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1. NEW ONLINE CLASSES with TAMÁS TRYAMBAKA: Introduction to Spirituality
2. CONTENT: Participants can get acquainted with the Non-dual Spiritual perspective and Parabhairavayoga. Parabhairavayoga was founded by Guru Gabriel Pradīpaka and is a revised version of Trika Shaivism for a modern age, aiming to achieve Spiritual Liberation as soon as possible.
3. TEACHER: You can read more about the teacher on this page: Parabhairavayoga.org/tamastryambaka
4. PARTICIPATION: Information about participation can be found in the pinned post of the Parabhairavayoga Hungary Instagram page: instagram.com/parabhairavayoga.hungary (it is both in Hungarian and English)
5. What is Parabhairavayoga? On the Parabhairavayoga website, there is a brief description about it. In Trika Shaivism there are four schools: Spanda, Pratyabhijñā, Kula, and Krama. In Parabhairavayoga, we place greater emphasis on the Spanda and Pratyabhijñā schools, and less emphasis on Kula and Krama. This is the main distinctive feature of Parabhairavayoga. Another characteristic of Parabhairavayoga is that there is an acquisition of divine knowledge for a swift attainment of spiritual Liberation, rather than embarking on years and years of scholarly study of secondary subjects. Alright, this is a good summary of what Parabhairavayoga is.
6. Enjoy!

1. I am now translating the commentary on the Pratyabhijñāhṛdayam into English. I had already translated the original scripture containing twenty aphorisms. I had this commentary as pending work that I needed to complete sooner or later. As I specify in the translation itself that I am preparing, I only translate the scripture without adding any detailed and thorough explanation. For such an explanation, please buy the respective book by the venerable Jaideva Singh. He already took on the heavy work of explaining everything in detail. Yes, it is only in English. People who do not speak English will have to make the extra effort to learn English, at least for reading, or they will have to use AI in some way to translate the text, etc. In short, all of this has to do with the «personal efforts» that each one must make to obtain divine knowledge. But yes, regarding my translation of the commentary: At the same time that I translate it into English, I also translate it into Spanish. For now I only publish the English translation as I advance daily, but in the end, when the work is finished, I will publish the complete Spanish translation as well.
2. The translations into the other four languages will come gradually over time, as usual.
3. I hope the followers of Trika Shaivism are very pleased.
4. What comes next? Now I will focus on one of two things: More short hymns, or else, some long scripture. I must decide.
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1. I finished translating Section 4 into English and Spanish, and with this act I can now say that the entire venerable Haṭhayogapradīpikā is completely translated both into English and into Spanish.
2. The translations into the other four languages will come gradually over time, as usual.
3. I hope that the followers of Haṭhayoga are now very, very happy.
4. My specialty is Trika Shaivism, but since the Haṭhayogapradīpikā is a fairly well-known and important scripture in the Yoga environment, I stepped out of my normal Śaiva translation scheme and started translating it until I finished it.
5. What comes next? Now I will focus on a Trika scripture. I will post the news as "Work in progress", just as I have been doing these days with my translation work. This way you can enjoy daily updates in English. The Spanish version will come at the end, and then the translations into other languages. Yes, it is a long and complex work, but I feel enormous pleasure doing it and in the process helping as many people as I can while this mortal body still exists, which is, like all bodies on this planet, doomed to destruction, sooner or later.
6. Enjoy it!.

