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Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra

A Śaiva tantra of 112 brief methods for entering the state of pure awareness.

Also: Vijnana Bhairava

Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantra and devotion

The Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra presents, as a dialogue between Śiva and the Goddess, a series of meditations using breath, sound, emptiness, the senses and ordinary moments such as the beginning of a sneeze, each a door to the awareness called Bhairava. It has become one of the most widely read tantric texts.