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Six-Part Series 2010–2011

with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

IInvest in your personal practice. These six weekendseminars, spanning 2010 and 2011, offer a perfect blendof intellectual and experientiallearning. They will completeyour study of yoga, ayurveda,and other paradigms of healthand healing and empower you to create the material and spiritual prosperity you are seeking.

Tantric Tradition and Techniques

Secret of Tantric Rituals

Forbidden Tantra

Tantra and Kundalini

Tantra and the Lotus of the Heart

Sri Vidya—TheEmbodiment of Tantra

LIVING TANTRA ™ SERIESwith Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD

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Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD

Chairman and Spiritual Head of the Himalayan Institute,Pandit Rajmani Tigunait is the successor to Sri SwamiRama. Family tradition gave him access to a vast range of spiritual wisdom preserved in both the written and oraltraditions. As a young man, he lived and studied withrenowned adepts before meeting his spiritual master,Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Pandit Tigunait is fluent inboth Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and has an encyclopedicknowledge of the scriptures. He holds a doctorate inSanskrit from the University of Allahabad, and another inOriental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He has written 14 books, running the gamut from scholarlyanalysis and scripture translation, to spiritual biographiesand practical advice on applying yogic concepts to theproblems of daily life. In addition to lecturing and teachingworldwide for more than 30 years, Pandit Tigunait is theinspiration for the Institute’s rural empowerment projectsand the motivating force behind the HI Community Centerstaking root in Asia and Africa.

All parts (1–6) will be delivered on the web and live at theHimalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Parts 1 & 6will also be delivered in a 17+ city international tour.

CECs will be available for a variety of occupations. See LivingTantra.com for more information.

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1Tantric Tradition and Techniques

Tantra is the key to a life of fulfillment and prosperity. Thisseminar is the gateway to a comprehensive understandingof Tantra and how the tantric approach to health, healing,spirituality, and religion empowers us to excel in everyaspect of life. The underlying theme is the awakening ofkundalini shakti at the navel center, the foundation for allforms of tantric practice.

We’ll lay the groundwork for this crucial awakening with the practice of prana dharana. We’ll also explore the difference between tantric and non-tantric versions of yoga, meditation, and religion, and discover how Tantra has shaped astrology and ayurveda and influenced the art of India, Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

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The enchanted world of Tantra, where personal powerand trustful surrender, sensory pleasure and spiritual freedom, material prosperity and spiritual attainment go hand in hand.

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A personal account of how the power of Tantra can be exploited to promote illicit activities.

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The higher purpose of human birth and the sacred nature of the human body.

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Prana Dharana, the practice that is the prelude to theawakening of kundalini at the navel center.

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2Secret of Tantric Rituals

This is an opportunity to explore the sacred nature of ourbody and the world around us so we can experience thejoy that is our birthright. We will examine the scientific basisfor tantric rituals and how these rituals awaken subtle forces of nature, ward off obstacles, and create conditionsfavorable to both worldly success and spiritual growth.

We will explore both the mystery of the inner fire, whichleads to inner awakening and personal empowerment, and the mystery of the fire ceremony, which leads to healingthe natural world. We’ll learn how to select and combine ritual ingredients, build a sacred fire, apply the appropriatemantras, and infuse the entire practice with the inner fireresiding at the navel center.

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The science of fire: the formulas for fire ceremonies, the techniques for selecting ingredients, building the fire, and making the offering.

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Why the first three chakras and their physical counterparts are the most afflicted areas in our body and how tantric rituals can repair this damage.

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Tantric rituals and herbal formulas for creating a new reality and reshaping our destiny.

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The power of collective consciousness and the role of Tantra in creating a peaceful atmosphere in a troubled world.

Online and live at Himalayan Institute July 23–25, 2010

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3Forbidden Tantra

This seminar explores the power of Tantra, an alluring discipline that attracts seekers and scholars while frighteninganyone who has built a solid wall between the sacred andmundane, spirituality and science. We’ll focus on the esoteric aspect of Tantra, which has long been used formiraculous healing and removing unmanageable obstacles.

