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Introduction:
The following material is true to its source. My function is to elucidate and not pass judgment on this matter. Kularnava Tantra prohibits against association with the lewd, the crude, the rude,
the drunken and the stupid. Kularnava = Kula + arnava = Family or Sakti + ocean. The first is purification of mind and thought (and body) and making them receptive for the descent of
spirit. When it is pure, there is subject and object fusion. Upasana's main object is to remove Rajas and Tamas (motion, passion, and darkness) and replace it with pure Sattva (virtue). Siva
condemns in Agasamhita offering of flesh, blood, and wine to him; it is Asadagama (Asad + Agama = Evil Agama). In modern India, Asadagama is NOT generally accepted practice. Sakti is
Kula because she has a family name and parents. Siva is Akula because he does not have parents (he is self-born).
Tantra is based on evidence which supercedes or collaborates perception, inference and Sastras. Evidence is compulsive and no one can dispute it; Siddhi (perfection) is that evidence. A
Sadhaka following Sadhana attains Siddhi; therefore, belief in Tantra is not in dispute here. Sea is least affected when all waves become angry and take a retreat, so it is immaterial if all
Sastras turn against Tantra. A herd of stampeding elephants turn tail at the moment they hear the thunderous roar of the king of beasts. Sastras run helter-skelter and dissipate, when the
thunderclouds of Mantra and Tantra boom and roar. Pratyaksa, direct perception, is the power of Mantra, Tantra, and Devatas. Kulasastra is evidentiary and its axis is direct perception. When
birds, bees, and animals need seeing as evidence, why should it be hard for man to disbelieve it? If seeing is believing, Tantric Yogis obtain direct vision of the world of Devas through their
respective Mantras. Devi appears in the crematoriums to receive the Sadhakas, who lay their heads at the feet of Devi (Brahmamayi) to merge with Brahman. Tantra teaches that Krishna and
Kali are the devatas staying awake in the Kali age. Parabrahman is covered on the outside by Maya as a seed (with two cotyledons) is covered by its sheath, and exists as Siva and Sakti who
have many names: Maharudra, Mahavishnu, and Mahabrahma. Those who consider these forms as different from one another will not gain any liberation. It is One and has many names. " The
Sadhaka , who meditates on Mahesvari (the Consort of Mahesvara, Siva) knows in his heart and mind that she is not different from Guru, Vishnu, Mahesvara, and Mantra, i s without doubt
Mahesvara Himself, though he be only a Jiva." The Sadhaka sees one Brahman in different beings; different activities; different feelings; the Holy Triad, Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesvara;
the many devas, Dinesa, Ganesa, Vahini, Varuni, Kubera, and the Dikpalas; different efforts; masculine, feminine and neuter genders; Bael leaves and Tulsi leaves; the Divya, Vira and Pasu
forms of worship; Hari, Hara, Kali, Bhairavi, and Sodasi; Buvanesvari, Chinnamasta, Annapurna, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, and Kamalatmika; and Sarasvati and Radhika. There is only One
and names are many; that feeling of seeing unity in diversity makes a Sadhaka different from the rest. "All Sadhakas who follow different paths end in Thee who art one only Ocean of Unity
just as the rivers end in the ocean." Vedas and Tantras agree on this Ultimate Principle of Unity.
The five forms of worship constitute Tantra's five branches: Vaishnavas, Saivas, Saktas, Sauras, and Ganapatyas, the worshippers of Vishnu, Siva, Devi, Sun, and Ganapathy or Ganesa. The
wrangling among the members sometimes creates problems, while they forget that Tantra is the source of Mantras of each sect. There is a pointed advice in Bhagavatam (11.3.46) to
Vaishnavas: One should cut the knots of ego, and worship Kesava (Krishna) with Vedic and Tantric rites. Book eleven of Bhagavatam goes on further, saying that a Sadhaka should worship
the Lord in the image of his choice. It further states that Lord (Krishna) wants his worship should be Vaidik, Tantric, and mixed or Puranik.
