The word Prāṇāyāma is made up of prāṇa+āyāma, prāṇa : air, breath ; āyāma : full control. The word prāṇāyāma thus means full control over...

As per the Pāñcarātras, mere knowledge that is acquired by hard study of the texts of Āgamas aided by Ācārya̍s supervision will not help...

No soul is exclusively happy, enjoying throughout the period of it's life. There are moments in which it has to taste the miserable...

The endless sufferings, for which an effective remedy is to make the living beings get frustrated of it. People take this seriously but...

The fourth method is self surrender. Time reduces the knowledge (pure consciousness) and stamina of the people. The residues in the inner...

Mankind, however comfortably and happily placed in life, has to have taste of suffering or scarcity at least to a small degree. The...

Yadnyaadi rituals, devata upasana, yoga sadhanas have a close relation with the Moon. It is important to keep the mind fully engaged in...

According to Tantric lore, Mahishasura was first born as the son of Rambhasura in Rambhakalpa. In that birth, he was killed by Paramba in...

In the two letters of the word "Guru" "Gu" and "Ru" "Gu" means - "secret" or "hidden" and "Ru" means - "manifested" or "visible". The...

The individual souls are called ātmā, jīva, cetana and citśakti. Śakti or God remains in the first kośa which is called śakti kośa, while...

The word Tattva means the nature of 'that' and 'that' is the object whose nature is to be dealt with. It may mean a material object,...

Introduction to Vetalas: It has been a trend since ancient times to do the siddhi of upadevatas like yaksha, kinnar, gandharva,...

lohito lohitagrīvo hartā dātā haviḥ kaviḥ । pāvako viśvabhug devaḥ sarva-devānanaḥ prabhuḥ ॥ subrahmātmā suvarcaskaḥ sahasrārcir...

Cosmology as per Pāñcarātra Āgamas: Jayākhya Saṁhitā describes the matter of creation under the heading Brahmā's creation. The...

The word Śakti means power, ability, capability, capacity and so on. The norm that Pāñcarātra system has held to admit this, is to...

When a person hears the word Āgama, he thinks of an idol of a Devatā, the Ālaya where it is housed, daily rituals and occasional...

- always beating around the bush, whenever asked a query or a doubt - always pretending to be overly cryptic and mystical - not...

Pāñcarātra is a system of Vaiṣṇava-āgamas. Pāñcarātra system is also known as Bhagavacchāstra, Tantra, Siddhānta and Āgama. It is...

The Vaiṣṇava Āgamas explore the exclusive worship of Viṣṇu while other devas form the retinue of Viṣṇu. Vaiṣṇava āgamas that has lasted...

Tantra and Āgamas are two distinct bodies of scriptures different from Vedas. The most prominent difference between the Vedas and these...