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Sadhu in Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. Sadhu (Sanskrit: साधु, IAST: sādhu (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. [1] [2] [3] They are sometimes alternatively referred to as yogi, sannyasi or ...
Shava sadhana is regarded as one of Tantra's most important, most difficult and most secret rituals. Tantric texts as well as oral tales detail the process of the ritual and also tell its importance. The purpose of practicing the ritual range from knowledge, propitiating a deity, material motives, even dark objectives to gaining control over ...
Moreover, sexual fluids may be viewed as power substances and used for ritual purposes, either externally or internally. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The actual terms used in the classical texts to refer to this practice include " Karmamudra " ( Tibetan : ལས་ཀྱི་ཕྱག་རྒྱ las kyi phyag rgya , "action seal") in Buddhist tantras and ...
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The tantric rituals are called "sādhana". Some of the well known sādhana-s are: śāva sādhana (sādhanā done while visualizing sitting on a corpse). śmaśāna sādhana (sādhana done while visualizing being in a crematorium or cremation ground). pañca-muṇḍa sādhana (sādhana done while visualizing sitting on a seat of five skulls).
Sabarasvamin's commentary on Mimamsa Sutra 11.1.1, 11.4.1 etc. Thread, text; [30] beneficial action or thing [25] 500–600: Chinese Buddhist canon (Vol. 18–21: Tantra (Vajrayāna) or Tantric Buddhism [note 4] Set of doctrines or practices 600: Kāmikāgama or Kāmikā-tantra: Extensive knowledge of principles of reality [31] 606–647
The Daśanāmi Sampradaya (IAST: Daśanāmī Saṃpradāya "Tradition of Ten Names"), also known as the Order of Swamis, [1] is a Hindu monastic tradition of "single-staff renunciation" (ēka daṇḍi saṃnyāsī) [2] [3] [4] Ēkadandis were already known during what is sometimes referred to as "Golden Age of Hinduism" (ca. 320-650 CE). [5]
Siddhashrama (Siddhāśrama; Devanagari:सिद्धाश्रम), popularly called Gyangunj, is considered as a mystical hermitage, which according to a tradition, is located in a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where great yogis, sadhus, and sages who are siddhas live.