Vijnana Bhairava 71 72 3 Awakening Through Friends, Food and Music

 

Vînâdharamûrti

The practice of delight in family, friendship, food, drink and music :

ānande mahati prāpte dṛṣṭe vā bāndhave cirāt |

ānandam udgataṃ dhyātvā tallayas tanmanā bhavet || 71 ||

"When one reaches a great joy,

or meets a relative after a long time,

one should contemplate that upsurge of joy.

Being one mind with it, one will merge in it."

jagdhipānakṛtollāsarasānandavijṛmbhaṇāt |

bhāvayed bharitāvasthāṃ mahānandas tato bhavet || 72 ||

"One should cultivate the state of fullness

from the expansion of aesthetic bliss

created by food and drink.

One will then become infinite bliss."

gitādiviṣayāsvādāsamasaukhyaikatātmanaḥ |

yoginas tanmayatvena manorūḍhes tadātmatā || 73 ||

"The yogi who is one with

the unique pleasure of the delight of song, etc.,

having his attention caught on that through having become that,

is that (bliss)."

Vijnana Bhairava 63 64 65 Feeling the Body, the Breath and the World, As Bliss

The practice of feeling one's body, breath or the world, as bliss :

sarvaṃ dehaṃ cinmayaṃ hi jagad vā paribhāvayet |

yugapan nirvikalpena manasā paramodayaḥ || 63 ||

"One should completely feel all the body or all the world

as filled with awareness, all at once,

with undivided attention.

The supreme awakening will come."

vāyudvayasya saṃghaṭṭād antar vā bahir antataḥ |

yogī samatvavijñānasamudgamanabhājanam || 64 ||

"Throught the fusion/friction of the two wind-(breath)

from inside to outside, or from outside to inside,

the yogi enjoys the arising of 

the direct experience of equality."

sarvaṃ jagat svadehaṃ vā svānandabharitaṃ smaret |

yugapat svāmṛtenaiva parānandamayo bhavet || 65 ||

"One should keep present the whole world or one's body

as being filled with bliss, all at once.

That nectar of the Self will suffice

to become filled with supreme bliss."