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Grihastha Tantra
VettedHouseholder-focused teaching on Tantra, Bhairav worship, and beginner-appropriate sadhana.
The Truth About Tantra
VettedThe Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti. by Rajarshi Nandy.
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Discourse Hindi 15 min
Jyotish Vidya and Tantra Sadhana — Why the Two Are Complements, Not Rivals
ज्योतिष विद्या और तंत्र साधना। #blackmagic #tantra #jyotish
The speaker's case that jyotish and tantra complete each other: why the bhagyesh (ninth-house lord) is never given in daan, why gems are worn only by the lagna kundli, the Cancer-lagna example where neelam and moti together make a vish yoga, which planets to donate and which to wear, why abhichar and shatkarma lie beyond jyotish alone, choosing an ishta by janma nakshatra, and why Shani's sade sati is not always bad.
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Live Session Hindi 140 min
Searching for a Guru with a Lantern — Why You Want One, Who Is Fit to Be One, and When a Physical Guru Is Actually Needed
लालटेन लेकर गुरु खोजते हैं — गुरु कैसे मिलते हैं
A long live on the guru question: run a why-why analysis on why you want a guru at all; the categories of seeker the speaker says he actually receives messages from; why a guru is never to be searched for or asked for; the guru as a tattva and a guru mandal above the five elements rather than a body with two eyes and one nose; which siddha purush to hold as guru region by region until a physical one arrives; the two or three narrow cases where a physical guru genuinely is required; the rin dosha owed for any mantra taken from anyone and the five ghee lamps and sava kilo of grain that clear it; and a Q&A of well over an hour on Saptashati in Hindi, walking japa, tantric bandhan, abhichar, ghat sthapana, sutak, and much else.
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Live Session Hindi 84 min
Why Wealth Dries Up After Sadhana Begins — Abhichaar, Ugra Mantras and the Binding of Lakshmi
गृहस्थ जीवन में धन का अभाव — अभिचार, साधना और लक्ष्मी का बंधन
How an enemy's abhicharik prayoga binds the Lakshmi of a household through quarrel and uchchatan; how a sadhak's own unguided recitation of ugra and astra mantras binds it further; the kundali houses that govern income and inheritance; the remedies of abhishek, correct daan, daily bhog and shringar; and a long question session on malas, kavach jagran, Navarna adhikara, Gayatri, shivlings, tirth yatra and the discipline of one mantra held for years.
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Discourse Hindi 16 min
Seven Mistakes in Durga Saptashati Path That Bring Devi Dosha — Half Path, Wrong Uchcharan, Rushing, Swaying, Talking, No Diksha, Wrong Havan
श्री दुर्गा सप्तशती पाठ में साधक द्वारा सात गलतियां जिससे मिलता है देवी श्राप। #navratri2026 #तंत्र
The speaker's list of seven common errors in reciting the Durga Saptashati that he says turn into an aparadh against the Devi: reading one chapter a day and stopping at nine, impure Sanskrit uchcharan (with the Durga Kavach bhayartah example), rushing instead of chhanda, swaying, talking or rising mid-path, skipping nyasa and reciting without Navarna diksha, Shatchandi without adhikar or bali, and havan errors with uvacha, astra and kavach mantras — plus what an uninitiated reciter should do instead.
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Discourse Hindi 21 min
Lemon in Tantra — Nimbu Bali Prayogs for Tantra Kaat, Body Bandhan, Griha Keelan and Kavach Protection
नींबू और तंत्र के गुप्त गुढ़ तीव्र प्रयोग। #tantra
The speaker's household guide to the raw green lemon in tantra: which lemon to use, cutting a tantra prayog with a nimbu bali in a deity's name, the Jayanti Mangala Kali example with a mantra-charged lemon, bali on the ajna, heart and navel, the two-lemon rule in sabar mantra jagran, the three-step griha bandhan with gandhak dhuni, yellow mustard and keels, mohan-vashikaran uses he declines to encourage, the ishta kavach prayog, why a yellow lemon is the last option, and why nimbu or jaiphal bali must never become a daily niyam.