1. I translated the celebrated Bhairavastotram of Abhinavagupta both into English and into Spanish.
2. This hymn is very famous and consists of nine stanzas plus a tenth stanza that acts as a kind of epilogue. When I started translating, I looked at the translations available on the Web to get some idea of what I was facing. However, all of them were, to put it mildly, totally horrendous. It is a shame that such a famous hymn by Abhinavagupta did not have a decent translation. So, without further ado, I set about translating it «from scratch». I did the best I could. Now it can be said that this important hymn has a reasonably decent translation into English and Spanish, to start with. There are some parts of the hymn that, due to the ambiguity of the possible meanings, made me hesitate. Even so, I had to choose the translation that seemed best to me. With Sanskrit this is usual since many words have «too many possible meanings». This raises the level of uncertainty when having to choose one meaning or another. That is why it is always advisable to try to get some previous translation to see if one has not gone to the hell with one's translation. I know that other translators also use my translations as a kind of inspiration. This is normal when translating Sanskrit, unless the writing is so original and secret that it was never translated before. In that case, a very long investigative work is necessary to ensure that the translation is at least decent. Yes, serious mistakes can be made if one is not careful. This is also normal in this field.
3. The translations into the other four languages will come gradually over time, as always.
4. I hope that now the followers of Abhinavagupta are even happier than before (with my translation of the Anuttarāṣṭikā).
5. What now? I am going to finish the translation of a traditional scripture. It will take me one or two weeks, I suppose. I will be showing the English translation daily as I progress, as I usually do these days.
6. Enjoy it!.

1. I translated the celebrated Anuttarāṣṭikā of Abhinavagupta both into English and into Spanish.
2. This hymn consisting of eight stanzas of long meter was written by the Great Sage from the point of view of Anupāya. In Anupāya the Guru simply tells his disciple "Tvaṁ śivo'si" (You are Śiva), and the disciple attains instantaneous enlightenment. Yes, certainly, Anupāya is extremely rare now because the usual quality of disciples is little more than pitiful in this dark Kaliyuga. Nevertheless, there may be times when a great disciple appears who only needs that small push from his Guru.
3. The translations into the other four languages will come gradually over time, as always.
4. I hope that the followers of Abhinavagupta are now very happy.
5. What comes next now? I am translating another of Abhinavagupta's famous hymns. I will finish soon, I hope.
6. Enjoy it!.

1. The famous Bhagavadgītā is now fully translated word by word both in English and in Spanish.
2. The translations in the other four languages will come gradually over time.
3. I hope that now the followers of Lord Viṣṇu are very happy.
4. My specialty is Trika Shaivism, but since the Bhagavadgītā is a very important universal scripture, I stepped out of my usual Śaiva translation scheme and began translating it until I finished it.
5. What's next now? I will try to finish the translations I had already started in the past. In addition, I will include more scriptures not only from Trika Shaivism.
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ANNIVERSARY: 27 YEARS!

1. Dear visitors, on June 1^st we will be celebrating the 27th Anniversary of our beloved website!
2. Relevant news from this past year:
3. (1) I have fully translated the famous scripture called Vijñānabhairava both into English and into Spanish.
4. (2) Appointment of authorized teachers and successors empowered to teach Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism.
5. (3) In November 2025, I successfully completed my English translation of the entire Tantrāloka of Abhinavagupta. It was a titanic task that took me nearly two years.
6. (4) Ongoing translation of the Tantrāloka into Russian (Chapter 16 has just been fully translated by Gurumā). Another titanic effort.
7. (5) Thanks to Ivan Nandī, you can now hide all Sanskrit in the scriptures to read them more easily. This feature is active in all my translations.
8. (6) Also thanks to Ivan, you can now download the IAST versions of the scriptures that I have translated and am translating.
9. (7) Likewise, other important things occurred on our YouTube channel and in our Reddit communities, but it is not relevant to discuss them here.
10. Statistics for the last twelve months (between June 2025 and current May):
11. As a summary of the displayed statistics covering the last twelve months: We increased by over 1.2M visits compared to the previous twelve-month period (between June 2024 and May 2025). Thus, we now surpass 3.1M visits in twelve months, averaging 259K visits per month —a very large number for a “niche” website like ours. However, this May we likely already exceeded 350K, marking a record-breaking month in terms of visits. Furthermore, the number of pages viewed during this period is around 8.9M, and the number of files served exceeds 7.6M; finally, we had approximately 17.2M hits, with about 831GB of bandwidth consumed. It should be noted that since June last year, we have implemented a Cloudflare filter for AI bots, as “that plague” was consuming enormous bandwidth and inflating statistics uselessly.
12. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach various topics. If you wish to participate, ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am only a few months away from completing this text, which I composed two years ago. This year I will teach my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
13. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you can purchase whatever you wish, thereby supporting my work on this site, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years, I have been offered to display “ads” (advertising), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find ads on websites annoying, so I do not want that for my eager readers.
14. Enjoy it!

