The following table sets forth some of the concepts associated with each chakra: For a discussion on chakra petals see Petal (chakra) Additionally, there is a Transpersonal chakra above the crown chakra. There are also many minor chakras, for example between the major chakras. ...

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Parallels have often been drawn, by supporters of the existence of chakras, between the positions and functions of the chakras, and of the various organs of the endocrine system. The highest crown chakra is said to be the chakra of consciousness, the master chakra that controls all the others. Its role would be very similar to that of the pituitary gland, which secretes hormones to control the rest of the endocrine system, and also connects to the central nervous system via the hypothalamus. The thalamus is thought ...

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In Hinduism and its spiritual systems of yoga and in some related eastern cultures, as well as in some segments of the New Age movement -- and to some degree the distinctly different New Thought movement -- a chakra is thought to be an energy node in the human body. The word comes from the Sanskrit cakra चक्र meaning "wheel, circle", and sometimes also referring to the "wheel of life". The pronunciation of this word can be approximated ...

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Tantric Celibacy: Going All the Way With Tantric Celibacy

Tantric yoga, as a system of rituals, exercises, and philosophical teachings, was developed over the past 2,500 years in a practical search for profound feeling and awareness. Just as a modern scientist might spend years on a single research problem, tantric yogis might dwell on a certain feeling for hours a day, plumbing its every nuance and what it told them about existence. They became experts in the arts of feeling and concentration.

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Vritti (plural: Vrittis), in the context of Hinduism and its yoga stream, is the name given to different tendencies which come to our mind without our conscious knowledge. As a word, vritti means vortex or circular activity with no beginning and no end. Vritti - Vrittis of Tantric Chakras. Vrittis are associated with the Tantric Chakras: Muladhara: greatest joy, natural pleasure, delight in controlling passion, and blissfulness in concentration. Swadhisthan ...

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Sahasrara Ajna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Swadhisthana Muladhara Bindu Sahasrara is the highest primary chakra according to the Hindu Tantric tradition (Shakta). Sahasrara - Description. Sahasrara is positioned above the head or at the top of it and it has 1000 petals which are arranged in 20 layers each of them with 50 petals. For a discussion about the petal count see also petal (chakra) Often referred as thousand-petaled lotusIncluding:

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Sahasrara Ajna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Swadhisthana Muladhara Bindu Anahata is the fourth primary chakra according to the Hindu Yogic and Tantric (Shakta) traditions. In Sanskrit the word anahata - means unhurt, un-struck and unbeaten. Anahata Nad refers to the Vedic concept of unstruck sound, the sound of the celestial realm. Anahata - Associations. The Anahata chakra is physically positioned at the hear ...

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Sahasrara Ajna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Swadhisthana Muladhara Bindu Ajna (Ājña, IPA: [a:ʤɲʌ]) is the sixth primary chakra according to the Indian Tantric tradition (Shakta). Ajna - Description. Ajna, ( 'command' in Sanskrit ) is positioned at the eyebrow region and it has two petals, said to represent the psychic channels Ida and Pingala, which meet here with the central Shu ...

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Sahasrara Ajna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Swadhisthana Muladhara Bindu Vishuddha is the fifth primary chakra according to the Hindu Tantric tradition (Shakta). Vishuddha - Associations. Vishuddha is positioned at the neck region and it has sixteen petals corresponded to the Sanskrit vowels. Vishuddha is associated with the faculty of higher discrimination, between choosing what is right and wrong, and it is associated with creativity a ...

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Muladhara is the first primary chakra according to the Hindu Tantric tradition (Shakta). Sahasrara Ajna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Swadhisthana Muladhara Bindu Muladhara - Description. Muladhara is positioned close to anus, at the perineum, and it has four petals which match the vrittis of greatest joy, natural pleasure, delight in controlling passion, and blissfulness in concentration. In Samkhya philosophy, the concept ...

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Manipura ( 'city of jewels' in sanskrit ) is the third primary chakra according to the Hindu Tantric tradition (Shakta). Sahasrara Ajna Vishuddha Anahata Manipura Swadhisthana Muladhara Bindu Manipura - Description. It is positioned at the navel region and it has ten petals which match the vrittis of spiritual ignorance, thirst, jealousy, treachery, shame, fear, disgust, delusion, foolishness and sadness. Manipura is asso ...

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Sufism - Lataif-e-sitta The Six Subtleties. Drawing from Qur'anic verses, virtually all Sufis distinguish Lataif-e-Sitta (The Six Subtleties), Nafs, Qalb, Sirr, Ruh, Khafi & Akhfa. These lataif (sing : latifa) designate various psychospiritual "organs" or, sometimes, faculties of sensory and suprasensory perception. In a rough assessment, they might appear to correlate with glands, organs, Chinese traditional, or tantric chakras. In general, sufic development involves the awakening, in a ce ...

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Sufism - Lataif-e-sitta The Six Subtleties. Drawing from Qur'anic verses, virtually all Sufis distinguish Lataif-e-Sitta (The Six Subtleties), Nafs, Qalb, Sirr, Ruh, Khafi & Akhfa. These lataif (sing : latifa) designate various psychospiritual "organs" or, sometimes, faculties of sensory and suprasensory perception. In a rough assessment, they might appear to correlate with glands, organs, Chinese traditional medicine, or tantric chakras. In general, sufic development involves the awakening ...

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Shri Chakra:

Shri Chakra. Two-dimensional form of the Supreme Goddess.

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Sahaja Chakra:

Sahaja Chakra. Circle or Sphere of Spontaneity. Sahaja is one of the three gems of the Nathas. Samarasa and Sama are the other two.

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Rasi-Chakra:

Rasi-Chakra. Zodiac. Rasi means 1/12 division of the zodiac.

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Chakras:

Chakras - nerve centers of the subtle body; seven in number, base of spine, genitals, belly, heart, throat, forehead (third eye), top of head

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Chakras:

Several psychic centers of power associated with different parts of the human body in Tantric systems of anatomy.

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tattva shuddhi (tattva shuddhi meditation): Tantric form of meditation whose theory posits chakras and five elements: air, earth, ether, fire, and water. It is adaptable to self-healing. Tattva shuddhi means purification of the elements.

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