These sessions will explore those tantric practices that arebaffling to most people, yet immensely rewarding to thosewho study and practice under the guidance of a competentmaster. We will learn tantric techniques for overcoming theafflictions that drain our vitality, cloud our mind, and rob ourlives of joy. And we’ll learn how to use these techniques tohelp and heal our loved ones and our society.

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Why some practices are forbidden to those without a solid foundation in this ancient science, and the consequences of doing these practices without adequate preparation.

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How the energy generated by forbidden practices altersthe law of destiny and how to ensure that this energy isdirected skillfully.

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The qualifications of a healer and the materials, tools, and ingredients that belong in a healer’s toolbox.

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How to use the knowledge acquired in the previous seminar to do practices for the benefit of ourselves and others.

Online and live at Himalayan Institute October 22–24, 2010

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4Tantra and Kundalini

The awakening of kundalini shakti is the heart of Tantra.Kundalini shakti, the primordial pool of energy and consciousness, is the living Goddess in the human body.She is an inexhaustible source of power and freedom, healing and nourishment, pleasure and joy. The infusion of kundalini shakti makes our body a living shrine andempowers us to live fully and joyfully.

This seminar focuses on a skillful blend of asanas, pranayamas, bandhas, mudras, mantras, yantras, and rituals for awakening kundalini shakti. These practices are designed to enable us to gain access to the vibrantenergy at the navel center.

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Tantric cosmology and our place in the universe, with anemphasis on the interplay of feminine and masculine andthe effect of our karmas on kundalini awakening.

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Balanced living, prayer, knowledge, devotion, selflessservice, hatha yoga, ayurveda, and alchemy as a meansof awakening kundalini shakti.

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The role of the seven chakras, prana shakti, and thenadis in kundalini awakening.

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A routine of hatha yoga practiced by adepts in theHimalayan caves to awaken kundalini.

Online and live at Himalayan Institute December 31–January 2, 2011

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5Tantra and the Lotus of the Heart

In every tradition, the lotus of the heart is seen as thesacred home of God. In the Indian tradition, Brahma the Creator is born of a lotus. The great deities, MahaVairochana of Tibetan Buddhism and Dainichi Nyori ofShingon Buddhism, make this lotus their abode. And yetmany of us experience this sacred home mainly as a tangle of thorns.

This experiential seminar takes us to the very core of Tantra. We’ll learn the tantric method of meditating on the heart and discover why it destroys the clouds of fearand grief that engulf so many. This unique meditation technique is based on the Lotus Sutra of Buddha and theYoga Sutra of Patanjali and is augmented by techniquesfrom the tantric scriptures.

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The main points of practice for calming our argumentative and critical mind and retraining it to hear and heed the voice of the heart.

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The tantric method of transforming our self-demeaninghabits into a passion for spiritual unfoldment.

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Infusing the heart with prana shakti and healing thewounds caused by betrayal, fear, and grief.

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Tantric technique for creating sacred space in the heartand filling it with love and compassion, determination,and trustful surrender.

Online and live at Himalayan Institute April 15–17, 2011

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6Sri Vidya—The Embodiment of Tantra

Sri Vidya, the most sublime and rewarding of all tantricpaths, leads to a direct experience of ourselves as a wave of beauty and bliss arising from the ocean of pureconsciousness. In this seminar, you will come to understandyour body as a living shrine and the chakras as altars in thatshrine. You will learn how every thought, word, and action is an avenue for spiritual experience.

These sessions will empower you to integrate all the practices of yoga and meditation into the fulfilling model of Sri Vidya and to discover which of the chakras is themost suitable center of practice for you.

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How to experience the power and joy that is unique tothis sublime path of Sri Vidya by uniting the navel center,the heart center, and the center between the eyebrows.

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The technique for connecting yourself with the divinity atany shrine belonging to any spiritual tradition.

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The technique for restoring, reviving, and reawakeningabandoned shrines—those in the external world as wellas the inner shrine of the human heart.

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The technique for infusing both our own lives and thenatural world with saundarya-lahari, the wave of beauty,and ananda-lahari, the wave of bliss—the ultimate service to ourselves and our creator.

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