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Kaulas are the followers of Kaula Doctrine which places equal weight and importance to Sakti and Siva, supreme confluence of the Dynamic and the Static. The compassionate Mother of
the universe, Sakti Devi, asks Siva to pronounce ways and means of liberating countless millions of people from the clutches of Samsara and its attendant suffering. Siva goes on to tell
Parvati that Siva is the Real, the Parabrahman, the Knower, the Attributeless, the Supreme Doer and Satchidananda. The Jivas are like sparks crackling out of the Great Fire of Siva. All lives
on this earth have many levels of sentience and realization from the immobile creation, to amoeba, worms, insects, birds, animals, men, gods and liberated beings. Man is considered as the
most important for he is aware of his bonds and limitations, the need for liberation, and the means at his disposal for effectuating liberation. Man is endowed with will, knowledge, and action
which he can use to obtain liberation. Man is placed between animals and gods on the evolutionary ladder in spiritual and physical terms. Tantras are of the opinion that man's soul carries a
passport of having visited previously 840,000 living bodies of different forms ranging from ameoba to animals. Soul has taken a long journey to arrive at the human body, the most important
of all bodies in the animal kingdom. This is the last stop before the soul ascends to the place of gods or even higher; that opportunity should not be wasted; any lapse will result in Samsara or
even retrograde passage into animal bodies. Animals do not have that maturity of soul, mind, intellect and sentience to attempt for liberation. Man is presented with a path of Dharma, Jnana,
Dhyana and Yoga whose destination is Mukti, liberation. We are fallen beings from the exalted state of Pure Consciousness with several degrees of separation between our human
consciousness and the Supreme Consciousness of Siva; every human soul is endowed with means to reach the ultimate goal of Pure Consciousness. Consciousness of a worm is not much to
talk about; we have come a long way; now you see the degree of separation between worm and man; so is the degree of separation between man and Siva. Yogis cultivated their constrained
soul to break out of the human mould and fly to newer heights of Superconsciousness. Time stops for nobody, not even for gods. Luxury of wealth and blossom of youth do not last for ever;
limbs and eyes fail, the king and others take their share of wealth, the time passes by inexorably, you are wasting time thinking about transient things; it is time to move on to THAT which is
eternal. Death imposes its exactitude; your soul is recycled again and again and put into another body, man, animal or plant. Karma keeps hounding you here and hereafter and enjoys
vicariously putting the soul in the appropriate body, man or animal depending upon its merit. Stop the Karma, empty the bag of karma and bring it to a naught. A few seeds of karma are sown
on the fertile soil of Samskara, actions and reactions, and tons of seeds are harvested. Expunge Karma. When you water the tree at the root, you gather the fruits of karma at the branches.
Desire nourishes Karma. Do the desire in and cut the attachment; karma does not bear any fruits. Give up associating with people who sow the seeds of karma; seek the holy.
If smearing mud and ash is a sign of sanyasin, all poor folk who are caked with mud, ash, sand, and dirt in the villages must be liberated souls. Animals live on leaves, roots and water; are
they yogins? If one does not know the Supreme Truth, he is not a yogin. They hold discussion of sacred texts; they are like ladle which though immersed in food does not have a sense of
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taste. Asramas, and study of sastras, sciences and philosophy do not bring liberation, which comes from Supreme knowledge. Guru is the preceptor and he is the surrogate of Siva on earth.
All knowledge on this earth is apara Vidya (not supreme knowledge); Brahman knowledge is Para Vidya (Supreme knowledge).
"Mama" is mineness and keeps one in bondage; antithetical "Nirmama" guarantees release from Samsara. It is idle talk to engage in discussion of liberation, when the aspirant is still
afflicted with desire, attachment, and gratification of the senses. When life and activities center around one's body, the spirit is waning. As long as there is mental exertion, ego, and body
identification, there is no spiritual enlightenment. A Guru is essential to obtain Grace. As your body suffers from the triple maladies of body, life, and mind, take rest under the Tree of Moksa
(liberation) whose flowers are Dharma, Jnana, True Knowledge, and Rta (universal Law), and whose fruit is Divine Bliss. Kula Dharma encompasses all the aforementioned entities and
guarantees liberation.
Sacrifices alone do not bring liberation to your doorstep. Watch out for pseudo-gurus with expensive tastes and lifestyles, massive wealth, and showy spiritual accoutrements. The pseudo-
gurus proclaim knowledge of Brahman; some walk naked; if nakedness is a sign of spiritual attainment, all asses must be spiritual.
