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I came across this pretty scene while out for a walk by a lake. I took several photos, and blended them in photoshop to get an effect of movement in the foliage but a still yogini (hope I haven't mis-used the word!)
The Chausath Yogini temple is in Mitaoli village (also spelled Mitawali or Mitavali), near Padaoli in Morena district 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Gwalior.According to an inscription dated to 1323 CE (Vikram Samvat 1383), the temple was built by the Kachchhapaghata king Devapala (r. c. 1055 – 1075). It is said that the temple was the venue of providing education in astrology and mathematics based on the transit of the Sun.
The Archaeological Survey of India has declared the temple an ancient and historical monument under Act No. LXXI of 1951, dt.28/11/1951.
The Chausath Yogini Temple, Morena, also known as Ekattarso Mahadeva Temple, Standing atop an isolated hill of about hundred feet high, this circular temple commands a splendid view of the cultivated fields below. This temple is so named because of the presence of multitude of shivalingas inside its cells. This circular temple is one among the very few such temples in India. This is a yogini temple dedicated to sixty-four yoginis.
It is externally circular in shape with a radius of 170 feet and within its interior part it has 64 small chambers.Within the main central shrine there are slab coverings which have perforations in them to drain rainwater to a large underground storage. The pipe lines from the roof lead the rain water to the storage are also visible.
The design of the temple has withstood earthquake shocks, without any
damage to its circular structural features, in the past several centuries. The temple is in the Seismic Zone III.
Many of these curious visitors have compared this temple with the Indian parliament building (Sansad Bhawan) as both are circular in style. Many have drawn conclusions that this temple was the inspiration behind the Sansad Bhawan.
Sculptures by Stephen Cox of the female master practioners of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in the Indian sub-continent, SE Asia and Greater Tibet.
Other sulptures by Stephen Cox are displayed at Houghton Hall, Norfolk.
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she's not as dead as she looks. she does this all of the time. do not try this at home
UPDATE: This photo has been stolen so many times I only have a tiny copy on Flickr now.
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This is depiction of Chausath Yogini temple at Jabalpur. Its a heritage site, was built in 10th century. At its periphery has life sized statues of 64 yoginis as name suggests.
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A beautiful Hindu Temple alleged to be inspiration behind the design of Indian House of Parliament also known as Chausath (64) Yogini Temple, Morena build on structure based on 64 chambers, situated 40 kilometers (25 mi) away from Gwalior(M.P.)
Drak Yerpa the historic complex of caves and temples.
Also: Brag Yer-pa, Druk Yerpa, Dagyeba, Dayerpa, Trayerpa. The entrance to the Yerpa Valley is about 16 km northeast of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Kyichu. From there, it is another 10 km to the famous ancient meditation caves in the spectacular limestone cliffs of the Yerpa Valley.
There are a number of small temples shrines and hermitages and the cliffs contain some of the earliest known meditation sites in Tibet, some dating back to pre-Buddhist times. Among the more famous are those traditionally connected with Songtsän Gampo (604–650 CE), (traditionally the 33rd king of the Yarlung Dynasty and first emperor of a united Tibet). His Tibetan queen, Monza Triucham, founded the Dra Yerpa temple here.
He and his two foreign-born queens are said to have meditated in the 'Peu Marsergyi Temple' and in the 'Chogyel Puk', and to have discovered 'self-originated' symbols of the Buddha-body, speech and mind. Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpoche (late 8th to early 9th century), meditated and practiced tantric yoga with his yogini Yeshe Tsogyal here, and to have spent 7 months in meditation in the 'Dawa Puk', which is considered to be one of his three most important places of attainment.
After this, Yerpa became one of the three most important centres of meditation and retreat in Central Tibet. Several of Guru Rinpoche's disciples are also said to have meditated here. Atisha (982 - 1054 CE) preached extensively in the valley. Atisha's hermitage is in ruins but had 300 monks in the 19th century and was the summer quarters for the Ramoche Monastery (the Upper Tantric College).
བྲག་ཡེར་པ་ RY Drak Yerpa, in U. Trak Yerpa. the holy place of Guru Padmasambhava related to the speech aspect
RY Yerpa. A mountain retreat near Lhasa in Central Tibet
Q : What do you get when you cross a designer, artist, yogini, social activist with cancer?
A: You get a conscious voice who realizes, in the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, that there is “nothing to fear but fear itself!” My personal battle with breast cancer provided me with an opportunity to get involved in the healing process and dig deep! As the result of this experience, I learned that this disease, like many others, can be prevented with early detection and lifestyle changes. It would be surprising if an industry making an obscene amount of money from human sickness would have any reason to become focused on preventative measures until forced to do so by people like you and me. We have to make that change. The artwork and designs reflect my own journey with an indiscriminate killer! My goal was to find a creative outlet to express my own pain, fears, and frustration in a way that would create positive change!
