{"product_id":"yoga-spandakarika-the-sacred-texts-at-the-origins-of-tantra-9781594770517","title":"Yoga Spandakarika: The Sacred Texts at the Origins of Tantra","description":"Translation and commentary of one of the most important texts of the Kashmirian Shivaism tradition of Tantra \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Author was a student of the late Kalu Rinpoche \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explores the transmission of Mahamudra, the Great Cosmic Gesture \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Includes the Vijnanabhaïrava Tantra, which contains the totality of the oldest source text on Yoga \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Spandakarika, the \"Tantric Song of the Divine Pulsation,\" is said to have been transmitted directly to the sage Vasugupta from the hands of Shiva on Mount Kailas. In his commentary on these fifty-two stanzas, the sage Ksemaraja described them as the heart of the Mahamudra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe oldest masters of Spandakarika viewed everything in the universe, including matter, as consciousness and created a yoga practice in accordance with this realization. The sacred dance of Yoga Spandakarika, Tandava, is extremely subtle and difficult, requiring thousands of hours of practice to master, yet it surpasses any other physical practice, allowing the practitioner to touch the divine inner pulse. Once its third stage has been mastered, the yogi or yogini is able to manifest the dance of Shiva in space, a tradition visible in the statuary of Tantric temples in India and Tibet. Energy is no longer contracted by the perception of duality, and the mind and body become unbounded, forming a sphere that contains all that was formerly outside. In \u003ci\u003eYoga Spandakarika\u003c\/i\u003e Daniel Odier passes on these vanishing teachings as he received them from his Tibetan master, Kalu Rinpoche, and Kashmiri yogi Lalita Devi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Odier began his studies with Kalu Rinpoche in 1968 and remained his disciple until his passing in 1989. In 2004 Odier received the Ch'an ordination in the Lin t'si and Caodong schools in China as well as permission to teach the Zhao Zhou Ch'an lineage in the West. He gives workshops in Europe, Canada, and the United States and is the author of \u003ci\u003eMeditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesire: The Tantric Path to Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTantric Quest\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Switzerland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Inner Traditions International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473986720018,"sku":"9781594770517","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01eff083-d776-485f-951f-54d118e14850.jpg?v=1730210268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/yoga-spandakarika-the-sacred-texts-at-the-origins-of-tantra-9781594770517","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}