3 Gunas
The Bhagavad Gita explains that all of material nature (Prakriti) is composed of three fundamental energies or modes, known as gunas. These are Sattva (goodness), Rajas (passion), and Tamas (ignorance).…
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Tantra Roots
Hinduism Hinduism has four major denominations based on primary divine focus: Shaivism (worship of Shiva), Shaktism (worship of the Goddess Devi), Vaishnavism (worship of Vishnu), and Smartism (equal reverence of…
Vedanta Advaita Philosophy: Purusha, Prakriki, and the Eightfold Division of Material Energy
Vedanta Advaita sees consciousness and matter within a non-dualistic framework (differentiated from the dualistic framework of Sankya). The Eight-Fold Division The eightfold division of material energy (prakriti) outlined in the…
Buddhism: Five Aspects of Wisdom
Meditation on the Five Aspects of Wisdom associated with Samantabhadra involves transforming the five fundamental delusions (the "five poisons") into the pure, enlightened awareness of the Five Buddha Families. In…
Tantric Path of Desire
In Tantra, the “path of desire” is a spiritual practice that does not repress or reject human passion. Instead, it harnesses natural drives - like sensuality, joy, and physical pleasure…
Mayan Horoscope: 20 Solar Seals
Twenty Solar Seals The horizontal rows of the Tzolkin are represented by 20 Sacred Signs - symbols defining the cycles of frequency ranges through which the pulsations of the Galactic Tones of…
Mayan Horoscope: 13 Galactic Tones of Creation
Thirteen Galactic Tones of Creation The vertical structure of the Tzolkin is based on 13 columns of numbers, represented by a dot-and-dash notation. These thirteen numbers represent the primary structure of radiant…
Tibetan Wheel of Life Thangka
The Wheel of Life thangka is a depiction of how a deluded state of mind imprisons us within the circle of sufferings. The Center of the Wheel: The 3 Delusions…
Tibetan Chakras
One of the multiple chakra systems - this one from Tibet - describes six chakras, each representing an element, and relating to a loka, or realm of existence. (See Tibetan…
Norse Ideology: 4 parts of ‘Self’
In modern Western culture, the self is mostly thought of as having two or three components: a body, a mind, and perhaps a soul. These parts form a coherent single…