1. I have finished translating the Vijñānabhairava into English and into Spanish. This scripture is found within the famous Tantra called Rudrayāmala. It is a compendium of 112 methods of concentration belonging to the three types of upāya-s or means in Trika Shaivism. Notwithstanding this, the most important thing about the scripture is not the 112 techniques, in my opinion, but what Śiva says at the beginning and at the end. Spiritual Liberation is something that has to do predominantly with Knowledge and not with the practice of techniques, which crowd together in this scripture as if they were cooking recipes. I never believed in the techniques of Yoga, even though I practiced them for many years. They never led me to any significant achievement. It was divine Knowledge that gave me everything. In any case, the more beginner the disciple, the more interested he is in techniques. So here all the novices have a bunch of concentration methods to feast on. But remember that in the end Liberation has more to do with Knowledge than with action. Certainly the Kriyāśakti or Power of Action unfolds for the enlightened one the experience of unity with the universe, but this is the fruit of His Grace and not a personal achievement by practicing meditation techniques. Abhinavagupta postulated the existence of purifying actions, but beyond this, the main tool for liberation is Knowledge which opens the door to the Grace of the Great Lord Śiva. This has been my experience, at least. Of course, there will always be people in disagreement. This is called "the tower of Babel", where everyone speaks and no one understands the other. They only argue wrapped in the deepest ignorance.
2. My wife and incessant collaborator, Gurumā, has already finished translating the gigantic 15^th chapter of the Tantrāloka into Russian. Right now she is about to finish chapter 16. As is obvious, to carry out such tasks she needs the Grace of the Highest Bhairava. No one develops such resilience without His Help. Congratulations then!
3. In April I initiated four putraka-s (spiritual sons) and one putrikā (spiritual daughter). Here you can see them. They will be in charge of carrying the lineage of Parabhairavayoga born from the union of the lineages of my two Guru-s, Svāmī-s Muktānanda and LakṣmaṇaJoo.
4. I am conducting satsaṅga-s (gatherings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), in which I teach various topics. If you wish to participate, make sure you are proficient in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse about the Real I). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. This year I will teach my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its brief commentary).
5. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you can purchase whatever you wish, thus helping me sustain my work on this site, which remains completely free... and without advertising. For many years I have been offered to display "ads" (advertising), but I have always rejected them so as not to bother my visitors. Yes, I also find ads on websites annoying, so I do not want that for my avid readers.
6. Enjoy!

1. Apart from continuing to translate the Vijñānabhairava into English and Spanish (the version in my native language will be available when I fully finish the English version), the first skirmishes of the great battle called my English translation of the Tantrālokaviveka have already begun. This is the famous commentary by Jayaratha on the venerable Tantrāloka of the sage Abhinavagupta. It is a simply gigantic scripture, so it will take me years to translate it completely. Little by little I am starting the task, and I will try to publish daily or every other day, everything that I complete.
2. My wife and tireless collaborator, Gurumā, continues to translate the Tantrāloka into her language, Russian. She has almost completed 453 verses of chapter 15. It is a huge effort that little by little is yielding abundant fruit for all Russian speakers.
3. I also launched a new community on Reddit: Parabhairavayoga —Parabhairavayoga is a new Yoga that I founded, which is a synthesis between Trika Shaivism and the path of Siddhayoga—. This community joins as a complement to the other community I also have there on pure Trika Shaivism. Everyone is invited to participate.
4. In April I will begin to ordain putraka-s and putrikā-s (spiritual sons and daughters). The stage of putraka (and putrikā) is one of the stages outlined in Trika Shaivism. After this stage, only Liberation and the stage of Guru remain. I will announce the new spiritual sons and daughters right here. My great goal as a Guru is to leave a lineage and as many disciples as I can to continue the task of bringing the knowledge of Trika to as many people as possible.
5. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) on Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), in which I teach various topics. If you wish to participate, make sure you master English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am only a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. This year I will teach my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its brief commentary).
6. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you can acquire whatever you wish, thus helping me sustain my work on this site, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years they have offered me to show "ads" (advertising), but I have always rejected them so as not to bother my visitors. Yes, I also find ads on websites annoying, so I don't want that for my avid readers.
7. Enjoy it!

