At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the vijnana bhairava tantra shimmers with new effulgence in lorin roches the radiance sutras. Bhrigu sutras table of contents part significations of planets and houses part i zodiac and the twelve signs. The dharma jewel of the platform sutra of the sixth patriarch, and this title represents the deepest truth of this sutra. At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the coveted text known as the bhairava tantra shimmers with new effulgence in lorin roches the radiance. The radiance sutras top results of your surfing the radiance sutras start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader.
And finally a few inspring words from the radiance sutras number 26 translated by lorin roche. The radiance sutras is a modernday poetic interpretation of an ancient tantric text, the vijnana bhairava tantra, which is essentially a guide to 112 tantric meditation practices. The radiance sutras is a lively version of a classic meditation text, the vijnana bhairava tantra, which describes 112 different doorways into meditation. The text appeared in kashmir around 800 ad and is characterized by a wideopen embrace of all of human experience. Radiance sutras the joyous meditation teachings of lorin. Puja nama lorin reading the radiance sutras at navaswan, the hour of renewal, which happens around 4 a. Roche explains that he calls the text the radiance sutras because the writings are so luminous. I came across the vijnana bhairava tantra when i was 14 and it was my initiation into yoga. Naradabhaktisutras a free translation dictated by swamiji in america narada sanskrit. The radiance sutras, a new version of the vijnana bhairava tantra, is available from lorins website email comments and questions to email protected. Lorin brings us his unique perspective on each of 112 sanskrit teachings, along with his oneofakind guidance in how to. Beloved and radiant lord of the space before birth, revealer of. By lorin roche, phd 112 gateways to the yoga of wonder and delight a new.
The radiance sutras one day the goddess sang to her lover bhairava, beloved and radiant lord of the space before birth, revealer of essence, slayer of the ignorance that binds us, you, who in play have created this universe and permeated all forms in it with neverending truth. The full title of this sutra is the heart of great prajna sutra or the heart of great real wisdom sutra its called the maka hannya haramita shingyo in japanese. To view an individual sutra, please scroll further down. They are lovers and inseparable partners, and one of their favorite places of dwelling is in. The buddha speaks of the infinite life sutra of adornment, purity, equality and enlightenment of the mahayana school. Lorin roche at once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the vijnana bhairava tantra shimmers with new effulgence in lorin roches the radiance sutras. Sutra is a type of religious literature present in many asian traditions such as hinduism, jainism and buddhism. This is not a book of meditation techniques, of which many quality books already exist, but instead a book of perspectives, in the form of poetic inspirations based upon the vijnana bhairava tantra. There is a place in the heart where everything meets. Now in print foreword by shiva rea i came across the vijnana bhairava tantra when i was 14 and it was my initiation into yoga.
The radiance sutras ebook by lorin roche, phd rakuten kobo. Nevertheless, both of them are difficult to comprehend and. I call it the radiance sutras because it is so luminous. We were lying down in savasana corpse pose after an intense two hour long practice, and shiva was guiding our descent into stillness after we all settled into a deeply relaxed and receptive state, she started reading a stunning. The vijnana bhairava tantra is a classic meditation text that describes 112 doorways for entering divine awareness right here in the midst of everyday life. Mahayana sutras, such as the lotus flower sutra and the flower adornment sutra, explain the way of becoming enlightened. I was 18, a freshman at the university of california.
This one is a book of yoga meditation instructions, set as a. This passage is from the book the radiance sutras 112 gateways to the yoga of wonder and delight by lorin roche. Notes on the radiance sutras instinctive meditation. Please read the profile section for the purpose of this website below is compilations of all the buddhist sutras from a to z. It is addressed to people who live in the world and want to have rich inner. Lorin brings us his unique perspective on each of 112 sanskrit teachings, along with his oneofakind guidance on. I entered the magical world of the radiance sutras in the summer of 2006. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and. Sutras were originally oral traditions and designed to prompt the memory, which was probably the best alternative in a context. The radiance sutras approach is a way of learning and practicing meditation so that it becomes the most natural thing in the world for you a chance to rest. Be the first to ask a question about the radiance sutras. One time buddha shakyamuni tested his students ability to decide whether to accept an old man who had requested to become a monk.