Using Cancer as a Catalyst for Creating Positive Change!
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i learned so much from noah and decided to ask for a picture with him. i am so rarely in my photos, because I am usually too busy taking them. but if pam ever posts the pictures and video she took, you may see me on the internet, observing in amazement at all the things noah and my fellow yogis and yoginis can do.
The Chausath Yogini Temple, Morena, also known as Ekattarso Mahadeva Temple, is an 11th-century temple located in Morena district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the few well-preserved Yogini temples in the country. The temple is formed by a circular wall with 64 chambers and an open mandapa in the centre, separated by a courtyard which is circular in shape, where Shiva is deified.
The Chausath Yogini temple is in Mitaoli village (also spelled Mitawali or Mitavali), near Padaoli in Morena district 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Gwalior. According to an inscription dated to 1323 CE (Vikram Samvat 1383), the temple was built by the Kachchhapaghata king Devapala (r. c. 1055 – 1075). It is said that the temple was the venue of providing education in astrology and mathematics based on the transit of the Sun.
The temple is located on a hill which is about 100 feet (30 m) in height and there are 100 steps to climb leading to the entrance of the temple. It is externally circular in shape with a radius of 170 feet (52 m) and within its interior part it has 64 small chambers, each with a mandapa which is open and a facia of pilasters and pillars. The roof of the entire structure is flat including that of another east facing circular temple within the outer circular wall. A large passage or courtyard lies between the outer enclosure and the central temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva. There is an open porch entrance to this temple. The exterior surface of the outer wall has carvings of Hindu deities. Each of the 64 chambers in the outer circle has an image of Shiva deified in it. However, recent investigations have confirmed that originally these had a Yogini image deified in them and hence the temple is known as Chausath Yogini Temple ('Chausath' here means "Sixty four" ). It is said that the roof over the 64 chambers and the central shrine had towers or shikharas which were probably removed during later modifications.
Within the main central shrine there are slab coverings which have perforations in them to drain rainwater to a large underground storage. The pipe lines from the roof lead the rain water to the storage are also visible. The temple needs conservation measures to preserve the ancient monument in good shape.
The design of the temple has withstood earthquake shocks, without any damage to its circular structural features, in the past several centuries. The temple is in the Seismic Zone III. This fact was cited when the issue of safety from earthquake effect of the Parliament House which is also a circular structure, whose design is taken from the Chausath Yogini Temple, was debated in the Indian Parliament.
"Abandon the unstable horse of thought that changes its course like the wind. Realize your own spontaneous nature and thought, all at once, will stop!"
- Heart to Heart 5 - A song to the glory of the spontaneous - The Yoga of the Moon - Crazy Wisdom of The Yogini by Daniel Odier
its solstice!
the moment of solstice is 10:51 universal time saturday june 21
here's a way, relative to universal time, for finding the time of solstice where ~you~ are
(its just after midnight here in hawai'i.. and on the east coast of the americas, its at the very first light of dawn :)
Love is the soul's light
~rumi
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One of the 64 Yoginis in the 64 Yogini Temple at Hirapur, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
Photo provided by Kimberly Roberts of Papaya Yoga, www.papayayoga.com/
Machig Labdrön (Tibetan: མ་གཅིག་ལབ་སྒྲོན་, Wylie: Ma-gcig Lab-sgron, English translation: Unique Mother Torch of Lab) (1055 - 1149[1]) was a renowned 11th century Tibetan Tantric Buddhist practitioner and teacher.
Machig Lapdrön was a great Tibetan yogini who originated several Tibetan lineages of the Indian tantric practice of Chöd. Machig may have came from a Bönpo family and, according to Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, developed Chöd by combining native Tibetan Bönpo shamanism with the Dzogchen teachings.
Chöd is a visionary Buddhist practice of cutting attachment to one’s corporeal form (in terms of the dualistic proclivity to relate to one's corporeal form as a reference-point that proves one’s existence). The Chöd practice, which has been widespread in Tibet since Machig's lifetime, is also called "The Beggars' Offering" or the "The Cutting-Off-Ritual". This means that a practitioner offers their own body. The practitioner works entirely with their own mind, visualizing the offering, and by practicing in lonely and dreaded places--like cemeteries--works to overcome all fear.
Chöd is often used to overcome sickness in order to heal oneself and others. In the Chöd practice, practitioners often use a bell, small drum (a Chöd damaru), and a thigh-bone trumpet (kangling).
Iconographically, Machig Labdrön is often depicted with the attributes of a dakini, a representation of enlightened female energy. She holds a drum (damaru) in her right hand and a bell in her left. Her right leg is often lifted and the standing left leg is bent in motion. Machig is white in color with three eyes and wears the six bone ornaments traditional to a practicing yogini.