1. Sri Vijnana Bhairava Tantra

(The sakara sadhanas) are described for those people of deluded intellect, who are prey to distracted thought patterns or are inclined towards the performance of action and ostentatious rituals to traverse the path of meditation. Just as space, direction and form are revealed by the flame of a candle or the rays of the sun, similarly Shiva is revealed by the medium of Shakti, O dear one. In this way, wherever there is mindful awareness, either on the void, or on another (object such as a) wall, or on an excellent person (such as a guru), gradually the boon of absorption into the self is granted. By steady contemplation on the void of the back (sushemna), the void of the root and the void of the heart simultaneously, there arised the state of nirvikalpa, which is free from thought constructs. O gazelle-eyed one, concentrate upon all the constituents of the body pervaded by space, so that the thought becomes steady. Verse Number: 48 By this method on should meditate on all the sides or aspects of the universe up to the shiva tattwa (which is the quintessence) of all. In this way the experience of the supreme reality arises. O gazelle-eyed one, verily by applying the performance of austerities, great bliss arises immediately, by which the essence is illuminated. Verse Number: 67 One should throw the blissful mind into the fire (manipuraka chakra) in the middle of that fibre -like lotus stalk (sushumna) or into that which is only full of air (anahata chakra). Then one is united with the remembrance of bliss. Whenever there is satisfaction of mind and the mind is held there alone, the nature of supreme bliss manifests . Verse Number: 75 Sacred on a soft seat , by means of one buttock, with the hands and legs relaxed, at this time the mind becomes full of transcendence. Verse Number: 79 (Placing) the middle of the tongue in that which has been opened widely and throwing the consciousness in the middle, mentally repeating 'Ha', the mind will be dissolved in tranquility. By contemplating thus, the antahkarna, or inner instrument of mind, and so on is non-existent within me,then, in the absence of vikalpas (thought constructs), one becomes free from the vikalpas. The subject-object consciousness is common to everybody. Yogis, however, are especially alert regarding this relationship. Where ever the mind moves, whether outwards or inwards, there the all-pervasive state of shiva will go, Verse Number: 117 At the beginning and the end of sneezing, in terror, sorrow or confusion, when fleeing from a battle field, during (keen) curiosity, or at the onset or appeasement of hunger, that state is the external existence of Brahma. By contemplating on Bhairava as all that which is void and cannot be known, grasped or imagined, at the end realization takes place. Verse Number: 128 Wherever the mind dwell, casting that aside that very moment, the mind becomes support less and free from disturbance. Verse Number: 130 The word Bhairava denotes he who dispels all fear and terror, who howls and cries, who gives all, and who pervades the entire universe (manifest and unmanifest). He who constantly repeats the word Bhairava becomes one with shiva.