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SILVER ANNIVERSARY: 25 YEARS!

1. Dear visitors, on June 1^st we will be celebrating the Silver Anniversary of our beloved website!
2. A little history: The website had a humble origin in 1999, in a Geocities community. I got the "sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar" domain name later and started to pay for web hosting. So, at the beginning the website was extremely Argentinian. But this would change eventually when I decided to buy the international domain name "sanskrit-sanscrito.com" in 2008. After that, in 2009, our collaborators Paulo and Claudio from Brazil commenced to translate the website into Portuguese. Until 2012 the website was static, but with the help of our programmer, Zoltán, it became dynamic at the end of that very year. In the first times of the website I had to invent my own Sanskrit transliteration system for want of Unicode fonts. With the arrival of Sanskrit Unicode fonts, I had to move the entire transliteration of the website from my own system to IAST (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration). By the way, I myself invented the full name "International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration" and its acronym "IAST". Now there are experts in IAST online (Google it), without never giving me credit for that creative name I invented in the 2000s. Well, this world is full of fools, as you surely know. Later around 2013, an ex-collaborator from Hungary started to translate the website into Hungarian. In 2015, our collaborator Irina Vallabhā began to translate the website into Russian. Next, in 2016, my wife (Natalia Ambikā) took the baton and continued the Russian translation of the website until today. The Hindii language was added short after that. In 2017, while retaining the old sanskrit-sanscrito.com domain name, I redirected the website to the brand new domain name: "sanskrit-trikashaivism.com". Why? Because sanskrit-sanscrito.com was born in a time when the website was only in English and Spanish. Moreover, though Sanskrit continued to be important here, the emphasis moved to Trika Shaivism little by little. Accordingly, the name of the website moved from "Sanskrit & Sánscrito" to "Sanskrit & Trika Shaivism". At the end of 2016 I moved from an Argentinian hosting company to an American one. Since that time the VPS (Virtual Private Server) of the website is located in Amsterdam (Netherlands). This move improved connectivity with Europe, for example, where I had several disciples. I continue with the same hosting company till now. As the number of visitors increased a lot last year, I had to upgrade my hosting plan. Thanks to the collaboration of my disciples, I could pay all my hosting expenses these last years. Very well, this has been a summary of a 25 years journey online! Endless hours of hard efforts to keep the website up have born the fruits of around 4000 visitors coming every day!
3. Our beloved collaborators have been at the heart of our efforts. You can see them all here: About us.
4. Throughout the years, our website has grown incessantly. For example: In the last twelve months we have had around 1,150,000 visits, approximately 5.5 million pages, 20 million files, and a whopping 23.6 million hits, not to mention the 1.1 terabyte of consumed bandwidth and over 42,000 linked sites every month. Besides, sanskrit-trikashaivism.com enjoys 128,864 backlinks. For a "niche" website like ours, those numbers are remarkable.
5. Our visitors come from many countries on the globe. Here the top 25 in 2024 by number of pages: (1) United States, (2) India, (3) Russian Federation, those are the main countries by far! Now, the list continues: (4) Japan, (5) Great Britain, (6) China, (7) Brazil, (8) Spain, (9) Poland, (10) Argentina, (11) Sweden, (12) Canada, (13) Germany, (14) France, (15) Mexico, (16) Ukraine, (17) Hungary, (18) Croatia, (19) Bulgaria, (20) Australia, (21) Chile, (22) Netherlands, (23) Colombia, (24) Romania and (25) Indonesia.
6. Aside from the main website, we have our Facebook and Instagram pages together with our YouTube channel.
7. I also launched recently two communities: One in Reddit about Trika Shaivism and another one in Discord about Parabhairavayoga (Trika Shaivism for Liberation). You are invited to participate! Happy Anniversary!

1. I am composing in Sanskrit a writing about the Real I, i.e. the Real Essence in everybody: Vāstavāhantāsūtrāṇi (The Aphorisms about the Real I). When it is finished it will contain a good portion of all my knowledge about Trika Shaivism and Indian philosophies. I am adding more aphorisms practically every day. For now it is only available in English, Spanish and Russian.
2. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
3. Enjoy!

1. As I said above, in the important news pinned on top: I continue to write Vāstavāhantāsūtrāṇi.
2. My wife and collaborator was working hard translating stuff into Russian: Pātañjalayogasūtra-s, Vyāsa comments on Yoga, Aṣṭāṅgayoga, Pratyabhijñāhṛdaya, Trika (overview) (now she is about to finish Trika 5) and Vāstavāhantāsūtrāṇi.
3. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
4. Enjoy!