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Live Session Hindi 61 min
The Dattatreya Ekakshari Sadhana — Why the Fear of Becoming an Avadhoot Is Misplaced, and a Members' Question Session
भगवान दत्तात्रेय की एकाक्षरी साधना — अवधूत अवस्था का भय और साधकों के प्रश्न
A members-only live given on the eve of a Dattatreya diksha vidhan, answering the circulating claim that Dattatreya sadhana forces the avadhoot state; the birth of Bhagavan Datta from the decayed amsha of Narayan and the three tattvas he carries; the Damodara beejakshara with its agni, brahma and anga matras and Anagha Lakshmi seated in it; why beginners should keep to 11 or 27 mala with one path of the Vajra Kavach; the physical and dietary causes of a broken sadhana that people wrongly blame on tantra; agni beej as a defence against vayavya shaktis; and a long question session on deepdaan, vrat by tithi, kalash visarjan, havan, lamps, kavach and the Vajra Kavach's viniyoga and nyasa.
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Live Q&A Hindi 92 min
Kaal Bhairav at Home, Ganpati Tarpan, and Seventy Other Questions
तंत्र चर्चा।। प्रश्नोत्तरी -25। काल भैरव जी की पूजा घर पर करें तो
A rapid-fire Q&A session: where Kaal Bhairav may be worshipped at home and where Batuk Bhairav stands in his place, the twelve-blade Durva tarpan for a blocked livelihood, which tithi-window belongs to which deity, why Narmadeshwar needs no Pran Pratishtha, and what to do when a Brahm has been installed by the forebears.
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Ritual Procedure Hindi 14 min
A Fifteen-Day Havan at the Threshold — The Kul Shakti Prayog for Dev Shraap and Pitr Shraap
कुल शक्ति की कृपा हेतु हवनात्मक प्रयोग — देव श्राप और पितृ श्राप के निवारण के लिए
A complete havanatmak prayog for obtaining the grace of one's own kula's presiding shakti, given for those afflicted by dev shraap, pitr shraap or dev danda; the symptoms by which the speaker says such a curse is recognised; when to begin it — Purnima to Amavasya, or Navratri Pratipada to Dashami; the kund, the wheat-gud-ghee rot, the two chaumukh lamps at the main door, the kush and mango leaf tied at the threshold; the sequence of thirty ahutis and what is said with each when the kuldevi is known and when she is not; and his answer to those who fear that an abhicharik prayog in the house will steal the offering.
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Live Session Hindi 95 min
Bhadrapada Amavasya — Kushotpatini, Tara Chaturdashi, and the Argala Havan
भाद्रपद अमावस्या — कुशोत्पाटिनी, तारा चतुर्दशी और अघोर अमावस्या
A live session on the Bhadrapada Amavasya: why the karmakandi Brahmin calls it Kushotpatini and pulls the year's kusha on it; the moonj yajnopavit by which a Kaul or Shakta sadhak renounces or hands on the siddhis he can no longer carry; why Bengal knows the same nights as Tara Chaturdashi and Aghor Amavasya; what a householder should do on them; the Gita's eleventh adhyaya and the havan with Argala's first mantra prescribed for every Amavasya; and a long Q&A.
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Discourse Hindi 18 min
A Dehri Raksha Case Story — Abhichar on a New Bride, a Weaponised Kul Shakti, and the Kaal Bhairav Ekakshari Saptashloki Samput Vidhan
शत्रुनाश की ऐसी सत्य घटना जो आपने सुनी नहीं होगी। मंत्र सहित पूरा विषय बता दियें हैं। #navratri2025
The speaker narrates a listener's case: abhichar done on a newly married bride through a kul-worshipped shakti sent via akshat, its symptoms, the failed counselling, the bhagatvaal diagnosis and reversal, and the dehleez-protection vidhan he then prescribed — 7000 japa of Durga Saptashloki, 4 lakh japa of Kaal Bhairav's ekakshari bija, a samput path over a copper lota of water and jaggery, a sabar mantra to charge it, and the water poured on both sides of the threshold. He records what befell the attackers, the doctrine of a generic protective sankalp, which other ekakshari bijas may be used, and a strong caution against doing the prayog with hatred in the heart.
