Great-Bliss-Tantric-Sex-and-the-Path-to-Inner-Awakening

Verses 70 and 71: The heart (hṛidaya) refers to the heart cakra at the center of your chest, not
your physical heart.
Each eye, breast (stana), and armpit is armored with mantras individually.
Verse 72a and 72b: Upon reciting this verse, when you have an extended period of time to
practice with your lover, or are practicing solo, you may recite the deity’s seed mantra, her
dhāraṇī mantra, or the mantra of Padmanarteśvara many times. As you do so, visualize the two
deities in sexual union.
Praise – Pūjā
Verse 72c: Ritually offering incense to each other is a purifying gift.
Verse 73: “Perform the primal pūjā, vajra seat and vajra” is an announcement that the two
practitioners will make love. It is two-fold because it is practiced with two instruments, the
woman’s “vajra seat” and the man’s vajra. It is the “primal pūjā,” the original act of worship.
Verse 74: “Delights” refers specifically to areca nut (tāmbūla) rolled in betel leaf, with other
spices like cardamom or camphor often added. You may substitute other sweets as you desire.
Verses 75 and 76: Verses 75 and 76 focus your awareness intently on yourselves as the deities,
honoring each other with praise, pleasurably releasing yourselves from dualistic consciousness.
Verses 77, 78, and 79: The “vajra union” (vajra mudrām, lit. vajra gesture) is the indestructible
union of female and male sexual organs.
Completion Stage – Niṣpanna Krama
Sexual Yoga - Karmamudrā
You embrace your second consort, your physical consort.
Foreplay – Nava Puṣpa
Verse 80: “Ninefold Blossoming” (Nava Puṣpa) is a term for foreplay. While verses 24 to 32
were intended for the sexual arousal of the two practitioners, these verses are for the sexual
arousal of the actual deities that the two practitioners have become.
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