1. यहाँ कोई खबर नहीं मिलने के दो महीने से अधिक हो गए हैं। फिर भी, मैं हमेशा की तरह बहुत मेहनत कर रहा हूं।
2. हमारी वेबसाइट एक VPS (एक वर्चुअल प्राइवेट सर्वर) पर चलती है। हमारे पास २ जीबी रैम थी लेकिन इस मात्रा की जरूरत बढ़ने लगी, ज्यादा और ज्यादा आगंतुक आने के साथ। तो, हमने अब हमारी मेमोरी ४ जीबी रैम तक बढ़ा दी है। अगर अचानक और अधिक आगंतुक नहीं आते हैं तो यह अगले कुछ वर्षों तक पर्याप्त होनी चाहिए।
3. हमारी वेबसाइट "पूरी तरह से विज्ञापन से रहित" है। इसलिए, आपको यहाँ किसी एडब्लॉकर की जरूरत नहीं है। हम अपनी जेब से सारे बिल भर रहे हैं। इसमें हमारा लक्ष्य यह है कि आगंतुकों को वे सामग्री पढ़ते समय विज्ञापनों से परेशान नहीं करें।
4. मैंने एक नई शास्त्र का अनुवाद शुरू कर दिया है: शिवस्तोत्रावलीविवृति (प्रसिद्ध क्षेमराज की उत्पलदेव की शिवस्तोत्रावली पर टिप्पणी)।
5. मैंने भगवद्गीता का सातवाँ अध्याय अनुवादित कर दिया है। मैं इस साल भगवद्गीता का पूरा अनुवाद करने की योजना बना रहा हूं।
6. इस बीच, मेरी पत्नी और सहयोगी, नटालिया अंबिका, ने क्षेमराज की पराप्रावेशिका का रूसी में अनुवाद कर दिया। इसके अलावा, उसने इन दिनों ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका का भी अनुवाद किया था। अब वह पातञ्जलयोगसूत्र का अनुवाद करने में पूरी तरह से व्यस्त है। बधाई हो!
7. हालांकि Amazon.com मेरी सभी पुस्तकों के लिए केंद्रीय मुख्यालय है, वे इन वेबसाइटों पर भी उपलब्ध हैं: बार्न्स और नोबल, ईबे, बुकलुकर, बेटरवर्ल्डबुक्स, मेर्काडोलिब्रे, और कई और (इन सभी वेबसाइटों पर "गब्रियल प्रदीपका" खोजें)।
8. आनंद लें!

वर्षगांठा: २४ वर्ष!

