Yoga Spandakarika : Inner Traditions : 9781594770517 : 1594770514 : 23 Mar 2005 : Translation and commentary of one of the most important texts of the Kashmirian Shivaism tradition of Tantra ? Author was a student of the late Kalu Rinpoche ? Explores the transmission of Mahamudra, the Great Cosmic Gesture ? Includes the Vijnanabhaïrava Tantra, which contains the totality of the oldest source text on Yoga The Spandakarika, the "Tantric Song of the Divine Pulsation," is said to have been transmitted directly to the sage Vasugupta from the hands of Shiva on Mount Kailas. In his commentary on these fifty-two stanzas, the sage Ksemaraja described them as the heart of the Mahamudra. The oldest masters of Spandakarika viewed everything in the universe, including matter, as consciousness and created a yoga practice in accordance with this realization. The sacred dance of Yoga Spandakarika, Tandava, is extremely subtle and difficult, requiring thousands of hours of practice to master, yet