The Sutra Project

Sutra 1: Consciousness is the Self

Meditation on Sutra 1 (Audio): Consciousness is the Self

Sutra 2: Ignorance is bondage

Sutra 2 (Audio): Ignorance is bondage

Sutra 3: The group of sources is/becomes the body of powers

Sutra 3 (Audio): The group of sources is/becomes the body of powers

Study Guide, Sutras 4 - 8

Sutra 4: The matrix of language is the foundation of knowledge

Sutra 4 (Audio): The matrix of language is the foundation of knowledge

Sutra 5: ‘Upwelling’ is Bhairava

Sutra 5 (Audio): ‘Upwelling’ is Bhairava

Meditation on Sutra 5 (Audio): ‘Upwelling’ is Bhairava

Sutra 6: When there is union with the wheel of energies, the Universe is withdrawn

Sutra 6 (Audio) : When there is union with the wheel of energies, the Universe is withdrawn

Sutra 7: Then there arises the expansion of the fourth, in the divisions of waking, dreaming and deep sleep.

Sutra 7 (Audio): Then there arises the expansion of the fourth, in the divisions of waking, dreaming and deep sleep.

Sutra 8: Cognition is the waking state.

Sutra 8 (Audio): Cognition is the waking state.

Study Guide, Sutras 9 - 12

Sutra 9: 'Dream' means mental constructs.

Sutra 9 (Audio): 'Dreams' are mental constructs.

Sutra 10: Deep sleep means non-discernment, self-concealment.

Sutra 10 (Audio): Deep sleep means non-discerment, self-concealment.

Sutra 11: One who experiences these three [as the Fourth state] is the ‘Lord of Heroes’.

Sutra 11 (Audio): One who experiences these three [as the Fourth state] is the ‘Lord of Heroes’.

Sutra 12: Wondrous are the stages of yoga.

Sutra 12 (Audio): Wondrous are the stages of yoga.

Study Guide, Sutras 13 - 15

Sutra 13: The Power of Will is The Maiden Uma.

Sutra 13 (Audio): The Power of Will is The Maiden Uma.

Sutra 14: All That is Perceptible is The Body.

Sutra 14 (Audio): All That is Perceptible is The Body

Sutra 15: By Fusion Of The Mind With The Heart Of Awareness There Arises The Vision Of Both The Perceptible World And The Void As Nothing But That Awareness.

Sutra 15 (Audio): By Fusion Of The Mind With The Heart Of Awareness There Arises The Vision Of Both The Perceptible World And The Void As Nothing But That Awareness.

Study Guide, Sutras 16 - 18

Sutra 16: By Reflection On And Merging With The Pure Principle Energy Takes Up Its Own True Abode.

Sutra 16 (Audio): By Reflection On And Merging With The Pure Principle Energy Takes Up Its Own True Abode.

Sutra 17: Wordless Reflection Leads to Insight Into The Nature Of The Self.

Sutra 17 (Audio): Wordless Reflection Leads to Insight Into The Nature Of The Self.

Sutra 18: The bliss experienced by ordinary people is not different from the joy of samādhi

Sutra 18 (Audio):The bliss experienced by ordinary people is not different from the joy of samādhi

Sutra 19: When the energies unite the body arises

Sutra 19: (Audio) When the energies unite the body arises.

Sutra 20: Synthesizing elements, separating elements and the intimate union of all things

Sutra 20: (Audio) Synthesizing elements, separating elements and the intimate union of all things

Sutra 21: Due to the arising of Pure Wisdom there is attainment of the mastery of the Wheel

Sutra 21: (Audio) Due to the arising of Pure Wisdom there is attainment of the mastery of the Wheel

Sutra 22: By the attentive continuity of meditation on the great ocean of consciousness, the power of supreme I is attained.

Sutra 22 (Audio): By the attentive continuity of meditation on the great ocean of consciousness, the power of supreme I is attained.

Study Guide, Sutras 19 - 22

Sutra 2.1: The mind [that contemplates ultimate reality] is mantra.