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Live Session Hindi 108 min
Navratri Prashnottari — A Live Question Session on the Second-Last Day of the Navratra
नवरात्र प्रश्नोत्तरी — साधकों के प्रश्न, एक-एक कर के उत्तर
A long live question-and-answer session held with one day of the Navratra left, in which the speaker answers listeners on Navarna and Panchadashi and who may take them; the Devi Atharvashirsha and the adhikara to study it; vaidik versus tantrik pranava; the chakra vidhi of the Durga 32 Namavali; guggul-ghee havan and the mantras of the Saptashati that take no ahuti; bali of coconut, lemon, clove and goat, and what a vegetarian family whose kuldevi takes bali should do; ghat sthapana, akhand jyot, brahmacharya and bhumi shayan; pregnancy and the pujan sthan; the signs by which a kavach is known to have become siddh; the three divine hours of the Navratra night, Abhijit and Rahukaal; and a repeated insistence that online diksha is no diksha at all.
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Discourse Hindi 12 min
Baglamukhi Without Diksha — The Three Preliminary Sadhanas and the Rudrayamala Hundred-and-Eight Names
बिना दीक्षा के भगवती पीतांबरा की साधना — गुरु, गणपति, भैरव और रुद्रयामल का शतनाम स्तोत्र
What an uninitiated person may and may not do with Bhagavati Pitambara's mantras; why the 36-akshari mool mantra and the beej mantras wait for diksha while stotras do not; the three arambhik sadhanas of Dattatreya, Ganpati and Bhairav with their counts; the Rudrayamala hundred-and-eight name stotra as the anushthan a householder can carry, its sankalps of 3600 and 1100 paths; and why the hour of recitation changes with the purpose.
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Discourse Hindi 19 min
How Thawe Bhavani, a Family's Kuldevi, Subdued a Tamasik Shakti Possessing Their Home — a Case Story
सत्य घटना।थावें की भवानी ने कैसे रक्षण किया तामसिक शक्ति से अपने भक्त के परिवार का। #blackmagic
A case story told by the speaker: a sattvik but non-sadhak family builds a house on bought land, the wife is possessed from Navratri Shashthi onward by a shakti that claims the plot and demands bali, a mahant's bhasma kavach fails, and the guru rules that only the family's own kuldevi — Thawe Bhavani of Saran, Bihar — can control it. Covers the Rahasu Bhagat and Raja Manan Singh lore of Thawe Dham, why caste is no measure of a shakti, the avahan and two-sthan installation, how the shakti turned saumya on raw milk and kheer, and the speaker's lesson about serving one's kula shakti.
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Discourse Hindi 12 min
Who Wants a Tantrik Attack on You? — the Naysayers Who Mock Kavach While Secretly Protected, and Why Your Protection Is in Your Own Hands
तांत्रिक आक्रमण आप पर कौन करवाना चाहता है स्वयं जानिये।#गृहस्थ_तंत्र #तंत्रविद्या #tantra #tantrik
The speaker's argument that people who call kavach, abhichar-protection and sadhana "superstition" are often either inexperienced or themselves secretly protected and unwilling to see you safe; why moderns only believe in abhichar after suffering it; firming one's own conviction before taking a ratna, mala or kavach; learning the vidhan oneself instead of depending on pandits; the surgery vs sukshma-sharir analogy; the greed for anubhav and the paap-as-stomach-gas analogy; keeping distance from negative people; and how listening to ten opinions on Hanuman Chalisa, Bajrang Baan, Chandi Kavach, Kamakhya Kavach, Kali Kavach and Panchmukhi Hanuman Kavach leaves a person doing no kavach at all.
