Introduction to the Shaivism of Kashmir and Pilgrimage to Benares and Buddhist Sites
Lectures and Practice by Mark Dyczkowski
2020 Varanasi 18th Jan. – 1th Feb 
About Mark Dyczkowski
Mark is one of the world’s foremost scholars on Tantra and Kashmir Trika Shaivism and has lived and worked in India for over forty years. Both a scholar and a practitioner, he was initiated by the great Indian teacher Swami Laksmanjoo in the year 1976. He has an undergraduate degree from Benares Hindu University and a Ph.D. from Oxford University, where he studied Kashmir Shaivism under the guidance of Profesor Alexis Sanderson. In India he studied with Hemen Chakravarti foremost disciple of the great Gopinath Kaviraj. He began to learn sitar in 1967 and has studied with several teachers in India including the great sitar virtuoso Buddhaditaya Mukherjee.
Lectures and practice:
- A Brief History of Tantric Shaivism
- The context of Trika System
- The Three Supreme Goddesses of Trika
Worshiped as three goddesses in the Trika school, this Triad is one of the most essentially defining features of this form of Shaivism and its earlier prototypes in the Agamas. These three spheres correspond to three aspects of Sakti: Supreme (Para), Middling (Parapara) and Lower (Apara). The harmonious union (samarasya) of these three planes are Bhairava’s supreme glory, the radiance of the fullness of His power (purriasakti) which fills the entire universe. Together, this triad constitutes the Deity’s universal experience (bhogya). By sharing in it the yogi comes to realize the unsullied bliss of the absolute (anuttarananda), the supreme form of Spanda.
Event schedule:
19 – 28 January Varanasi: Lectures and Practice by Mark Dyczkowski.
Daily lectures and practice with Mark Dyczkowski.
Participation at pujas (hindu rituals) in Varanasi.
Two day trips to Vindhyacal and Pancakrosha Pilgrimage.
Pilgrimaje to temples and sacred places.
Sitar concert with Mark Dyczkowski.
One and a half hours Morning meditation with Adrian L. Moldovan.
29th – 31th January
Trip to two most important Buddhist sacred sites:
Bodhagaya and Sarnath one of the most important place of pilgrimage in India.
31th January
Back to Varanasi and one night to hotel.
Trip ends on 1th February.
Meeting time and point: 18th January 3.00 -7.00 pm, in the hotel in Varanasi (info about name of the hotel in 1th December 2019).
Cost: 1475 Euro
475 Euro advance till 15th November – advance is not returnable.
1000 Euro paid on 18th January at the hotel.
For Romanian students please contact for organizing the airplane tickets and visas.
Payment on: KIGAM ESENTIAL SRL, VAT NO:38096216, IBAN NO: RO80BTRLEURCRT0411856601, Transilvania Bank, Romania.
Cost Included:
- Lectures and Practice – 10days
- Accommodation: 3 star hotel (2 people in a room, single with an extra cost of 350 Euro) and breakfastfor 11
- Two days trip in Varanasi to Vindhyacal and Pancakrosha Pilgrimage- transport included.
- Threedays trip to Bodhgaya and Sarnath – transport, accommodation and breakfast.
Not Included:
- Airplane tickets.
- Visa fee.
- Ticket fee for temples or other objectives.
Organizing: Adrian L. Moldovan
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/237562893787580/
Email: hathayogaseva@gmail.com or anuttaratrika3@gmail.com
Tel: +40722261235
Vezi aici galeria foto din calatoria in Kashmir, India, organizata in luna august a anului 2017.