1. प्रिय विदेशी मेहमानों, हम आज आपके समक्ष खड़े होकर गर्व और सम्मान के साथ एक महत्वपूर्ण अवसर का समारोह मनाने का गर्व महसूस कर रहे हैं। हमारी प्यारी वेबसाइट "संस्कृत और त्रिक का शैव धर्म" की २४वीं वर्षगांठा को मनाने पर हम गर्व करते हैं। इन २४ वर्षों में, हमारी साइट ज्ञान और सीखने का एक प्रकाशस्रोत बन गई है, जो विद्वानों और उत्साहित लोगों के लिए ज्ञान की प्राप्ति में एकीकृत है, जो प्राचीन भारतीय संस्कृति और त्रिक का शैव धर्म में ज्ञान की प्राप्ति में संगठित है।
2. इस साधना में शामिल होना कोई आसान काम नहीं था और यह हमारी साइट को ग्लोबल संसाधन बनाने में जो समर्पण, मेहनत और अथक प्रयास दिए गए हैं, उनकी गंभीरता का प्रमाण है। हमारा यात्रा लाखों घंटों की, थकने-धक्के भरी मेहनतों की, पराजित की चुनौतियों की और लक्ष्यों की प्राप्ति की रही है।
3. हमारे प्रयासों के मध्य में हमारे अमूल्य सहयोगी हमेशा सम्मानित रहे हैं, जो विश्व भर से हमारे साथ जुड़े हैं, साझा दृष्टिकोण और ज्ञान को फैलाने के प्रति समर्पित हैं। हम ब्राज़िल से पाउलो और क्लौदियो, हंगरी से तामास त्र्यम्बक, और रूस से नातालिया अंबिका, जिन्हें गुरुमा के नाम से प्यार से जाना जाता है, का गहन आभार व्यक्त करते हैं। उनकी मेहनत, विशेषज्ञता और समर्पण के बिना हमारी वेबसाइट की सामग्री और दिशा को आकार देने में महत्वपूर्ण योगदान हुआ है।
4. सालों के दौरान, हमारी साइट विशाल रूप में विकसित हुई है। आँकड़े खुद बोलते हैं: पिछले साल के बड़े आगंतुकों की गिनती में करीब एक मिलियन यात्राएँ, लगभग ५.८ मिलियन पृष्ठ, १३.२ मिलियन फ़ाइलें, और वाह! १७ मिलियन हिट्स, इसके अलावा करीब १ टेराबाइट बैंडविड्थ का उपयोग और २५,००० से अधिक लिंक्ड साइटें। ये आंकड़े हमारे परिचालन के माप को न सिर्फ दर्शाते हैं, बल्कि महत्वपूर्णतम बात यह है कि हमारे कार्य का व्यापक प्रभाव और हमें सेवा करने का गर्व करने वाला व्यापक दर्शक समूह दिखाते हैं।
5. आगे की दिशा में, हमारे पास उत्कृष्ट योजनाएं हैं। हमें खुशी है कि हम "परभैरवयोग" ब्लॉग के पुनर्लोचन की समीक्षा करने का घोषणा कर रहे हैं। यह प्लेटफ़ॉर्म हमारे मूल्यवान आगंतुकों के लिए और संस्कृत और त्रिक का शैव धर्म के रहस्यमय और समृद्ध सीमाओं में और गहराई तक प्रवेश करने का एक अवसर प्रदान करेगा।
6. वर्षों के दौरान, हमारी पहुंच विश्वासू भू-भागों को आवश्यक रूप से प्रतिबिंबित करती रही है। संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका, भारत, रूसी संघ, ग्रीस, महान ब्रिटेन, ईरान, पोलैंड, फ़िनलैंड, यूक्रेन, और नीदरलैंड विश्व में हमारे दर्शकों के शीर्ष दस देश हैं। यह वैश्विक पहुंच संस्कृत और त्रिक का शैव धर्म की सार्वभौमिक प्रतिध्वनि की प्रमाणित करती है, जो सीमाओं, संस्कृतियों और भाषाओं को पार करके वैश्विक रूप से व्यक्तियों के साथ सहमत होती है।
7. भविष्य की ओर हम दृढ़ता और महत्वाकांक्षा के साथ देख रहे हैं, उच्चतम गुणवत्ता की सामग्री और ज्ञान को संस्कृत और त्रिक का शैव धर्म पर आपके दर्शकों को प्रदान करने का वादा करके। आपका रुचि और सहयोग हमारी कार्य में प्रगति के लिए हमारी प्रतिबद्धता को बढ़ाते हैं।
8. हम गुरुजी के कृपा पर जो संयुक्त हैं, जो भगवान शिव के साथ एक हैं, वह जीवनदाता हमारी वेबसाइट की नींव पर खड़े हैं। उनका आशीर्वाद पिछले २४ वर्षों में हमारी साइट को पल्लवित करने में महत्वपूर्ण रहा है। उनके आशीर्वाद ने हमारी पथ पर चलाया है और हमारी यात्रा को प्रकाशित किया है। हम उनकी छाप में चलते हैं और उनके ज्ञान में विश्वास करते हैं।
9. हम इस महत्वपूर्ण उपलब्धि को चिह्नित करते हुए और भविष्य की ओर देखते हुए अत्यधिक कृतज्ञता के साथ अपार समर्थन और संलग्नता के लिए धन्यवाद व्यक्त करते हैं। हम आपको आमंत्रित करते हैं कि आप हमारी कहानी का हिस्सा बनें और "संस्कृत और त्रिक का शैव धर्म" पर संगठित अन्वेषण और खोज की इस निरंतर यात्रा में हमारे साथ जुड़ें। सीखने और मिलकर बढ़ने के अगले कई वर्षों के लिए धन्यवाद।