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Live Session Hindi 118 min
The Kartik Month for a Householder — Snan, Deepdaan, and Why a Sadhak Should Not Spend His Mantra
कार्तिक मास के नित्य नियम, मंत्र का संचय और प्रश्नोत्तरी
What a householder should do through Kartik maas from the first day to Kartik Purnima — the pre-sunrise bath with all tirthas invoked, morning and evening deepdaan, Tulsi seva, gau seva, peepal and bat vriksha pradakshina and the akash deep for the pitrs; why japa standing navel-deep in Ganga at sunrise revives a mantra that has given nothing; the bank analogy for accumulated japa and the cost of using a mantra directly on another person; the speaker's objections to the Navarna and Siddha Kunjika being taught without diksha; and a long question session covering Ganpati for obstructed anushthans, vastu dosha, tantric attack with cow remains, a nightly Durga 32-namavali prayoga for a government-service injustice, and the ornaments a sadhak and sadhika should wear.
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Live Session Hindi 90 min
Why Tantra Is Kept Secret — Gupt Navratri for the Householder, and a Long Live Q&A
गुप्त नवरात्रि और तंत्र की गुप्तता — गृहस्थ के लिए विधान और प्रश्नोत्तर
A Gupt Navratri eve live on why tantra insists on secrecy: sutak at birth and patak at death, the deities born with a child and the Saptashati Kavach that removes them, why a photographed puja room bleeds away your punya, Gayasur as the Vastu Purush; the three extra things a householder should do in Gupt Navratri; and a two-hour Q&A on astra and bandhan mantras, Pratyangira, maran prayoga, kuldevi, Baglamukhi, Ambubachi, kavach havan and the limits placed on women.
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Discourse Hindi 13 min
How a Muslim Tantra Binding Was Cut with Dattatreya Tarpan and a Durga Path — a Case Story
मुस्लिम तंत्र काट कैसे हुआ दुर्गा जी के इस पाठ से।सत्य तंत्र घटना। #तंत्र
A case story told by the speaker: a family whose every puja was broken by possession, diagnosed as bound pitr plus a Sayyid in the house and an iron-nail binding of Muslim tantra; the Sankat Nashan Ganesh Stotra anushthan that brought dream guidance, the mistakes of sitting on others' asan at temples, the Pitr Paksha Dattatreya mala mantra tarpan at the threshold, the Navratri Durga 108-names path with daily havan, the Varah-tusk gomutra prayog, and the speaker's conclusions.
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Live Session Hindi 143 min
Hanuman's Samarthya and the Silver Vark — A Long Live Session on Offerings, Corrupted Texts and a Sadhak's Questions
हनुमान जी का सामर्थ्य, चांदी का वर्क और साधकों के प्रश्न — लाइव सत्संग
Why the speaker forbids offering silver vark to Hanuman and what he says it is made from; Hanuman's samarthya as told through Bali, Meghnath and the Mahabharata; how he holds our granthas were corrupted after Nalanda and Takshashila; and then a very long question hour on kavach and purashcharan, ratna dharan, apamarg and chirayata, Aprajita and Kunjika, Shamshan Kali and Masani Ganapati at home, women and the shankh and Om, the lamp-wick "flower", and a nikasi prescribed for a listener afflicted at night.
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Ritual Procedure Hindi 6 min
Siddhi of the Krishna Kavach — A Seven-Day Janmashtami Anushthan, and What the Kavach Then Protects
भगवान श्री कृष्ण के कवच की सिद्धि — जन्माष्टमी का सात दिवसीय अनुष्ठान
The speaker's vidhan for perfecting the kavach of Bhagavan Shri Krishna during the Janmashtami window: from Bhadrapada Krishna Paksha Dwitiya to Navami, writing the kavach mula on bhojpatra in gopi chandan or ashtagandha ink with a silver, chandan or tulsi pen, 108 paths daily and 1100 by the Janmashtami night, a havan by the 108 names, feeding bal gopals, and wearing it from a small child's hand; and the fruits he attributes to it — protection by the Sudarshan Chakra and the gopis, help in obtaining a child, defence against abhichar and graha, pret and pishaach badha, advancement at work, and relief where a weak bhagya shows in the janma kundali.