Sutra 2.1 (Audio): The mind [that contemplates ultimate reality] is mantra

Sutra 2.2: Effort is effective

Sutra 2.2 (Audio): Effort is effective

Sutra 2.3: The secret of mantra is the beingness of the body of wisdom

Sutra 2.3 (Audio): The secret of mantra is the beingness of the body of wisdom

BONUS COMMENTARY on Sutra 2.3: The secret of mantra is the beingness of the body of wisdom

BONUS COMMENTARY on Sutra 2.3 (Audio): The secret of mantra is the beingness of the body of wisdom Lesson

Study Guide, Sutras 2.1 - 2.3

Sutra 2.4: The expansion of the heart mind in the womb is the distinguished dream of the Vidyā, the Wisdom Mantra

Sutra 2.4 (Audio): The expansion of the heart mind in the womb is the distinguished dream of the Vidyā, the Wisdom Mantra

Sutra 2.5: When the insight that is inherent in one’s essence-nature arises, there is the Śiva-state, that of roaming free in the Sky [of Consciousness]

Sutra 2.5 (Audio): When the insight that is inherent in one’s essence-nature arises, there is the Śiva-state, that of roaming free in the Sky [of Consciousness]

Sutra 2.6: The Guru is the means

Sutra 2.6 (Audio): The Guru is the means

Study Guide, Sutras 4 - 6

Shiva Sutras Webinar - An overview of Sutras 2.7 - 3.10 plus Q&A

Sutra 2.7: Awakening to the Matrix-Wheel / Full awareness of the Circle of Mothers.

Sutra 2.7 (Audio): Awakening to the Matrix-Wheel / Full awareness of the Circle of Mothers.

Sutra 2.8: The body is the offering

Sutra 2.8: The body is the offering (Audio)

Sutra 2.9: Cognition is food / Insight is nourishment

Sutra 2.9: Cognition is food / Insight is nourishment (Audio)

COMING SOON! Sutra 2.10: With withdrawal of knowledge heralds the dreams that arises from it

COMING SOON! Sutra 3.1: The Mind is the Self

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.2: Knowledge is bondage

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.3: The ignorance with regard to the tattvas beginning from kala is maya

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.4: Retraction of the powers of the body

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.5: The withdrawal of the vital channels, the conquest of elements, freedom from the elements and the separation the elements

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.6: Siddi is from being surrounded by illusion (moha)

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.7: (But) by conquering delusion and by (his) infinite expanse (the yogi) achieves Innate Knowledge

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.8: Waking is the second ray (of consciousness)

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.9: The Self is the actor

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.10: The 'inner body' is it's stage

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.11: The senses are the spectators

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.12: The pre state is achieved by the power of the illuminated intellect

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.13: The state of freedom is (already) attained

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.14: As here, also elsewhere

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.15: Constant attention to the seed

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.16: Seated in that real posture, he effortlessly dives into the ocean of nectar

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.17: Siva fashions the world by means of his mother

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.18: Once (limited) knowledge is destroyed, rebirth is destroyed

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.19: Mahesvari and the other mothers of the soul in bondage reside in the gutterals and the other classes of consonants

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.20: The Fourth should be sprinkled like oil into the three

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.21: Merged (his own nature, the yogi) must penetrate (the phenemes) with his mind

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.22: When the breath moves uniformly one has an equal vision of all things

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.23: The emergence of the lower (plane) occurs in the center

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.24: That which was destroyed arises once more in the course of the unifying awareness of one's own perception of the individual units of awareness

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.25: He becomes just like Siva

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.26: The activity of the body is the vow

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.27: Common talk is (his) recitation of Mantra

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.28: Self knowledge is the boon

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.29: Knowledge and the cause reside in the cosmic nature and the source (of the Universe)

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.30: The Universe is the unfoldment of his power

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.31: (Such is also the case with) persistence and absorption

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.32: The yogi is continually aware, despite the changing states of manifestation in the universe

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.33: The yogi's feeling of pleasure and pain is external

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.34: The one who is free of that is a liberated soul

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.35: A compact mass of delusion, the soul is subject to karma

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.36: When diversity has been eliminated (the yogi's) action is to give rise to another creation

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.37: The (true) power of performace arises from one's own direct experience (in dreams and meditation)

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.38: That which is preceded by the three states vitalizes them

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.39: The same stability of mind (should permeate) the body, senses and the external world

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.40: Due to (one's) craving, that which is transported moves outside

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.41: Then (when the yogi) is established in pure awareness (his craving) is destroyed and so the individual soul ceases to exist

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.42: For him, the five elements are only coverings. At that very moment, he is absolutely liberated, supreme and just like Siva

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.43: The link with the vital breath is natural

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.44: (The movement of the vital breath is stilled) by concentrating on the center within the nose. Of what use (then) are the left and right channels or susumna?

COMING SOON: Sutra 3.45: May (the soul) merge (in the Lord) once again

Meditation on Sutra 1: Consciousness is the Self

Meditation on Sutra 5: ‘Upwelling’ is Bhairava

Meditation on Sutra 13: The Power of Will is the Maiden Umā.

Meditation on Sutra 14: All that is perceptible is the body.

Meditation on Sutra 17: Wordless reflection leads to insight into the nature of the Self