Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam

Foundational Principles of Parabhairavayoga

Gabriel Pradiipaka

• Publisher: István Tamás Énisz
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781648712111
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Eastern Philosophy

This book in reader's hand is a culmination of decades of effort, study and spiritual service of a Yog? called Guru Gabriel Prad?paka, the author. His immense knowledge about the Yoga of Self-realization furnished with his mastery of Sanskrit language is a real gift for spiritual seekers of our modern times. Apart from this fact, it is also a rare opportunity to read a serious treatise on what spirituality really is, in the sense of an actual recognition of the evident, yet hidden, truth open to humankind.

Being his disciple and translator for years, my experience with his special way of teaching was life-changing. Because of this, with the publication of the present book, an old desire came true for me, as it reveals the two most significant aspects of Guru Gabriel Prad?paka's style of teaching. He does not only write in an effective and practical way to trigger real understanding in the reader, but also gives his uniqueness: He translates Sanskrit word by word. Studying Sanskrit literature with his special method has an auspicious fruit for spiritual aspirants who are devoted to reaching those tiny, but crucial details, and also those secrets about Yoga, which simply cannot be transmitted by mere translations.

परभैरवयोगसंस्थापनप्रचोदनम्
(लघुवृत्त्युपेतम्)

Foundational Principles of Parabhairavayoga

(Accompanied by the short commentary)

प्रस्तावनाषट्कम्

Prastāvanāṣaṭkam

Six introductory stanzas

यस्मात्कालेऽस्मिन्परमार्थनिष्ठालक्षणेऽसन्तुष्टः।
अतिविभाविपरभैरवः परमशिव एव सर्वशक्तिः॥१॥
तस्मात्सोऽज्ञानमयदाहिसंसारान्मुमुक्षुसाधकानाम्।
त्राणाय स्वनाम भरन्तं नवयोगमिममस्थापयत्॥२॥

Yasmātkāle’sminparamārthaniṣṭhālakṣaṇe’santuṣṭaḥ|
Ativibhāviparabhairavaḥ paramaśiva eva sarvaśaktiḥ||1||
Tasmātso’jñānamayadāhisaṁsārānmumukṣusādhakānām|
Trāṇāya svanāma bharantaṁ navayogamimamasthāpayat||2||

Since (yasmāt) the greatly Mighty Parabhairava (ati-vibhāvi-parabhairavaḥ) —Paramaśiva Himself (parama-śivaḥ eva), the Master of all the Powers (sarva-śaktiḥ)— was not pleased (asantuṣṭaḥ) with the quality (lakṣaṇe) of spirituality (paramārthaniṣṭhā) at this time (kāle asmin), therefore (tasmāt), He (saḥ) founded (asthāpayat) this (imam) new Yoga (nava-yogam), which bears (bharantam) His name (sva-nāma), for protecting (trāṇāya) the spiritual aspirants (sādhakānām) who desire to escape (mumukṣu) from burning Saṁsāra or Transmigration (dāhi-saṁsārāt) full of (maya) ignorance (ajñāna).

Since the greatly Mighty Parabhairava —Paramaśiva Himself, the Master of all the Powers— was not pleased with the quality of spirituality at this time, therefore, He founded this new Yoga, which bears His name, for protecting the spiritual aspirants who desire to escape from burning Saṁsāra or Transmigration full of ignorance.

Explanation: Currently, spirituality in this world is absolutely despicable. The conjunction of bad quality Guru-s and bad quality disciples has created quite a confusion, which adds more misery to the already immense accumulation of suffering in this humankind. What should have been the solution became an additional problem. So much hatred toward the opinion of others, jealousy, desires to have exclusivity, constant hostility to new viewpoints, discrimination, absolute stupidity and childish attitudes on the part of people who should be, at least in theory, teaching by example. All that foolishness has moved the Mighty Parabhairava, the Master of all Powers, to found this new Yoga which bears His name: Parabhairavayoga – Yoga of Parabhairava.