The radiance sutras 5day intensive at kripalu at play with the radiance sutras. For one to become a lefthome person, one must have planted good roots in past lives. At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the coveted text known as the bhairava tantra shimmers with new effulgence in lorin roches the radiance sutras. It shatters the picture we have of what meditation is or how meditation is often presented as a way of dissociating from the human experience and trying to rise above it. Lorin brings us his unique perspective on each of 112 sanskrit teachings, along with his oneofakind guidance in how to meditate. From sutra 26 of the radiance sutras translated by lorin roche h. The vijnana bhairava tantra is one of the early teachings on yoga and meditation. If youve ever wanted a book of inspiration for meditation practice, i cannot recommend the book, the radiance sutras by lorin roche more highly. It represents the heart of a much longer sutra of 600 volumes called the mahaprajnaparamitasutra the. Notes on the radiance sutras by coincidence or grace, the first thing that i ever read on meditation was the english translation of the vijnana bhairava tantra by paul reps, contained in zen flesh, zen bones doubleday, 1957. This is sutra 26 of the radiance sutras, and verse number 49 of the text, because there are 23 verses of devis questions and banter back and forth between devi and bhairava, which i do not number. It is called the platform sutra because it was given at the same platform where the sixth patriarch in his later years received the preceptsthese precepts which help.
Evolving my innerstanding of love practice of niruddha. The word sutra is a sanskrit term that means discourse in the pali language. Read the radiance sutras online by lorin roche and shiva rea. Lorin roche is a longtime meditator with some 40plus years of practicing and teaching meditation, a sanskrit scholar, prolific author and great lover of the. In meditation, adore the subtle fire the light that you see by is the light that comes from inside. There are hundreds of meditation techniques, and, when you find the style that. The gateways to wonder and delight are flung open wide for all to enter. Read the radiance sutras by lorin roche,shiva rea for free with a 30 day free trial. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. As soon as i got twenty pages in, i knew i had to have my own. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
The radiance sutras available for download and read online in other formats. Method of translationhow did i arrive at my version of each sutra. Navaswan by lorin roche, released 04 august 2010 1. I entered the magical world of the radiance sutras in the summer of 2006 while attending a yoga teacher training with shiva rea at kripalu in western massachusetts. Take a moment to restore the self and ponder on the profound questions that. Here is the sanskrit for what i call the hridayam akasha dharana.
Radiance sutras pdf one day the goddess sang to her lover, bhairava. The radiance sutras, lorin roche phd lorin roche shop. It was love at first listening, a love that continues to this day, this. Ebook the radiance sutras as pdf download portable. The one who is at play everywhere said, there is a place in the heart where everything meets. Another meaning suggested for the word sutra is threads. Meditation is one of lifes great pleasures, a vacation in the vibrant present. This was the first book i picked for my premeditation inspiring reading practice i discussed previously. A tantra is not poetry, although it may sound that way in the original and in translation.
At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the coveted text known as the bhairava tantra shimmers with new effulgence in lorin roche s the radiance sutras. The radiance sutras 112 tantra yoga teachings for opening to the divine in everyday life a new version of the vijnana bhairava tantra by lorin roche now in preparation to be published in march 2009 foreword by shiva rea this is my favorite text of all time. I was excited to get started and had gotten a copy from the library. In these sessions, the sanskrit and english is almost whispered. Pdf the radiance sutras download full pdf book download. Lorin roche teaches meditation by donation wednesdays at 7. The radiance sutras bhairava and devi traversing the night sky, from lotus sculpture. This one is a book of yoga meditation instructions, set as a conversation. Astrological nature, influence, characteristics, functions of sun, moon, mars, mercury, jupiter, venus, saturn, rahu and ketu. Oceans embrace a continent sutra 56 chanted in the radiance sutra jam style.
Lorin roche signed up for a research project on the physiology of meditation in 1968 when. My first love, this teaching has given me entryway into the vast wisdom at the heart of tantra. With each entry presented in part one, roche includes the sanskrit. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the radiance sutras. The radiance sutras by lorin roche overdrive rakuten. Lorin was introduced to the vijnana bhairava tantra in 1968 while working in a physiology lab at the university of california that was doing research on meditation.
For short, they call each other devi and bhairava, or shakti and shiva. In sanskrit its called the mahaprajnaparamitahrdayasutra. The radiance sutras 112 gateways to the yoga of wonder and delight by dr. The bhairava tantra is set as a conversation between the goddess who is the creative power of the universe and the god who is the consciousness that permeates everywhere.