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Christopher Wallis – The Recognition Sutras: Illuminating a 1,000 Year Old Spiritual Masterpiece http://www.amazon.com/Recognition-Sutras-Illuminating-000-Ye…One thousand years ago, in the valley of Kashmir, a great Tantric master named Kshemaraja wrote his masterpiece: the Pratyabhijnahrdayam, which means “The Essence of the Recognition Philosophy”. This text was a concise primer, written to introduce spiritual seekers to the Recognition philosophy in less formally philosophical, more approachable language. What Kshemaraja created turned out to be one of the world’s great spiritual masterpieces, breathtaking in its brevity but stunning in its power. It came to be considered equivalent to scripture itself by later generations, because of its undeniable inspiration. This book expounds the subtleties of this spiritual and philosophical classic. One of the most powerful and revelatory spiritual masterpieces of world history, the Pratyabhijnahrdayam is one of the primary sources for the study and practice of nondual Tantrik Yoga, and it has never been accurately translated or fully explained until now. Editorial Reviews“The Pratyabhijnahridayam is one of the most important texts in the Trika tradition. It offers a clear distillation of the Kashmiri Shaivite doctrine of Self-recognition, which maps the journey through which absolute consciousness becomes human consciousness, and then expands to recognize its non-difference from the Absolute. Christopher Wallis has given us a reliable and graceful translation of the text and its commentary. I recommend this book both for the elegance of the text itself, and for the elegance of Wallis’ translation.” — Sally Kempton, author, Awakening ShaktiAbout the AuthorChristopher Wallis is a scholar-practitioner who teaches meditation, yoga darsana, Tantric philosophy, Sanskrit, and mantra-science, and offers spiritual counseling. He is the author of Tantra Illuminated. He lives in Boulder, Colorado. BiographyChristopher was introduced to Indian spirituality at the age of six and initiated into the practice of meditation and inner yoga at sixteen. While traveling around the world in his early twenties, he felt an inner inspiration to study, teach, and practice Indian spirituality as the focus of his life. He now has over 25 years of practice, and has been studying and teaching the yoga tradition full time since 1997. His degrees include a B.A. in Religion and Classics from the University of Rochester, an M.A. in Sanskrit from U.C. Berkeley, and an M.Phil. in Classical Indian Religions from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley (his doctoral dissertation focused on the role of spiritual experience within Tantric Shaivism). He received traditional education at yoga āshrams in upstate New York and India, focusing on meditation, kirtan, mantra-science, karma-yoga (seva), and more. He currently teaches meditation, yoga darśana (philosophy), Sanskrit, chanting, and also offers spiritual life-coaching.His teaching balances accuracy with accessibility, profundity with clarity, and intellectual integrity with heart-expanding inspiration. Students often note that his combination of rigorous and thorough knowledge with profound love for the tradition is a rare gift.Christopher is the Founder and Head Faculty of The Mattamayura Institute, offering a deep practice wedded to deep learning through workshops, intensives, immersions, and online classes. http://www.amazon.com/Recognition-Sutras-Illuminating-000-Ye…~~~~ Audiobook is here: GB package is here: and here: ~~~~