Sublime

Many Śrīvidyā adepts don’t strictly identify themselves as Vedik or Tāntrik, being comfortable with seamlessly incorporating the various philosophies in their personal sādhanā. In fact, the LSN describes Devī as the embodiment of both the Vedas (see N539) and the Tantras (see N724).

Through habitat loss and shocking abuse, the indigenous defenders of our natural world are fighting for their rights to survive. Indigenous people protect 80% of our world’s biodiversity. If this 5% are protecting 80% of global biodiversity, what is it that the rest of us are doing? The more we connect and appreciate nature, the more we might want

there was a cluster of interconnected and cross-fertilizing variants of meditational yoga—Buddhist and Jain as well as Hindu—prior to Patañjali, all drawn from a common but variegated pool of terminologies, practices, and concepts (and many strains continue to the present day).