Why? In order to protect the genuine spiritual aspirants who are really desirous to escape from the terrifying machinery of Saṁsāra, the never-ending Transmigration full of pain, i.e. moving from one thought to another thought, from one emotion to another emotion, from one body to another body, and so on, which, in the end, leads nowhere except more suffering.

If the constant generation of serious spiritual aspirants is stopped, there is no reason for this world to exist really. And these spiritual aspirants need a serious spiritual path to advance toward the Final Goal of existence. That is why Parabhairava, from time to time, does some experiments with new things. This is the case with Parabhairavayoga then.

One is born a human being only to attain Liberation from Saṁsāra. If this Goal is not attained, then all the rest is just useless, as a pile of zeros without ‘1’ at the beginning. What is the importance of all that? Zero! Current society is driven by the idea of progress only associated with the development of technology and comforts, but this is not true progress in my eyes. Real progress happens when a person moves to Liberation, because if he is bound to everything, what is the point of all the rest? And one is bound to everything because one does not know that his real nature is Absolute Freedom. Deluded in this way, such a person in total bondage dreams about progress associated with any other thing except this Freedom. In order to start to correct this situation, Parabhairava has founded this new Yoga.

स्वैः स्वैर्लघुव्याख्याभिः सह द्वानवतिरात्मविरचितानाम्।
सूत्राणामिमानि तस्मै तेन ह्यधुनोपहृतानि॥३॥

Svaiḥ svairlaghuvyākhyābhiḥ saha dvānavatirātmaviracitānām|
Sūtrāṇāmimāni tasmai tena hyadhunopahṛtāni||3||

These (imāni) ninety-two (dvānavatiḥ) aphorisms (sūtrāṇām) written (viracitānām) by Himself (ātma), along with (saha) their respective short comments (svaiḥ svaiḥ laghu-vyākhyābhiḥ), are now offered by Him as an oblation (tena hi adhunā upahṛtāni) to Himself (tasmai).

These ninety-two aphorisms written by Himself, along with their respective short comments, are now offered by Him as an oblation to Himself.

Explanation: Though there are many beings, there is only one Being. Though there are many doers, there is only one Doer. These ninety-two aphorisms condensing the foundational teachings of Parabhairavayoga, and their short commentary, were written by the real Doer then. Why Him and not another? Simply because there is nobody else to do it here. In short, the multitude of beings is just His form and not another thing. And now all this is offered as an oblation to Him performed by Himself!

श्रीपरभैरवयोगोऽयं त्रिकदर्शनप्रतिष्ठापनोऽपि।
सिद्धपारम्पर्यपरिमलेन बहुशोऽधिवासितस्तु॥४॥

Śrīparabhairavayogo’yaṁ trikadarśanapratiṣṭhāpano’pi|
Siddhapāramparyaparimalena bahuśo’dhivāsitastu||4||

This (ayam) venerable Parabhairavayoga (śrī-parabhairavayogaḥ), though (api) having Trika philosophy as its foundations (trika-darśana-pratiṣṭhāpanaḥ), is anyway abundantly perfumed (bahuśas adhivāsitaḥ tu) by the fragrance (parimalena) of the uninterrupted succession (pāramparya) of Siddha-s or Beings who attained Perfection (siddha).

This venerable Parabhairavayoga, though having Trika philosophy as its foundations, is anyway abundantly perfumed by the fragrance of the uninterrupted succession of Siddha-s or Beings who attained Perfection.

Explanation: My Guru was Svāmī Muktānanda Paramahaṁsa, my Grand Guru Bhagavān Nityānanda, and my Trika-Guru, Svāmī Lakṣmaṇa Joo Raina. Despite I could say I belong to two spiritual lineages (one of my Guru and Grand Guru and the other coming from my Trika-Guru), I always say that my real lineage is the one of my Guru an...