Vijnana Bhairava Dharana 10

Welcome! This meditation comes from the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra, an ancient and highly respected Tantra from around the 8th century. The Vijñāna Bhairava comes from the Indian Tantric tradition of Kashmir Shaivism and offers 112 ways to experience the energy of meditation, the Kuṇḍalinī Śakti.

In this simple meditation, we will practice a dhāraṇā (centering technique) from the Vijñāna Bhairava. We engage with a dhāraṇā to experience the energy of meditation. Here we will practice dhāraṇā 10. In dhāraṇā 10, we practice using the support of certain objects to enter Voidness or Nothingness, which helps us to experience pure Cit or Consciousness. Kashmir Shaivism calls this experience Bhairava.