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 41 42 Awakening With Music

Shiva holding the vînâ



The practice of expanding awareness throught music :

tantryādivādyaśabdeṣu dīrgheṣu kramasaṃsthiteḥ |
ananyacetāḥ pratyante paravyomavapur bhavet || 41 ||
"By dwelling on the end of each long-sustained sound
of a string instrument or any other musical instrument,
one who doesn't pay attention to anything else
shall become one who's body is supreme space."

pindamantrasya sarvasya sthūlavarṇakrameṇa tu |
ardhendubindunādāntaḥ śūnyoccārād bhavec chivaḥ || 42 ||
"By spelling out the empty (stages of sound)
- the half-moon, the dot, the end of resonance -
following the order of the gross syllables
of any 'group' Mantra, one shall become God."

A 'group' (pinda) Mantra is, for instance, HSKPHREM, pronounced something like  "hasskaphrem".