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Discourse Hindi 13 min
When Pitambara Sadhana Makes Life Worse — Skipped Beginnings, Missed Niyams, and the Tarpan That Cools an Ugra Shakti
भगवती पीतांबरा की साधना के पश्चात परेशानियां क्यों बढ़ने लगती हैं
Why household strife, new enemies and a hardened temperament can follow an anushthan of Bhagavati Pitambara; the speaker's answer that most such sadhaks began at the Bagla Pratyangira svarup with no prior practice at all, skipped the Guru-Ganpati-Sharada floor, and ignored the vastra, asana, archan and nakshatra niyams; what Pratyangira is actually prescribed for; and the sahasrarchan and bilva-patra tarpan in a single-coloured cow's raw milk with haridra by which an ugra shakti is made saumya.
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Live Session Hindi 51 min
Ganga Dashehra and Batuk Bhairav Jayanti — the Ganga Mahatmya, the Kula Bhairav, and the Many Bhairavs of Tantra
गंगा दशहरा, बटुक भैरव जयंती और भैरवों के विविध स्वरूप
A live session opening on the controversy around Dhirendra Krishna Shastri and what tantra can and cannot put into writing; the Ganga mahatmya as Mahadev gives it in the Srimad Devi Bhagavat and the Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami yoga of Ganga Dashehra; how to install a kula Bhairav from the Ganga on Batuk Bhairav Jayanti; the Ashta Bhairavs of the Ashta Matrikas, the ten Veer Bhairavs, the three Batuks and the sixty-four Bhairavs of the sixty-four Yoginis; the science behind Kshetrapal pujan; the making of yantras and the long apprenticeship of avaran puja; and a long listener Q&A.
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Discourse Hindi 11 min
Why Marana Prayoga Kills Some Instantly and Leaves Others Untouched — Ripening Curses, Depleted Punya and Rinanubandha
मारण से कोई तुरंत मर जाता है और किसी को कुछ विशेष नहीं होता।क्यों #गृहस्थ_तंत्र #navratri2024
The speaker's explanation of when a marana prayoga starts to take effect: a ripening curse from a deity or ancestor (including the dev-shraap of cutting a peepal, shami or tulsi, or removing a deity's place), punya eroded by pride in daan, sins committed at sacred places, prarabdha and rinanubandha with the enemy, half-hearted surrender, an enemy escalating bali to overpower a devout household, and the warning signs — drying deity trees, displaced pitrs and guardians — that precede death.
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Ritual Procedure Hindi 75 min
The Tantrokta Guru Pujan for Guru Purnima — Including the Worship of the Mantra Itself
गुरु पूर्णिमा पर अवश्य करें तंत्रोक्त विधि से गुरु पूजन
The full Guru Purnima procedure for a householder, with or without a living Guru: the two supari heaps for the Guru and Guru Mata, the Shodashopachara worship, and the part most people never hear — writing your own Guru mantra in Ashtagandha on a brass plate and performing the sixteen-fold worship of the mantra itself, which dissolves any fault incurred against it.
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Discourse Hindi 14 min
A Baglamukhi Sabar Havan Case Story — Panchbali, Gita Chapter 11 and the Three-Step Routine That Broke a Family Abhichar
तांत्रिक शत्रु पैर पकड़ लिया,साधक ने जब किया यह बगलामुखी प्रयोग। #baglamukhi #navratri2024
A case story of a seven-member family losing someone every five or six years to abhichar done by a relative: why such families never get Narayan Bali or Tripindi done, the three-step daily routine the speaker gave them — panchbali for the pitrs, Gita chapter 11 with kusha water, and a night havan of sarson, guggul and kali mirch on apamarg wood with the Baglamukhi sabar mantra — how the 11-21-36-41 day schedule was escalated, how prarabdha, sadbuddhi and atmabal returned, and how the perpetrator finally caught their feet and swore on Shiva and Tulsi.
