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| [[File:Sahasrara Mandala.svg|center|80px]] || '''[[Sahasrara]]''' || सहस्रार (सहस्र-आर) || "Thousand-petaled" || Crown || 1000 || Multi or violet || — || Highest spiritual centre, pure consciousness, containing neither object nor subject. When the feminine [[Kundalini energy|Kundalini]] Shakti rises to this point, it unites with the masculine [[Shiva]], giving self-realization and [[samadhi]].<ref name="grimes100"/> In esoteric Buddhism, it is called Mahasukha, the petal lotus of "Great Bliss" corresponding to the fourth state of [[Four Noble Truths]].<ref name=johnston40>{{cite book |first1=Geoffrey |last1=Samuel |author-link=Geoffrey Samuel |first2=Jay |last2=Johnston |title=Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_qOz641rV0C |year=2013 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-136-76640-4 |pages=40–42}}</ref> | | [[File:Sahasrara Mandala.svg|center|80px]] || '''[[Sahasrara]]''' || सहस्रार (सहस्र-आर) || "Thousand-petaled" || Crown || 1000 || Multi or violet || — || Highest spiritual centre, pure consciousness, containing neither object nor subject. When the feminine [[Kundalini energy|Kundalini]] Shakti rises to this point, it unites with the masculine [[Shiva]], giving self-realization and [[samadhi]].<ref name="grimes100"/> In esoteric Buddhism, it is called Mahasukha, the petal lotus of "Great Bliss" corresponding to the fourth state of [[Four Noble Truths]].<ref name=johnston40>{{cite book |first1=Geoffrey |last1=Samuel |author-link=Geoffrey Samuel |first2=Jay |last2=Johnston |title=Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_qOz641rV0C |year=2013 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-136-76640-4 |pages=40–42}}</ref> | ||
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Seven chakra system
The more common and most studied chakra system incorporates six major chakras along with a seventh center generally not regarded as a chakra. These points are arranged vertically along the axial channel (sushumna nadi in Hindu texts, Avadhuti in some Buddhist texts).[3] According to Gavin Flood, this system of six chakras plus the sahasrara "center" at the crown first appears in the Kubjikāmata-tantra, an 11th-century Kaula work.[4]
It was this chakra system that was translated in the early 20th century by Sir John Woodroffe (also called Arthur Avalon) in the text The Serpent Power. Avalon translated the Hindu text Ṣaṭ-Cakra-Nirūpaṇa meaning the examination (nirūpaṇa) of the seven (ṣaṭ) chakras (cakra).[5]
The Chakras are traditionally considered meditation aids. The yogi progresses from lower chakras to the highest chakra blossoming in the crown of the head, internalizing the journey of spiritual ascent.[6] In both the Hindu kundalini and Buddhist candali traditions, the chakras are pierced by a dormant energy residing near or in the lowest chakra. In Hindu texts she is known as Kundalini, while in Buddhist texts she is called Candali or Tummo (Tibetan: gtum mo, "fierce one").[7]
Below are the common new age description of these six chakras and the seventh point known as sahasrara. This new age version incorporates the Newtonian colors of the rainbow not found in any ancient Indian system.[2]
| Chakra yantra | Sanskrit name | Sanskrit | Literal translation | Location | No. of petals |
Modern colour |
Seed syllable |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sahasrara | सहस्रार (सहस्र-आर) | "Thousand-petaled" | Crown | 1000 | Multi or violet | — | Highest spiritual centre, pure consciousness, containing neither object nor subject. When the feminine Kundalini Shakti rises to this point, it unites with the masculine Shiva, giving self-realization and samadhi.[1] In esoteric Buddhism, it is called Mahasukha, the petal lotus of "Great Bliss" corresponding to the fourth state of Four Noble Truths.[7] |
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Ajna or Agya | आज्ञा | "Command" | Between eyebrows |
2 | Indigo | — | Guru chakra, or in New Age usage third-eye chakra, the subtle center of energy, where the tantra guru touches the seeker during the initiation ritual. He or she commands the awakened kundalini to pass through this centre.[1]
Corresponds to the upper dantien in the Qigong system. |
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Vishuddha | विशुद्ध | "Purest" | Throat | 16 | Blue | Ham (space) |
