Sri Chakra

SRI CHAKRA

S. SHANKARANARAYANAN

SRI CHAKRA, the king of chakras is a master plan of manifestation drawn by the divine Draughtsman on the board of the infinite, a transcript of the Transcendent, a symbol-image of the supernal verities. The spiritual and occult tradition of the worship of the Mother Goddess and the Sadhana of Srividhya are explained in sixteen chapters in terms of modern thought and understanding. Based on authentic and authoritative Tantric texts the exposition in English is inspiring and original, almost a classic in the field of esoteric literature.

About the Author:

Though his academic attainments are in Mathematics and his professional interests lie in a specialised field of industrial management, Sri S. Shankaranarayan has retained his first love for Sanskrit. In his childhood he was introduced to the ancient Sanskrit lore by his grandfather, Sri S. Narayana Iyer, who was himself a deep initiate in Sri Vidya, Later he came under the dynamic influence of Sri Kapali Sastriar. Shankaranarayanan cherishes a special regard for this tradition of the worship of the Divine Mother and his treatises on Devi Mahatmyam-both in Tamil and English have acquired an authenticity of their own. The present work on Sri Cakra, revealing as it does the depth of his scholarship, practical insight and occult knowledge, promises to be a classic on the subject. Endowed with luminous intellect, well-versed in the modes of esoteric worship and awake with an active spiritual aspiration, Shankaranarayanan is marked out to play a singular role in the resuscitation of the spiritual and occult tradition of India in terms of modern thought and understanding.

-M. P. PANDIT

I	The Way of the Tantra	1
II	The Concept of the Chakra	6
III	The King of Chakras	15
IV	The Emergence of Sri Chakra	20
V	Bindu and Trikona	28
VI	The Threefold and Ninefold Division	33
VII	The Nine Chakras	40
VIII	The Two in One	43
IX	The Deities	51
X	Sri Chakra and the Mantra	61
XI	Sri Chakra and the Guru	69
XII	Sri Chakra and the Human Body	78
XIII	Sri Chakra-Formulations	89
XIV	Outer Worship	95
XV	Inner Worship	105
XVI	Meditations	116