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KUNDALINI SHAKTI: NADA-BINDU-KALA
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KUNDALINI SHABDA BRAHMAN The relevance of this discussion will be seen from the fact that all Mantras are supposed to be manifestations of Kula Kundalini which is a name for the Shabda Brahman or Saguna-brahman in individual bodies. * Kundalini believed to be in the Mūlādhāra Chakra (or basal bodily centre) is "the cause of sweet, indistinct, and murmuring Dhvani, which is compared to the humming of a black bee. Thence Shabda originates and being first Parā gradually manifests upwards as Pashyanti, Madhyamā, and Vaikhari, (the spoken speech). The substance of all Mantras, being manifestation of Kundalini, is consciousness (chit) manifesting as letters and words. The letters of the alphabet are called Akşara because they are the diagrammatic representationYantra of the Aksara or Imperishable Brahman. This is realized, however, when the Sadhaka's shakti generated by Sādhanā is united with Mantra Shakti. The different aspects of Devatās as presiding deities of Mantras are the manifestation of the gross (sthūla) form of Kundalini, * who is however extremely subtle. "Mantra and Devatā are thus one and particular forms of Brahman as Shiva-Shakti."
NĀDA-BINDU-KALĀ सच्चिदानंदविभवात् सकलात् परमेश्वरात् । आसीच्छक्तिस्ततौ नादो नादाद् बिन्दुसमुद्भवः ।।
--- Eilat, TA: 75, st. w go? From the Sakala Parameshvara who is producedfrom Saccidānanda issued Shakti; from Shakti came Nāda; and from Nāda issued Bindu, the latter being perfected out of Ardhachandra issuing out of Nāda becoming slightly operative towards "speakable" (Vāchya). The Bindu
* चैतन्यं सर्वभूतानां शब्दब्रह्मति मे मतिः ॥१३॥
तत्प्राप्य कुण्डलीरूपं प्राणिनां देहमध्यगम् । वर्णात्मनाऽऽविर्भवति गद्यपद्यादिभेदतः ॥१४॥
- Tata , 747: 924: 9.93 * Sri Bappahhatti Sūri is the first Jain Acharya to mention Kundalini. See
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