1. German Mandra, of Argentine nationality, has been promoted to the rank of “Parabhairavayogopācārya”—Upācārya (Teacher) of Parabhairavayoga—due to his service and dedication toward me over the past three years, and for his remarkable commitment to the study of Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism. Consequently, he now possesses sufficient authority, under my supervision, to teach everything related to Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism.
2. His natural path is first to become a putraka (spiritual son) and then an Ācārya (i.e., Guru). All information regarding the activities of our Upācārya-s is available here: Upācārya-s.
3. In fact, all my Upācārya-s and Upācāryā-s now have my permission to bestow Śaktipāta (bestowal of Grace) in my name. Therefore, if someone needs my Grace, it is not necessary to come directly to me, as any of my teachers can now do so on my behalf.
4. What is Parabhairavayoga? On the Parabhairavayoga website, there is a brief description about it. In Trika Shaivism there are four schools: Spanda, Pratyabhijñā, Kula, and Krama. In Parabhairavayoga, I place greater emphasis on the Spanda and Pratyabhijñā schools, and less emphasis on Kula and Krama. This is another distinctive feature of Parabhairavayoga.
5. Ivan Nandī, collaborator and Upācārya, undertook the tedious task of compiling the IAST transliterations of all Trika scriptures available to date. This new resource is primarily intended for scholars. How to find the download page for the file containing all transliterations? There are two ways: One is by using the accordion menu on the right and navigating to "Essentials/Important/Download Scriptures". The other way is by using the link located at the top right in the navigation bar. As more scriptures are translated, the download will be duly updated.
6. I will soon resume my English translation of the Vijñānabhairava. I have been very busy with other matters during this entire time, such as editing and uploading videos.
7. Gurumā, my wife, continues her prolonged work translating the Tantrāloka into Russian: She has already completed more than 300 stanzas of chapter 15.
8. Robert Bhāskara, our Hungarian collaborator, has corrected the Hungarian language in the following scripture: Spandakārikā-s.
9. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure fluency in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse about the Real I). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend.
10. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you can purchase whatever you wish, thereby supporting my work on this site, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find ads on websites annoying, so I do not want that for my devoted readers.
11. Enjoy!

1. A whole month of this new year 2026 has already passed!
2. Next, I inform you that I have started publishing the previously private videos of my Sanskrit Classes. I am uploading them gradually to YouTube, after editing them, so that everyone can enjoy them. No, once again, I do not charge anything for this Sanskrit course. My intention is to continue the spiritual mission through donations without charging people directly.
3. There are many videos (about 33 at the time I write this news... I produce a new one every Thursday), but I am uploading them gradually each day after removing all superfluous content. Regarding this — I want to thank Germán Mandra, Judit Mātṛkā, Nicole Satī, and Robert Bhāskara for their immense help in the arduous task of indicating to me exactly where all that content that does not need to be published is located. So, nothing more for now; I hope you are very happy with this novelty and continue learning Sanskrit with us:
   Sanskrit Class - Level 1.
4. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, make sure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse about the Real I). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am only a few months away from completing this text, which I composed last year. This year I will teach my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
5. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you can purchase whatever you wish, thereby helping me sustain my work on this site, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find ads on websites annoying, so I do not want that for my eager readers.
6. Enjoy it!

