The Heart of the Yogini: The Yoginihrdaya, a Sanskrit Tantric Treatise

Though many practitioners of yoga and meditation are familiar with the Shri Chakra, a sacred diagram, few fully understand the depth of meaning in this representation of the cosmos. The Yoginihrdaya, a Hindu tantric text dating back to the tenth or eleventh century CE, 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, through her yantra, mantra, and worship. Andr(c) Padoux, with Roger Orphe-Jeanty, offers the first English translation of this seminal text. Padoux demonstrates that the Yoginihrdaya is not a philosophical treatise aimed at expounding particular metaphysical tenets. Rather 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.

Author: Padoux
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780199982332
ISBN10: 0199982333
BISAC Categories:
– Religion | Hinduism | General
– Literary Collections | Asian | General

About the Author

Andr Padoux is Senior Research Fellow (retired) at the French National Center for Scientific Research.

Roger-Orph Jeanty is an independent practitioner of Kashmir Shaivism and Sri Vidya.

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