The 112 techniques of the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra

Watch where the rising breath becomes the falling breath; rest in the turn.

In the still gap after the out-breath, before the next in-breath, Bhairava appears.

Feel the breath as energy rising and dissolving; in its dissolution, peace.

Intone a sound aloud, then inwardly; follow its fading tail into soundless awareness.

Speak a word ending in an open breath; in the openness that trails it, abide.

Listen past every sound to the silence underneath; let hearing rest in it.

In the still gap after the out-breath, before the next in-breath, Bhairava appears.

Intone a sound aloud, then inwardly; follow its fading tail into soundless awareness.

Gaze into clear empty space until the space enters you and the boundary thins.

Picture the whole world dissolving into emptiness; rest in the awareness it leaves.

Turn attention back on the one who is aware; the 'I' has no edge you can find.

In total darkness with eyes open, rest in the formless dark until it becomes luminous.

Listen past every sound to the silence underneath; let hearing rest in it.

Fix gentle attention at the brow-centre; let thought thin into light.

Visualize the central channel fine as a lotus fibre; awareness travels it and opens.

Imagine the body burning upward into ash; what does not burn is what you are.

Gaze into clear empty space until the space enters you and the boundary thins.

In total darkness with eyes open, rest in the formless dark until it becomes luminous.

In eating or drinking, become the taste itself, and through it the fullness.

At the height of union, attention turns from the other to the living energy itself.

Let attention sink into the open space in the centre of the chest and widen there.

At the first instant of fear, anger, or longing — before it becomes a story — look.

In eating or drinking, become the taste itself, and through it the fullness.

In the joy of meeting a loved one, do not cling to the cause — rest in the joy.

At the height of union, attention turns from the other to the living energy itself.

Watch where the rising breath becomes the falling breath; rest in the turn.

Fix gentle attention at the brow-centre; let thought thin into light.

At the first instant of fear, anger, or longing — before it becomes a story — look.

Do not fight the wandering mind; wherever it lands, the nature of Shiva is already there.

Let attention sink into the open space in the centre of the chest and widen there.

At the threshold where waking turns to sleep, hold awareness in the in-between.

Visualize the central channel fine as a lotus fibre; awareness travels it and opens.

Imagine the body burning upward into ash; what does not burn is what you are.

Do not fight the wandering mind; wherever it lands, the nature of Shiva is already there.

Turn attention back on the one who is aware; the 'I' has no edge you can find.

Feel the breath as energy rising and dissolving; in its dissolution, peace.

Picture the whole world dissolving into emptiness; rest in the awareness it leaves.

At the threshold where waking turns to sleep, hold awareness in the in-between.