1. Happy New Year to everyone!
2. I am taking a break from my translations for a few days. However, since I can't stay idle, I decided to record videos from home. I added several videos on topics my disciples often ask me about. In them, I go straight to the point, with minimal use of Sanskrit. I have already covered some topics in my Saturday satsaṅga-s, but due to the heavy scholarship in them, some people might feel confused. In contrast, in these videos from my own home, I try to be as simple and direct as possible. I speak in English and Spanish there, but one of my disciples is making Russian and English subtitles (he has reached video 6 so far, and is still progressing). You can watch them all in this playlist on my YouTube channel:
   Extensive Explanations - At Home.
3. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. This year I will be teaching my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
4. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you will be able to purchase whatever you like, thereby helping me sustain my work on this website, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find website ads annoying, so I don’t want that for my eager readers.
5. Enjoy it!

1. Ivan Nandī, of Russian nationality, has been promoted to the rank of “Parabhairavayogopācārya”—Upācārya (Master) of Parabhairavayoga— due to his service and dedication to me over the past three years, and for his remarkable commitment to the study of Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism. Consequently, he now holds sufficient authority, under my supervision, to teach everything related to Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism.
2. His natural path is first to become putraka (spiritual son) and later Ācārya (i.e., Guru). All information regarding the activities of our Upācārya-s can be found here: Upācārya-s.
3. In fact, now all my Upācārya-s and Upācāryā have my permission to give Śaktipāta (Grace bestowal) in my name. So, if someone needs my Grace, no need to come to me directly for that, because now any of my teachers can do it on my behalf.
4. What is Parabhairavayoga? On the Parabhairavayoga website, there is a short description of it. In Trika Shaivism there are four schools: Spanda, Pratyabhijñā, Kula, and Krama. In Parabhairavayoga, I place greater emphasis on the Spanda and Pratyabhijñā schools and less emphasis on Kula and Krama. This is another distinctive feature of Parabhairavayoga.
5. I am currently translating Vijñānabhairava into English. I just covered one third of the whole scripture for the time being.
6. Gurumā, my wife, continues her long work of translating the Tantrāloka into Russian: She has now completed chapters 13, 14 and the first part of the 15^th chapter in this scripture.
7. Robert Bhāskara, our Hungarian collaborator, has been correcting Hungarian language in the following scripture: Śivasūtra-s.
8. Lucas Dhanvantari is now translating this long scripture into Brazilian Portuguese: Spandanirṇaya.
9. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. Next year I will be teaching my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
10. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you will be able to purchase whatever you like, thereby helping me sustain my work on this website, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find website ads annoying, so I don’t want that for my eager readers.
11. Enjoy it!

1. FEATURE: Some people wish to read my translations more comfortably without all that Sanskrit text in red color, etc. They don't want to see the Sanskrit signs (devanāgarī) either. OK, with the help of one of my programmers, I implemented a script resolving that problem: Check this page (bottom left). Now you can "remove/add again" all that text interfering in your reading. Feature working in all the six languages supported by the website.
2. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. Next year I will be teaching my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
3. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you will be able to purchase whatever you like, thereby helping me sustain my work on this website, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find website ads annoying, so I don’t want that for my eager readers.
4. Enjoy!

1. FAST NEWS: I am translating every day the famous scripture called Vijñānabhairava into English and Spanish, but for now I am publishing only the English version. When I finish it completely, I will publish the Spanish version.
2. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. Next year I will be teaching my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
3. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you will be able to purchase whatever you like, thereby helping me sustain my work on this website, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find website ads annoying, so I don’t want that for my eager readers.
4. Enjoy!