16 petals covered with the sixteen Sanskrit vowels. Associated with the element of space (akasha). The residing deity is Panchavaktra shiva, with 5 heads and 4 arms, and the Shakti is Shakini.[1]
In esoteric Buddhism, it is called Sambhoga and is generally considered to be the petal lotus of "Enjoyment" corresponding to the third state of Four Noble Truths.[7] |
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Anahata | अनाहत (अन्-आहत) | "Unstruck" | Heart | 12 | Green | Yam (air) |
Within it is a yantra of two intersecting triangles, forming a hexagram, symbolising a union of the male and female, and the element of air (vayu). The presiding deity is Ishana Rudra Shiva, and the Shakti is Kakini.[1]
In esoteric Buddhism, this Chakra is called Dharma and is generally considered to be the petal lotus of "Essential nature" and corresponding to the second state of Four Noble Truths.[7] Corresponds to the middle dantien in the Qigong system. |
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Manipura | मणिपुर (मणि-पुर) | "Jewel city" | Navel | 10 | Yellow | Ram (fire) |
For the Nath yogi meditation system, this is described as the Madhyama-Shakti or the intermediate stage of self-discovery.[6] This chakra is represented as a downward pointing triangle representing fire in the middle of a lotus with ten petals. The presiding deity is Braddha Rudra, with Lakini as the Shakti.[1] |
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Svadhishthana | स्वाधिष्ठान (स्व-आधिष्ठान) | "Where the self is established" |
Root of sexual organs |
6 | Orange | Vam (water) |
Svadhisthana is represented with a lotus within which is a crescent moon symbolizing the water element. The presiding deity is Brahma, with the Shakti being Rakini (or Chakini).[1]
In esoteric Buddhism, it is called Nirmana, the petal lotus of "Creation" and corresponding to the first state of Four Noble Truths.[7] Corresponds to the lower dantien in the Qigong system. |
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Muladhara | मूलाधार (मूल-आधार) | "Root" | Base of spine |
4 | Red | Lam (earth) |
Dormant Kundalini is often said to be resting here, wrapped three and a half, or seven or twelve times. Sometimes she is wrapped around the black Svayambhu linga, the lowest of three obstructions to her full rising (also known as knots or granthis).[8] It is symbolised as a four-petaled lotus with a yellow square at its center representing the element of earth.[1]
The seed syllable is Lam for the earth element. All sounds, words and mantras in their dormant form rest in the muladhara chakra, where Ganesha resides,[9] while the Shakti is Dakini.[10] The associated animal is the elephant.[11] |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Grimes, John A. (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. State University of New York Press, 26, 30, 100–101, 265. ISBN 978-0-7914-3067-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leland, Kurt (2017). "The Rainbow Body: How the Western Chakra System Came to Be". Quest Magazine 105 (2 (Spring 2017)): 25–29.
- ↑ (2013) Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body. Routledge, 39–42. ISBN 978-1-136-76640-4.
- ↑ Flood, Gavin (2006). The Tantric Body: The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1845110123.
- ↑ White, David Gordon (2003). Kiss of the Yogini. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-89483-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Banerjea, Akshaya Kumar (1983). Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vacana-Sangraha. Motilal Banarsidass, 175–184. ISBN 978-81-208-0534-7.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 (2013) Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body. Routledge, 40–42. ISBN 978-1-136-76640-4.
- ↑ (1998) The Devī Gītā: the Song of the Goddess: a translation, annotation, and commentary. Albany (N.Y.): State university of New York press. ISBN 978-0-7914-3940-1.
- ↑ Tigunait, Rajmani (1999). Tantra Unveiled: Seducing the Forces of Matter & Spirit. Himalayan Institute Press. ISBN 9780893891589.
- ↑ Mumford, John (1988). Ecstasy Through Tantra, Third. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 0-87542-494-5.
- ↑ (1984) Dreambody: the body's rôle in revealing the self. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7102-0250-4.