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alwayson
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Thokar
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 Posted - May 12 2008 : 9:19:33 PM
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| I'd really like to get that book but it looks a bit expensive.... Even the cheaper copies were 70+$ and amazon's copy was 150.00! |
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flying fakir
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 15 2008 : 10:03:31 AM
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I've just seen this after logging on to the AYP site for the first time in a while - I've been in India and far from a good web connection.
Yes, the book is prohibitively expensive - I'm sorry. I hadn't realised it would be quite so much when I agreed to have Routledge publish it. Funnily enough, I've just emailed them to ask when I can arrange for a cheaper edition to be published in India, but don't hold your breath  I expect it will be quite some time.
All the best,
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sparkyfoxMD
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 17 2008 : 4:05:15 PM
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| I have this book. Its quite intellectual- interesting historical and contextual information. Have to say I have learned more from Yoganis books the lessons and this board. Secrets of Wilder is essential reading and contains encouragement and sheer wonderment of the practice and devotion that is necessary on the spiritual path....this Khecarividya of Adinatha by James Mallinson is agood reference book. But thats all. |
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flying fakir
United Kingdom
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Posted - May 19 2008 : 10:27:17 AM
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Hi Sparkyfox,
Thanks for the praise and I agree with what you say - my book was never intended to be a how-to guide to khecarimudra, but an enquiry into its history and context. It is aimed primarily at scholars but also at anyone interested in yoga beyond its practical aspects. The work was driven by intellectual curiosity and fascination with the subject, as well as an ultimately vain need to justify to myself and others all the time I spend living with my guru and other yogins in India.
My practice has benefited from some parts of the text, particularly the visualisations, and also from the insights, both practical and theoretical, of some of the yogins I've met in India, but I wouldn't recommend the book to someone who simply wanted to learn the mechanics of the technique: as you say, Yogani's books and this forum do a better job of that.
All the best,
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alwayson
Canada
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Posted - May 21 2008 : 7:39:09 PM
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flying fakir,
please try to get an edition for my homeland india |
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alwayson
Canada
288 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2008 : 6:52:19 PM
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I just got this book yesterday through interlibrary loan, and spent the whole day reading it.
It is an awesome book, with tons of practical advice. There are aspects of kechari mudra explained, that I have not read elsewhere.
Just one example, is that, you should consciously spit out any salty secretions for in actuality that is not amrita.
I have read other academic books about certain Buddist tantras, where the author-scholar forces himself to come up with certain new conclusions just for the sake of academics.
Mallinson does not do this, and lets the works speak for themselves.
I give it a 7 out of 5, for meeting and then handsomely exceeding my expectations.
The notes section in the back of the book contains much of the interesting material. I finally understand the secretive kaya-kalpa practice somewhat. |
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Ananda
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 11:20:40 AM
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hello everyone,
dear alwayson if what you said is true concerning spitting the salty secretions which i personaly find rather tasty and sweet than salty then that seems to contradicts with what is taught here.
cz if my memory serves me right it has been asked in the q&as in the lessons b4 by a practitioner that there was a good taste left in his mouth and it's usually swalowed.
wish you could light some things up concerning this matter at least cz i for person am swallowing that stuff and if it's unhealthy then i guess it's better to throw it out but would like to know the reason why and sadly enough the book is too damn expensive.
it's concidered as a salary for some people arround my country.
namaste,
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alwayson
Canada
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Posted - Oct 23 2008 : 5:29:26 PM
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Ananda
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Posted - Oct 24 2008 : 2:09:16 PM
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i never met with salty b4, but if i did i will take the advice.
thx my friend. |
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contemplative
USA
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Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 12:53:25 PM
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Originally posted by alwayson
It is an awesome book, with tons of practical advice. There are aspects of kechari mudra explained, that I have not read elsewhere.
I give it a 7 out of 5, for meeting and then handsomely exceeding my expectations.
Thanks for the review.
I just ordered it. I'll post again when it arrives
Warm Regards
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alwayson
Canada
288 Posts |
Posted - Nov 21 2008 : 1:03:30 PM
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Excellent!
Make sure you read the notes in the back of the book.
That is where some of the most interesting material is! |
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divinefurball
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 5:25:01 PM
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Hello, I have just finished a first read of Prof. Mallinson's book, and am impressed by the scholarship, the contribution to Indic Studies, and the motivation to make - what might have been considered to be - an obsure text - available in English. Thank you Prof. Mallinson. That said, I must also second alwayson, in the observation that the notes are really an invaluable contibution, from which much can be gleened, and are further testimoney to Mallinson's patience and thouroughness. Whats more, from what I can see he has no sectarian ax to grind. Several citations from the notes were of great value to me in respect to some things I have had questions about and posted about recently, and I will add to those posts with the pertainent specifics, and appropriate references at some time. The translation itself, contains 'information' about Kundalini's movment through the chakras in relation to kechari which I have not seen before, that is both anthropologicly and spiritually significant.
I got it through inter-library loan - so many interested aypers should be able too as well.
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Ananda
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Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 10:14:45 AM
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just a little add on to this post, you may concider it as an edit to my post.
there is stand alone salty secretion from time to time during khechari mudra.
light and love,
Ananda |
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rtsvet
Germany
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Posted - Jun 24 2009 : 08:41:09 AM
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Hi everybody,
I need page 215 and page 232 of Mallinson's Book
Could someone post it for me, PLS? (if you have a picture, scan or ...)
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Does anyone have this book on Khechari?
