The Essence of the Tantra · Chapter 1

The Essence of the Tantra — Chapter 1

तन्त्रसार

Tantrasāra


Chapter 1 5 verses

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  1. 1 vimalakalāśrayābhinavasṛṣṭimahā jananī bharitatanuś ca pañcamukhaguptarucir janakaḥ | tadubhayayāmalasphuritabhāvavisargamayaṃ … The Mother, great with the festival of ever-new emanation and the ground of the…
  2. 2 vitatas tantrāloko vigāhituṃ naiva śakyate sarvaiḥ | ṛjuvacanaviracitam … The Tantrāloka is vast and cannot be fathomed by everyone;
  3. 3 śrīśambhunāthabhāskaracaraṇanipātaprabhāpagatasaṅkocam | abhinavaguptahṛdambujam etad vicinuta maheśapūjanahetoḥ Gather from this lotus of Abhinavagupta's heart — its contraction dispelled by the…
  4. 4 iha jñānaṃ mokṣakāraṇaṃ bandhanimittasya ajñānasya virodhakatvāt dvividhaṃ ca … Here knowledge is the cause of liberation, because it is the opponent of ignorance, which…
  5. 5 tatra iha svabhāva eva paramopādeyaḥ sa ca sarvabhāvānāṃ … Here, then, one's own essential nature alone is the supreme thing to be embraced;