TANTRĀLOKA HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH

1. After about 600 days (4000+ hours) of continued translation, I, Gabriel Pradīpaka, have finished my detailed translation of the venerable Abhinavagupta's Tantrāloka.
2. It is NOT the first translation of Tantrāloka into English, but it IS the first "word-for-word" translation of Tantrāloka into English in history.
3. For free and without any ads. No, you do not have to pay anything to read it. It is fully available at not cost at all on this website, and without any pestering ads (no need to use adblockers here).
4. All typos and possible mistakes in my translation will be fixed in the future, when I translate the Jayaratha's commentary on Tantrāloka.
5. Versions in Spanish and Russian are work in progress. Many hours of hard work are left yet!
6. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. Next year I will be teaching my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
7. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you will be able to purchase whatever you like, thereby helping me sustain my work on this website, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find website ads annoying, so I don’t want that for my eager readers.
8. Enjoy it!

1. Oh, I haven’t posted any news since May! Very well, we’ve been working very hard, as always, so this will be a long list of updates. But first things first: “a new Upācārya and successor has been appointed by me”:
2. Roman Vasugupta, of Russian nationality, has been promoted to the rank of “Parabhairavayogopācārya”—Upācārya (Master) of Parabhairavayoga—due to his service and dedication to me over the past eleven years, and for his remarkable commitment to the study of Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism. Consequently, he now holds sufficient authority, under my supervision, to teach everything related to Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism.
3. His natural path is first to become putraka (spiritual son) and later Ācārya (i.e., Guru). All information regarding the activities of our Upācārya-s can be found here: Upācārya-s.
4. What is Parabhairavayoga? On the Parabhairavayoga website, there is a short description of it. In Trika Shaivism there are four schools: Spanda, Pratyabhijñā, Kula, and Krama. In Parabhairavayoga, I place greater emphasis on the Spanda and Pratyabhijñā schools and less emphasis on Kula and Krama. This is another distinctive feature of Parabhairavayoga.
5. By the inner command of Parabhairava, I founded the Parabhairavāmnāya or (written) Tradition of Parabhairava. The Supreme Lord heard our prayers for a tradition completely devoid of goddess worship and other deities, and where only the venerable Parabhairava prevails as the Supreme Deity. He is thus the seventh face of Lord Śiva. You can read more about this important event on the official website of our beloved Yoga.
6. I have finished translating into English chapters 18 through 31 of the venerable Tantrāloka composed by Abhinavagupta. Right now I am translating chapter 32. I am close to completing my translation task of this scripture, which contains thirty-seven chapters.
7. Regarding the Tantrāloka, I want to say this so you don’t get false hopes: 99% of the people who read this scripture will NOT understand it. Even in my case, with years of experience in Trika and Sanskrit, I still struggle with certain passages. It is not a light scripture but an extremely heavy one, and in my opinion, only suitable for Gurus and very advanced disciples. Abhinavagupta’s writing style is, as always, monotonous and sometimes very tedious, so one must arm oneself with great patience to follow it. Half of the scripture consists of rituals and more rituals. If rituals aren’t your thing, forget about reading all that. Other parts of the text deal with various topics... and I still wonder why Abhinavagupta wrote all of it. The most torturous part for me was chapter 31. My only wish while translating it was for Abhinavagupta to simply finish writing. Not everything is like that, obviously—there are portions that are very interesting. In any case, if you find the Tantrāloka extremely difficult to digest, read the Tantrasāra (complete translation available only in English for now), which is a prose summary of the Tantrāloka also composed by Abhinavagupta. Anyway, I will write a full critique of the Tantrāloka once I finish translating it, if Śiva so desires (I could die at any moment, just like all of you, as you know).
8. Gurumā, my wife, continues her long work of translating the Tantrāloka into Russian: She has now completed the first twelve chapters. She is currently immersed in translating chapter 13 and is close to finishing it. Thousands of hours are required to complete the entire massive Tantrāloka in each language, as you can imagine.
9. In the future, I will need to complete the Tantrāloka in Spanish, of which I have only translated the first seven chapters. I will have to spend hundreds of hours doing that. My detractors —who are professional liars and slanderers— claim that I don’t translate anything but merely copy and paste from books by Indian authors. They should watch me work six or more hours a day to stop lying and understand the great effort I make with my mind and body. In fact, I pour my life into every translation, and I charge nothing for it. It’s easy to destroy, but very hard to build.
10. Robert Bhāskara, our Hungarian collaborator, has been translating into his language new documents from the Sanskrit section, from the Verbs subsection up to the Pronunciation 6 document: Here you can see what he has done.
11. Lucas Dhanvantari (along with the Brazilian twins Paulo and Claudio), our Brazilian collaborator, has finished translating a very important scripture of Trika Shaivism: The Paramārthasāra of Abhinavagupta. All my congratulations go to him!
12. I am holding satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 PM (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, please ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend. I am just a few months away from finishing this text, which I composed last year. Next year I will be teaching my own book: Parabhairavayogasaṁsthāpanapracodanam (along with its short commentary).
13. To access all my books, simply visit this section (Library) on our official Parabhairavayoga website. There you will be able to purchase whatever you like, thereby helping me sustain my work on this website, which remains completely free... and ad-free. For many years I have been offered to display “ads” (advertisements), but I have always rejected them so as not to disturb my visitors. Yes, I also find website ads annoying, so I don’t want that for my eager readers.
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ANNIVERSARY: 26 YEARS!

