Rasayana [ was fwd: Tantra]

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, "Arjuna Taranandanatha"

<bhagatirtha@m...> wrote:

 

 

> Wonderful example of lack of knowledge or purposeful misleading:

Rasarnava-tantra must

> be the text on alchemy and not a Tantra. It should be kept in mind

that some ayurvedic,

> alchemic and some other texts bear the word "tantra" in their

titles, while they have

> nothing to do with Tantric tradition.

> Tantras never preach such degrading and life suppressing doctrine.

>

 

 

 

The teachings and inner practices of Rasayana concern the pure

Essence of Immortality and Liberation, they are NOT a degrading and

life suppressing doctrine, on the contrary alchemy is one of the

most profound spiritual teachings of what you call the "tantric

tradition". (Both Hindu and Bauddha)

 

Yogis like Matsyendranatha, Nagarjuna Chaurangi, Dattatreya,

Gorakshanatha, and others have practised the methods of Kaya sadhana

as it is contained in the highly secret alchemical teachings and they

have attainend their aims by using these methods.

 

Rasayana is not just about chemicals and herbs but it is concerned

with the inner anatomy of the subtle body as well.

 

Even if one does not practice Rasayana, Knowledge of Kaya sadhana

i.e. Alchemy or Rasayana sheds some light on many otherwise

incomprehensible statements contained in the Agamas and Nigamas and

works on Hatha Yoga.

 

Ultimately Sadhana can lead a soul or two to the Realisation that, to

overcome the cycle of birth and death permanently, there exists a

possibility to transform body and mind to a higher level while

being alive, (jivan mukti) instead of taking birth and death again

and again.

 

To achive this transformation into another form "outer" Rasayana

methods which are concerned with chemical and Herbal treatments were

revealed because these prolong life and keep the body healthy so

that the higher aims of manipulating the subtle body can be followed.

This was necessary because the time you need to accomplish kaya

sadhana can be very long (60-80 years or longer)

Purifying the subtle bodies & their pranas and opening and smoothing

the nadis, but also transforming the muscles tendons and joints,

bodily fluids, (blood, semen/ovary, saliva spinal fluid) bone marrow,

brain, etc of the physical body as well, are methods of inner Alchemy

or Kaya Sadhana.

 

The Bhavan Upanishad can be read as a manual of alchemy. (In this

contexts for example the oceans mentioned are the bodily fluids)

Hatha Yoga is a preparation for Rasayana.

 

There is more Rasayana presents in the diverse "tantric" texts than

one would expect if read superficially.

 

Common elements of sadhana like nyasa bhutashuddi even prana

pratishta or diksha and bheda and kriyas and bandhas are used in

Alchemy these practices are at their core alchemical methods aimed

to transform the sadhaka (and his body).

In rasayana teachings sexuality is regarded in differing ways by

different teachers. That the Rasayana teacher Matsyendranatha was a

Kaula using real male female intercourse while his disciple

Gorakshanatha practised alone, shows that both ways are regarded

valid even in the same sampradaya.

 

"Alchemy arises from the premise that there is a perfect

equation between the human body and the universe - that

which exists in the universe can be found in the human body,

and vice versa. By knowing the essence of the substance that

makes up the body, the essence of the universe is also

known. Alchemists believe that this knowledge makes it

possible to preserve and retain the essence of life within

our bodies and thus attain youthful immortality. According

to these spiritual scientists, the knowledge of immortality

is identical with enlightenment - the cycle of birth and

death involves only those who do not have knowledge of

alchemy's immortal truth.

The essence of life in the human body is ojas - the

intrinsic brilliance that enables the stream of life to flow

continuously until it unites with cosmic existence,

consciousness, and bliss - sat chit ananda. Sexual energy

(virya), which reaches its highest expression in youth, is

the gross counterpart of ojas. Both ojas and virya are rasa,

and rasayana, or alchemy, is the science of knowing the

dynamics of ojas and virya."

 

Excerpt from : Alchemy

 

Immortality & Mysticism by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Ph.D

 

Yoga International Magazine November/December 1995

[Guest guest]

Thank U

I did not degrade rasayana as a whole. However usual its interpretations are

rather far from

being Kaula, that's all.

I am well aware of Tantric side of it existing.

 

, "mahahradanatha" <mahahradanatha>

[Guest guest]

, "Arjuna Taranandanatha"

<bhagatirtha@m...> wrote:

>

> Thank U

> I did not degrade rasayana as a whole. However usual its

interpretations are rather far from

> being Kaula, that's all.

> I am well aware of Tantric side of it existing.

>

 

I understand you are well aware of the tantric side of rasayana- and

i feel with you i have the same problem... my brain is also like a

seeve sometimes and i forget things, just to remember them next day,

but of course unfortunately nobody believes that

 

Same things is just happened now- i wanted to write so much something

about the 5 M but... I cannot remember what the symbolic meaning of

5 M are,maybe i only use three of them.. no matter how hard i try, it

had something to do with the 5 senses and the contact.. and fish

was... hmm was it smell?

No no it was something entirely different-maybe i remember it

tommorow.

 

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