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Live Session Hindi 61 min
A Sixty-Day Sawan — Panchakshari Anushthan, Abhishek Rules, and Why Prayoga Is Forbidden This Month
दिव्य सावन में साधक क्या करें — पंचाक्षरी अनुष्ठान, अभिषेक और प्रयोग की मनाही
A live session on the eve of Guru Purnima setting out what a householder and a sadhak should do through a Sawan of roughly sixty days: the home Shiva sthaan and the rule that his head is never left bare; why copper must not be used for milk and who may use it; who has adhikar over the Panchakshari and why beej and pranava must not be added to it; the arithmetic of two sava-lakh anushthans; astra-mantra sadhaks doing pushti rather than prayoga; the sphatik shivling prohibition at home; remedies for Rahu, for pret-pishaach badha and for poverty; and a long question-and-answer on kavach, khandit shivlings, kanwar, brahmacharya and Guru Purnima.
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Discourse Hindi 14 min
Atas Gram Devi of Mathura — Vindhyavasini Shashthi and a Navchandi Anushthan at the Yogamaya Siddha Peeth
मथुरा ग्राम देवी आटस।श्री विंध्यवासिनी षष्ठी,योगमाया सिद्ध पीठ पर नवचंडी अनुष्ठानम्। #vindhyavasini
The lore of the Yogamaya (Mahishasura Mardini) vigraha at Atas village near Mathura — the spot where, the speaker says, the Devi born from Yashoda's womb first took her full ashtabhuja form before going to Vindhyachal; Vindhyavasini Shashthi on Jyeshtha Shukla Shashthi (Aranya Shashthi); the Durga Saptashati Kaushiki account and the eleventh-chapter Nand Gop Grihe Jata verse; the samput Navchandi anushthan run with that verse; the old bali tradition at the site; and why a path for the Devi's own pleasure is held above a kamya prayog.
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Discourse Hindi 13 min
Installing a Mahalakshmi Tantrokta Kalash at Home — the 16 Items, Abhimantran with Mahalakshmi Ashtak, and the Order of Filling
महालक्ष्मी तंत्रोक्त कलश स्वयं स्थापित करें। #diwali2025 #dhanteras2025 #sharadpurnima2025
The speaker's full home vidhan for a tantrokta Mahalakshmi kalash (dhan-lakshmi potli) made on Sharad Purnima, Dhanteras or Diwali night — the 16 items taken eight at a time, washing in raw cow milk, kumkum tilak with Mahalakshmyai Namah, the sankalp wording, why Mahalakshmi Ashtak is used instead of Shri Suktam, the order in which each item is charged and dropped into the kalash, daily recitation afterwards, annual renewal, and the closing rin-dosha lamp.
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Book Chapter English
Understanding Tantra: Origins, Authority, and Reputation — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 1: Understanding Tantra — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 1 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: where the word 'tantra' comes from, its scriptural authority, the Kashmir/Bengal/South Indian traditions, and how colonial distortion and internal misuse both damaged its reputation.
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Book Chapter English
Tantra's History: Atimarga, Mantramarga, Trika, and the Naths — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 2: Historical Development of Tantra — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 2 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: the Panchabrahma, the Atimarga/Mantramarga split, Trika Saivism, Saiva Siddhanta's spread to the Khmer Empire, Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka, and the Nath Sampradaya.
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Book Chapter English
The Seven Acaras and Three Bhavas of Tantra — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 3: Seven Acaras and Three Bhavas — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 3 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: the seven acaras from Vedacara to Kaulacara — including Vamacara's pancha makara and its safeguards — and the three bhavas, Pashu, Vira, and Divya.
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Book Chapter English
Shakti, the 36 Tattwas, Shakti Pithas, and Diksha — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 4: Diksha-Guru — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 4 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: why tantra affirms power (shakti), the 36-tattwa cosmology and five Kanchukas, the Shakti Pithas, and how diksha and the guru-disciple relationship work in tantric initiation.
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How Mantras Work: Bija, Purushcarana, and Mantra Chaitanya — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 5: Mantra — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 5 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: the four categories of mantras, bija mantras, how a mantra is activated through japa and purushcarana, its components (Rishi, Chhanda, Devata, Bija, Shakti, Kilaka), and mantra chaitanya.