1. Dear visitors, on June 1^st, we will be celebrating the 26th Anniversary of our beloved website!
2. Relevant news from this past year:
3. (1) Launch of the Parabhairavayoga Foundation website.
4. (2) Appointment of teachers and successors authorized to teach Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism.
5. (3) Continuation of my English translation of Abhinavagupta's Tantrāloka. If everything goes as planned, I will finish translating this scripture in October.
6. (4) Ongoing translation of Tantrāloka into Russian (up to Chapter 9 so far).
7. (5) Translation of the Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā-s into English, Spanish, and Russian.
8. (6) I finished writing the first portion of my Trika Shaivism scripture in Sanskrit: Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). Also available in Spanish, Russian, and partially in Hungarian.
9. (7) I finished composing the Parabhairavayogasamayāḥ (Rules in Parabhairavayoga) in Sanskrit. Also available in Spanish, Russian, and Hungarian.
10. It has been a year of immense work. Just finishing the Tantrāloka in English entails over 3,500+ hours of labor in nearly two years (I hope to complete the translation by next October). Conservatively, I estimate I’ve invested over 2,200 hours of work in the past twelve months—not only on the Tantrāloka but also on other scriptures—and I’m still working. And my collaborators have also invested thousands of hours of selfless work, not to mention dollars (to keep everything running). I hope that when death comes to my body, it finds me serving the Supreme Lord and not chasing some foolish desire on this insignificant planet. All for the glory of our beloved Śiva, the Lord of Everything.
11. Statistics from the past twelve months:
12. To summarize the statistics shown, in the past twelve months, we’ve had around 1,928,000 visits, approximately 9.5 million pages, nearly 20 million files, and an impressive 26.3 million hits—not to mention 1.427 terabytes of bandwidth consumed and between 39,000 and 61,000 linked sites per month. Yes, it’s a resounding success for a niche site like ours.
13. Our visitors come from many countries across the globe. Here are the top 25 in 2025 by page count: (1) United States, (2) Canada, (3) India, (4) Russian Federation—these are, by far, the leading countries! The list continues: (5) Poland, (6) Great Britain, (7) Sweden, (8) Brazil, (9) Spain, (10) Japan, (11) Ukraine, (12) Hungary, (13) Germany, (14) China, (15) France, (16) Israel, (17) Netherlands, (18) Argentina, (19) Egypt, (20) Mexico, (21) Romania, (22) Australia, (23) Indonesia, (24) Italy, and (25) Iran, etc.
14. I’m giving satsaṅga-s (gatherings) via Zoom every Saturday at 16:00 (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you’d like to participate, make sure you’re fluent in English and/or Spanish, then fill out this form. I’m currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A Discourse on the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend.
15. Although Amazon.com is the headquarters for all my books, they’re also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search for "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
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1. Several important news items:
2. Nicole Satī, an Argentine national, has been promoted to the rank of "Parabhairavayogopācāryā" —Upācāryā (Teacher) of Parabhairavayoga— for her outstanding dedication to the study of Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism, and for her love and service to me, her Guru. She therefore has enough authority, under my supervision, to teach everything related to Parabhairavayoga and Trika Shaivism.
