Sep 10, 2012 welcome, to part 3 of a special 5 part series, the making of a yogini, how indian holy man sri sathya sai baba, led midland michigan resident dolly baile, whom sai baba renamed shivangini to the. Read kiss of the yogini tantric sex in its south asian contexts by david gordon white available from rakuten kobo. Yogini is a more expansive word than yogi and refers primarily to a female master practitioner of yoga. Will read through it when i have time and record my thoughts on my weblog. Tantra and the 64 yoginis hinduism and indian culture website.
Discover the origins and history of the seven branches of yoga. Jun 02, 2006 kiss of the yogini is a treasure trove of historical, textual, and interpretive arguments that is dizzying in its depth and scope. Aug 15, 2006 kiss of the yogini focuses on what white identifies as the sole truly distinctive feature of south asian tantra. Yogini hrdayam with setubandha commentary by bhaskara rai. The compelling central argument of the textthat tantric sexuality in its origins is a complex ritual system of exchange of power substances sexual fluids and is quite distinct from more recent hindu. The reality of dakinis, for any particular tantric system, is defined by their function within that system. Have purchased many items over the years from you with great expectation and pleasure and received them promptly as advertised. If you are pursuing embodying the ebook kiss of the yogini. Historians guesses, right or wrong, are irrelevant to the religious significance of dakinis. David gordon white kiss of the yogini wl1pr0j3x9lj idocpub. With kiss of the yogini, david gordon white sweeps away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, returning to original texts, images, and ritual practices to reco. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
Yoga in practice edited volume princeton university press, 2011. A yogini, in some contexts, is the sacred feminine force made incarnate, as an aspect of parvati, and revered in yogini temples of india as the eight matrikas or the sixtyfour yoginis. The yoginihrdaya, a sanskrit tantric treatise 9780199982332. With kiss of the yogini, david gordon white sweeps away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, returning to original texts, images, and ritual practices to reconstruct the history of south asian tantra from the medieval period to the present day. Kiss of the yogini contains whites own translations from over a dozen tantras that have never before been translated into any european language.
In hindu traditions, yoginis represent the kundalini, or essential primal force, that exists in all things. Its the story of shivangini bailes 7 year spiritual journey with holy man sri sathya sai baba and how. Sinister yogis university of chicago press, 2009 isbn 9780226895147. The best known are the two in the state of orissa, and the ones. Tantric sex in its south asian contexts for those who wonder what relation actual tantric practices bear to the tantric sex. From the ninth through at least the thirteenth centuries, there was an active cult of dakinis usually called yoginis in todays india. The yogini tantra is a voluminous work held in high regard by practitioners of vamachara. See for instance kiss of the yogini and the origins of yoga and tantra. Kiss guide to yoga keep it simple series by shakta khalsa. Click download or read online button to get kiss of fire book now. Kiss of the yogini ebook by david gordon white 9780226027838. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works.
Kiss of the yogini is one of the few good, interesting books about tantra, a passionately argued work that transforms scholarly understanding of its subject. It will prove to be the definitive work for persons seeking to understand tantra and the crucial role it has played in south asian history, society, culture, and religion. Tantric sex in its south asian contexts university of chicago press, 2003 isbn 9780226894843. Btw, was this a private email that rm addressed to you. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. Yogini has many definitions and also can mean a woman who has dedicated her life to mystical and spiritual knowledge and the pursuit of enlightenment. Excellent website with vast variety of goods to view and purchase, especially books and idols of hindu deities are amongst my favourite. However, the word yogini encompasses much more than simply a female teacher of yoga. Kiss of the yogini ebook by david gordon white rakuten kobo. Sep 27, 2012 welcome to the 5th and final part of the special souljourns series, the making of a yogini. By reconstructing the medieval south asian kaula and tantric traditions that involved sexual practices, david white hopes to restore the dignity and autonomy of the people who.
The yogini kaula of matsyendranath also refers to the worship of mystic circles made up of 4, 8, 12, 64 and more angles of the centre of which there is siva, omnipresent, immovable and undualified. For those who wonder what relation actual tantric practices bear to the tantric sex currently being marketed so successfully in the west, david gordon white. In a total of 28 chapters divided into two parts, it outlines every topic familiar to the kaula and vama traditions. Yogini sometimes spelled jogan is a sanskrit term for a female master practitioner of yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female hindu or buddhist spiritual teachers in indian subcontinent, southeast asia and greater tibet. Kiss of the yogini is a rich and complex effort, as white calls upon not only numerous sanskrit texts which he translates himself but also a wide range of ethnographic, artistic, architectural, and sociological materials. Feb 29, 2016 with the last chills of winter slowly fading away and the spring equinox just around the corner march 20, yall, now is the perfect time to shake out all those winter cobwebs and do some. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Tantric sex in its south asian contexts david gordon white for those who wonder what relation actual tantric practices bear to the tantric sex currently being marketed so successfully in the west, david gordon white has a simple answer. The sixtyfour yoginis are most probably so many angles representing the equal number of manifestations of the shakti embracing siva.
Its the story of shivangini bailes 7 year spiritual journey with. Kiss of the yogini is a rich and complex effort, as white calls upon not only numerous sanskrit texts which he translates himself, but also a wide range of. Yoginis passionately display their devotion to the pursuit of enlightenment and they are regarded as the embodiment of spiritual grace. Pdf kiss of the yogini download full pdf book download. Tantric sex in its south asian contexts by david gordon white in pdf appearing, in that process you approaching onto the right website. Though many practitioners of yoga and meditation are familiar with the sri cakra yantra, few fully understand the depth of meaning in this representation of the co. Jul 07, 2006 kiss of the yogini focuses on what white identifies as the sole truly distinctive feature of south asian tantra. Tantric sex in its south asian contexts, david gordon white, electronic resource represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in university of manitoba libraries. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Kiss of the yogini focuses on what white identifies as the sole truly distinctive feature of south asian tantra. With the last chills of winter slowly fading away and the spring equinox just around the corner march 20, yall, now is the perfect time to. Is there a copy of this email elsewhere on the web.
What follows is an abstract of the first nine patalas or chapters. Exercise and enrich your mind and body with dks kiss guide to yoga. Such practices centered on the exchange of powerful, transformative sexual fluids between male practitioners and wild female bird and animal spirits. At least nine yogini temples have been discovered so far. Welcome to the 5th and final part of the special souljourns series, the making of a yogini. Yoginis of past and present have much to offer our understanding of our relationship to devi within and without.
Jun 03, 2004 3 replies to kiss of the yogini sandeep says. Kiss of fire download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. We interpret the unquestionable spaying of this ebook in. Representations of alterity a nd the formation of identity in tantric buddhist. Yogini is the honored title bestowed upon female individuals who are insightful masters of the practice of yoga. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the kiss of fire, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. I smile to myself as i think of a modernday selfavowed tantric enthusiast, maybe somewhere in california, cruising looking for more readings on the latest enlightening import from india. The term is the feminine sanskrit word of the masculine yogi, while the term yogin ipa. Pdf tantra in practice download full pdf book download.
Doniger on whitestantric sexreflections in the south asian context. Kiss of the yogini is a treasure trove of historical, textual, and interpretive arguments that is dizzying in its depth and scope. David gordon white,kiss of the yogini, tantric sex in its south asian contexts university of chicago press, 2003. The best known are the two in the state of orissa, and the ones in madhya pradesh, uttar pradesh and tamil nadu. The themes and inspirations that have most stayed with me are what i intend to write about here, as the book is incredibly well researched and detailed, i really dont feel i could it any.