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Shakti and the Ten Mahavidyas — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 6: Shakti — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 6 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: what Shakti is, why tantra conceptualizes Her as Mother, the Tridevi (Mahakali, Mahalakshmi, Mahasaraswati), and each of the ten Mahavidyas from Kali to Kamalatmika.
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Tantric Doctrine, Chakras, and the Five Muktis — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 7: Doctrine and Liberation — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 7 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: Shakta Dharma's philosophical aim, the path from duality to divya upasaka, the five muktis, the six chakras and Sahasrara, Kundalini awakening, why siddhis aren't the goal, and how tantra treats Maya, bhoga, and moksha.
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The Six Shatkarmas, Abhicara, and Siddhi — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 8: Prayoga — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 8 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: the six shatkarma prayogas, karmic responsibility for their use, abhicara (so-called black magic) and how it's diagnosed, and the eight asta siddhis alongside mantra siddhi.
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Why Tantra Fits the Modern Age — Rajarshi Nandy
Chapter 9: Age of Tantra — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Notes from Chapter 9 of Rajarshi Nandy's The Truth About Tantra: the democratization of spiritual knowledge, why tantra suits modern conditions, adapting auxiliary practices while keeping dharma's core spirit, and the astrological case for tantra's coming prominence in India.
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What the Introduction to "The Truth About Tantra" Says About Real Tantra
Introduction — The Truth About Tantra: Structure. Sadhana. Shakti.
Key ideas from the Introduction to Rajarshi Nandy's book The Truth About Tantra: why the tradition gets caricatured between fear and fantasy, why it demands sincerity rather than perfection, and why form alone never makes a practice tantric.
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Discourse Hindi 19 min
Durga Saptashati 700-Mantra Tantrokta Havan Vidhan — Which Mantras Are Not Offered as Ahuti
श्री दुर्गा सप्तशती 700 मंत्र तंत्रोक्त हवन विधान। मंत्राहुति निषेध #navratri2025 #durgapuja2025
The speaker's chapter-by-chapter guide to a havan with the 700 mantras of the Durga Saptashati: the preparatory sequence, why the uvacha lines and astra mantras are never offered with sakalya (only ghrit or a banana on a paan leaf), how the Kavach, Argala and Kilak are handled, the Devi Suktam's three separate ahutis, the special offerings for the madhu, Raktabeej, Raktadantika and Shakambhari verses, the 11th-chapter stuti, and an alternate chapter-wise samagri scheme.
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Live Session Hindi 100 min
Mahabhairav on Chaitra Shukla Chaturdashi and Hanuman Jayanti — What a Householder Should Do on These Two Days
महाभैरव की चैत्र शुक्ल चतुर्दशी और हनुमान जयंती — गृहस्थ के लिए दीप दान और हवन का विधान
A live session on why the word tantra has been made frightening and what it actually means; the Kalika Purana's 53rd adhyaya on the birth of Shmashan Bhairav from Sharabha and the Chaitra Shukla Chaturdashi rite of Mahabhairav; deep daan, nimbu bali and mantra japa a householder may do; Hanuman Jayanti, the bamboo dhwaja and a Hanuman Chalisa havan with the family; and a long section on how to choose a guru and how to behave once initiated.
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Live Session Hindi 125 min
On the Eve of Kaal Bhairav Ashtami — Why Batuk Bhairav Belongs in Every Home, and a Long Question Hour
काल भैरव अष्टमी की पूर्व संध्या — बटुक भैरव का गृह पूजन और प्रश्नोत्तरी
A live session held before Kaal Bhairav Ashtami on 16 November: why householders have been made afraid of Bhairav and of the word tantra; the difference between a siddhi taken from a high deva shakti and one taken from a kshudra shakti; the forms of Bhairav and which of them a household may worship; the Kshetrapal Bhairav nikari with its full material list and prayer; the order of nitya puja from guru to Shiva; who may take which Bhairav's bhog and who may offer madira; the speaker's restrictions on Gayatri and Vedic mantras; and roughly two hours of listener questions on bandhan, pret dosha, kuldevi, shav sadhana and household sadhana.
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