3. The natural path for her is to become first a putrikā (spiritual daughter) and later an Ācāryā (i.e., Gurvī —female Guru—). All information regarding the activities of our Upācārya-s can be found here: Upācārya-s.
4. Likewise, I designate her as well as István Tamás Tryambaka and Robert Bhāskara as my current successors. Although they are not yet fully Guru-s, they are destined to become fully Self-realized Great Sages. The same Light that shone in Bhagavān Nityānanda and now shines in me will shine in my successors. It is Śiva's Command, and nothing and no one in this impetuous Saṁsāra (painful transmigration) can change what He has decreed.
5. What is Parabhairavayoga? On the Parabhairavayoga website there is a short description of it. In Trika Shaivism there are four schools: Spanda, Pratyabhijñā, Kula, and Krama. In Parabhairavayoga, I place more emphasis on the Spanda and Pratyabhijñā schools and less emphasis on Kula and Krama. This is another feature of Parabhairavayoga.
6. I finished translating chapter 16 and chapter 17 of the venerable Tantrāloka composed by Abhinavagupta, the Greatest Guru of Trika Shaivism. I am currently translating chapter 18, which is very short. Then I will continue with 19, etc.
7. Gurumā, my wife, continues her long work of translating the Tantrāloka into Russian: She has now finished the gigantic chapter 8, but is already fully immersed in translating chapter 9. Thousands of hours are required to complete the massive Tantrāloka in each language, as you can imagine.
8. Robert Bhāskara has been translating into Hungarian: Combination subsection and Declension subsection.
9. I am giving satsaṅga-s (gatherings) via Zoom every Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, make sure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. I am currently teaching my Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A discourse about the Real Self). I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend.
10. Although Amazon.com is the headquarters for all my books, they are also available on: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search for "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
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1. I finished my translation of venerable Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā-s by Utpaladeva both in English and Spanish. This is the most important scripture in the Pratyabhijñā section of the Trika's literature (the other two sections are Āgama and Spanda). Enjoy!
2. Now I am fully engrossed with translating the Chapter 16 in the sacred Tantrāloka by Abhinavagupta into English. It will take other 20 days to finish this Chapter, I reckon.
3. Robert Bhāskara, our Hungarian collaborator, has translated three pages into his native language: Combination (1), Combination (2) and Combination (3). Congratulations!
4. My wife, Natalia Ambikā, has fully translated the venerable Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā-s (by the great sage Utpaladeva) into Russian language. Now she is translating the Chapter 8 in Abhinavagupta's Tantrāloka. Well done!
5. I have begun explaining my own Vāstavāhantāpravacanam (A discourse about the Real I) on my YouTube channel: Here is the Vāstavāhantāpravacanam playlist containing all the available videos so far.
6. I host satsaṅga-s (meetings) via Zoom all Saturdays at 16:00 (Moscow time), where I teach on various topics. If you wish to participate, ensure you are fluent in English and/or Spanish, and then fill out this form. As mentioned earlier, I am currently teaching Vāstavāhantāpravacanam. I upload new videos to the YouTube channel every weekend.
7. Although Amazon.com is the central hub for all my books, they are also available on: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search for "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
8. Enjoy!