Let me stress the Tantric view that sexual bliss is the cheap worldly substitute for transcendental Bliss. Sexual bliss (the bliss of pasus, animals, and humans in the lowest grade, wallowing
in Malas or impurities) is only a way station to Satchidananda, the True Bliss of Transcendental nature. Vaidik rule states that Pasu can have sexual relations with his wife once a month from
the 5th to the 15th day after periods and practice abstinence other times. Sexual relations are carried out with the utterance of Mantras and devotion. Tantra integrates Matter and Spirit, and
eventually takes man from Matter to Spirit. Later in this chapter, you will read about Bhogi and Yogi , the Epicure and the Recluse. Tantric Sastras accept the fallen nature of human beings
and teach them both the epicurean style of living under strict Tantric injunctions and prescriptions, and transcendental life style of SatChitAnanda, where Union with Brahman is the Highest
Bliss.
From Tirumantiram about marital bliss
Pariyankam in Tamil means cot (Kattil). Pariyankam = Pari +Ankam = Pari for Sanskrit Sparsa meaning touch or love + part of body. Generally the latter means Phallus. According to Mular,
Pariyanka Yogam deals with sexual matters in the context of Yoga. It is controlling breath for enhancement of sexual pleasures, delayed ejaculation, retention of vital fluids, prolongation of
sexual acts, the role of Kechari Yoga in sexual practices, and finally learning and practicing abstinence for higher spiritual bliss. Pariyanka yogam claims that Sadasiva (Siva's form) taught
Pariyanka yogam to slender-waisted Sakti. Devi's (Consort of Siva, Sakti) beauty and grace are known only to Siva. Neither the erudite four-mouthed Vedic Scholar, Brahma, nor the five-
mouthed Victor (Siva) of Tripura, the demon, nor the six-mouthed Kartikeya, the son of Siva, nor the thousand-mouthed Ananta, the serpent King could describe her beauty. Siva drank of her
beauty and grace but found words, five heads and five mouths inadequate to describe them. Puspadanta makes the following observation: If Sarasvati writes for timeless ages with the twig-
pen from Kalpa tree with ink-barrel the size of Black mountain contained in the ocean-pot on a writing surface the size of earth, she would not succeed in describing her gunas (virtues).
(Author's note: Sarasvati, the purveyor-goddess of words, phrases, knowledge and wisdom, arts and sciences, and an adept in inversions, and eversions and palindromic somersaults such as
“ Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop” would not be able to describe the beauty, grace and gunas of Devi.)
There are two kinds of Sakti worshippers: Dakshinacara and Vamacara . Dakshinacara = Dakshina + caara = right-hand + doctrine or practice. They practice right-hand rituals. Vaamacara =
Vaama +caara = left-hand , acting in the opposite (Viparita) way + practice, left-hand doctrines of the Tantras, the worship of Sakti of Siva or Female energy. Woodroffe believes that the
Vamacaras are misunderstood bunch because of some abuses. ( comment : This reminds me of the Words, Dexter , Sinister, and Gauche . Dexter is right side, so it is always right and virtuous
with social grace. Sinister is left-handed and evil. Gauche is French for Left . Thus, it is associated with "awkward , clumsy , and undextrous ." Left-hand use lacks dexterity and social and
physical grace. It is the Awke of the Awkward, meaning left-handed or turned the other or wrong way . In India left is associated with evil, excrement, ordure or feces. Tamil word for it is
Pee . Left hand is called Pee-k-Kai (Feces hand) and is used for posterior anal ablution after defecation, while one eats with right hand. All auspicious activities must be done with right hand;
You can salute, eat, receive, give, and also perform rituals with right hand. End of comment.) Doctrines of antinomian character were produced in the west and the east, according to
Woodroffe. There are seven doctrines or Acaaras/Acaras: Veda , Vaishnava , Saiva , Dakshina (all four belong to Pashavacara, the practice of Pasus or those close to animal nature), Vaama /
Vama, Siddhanta , and Kaulacara . Vedacara is the lowest and Kaulacara is the highest. Sexual bliss is Pravrtti marga (evolutionary, here animal living) of pasus. Sadhaka (accomplished one)
moves from Pravrtti to Nivritti (involution) marga so that he enjoys SatChitAnanda (Being, Consciousness and Bliss) with Brahman. The quality of Bliss sublimates from animal to spiritual
level; the measure of sexual Bliss pales in front of SatChitAnanda.
