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order to obtain the necessary power (viryam) to cut the bonds. A Saivite
tantric master will concentrate on the recitation of mantras of the three
Goddesses, the four Bhairavas, the eight Aghoras etc. (HCC, XXIII, 31).
This procedure aiming at stretneming the mantric force creates new
faculties for the subtle body which act in the same way in which the
sense organs do for the material body (SpK, II, 1). This method is
called the "vow of wisdom" (tadvratam) and technically it consists in
a unification of mantra with the power of vital breath along seventeen
wheels of the subtle body, from the "root" upto the supreme wheel of
the self. The application of mantras on cakras can be made separately,
viz. insisting on a single wheel, or passing through all the wheels one
by one; also, a certain mantra can be applied simultaneously to all the
cakras. Such a proceeding bestows supreme self-awareness.
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The "vow of wisdom" is the last step toward
the master's accomplishment inasmuch as it is the final procedure or a
thorough interiority of the world. From now on, the master may celebrate
all the rites mentally (TA, XXIII, 44a). Further, he must take care
bestow the knowledge, the mastery, occult powers and the sense of sacred
scriptures only to suitable disciples and after examining them for a
long
time. The mere desire which arises sometimes
proach the hidden meaning of existence can not be taken always for a
firm diminishment of power, as it could be like the passing desire of
an
inveterate sinner not to sin further (TA, XXIII, 48-49).
in a person to ap-
When the master ascertains that he has imparted
the knowledge to an unsuitable person, he will proceed to the "purloining