Category: Kashmir Shaivism

  • The song of the Goddess Gaya (Gayaa Gita)

    The 3 lines beginning with A, Ka, and Tha make a triangle within the thousand petalled lotus Mandala, the Sahasra. Ham and SA are on either side like a set of wings. One should meditate on Gaya who is seated there in the centre. May Gaya always be watching me. She creates all the worlds.…

  • The Tandava and Bukini’s Mahamudra

    If you don’t know who Bukini is you soon will! I have been dancing with Sanskrit and the concepts of Kashmir Shaivism ever since I first went to India in 1994 and studied it in Gurudev Siddha Peeth, just outside of Mumbai. I have revisited it numerous times with bursts of study, practice and inspiration…