Vedacara : He observes the injunctions of Vedas. He should not cohabit with his wife during menstrual periods. Meat and fish are prohibited on Parva days. Night worship of Deva is
prohibited.
Vaishnavacara : He follows Niyama (Dos) and Vedacara. He should not kill or eat animals, and abstain from sexual intercourse in thought, word, and deed. Vishnu is the Supreme Lord. He
should engage in penance.
Saivacara : Vedacara injunctions are applicable. No animal killing or eating is allowed. Siva is the Supreme Lord.
Dakshinacara : It is named after Rishi Dakshinamurthi. It is a preparatory stage for Vira and Divya Bhavas . The devotee meditates on Isvari (Sakti) after using hemp ( Vijaya ). Mantra Japa is
done nightly. Siddhi (perfection) is attained by using human-skull rosaries on certain occasions and places.
Vamacara : Viras and Divyas are permitted to practice Vamacara. Day time continence is practiced and nightly worship with Panchatattva is permitted. The practitioners are called Kaulas ,
who are of three kinds: inferior , middling and superior. Their dharma is Kuladharma. The inferior Kaula does rituals and follows Pancatattva . The middling does Pancatattva with meditation.
The superior Kaula has no Vairagya (attachment) and practices love towards all, contentment, compassion and forgiveness. A low Kaula is defined as one who refuses to initiate a Chandala
(born of Brahmana mother and Sudra father), Yavana (foreigners), or woman into Kaula Dharma ( Kuladharma ) out of disrespect or superiority feeling. All two footed beings from a Vipra
(Brahmana) to low castes are eligible for initiation. Such a low Kaula is a degenerate and goes down. (Let me pass on this information from dictionary about Yavanas . They are the Greeks
who came to India and later the term was applied to Muslims, Europeans or any foreigners.) Vipra is the inwardly stirred, the inspired, the sagacious, and the wise (among gods); the learned,
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singer, and poet among humans; priests among men; or a Brahmana, Vedic Scholar. Kaula = derived from Kula, family: here it means Sakti worshippers. Sakti is Kula ; Siva is Akula : Siva
does not have a family name and therefore he is Akula. Siva being the Supreme Lord is self-born and has no parents. Kula is the Sakti of Brahman and Akula is Brahman himself; he who
knows Atma (the Greater Soul) as Kula-Akula is Kulina . Siva and Sakti is Kaula harmony. The followers are Kaulas.
Sakti of Brahman becomes Gurusakti in a Guru and imparts its power to a stone, wood, or clay idol. Kaula Guru is in the forefront among Sakta, Saiva, Vaishnava, Saura and Ganaapatya
Gurus, because Kaula Guru is good for Mantras of all sects, while the sectarian gurus are good in their own sectarian Mantras. Sectarian Guru should initiate an aspirant in his own sect only,
while a Kaula Guru is competent to determine what is most suitable to an aspirant and initiate him in that particular Mantra. Kularnava Tantra pointedly says that a Sisya (pupil) goes to
Raurava hell for abandoning Guru and Mantra, descends into poverty for abandoning Guru, and embraces death for abandoning Mantra. One should exercise Vicara (enquiry) in choosing the
Guru and Mantra; once accepted, they should not be abandoned. If the descendant of the Guru family is not competent, one can choose another Guru. Tender or younger age of a Guru is no
bar, because he is mature in Kaula wisdom or Sadhana Sastra.
Kuladharma is the essence of Agamas and Tantras; Siva, according to Kularnava Tantra, has extracted Kuladharma by churning the ocean of Agamas and Tantras. Kuladharma shines like a
sun in front of a firefly. Yogi cannot enjoy Bhoga (mundane pleasures); Bhogi (Epicure) cannot succeed in Yoga. Kuladharma brings yoga and Bhoga together for a Kaula can benefit from
both. For Kaula to have the benefit of both worlds (Yoga and Bhoga), he should control his senses and mind. It is said that Kaula is born (a natural) because he was a Kaula of spiritual
knowledge, mature mind and controlled senses in his previous life.
