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The Heart of the Yogini

The Heart of the Yogini Yoginihrdaya, a Sanskrit Tantric Treatise

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Publisher's Synopsis

Though many practitioners of yoga and meditation are familiar with the Sri Cakra yantra, few fully understand the depth of meaning in this representation of the cosmos. Even fewer have been exposed to the practices of mantra and puja (worship) associated with it. André Padoux, with Roger Orphe-Jeanty, offers the first English translation of the Yoginihrdaya, a seminal Hindu tantric text dating back to the 10th or 11th century CE. The Yoginihrdaya discloses to initiates the secret of the Heart of the Yogini, or the supreme Reality: the divine plane where the Goddess (Tripurasundari, or Consciousness itself) manifests her power and glory. As Padoux demonstrates, the Yoginihrdaya is not a philosophical treatise aimed at expounding particular metaphysical tenets. It aims to show a way towards liberation, or, more precisely, to a tantric form of liberation in this life---jivanmukti, which grants both liberation from the fetters of the world and domination over it.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780199982332
Publisher: OUP USA
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 294.595
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 344g
Height: 156mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 14mm