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'Sahasrara Devi Tantra : Directional guardians'

In the Sahasrara Devi Tantra I have used the directional guardians as they came to me. This has the advantage that as these beings became Buddhas in the Tibetan system and it links with the Bardo Thodol. As such it prepares individuals most readily to deal with the energies encountered in the after-life bardos, whilst practicing meditation and ritual, during the present lifetime.

For those who feel more naturally drawn to the more archaic Hindu ethnicity the guardians of the directions may be seen as the faces of Sadashiva in union with aspects of the Goddess. As such the second section of the Sahasrara Devi Tantra would read:

“Om Ganesh, guardian of the Threshold guide us in our rites!

“Om, face the yellow glow of the East and call upon me in my creative aspect, Khagendra embracing you in your form as Vijjamba oh devi, Hrim Swaha!

“We draw the equal armed cross in a circle at your feet with our wand and golden light

“Om , face the red glow of the South and call upon me in my sustaining aspect, Kurma, embracing you in your form as, Mangala, oh devi, Hrim Swaha!

“We draw the crimson pentacle at your feet.

“Om, face the blue swirling glow of the West and call upon me in my aspect as destroyer of delusive external concepts, Mesa, embracing you in your form as Kamamangala, oh devi, Hrim Swaha! “We place the turquoise shield at your feet.

“Om, face the green glow of the North and call upon me in my phase of dissolution, Macchanda, embracing you in your form as Kunkumamba, oh devi, Hrim Swaha!

“We place the emerald plate at your feet.

“Om, we let our heads sink to behold the black and brown form of the Earth where our son Ganesh presides embracing his shakti Dati Mata, Mother Earth, Hrim Swaha!

“Offer to them the chakra of Art.

“Om, raise your heads to heavens brightest star and call upon the White Light to take our form in our cosmic embrace, oh Lady of Space.

“The sadhaka and sadhika then invite us to indwell.

“Om Siva-Shakti, Hrim Swaha!

“The stars form our pentacles and a girdle for your waist oh sweet one.

“Om Namah Shivaya” to conclude.

Summoning the guardians of the directions is a good prologue to everyday meditation. It serves to focus the mind before resting in formless [Dzokchen] meditation. Any inspirational ideas that present themselves at such times and which seem to come from a strange quarter may be regarded as coming from your higher self. Be on your guard for egotistic delusion. In Dzokchen thoughts are not forced to stop as in Raja Yoga but allowed to flow as a stream of which you are an un-attached observer:
right mindfulness as the Buddhists would have it.