Kularnava Tantra deals with Kaula entities like wine and its many kinds; animal sacrifice ; essential place of wine and meat in various forms of worship; fish -eating, sexual union ; the nature
of a good Kaula worshipper; purification of Kaula substances; lunar, solar and fiery Kalas arising from the vowels and consonants; Mantras and Yantras; worship of Vatuka, Sakti and others;
36 Tattvas; prohibition of excessive wine-drinking; Chakras and Bliss; Advaitic doctrine of Monism, Siva-is- jiva, Jiva-is-Siva; worship on special days; the rules of Kulachara (to be
concealed); Paduka mantra and prohibition of discussion with atheists; Guru and disciple, and their qualifications; prohibition of association with the lewd, the drunken and the stupid; the
Lingas in body centers; the pasa (bonds) that bind the Pasus; Pranayama (breath control); Siddhi; spartan life habits and concentration on “THAT;” initiation into Rahasyapuja ( secret
worship) by a Guru.
Agni Purana (293.17-18a) states that a Guru should be pure, truthful, intelligent, competent, devoted, contemplating, and accomplished with knowledge of Tantra, and ability to direct,
restrain, teach, and bless the disciple and practices penance. Verses 293.18b-19 of Agni Purana states that a disciple should be calm, clever, erudite, and celibate. He eats food fit for oblation;
he should render service to his Guru; he should focus on his goal; he should behave like a son, practice modesty and pay the preceptor for his services.
The use of wine and meat is not confined only to Tantrik ritual; it was common in the age of Mahabharata and its mention is found in Puranas. Woodroffe makes an observation: " We
believe that Sadhana ... (and rituals) of the Christians of Roman Catholic and Greek Churches is based on the groundwork of the Tantras." page 18, Principles of Tantra, Part two.
Panchatattva = Pancha m akaara = Five Ms : Five essentials: M adya, wine ; M amsa, meat ; M atsya, fish ; M udra, grain; and M aithuna, sexual union. Panchatattva practices are within the
prescribed limitations and injunctions; ritual worship and ritual Maithuna are performed with one's own wife. If the sadhaka has no wife or if the wife is incompetent, he can take another
woman for rituals. Drinking of wine is done only during rituals within prescribed limits. It is a sin to engage in extramarital relations and extra-ritual drinking. All these received bad
reputation from some abuses. Latasadhana (worship with a woman) has its privileges and limitations; one, who does not follow the prescribed injunctions, believes in dualism, and is addicted
to lust, is not fit candidate for Latasadhana; he goes to Raurava hell and suffer from painful excess of the fiery Tejas Tattva.
Some Tantric practitioners (the Pasus and others) use modifications of ritual in that milk or coconut water substitutes wine; adjoining flowers substitute Maithuna; garlic, ginger, salt,
sesamum, or wheat substitutes meat; brinjal (eggplant) or radish supplants fish; rice or wheat supplants Mudra. Pasus do not have an idea of the real import of Tantric rites and therefore use
substitutes.
The Tantras recommend substitution of wine with milk, sugar and honey for the householder. The householder roiling in the ocean of Samsara in Kali Yuga, says Siva to Parvati, is wanting in
intellect and driven by lust, and does not see Sakti in the Deity. He should engage in meditation and worship at the feet of Devi with the chanting of Mantra, which should be chanted with
respect, devotion, faith, surrender, and seeing the Divine Image in the mind's eye.
