantabiyam Brahmakarma Samadina Gurubrahma, Guruvishnu, Gurudevomaheshwara Gurusakshat Parambrahma Tus maee shree guruvenama ha Om, shanti, shanti, shanti.

Devī is known in numerous forms—sthūla, where she is the radiant goddess with four arms,14 sūkṣma, which is the Śrīvidyā mantra, parā, which is the Śrīcakra, and two other esoteric ones—Kuṇḍalinī and Kāmakalā, both of which are revealed by the guru and in progressive initiations.

They are darshana, “something seen,” and the student to whom they were taught was expected not only to listen to the words but to realize them: that is, to make their truths an integral part of character, conduct, and consciousness.