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Song and dance were considered a part of the tantric spiritual practice.
Through songs or dohas, the yogis expressed their levels of
achievements. The dohas of the 84 Siddhas including K峁涐梗峁嚹乧膩rya is very
famous. The Carya songs of these Masters should be considered as pith
instructions regarding the theory, practice and experience of the tantric
method.
The importance of the ritual of song and dance is stressed in the
following two verses from "Hevajra Tantra.
[HT] If songs are sung from joy then let the supreme songs regarding the Vajra
be sung. When joy arises, if the yogi dances for the sake of liberation, then let him
dance the Vajra postures with full attention. (1.6.10)460
It is said that Dance which is the performance of emanation must be
performed with uninterrupted attention, an impassioned mind, and with
the postures of the deities which serve to indicate their natures. Songs
may be sung at the same time and also at a later time. these songs,
couched in code, should express the Means to the supreme. The Dance
is said to be the emanation and the Song the recitation of mantra. With
the Dance the disciples can become familiar with the forms of the deities
to be emanated. With the Songs the whole assembly is protected and the
inimical forces subdued. In this manner the whole assembly is
empowered by the Dance and the Song during the Assembly of the Circle
of Initiates.461
[HT] The Vajra songs are considered as signifying mantra and the dance the
emanation. So the yogi must always sing and dance. (1.6.13)462
[HT] With undistracted concentration the dance is performed assuming the
postures of the divine Heruka and this emanation is performed with an impassioned
460 yadi g墨tam g墨yata 膩nand膩t tarhi vajr膩nvit膩m param/ yadi 盲nande samutpanne
n盲tyate mok峁�ahetuna/ tarhi vajrapade natyam kury膩d yogi sam膩hita岣�//10//
(HT[F&M]., p.64)
461 (HT[F&M]., p.xLi)
462 mantravi艣uddhy膩 sthit膩 g墨t膩 nartan膩 bh膩van膩 sm峁泃膩/ tasm膩d g墨ta帽 ca n膩峁瓂a帽 ca
kury盲d yog墨 sad膩 sad膩//13// (HT[F&M]., p.65)
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