Divyas, Viras, and Pashus (Pasus) according to Sakta Tantras: The Saktas believe in Sakti. People are divided into three classes according to their bhava (temperament): Sattva (virtue,
veritas, and goodness), Rajas (motion and passion) and Tamas (sloth and slumber). Divyas are divine (sattva) people, Viras are heroic (Rajas) people and Pashus are (Tamas) animals
(pashus). Saktas believe man is born a pasu; he can die a pasu, a Vira or a Divya. Being a Pasu is not bad; there is wide range of possibilities between a Pasu and a Vira; how close he is
towards a Vira or Divya, a more enlightened man, makes the difference between stagnation in the mundane world and progress towards a higher Consciousness. Pasu is saddled with
ignorance and matter. When food offering is made to the Devata by a Pasu, Devata eats the subtle part of the food and leaves the gross part of the food as Prasada (leavings or leftover food)
for Pasu. Here Devata and Pasu are in a dual mode, two separate entities because Pasu is imperfect worshipper. Vira is a hero of Raja guna, motion and devotional passion. He feels that
Devata and he are one (non-dual state) and therefore when he eats, it is the Devata who eats. Every act of the Vira is a spiritual act, including, eating, and sexual intercourse. Every act of his is
an offering to the Devata. This is the basis of secret worship. Vira becomes one with the Mother Goddess, dissolves in her, and swirls in the ocean of Bliss of Devi. Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa is of the opinion that Vira should put aside the sensual aspect of Sakti worship and concentrate on Mother-Child relationship (Vatsalya). Vira, because of his Rajas guna, may
fall into the pit of sense pleasures and may not become a true Sadhaka. Mother Goddess is the creator of Pasus and pasas (bonds); she exercises Maya, Avidya and Vidya Saktis; the first two
are binding and the last one is liberating. Avidya (ignorance) makes a person to mire in Rajas and Tamas; thus, the aspirant never leaves the world of senses, greed, passion, and lust. Vidya or
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wisdom being Sattvic (virtuous) inculcates love and devotion to goddess. A hero's (Vira) attitude is machismo which propels him towards sexual intercourse (with his wife), which is not the
way to approach the Mother Goddess. Vatsalya should substitute machismo as he approaches Mother Goddess. Becoming one with Mother goddess is through surrender of body, mind and
soul. How do we surrender the body to the Goddess? By Anga Nyasa. This is assigning various parts of the body to Mother Goddess (example, Kali) by placing the Sanskrit letters on the
body. Since she is the origin of letters, Nada, Bindu, Tattvas, matter, forms and names, she owns the body with its parts and functions.
Katha Upanishad describes Mother Goddess as follows:
She is Aditi, the Boundless. She is born as Prana (breath or life) from the Absolute genderless Brahman, the nameless, and the formless. She is the Devatamayi (Mother of gods) and the soul
of all beings. She stands in the inner recesses of the heart. Verse 2.1.7
Siva was acting Devi's Guru and said wherever Vira or Divya lived, that was a sacred place (Tirtha). Vira though of a human body is a Devata and Siva Himself. Where Vira lives, there is
no fear of three maladies: adhyatmika, adhibautika and adhidaivika. Adhyatmika are endogenous (internal) maladies of the mind and body. Adhibautika are maladies of exogenous (external)
origin: elements, animals, and fellowman. Adhidaivika are " theogenous " maladies coming from Devas, demons, ghosts. Adhyatmika : Adhi = from; atma = self, inside. Adhyatmika : from
self, inside; internal. AdhiBhautika = from elements. AdhiDaivika = from Devas or gods. Source: Lingapurana, Chapter 9, Verse 7-9.
Viras and Divyas are allowed to practice Vamacara. Vira is a heroic Sadhaka who accepts the world as it is and does not avoid it. He learns as many secrets as possible from the mundane
world; he gains wisdom and tries to move from a state of stale human consciousness to transcendental Consciousness. He sheds the fear of the world, which is the quality of Pasu or animal;
he tells himself that he is one with the Mother Goddess : Saham (She I am), and he is fearless. Go to OM-Namasivaya for details on Soham or Saham. He is not afraid of death for he knows he
will rise again like the fallen autumn leaves that come back next spring. A parallel analogy is the Phoenix , the mythical Arabian avian beauty who reduces to ash on a funeral pyre, rises again
from the ashes to live for another 500 years (and go through the cycle again and again): an icon of immortality, idealism or hope.
The sevenfold path of liberation:
A Sadhaka follows Karma1 (Kriya) , Bhakti2 , and Jnana3 , Dakshina4 , Vama5 , Siddhanta6 , and Kaula7 : the first three Margas (paths) are for the Pasus ; the fourth and the fifth are for the
Viras ; the sixth and the seventh are for the Divyas . Karma or Kriya is Vedic ritual, the lowest path for men of mud. The second higher path is the Bhakti path of the Vaishnavas of higher
achievement. The third is the Saiva path of knowledge. The fourth path is Dakhshina where the first three margas are syncretized, synchronized and synthesized to an optimal entity in such
way that the transient fruits are conserved. The four paths are called Pravritti for they take the Sadaka outwards and forwards in a centrifugal manner away from the Source, the Pure
Consciousness. Now, in the Vama (reverse) Marga, the Sadaka has a chance to take a reverse direction and head towards Pure Consciousness. The followers of the fourth and fifth paths are
called Viras. The Vira looks at all His creations, both Spirit and Matter, as meaningful and turns from Pravrtti to Nivrrti ( cessation and involution ). He is Vira (hero) because he fights against
Avidya (ignorance) and takes the road less traversed. As the Vira makes progress, treading the path of Siddhanta6 , he becomes a Divya, who knows the nature of Spirit and Matter; Spirit
pervades his whole being as he recedes from Matter; he draws closer to Pure Consciousness. The Sadhaka is on the Kaula path, the least known and the most secret path. Kaula doctrine is the
essence churned by Siva Himself from the ocean of the Vedas and Agamas with the churning pole of Jnana; all paths leading to Pure Consciousness (Siva) end in Kaula; as the footprint of the
elephant subsumes the footprint of all animals, Kaula doctrine consumes and absorbs all Nivrtti doctrines.
The seeds sprout, grow and live as trees; the birds, bees, and beasts live and mate; but only the Kaula following the doctrines of Kula lives in meaningful ways. For pasus, days come and
go; pasus eat, live, mate, and wallow in fear; bellows breathe in and breathe out, but that is not life.
If drinking wine is liberation, all drunkards should attain perfection; if eating meat leads to higher regions, all meat eaters would be meritorious; if cohabitation with woman opens the gates
for liberation, all creatures with natural mating instincts would enter the gates of liberation. It is not the Kula Marga at fault, but those who abuse it and lack the proper spirit. You may wear a
snake on your neck, hold the tiger by its neck, ( put your head in lion's mouth, jump a canyon on a motorbike--Author's insert ) , and walk on the sharp edge of a sword; but following Kula
Marga is more difficult. Casual drinking of wine for pleasure, eating of flesh for enjoyment and nutrition, cohabitation for conquest, which do not fall within the prescribed injunctions of
Kula Dharma, are sins.
Pasu (individual soul, cow or animal) is one who is afflicted with Paasam (pasam) which is a bond or a noose; he is tethered to a post of Samsara by ropes of three malas or impurities;
philosophically, it is an obstruction to obtaining release or liberation. Saiva Siddhanta lists three tethers or malas, Karma, Maya and Anava . Kularnava Tantra enumerates eight bonds: Bhaya
( fear ), Daya ( pity ), Ghrina (contempt, disgust ), Kula ( family ), Lajja ( shame , embarrassment), Moha ( delusion ), Shīla (nature, conduct ), and Varna ( caste or race ); this is only a short list, a
larger list basically expands on this eight-braid bond; they are like ropes within braided ropes. Pasu is a man of the world full of ignorance and darkness (Pravritti marga), not wont to the
ways of Tattva Jnani or Yogi, who pursues Nivrrti marga.
The import of Panchatattva or the five Ms.
As said earlier, Kaulachara involves the use of Madya ( wine ), Mamsa ( meat ), Matsya ( fish ), Mudra ( grain ), and Maithuna ( union ). There are specific prescriptive details about the vessels,
their metal, dimensions, uses and occasions; grains, kinds, mixing proportions, ways of cooking; and making of different kinds of wines from different ingredients and secret formulas.
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The reason for use of wine in this ritual is to release the Sakta from the inhibitory clutches of conscious behavior and get the Sakta to open his subconscious being and sub-surface
consciousness to reach the inner recesses of his consciousness at various depths in an attempt to purify his mind and consciousness (Citta-Sodhana-Sadhana). It is akin to self psychotherapy
with the aid of an external agent, wine, whose bouquet stimulates the Icchasakti ( Will ), whose taste stimulates Jnanasakti ( knowledge ), and whose absorption induces action ( Kriyasakti ).
Killing an animal (for food) is sin, but killing for a higher purpose is meritorious. A fall from virtue and Ahimsa (nonviolence) done in the interest of Higher Truth in a proper manner, in a
proper place, by proper means, and during proper occasions is actually a rise of the spirit. Worship, rituals, and ceremonies are the external acts with attendant inner consecration, love of god,
devotion, and inner sacrifice; these events lead to awakening of Sadhaka's awareness of Siva and Sakti in his spiritual heart and end in his Satchitananda (Being, Consciousness, and Bliss).
His whole being is pervaded and possessed by Siva and Sakti, and Bhairava and Bhairavi; he sees oneness of all (advaitam). The night of Maya that shrouds Self and prevents his vision is
suddenly lifted and Satchitananda is the result in the union of Jiva with Self. Wine releases him from all his inhibitions, distractions and external world and he makes a journey into his global
nonsecular consciousness.
With purity of mind and devotion to the tenets of Kaulachara, he is not the pasu satisfying his hunger with meat or his thirst with wine. He hungers for perfection and thirsts for Liberation.
Wine is Sakti, meat is Siva, and the enjoyer is Bhairava-Siva himself. A Pasu becomes a Divya enjoying Brahmananda (Ananda or Bliss of Brahman). Purity of mind along with firm belief in
the tenets, casting away of all doubts, fearlessness, brave of heart and spirit, and withdrawal from dualities are the conditions before one eats the meat or drinks the wine. Wine is not for
inebriation and meat is not for nutrition; both are an offering to Siva who is the real enjoyer. Eating meat and drinking wine at other times are sin. What is Soma in Vedic rituals is wine in
Tantric ritual. Drinking wine without invocation, worship, dedication, and sanctity of the enjoined ritual is in the manner of animal imbibing the wine. Inebriation is severely condemned and
for the inebriated, it is a life of "no meditation, no tapas, no worship, no dharma, no activity of merit, no good, no Guru, no thought of self." His need for wine, woman and flesh is for bhoga
(enjoyment) and not for Yoga (seeking liberation). The true Sadakha is one who awakens Kundalini and goes with her from Muladhara Chakra to Brahma Randhra (anterior fontanel area of
the skull) at the top of the head; bliss, which the Sadhaka imbibes, streams forth from the union of Kundalini with pure Consciousness at Sahasrara Chakra and is considered as the true wine.
As said earlier, man is a pasu (animal) in comparison with Viras, Divyas, and gods. Killing is sin; killing of animals to fulfill the tenets of panchatattva is rising above duality which means
cutting the duality of animal nature (pleasure and pain, love and hate) with the sword of knowledge. The wandering senses in the ocean of Samsara like the schools of fish should be brought
under control and yoked to the self; that is eating of fish. The woman worthy of love and attention is no other than Sakti that resides (sleeps) in you. The pasu lets the woman (Deity) sleep in
the Muladhara Chakra, but the Vira and Divya awaken the deity in him. The Bliss , one feels when Sakti (Kundalini) and Siva meet in the upper Chakra, is the bliss of Maithuna . All other
unions are just animal acts. This is in essence the meaning of five Ms. As said earlier, there are three kinds of people: Pasus, Viras and Divyas. Pasus are animals in human form; Viras (the
heroic persons) are the transitory beings going from animal nature to a higher nature and enjoys Bhoga of the world. Divyas are spiritual beings.
meat is Siva : Comment from the author with quotations from Bible:
Gospel of St. JOHN: Jesus Christ says, 6.48 I am the bread of life . 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
6.52The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. 54
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life : and I will raise him up at the last day . 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that
eateth me, he also shall live because of me. 58 T his is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever. 59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
Here eating flesh and drinking blood of Jesus Christ is not something physical. it is spiritual nourishment coming from Jesus Christ. He is the Son of the Father. His words are
his flesh and blood; they come from the Father through him to his disciples. Following them confers eternity. He who follows his words abides in him and Jesus Christ in turn
abides in his Father and follower. According Ramanuja, the universe and the Jivas (souls) form the body of God, as the individual body forms the body of individual soul or Jiva.
End of comment
Before Sadhaka gets ready for worship of the Divine Mother, f ivefold purification is essential: the inner and outer purification of oneself, purification of the place of worship, purification
of paraphernalia, purification of Mantras, and purification of the Deity. Inner and outer purification involves following of the eight point formula (Ashtanga yogam), bathing, purification of
the elements. The place of worship is kept in immaculate cleanliness attended with use of incense, camphor, flowers and lights. The deity and all related objects are sprinkled with sanctified
water accompanied by chanting of Mantras. Once purification is done, Mandalas are drawn, various objects are put in place, and Mantras and Gurus are invoked. Once this is all done, the
Divine Mother is invited to take a seat, grace the ceremony and accept worship and offerings. The Divine Mother is without form or attributes. The Agama says that Brahman is Pure
Consciousness and makes itself available for worship in its (manifest) Saguna Brahman form. Nirguna Brahman is formless and Saguna Brahman takes many forms, any one of which
is worthy of worship according to the desire (liking) or Ishta of the devotee.
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