1. मैंने संस्कृत से अंग्रेजी में अभिनवगुप्त का तन्त्रसार अनुवाद पूरा कर लिया। मैं कई महीनों से इस महत्वपूर्ण ग्रंथ पर काम कर रहा था। अब यह पूरा हो गया है! इसका स्पेनिश में अनुवाद बाद में किया जाएगा। मैं भविष्य में स्पष्टीकरण के नोट्स भी जोड़ने की योजना बना रहा हूं, अन्यथा अधिकांश लोग इसे सही से समझ नहीं पाएंगे।
2. मैंने उत्पलदेव की ईश्वरप्रत्यभिज्ञाकारिका-स का अनुवाद भी शुरू कर दिया है, अंग्रेजी और स्पेनिश दोनों में। यह ग्रंथ त्रिक शैविज्ञान के साहित्य में प्रत्यभिज्ञा खंड का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण है। ठीक है, इसे पूरा करने के लिए मजबूत प्रयास की आवश्यकता होगी क्योंकि पाठ अत्यंत सूक्ष्म और जटिल है। मुझे शुभकामनाएं दें!
3. नटालिया अम्बिका (मेरी पत्नी, प्यार से "गुरुमा" कहा जाता है) ने तन्त्रसार के सभी अध्यायों का (20 वें और 21 वें अध्याय को छोड़कर) अपनी मातृभाषा (रूसी) में अनुवाद किया। बधाई!
4. इवान नंदी, मेरे यूट्यूब चैनल के एक सहयोगी, मेरी स्वयं की किताब से संबंधित वीडियो के लिए अंग्रेजी सबटायटल बना रहे हैं: त्रिकमुख्यमतानि (त्रिक शैविज्ञान के मुख्य सिद्धांत).
5. मैं हर सप्ताह अंत में ऑनलाइन सत्संग करता रहता हूं। अब मैं अपनी स्वयं की किताब: "आध्यात्मिकता - खंड 1" की व्याख्या कर रहा हूं। मैं हर सप्ताह "आध्यात्मिकता - खंड 1" प्लेलिस्ट पर अपने यूट्यूब चैनल पर एक नई ~1 घंटे की वीडियो जोड़ता हूं। अब तक प्लेलिस्ट में 27 वीडियो हैं। आखिरी वीडियो 4K में है (ज़ूम अब इस संकल्प में रिकॉर्ड करता है)। इसे देखें! — हमारे सत्संग हर शनिवार को दोपहर 4 बजे (मॉस्को समय) होते हैं और वे लगभग दो घंटे चलते हैं (सत्संग का मुख्य भाग लगभग 1 घंटा होता है, जो वीडियो में रिकॉर्ड किया जाता है; सत्संग का बाकी हिस्सा प्रश्नोत्तर, किसी विषय पर बातचीत आदि में होता है)। क्या आप भाग लेना चाहते हैं? केवल तीन आवश्यकताएँ: (1) सुनिश्चित करें कि आप मेरी शिक्षा में गंभीर रूप से रुचि रखने वाले हैं और आप केवल उत्सुकता के लिए नहीं हैं (मैं लोगों को आते-जाते नहीं चाहता), (2) धाराप्रवाह अंग्रेजी या स्पेनिश (मैं दोनों भाषाओं में एक साथ बोल रहा हूं), और (3) एक नि:शुल्क ज़ूम खाता प्राप्त करें और वहां अपनी वास्तविक तस्वीर और वास्तविक नाम वाले प्रोफ़ाइल को संपादित करें। इसके बाद, इस वेबसाइट के नेविगेशन बार में ऊपर के CONTACT पर क्लिक करें, और मुझे एक संदेश भेजें जिसमें आपका वर्णन किया गया हो। यदि आपको अनुमोदन मिलता है, तो आपको टेलीग्राम या व्हाट्सएप (जिसे आप चुनते हैं) के माध्यम से मीटिंग में शामिल होने के लिए एक लिंक प्राप्त होगा। कृपया मेरा समय न बर्बाद करें। सत्संग, निःशुल्क होते हैं।
6. हालांकि Amazon.com मेरी सभी पुस्तकों के लिए केंद्रीय मुख्यालय है, वे इन वेबसाइटों पर भी उपलब्ध हैं: बार्न्स और नोबल, ईबे, बुकलुकर, बेटरवर्ल्डबुक्स, मेर्काडोलिब्रे, और कई और (इन सभी वेबसाइटों पर "गब्रियल प्रदीपका" खोजें)।
7. आनंद लें!

गुरुजी योग में अपने 40 वर्षों को मना रहे हैं!:

गैब्रियल प्रदीपका (प्यार से "गुरुजी" कहलाते हैं) ने 40 सालों से योग का अनुभव प्राप्त किया है, उन्होंने आध्यात्मिक उन्नति के खोज में एक विस्तृत यात्रा तय की है। वर्षों से गुरुजी ने हठयोग, अष्टांगयोग, कुण्डलिनीयोग और ज्ञानयोग जैसे विभिन्न योग के रूपों को अन्वेषण और अभ्यास किया है। आध्यात्मिक उन्नति की खोज ने उन्हें सिद्धयोग समुदाय का हिस्सा बनने को प्रेरित किया, जहां उन्होंने उनके शिक्षकों के मार्गदर्शन में छह साल सीखा और अभ्यास किया। सिद्धयोग समुदाय में उनके समझ में आध्यात्मिक मार्ग की एक गहरी समझ मिली और उन्होंने अपने अभ्यास को और उत्कृष्ट बनाया।

सिद्धयोग समुदाय छोड़ने के बाद, गुरुजी अकृत्रिमो योगः समुदाय में शामिल हुए, जहाँ उन्होंने ट्रिका शैविस्म और संस्कृत के जटिलताओं का खोज करने के लिए लगभग आठ साल खर्च किए। समुदाय की शिक्षाएं ध्यान की शक्ति और प्राकृतिक तरीके से आत्म-साक्षात्कार को बल देती थीं, जो गुरुजी की आध्यात्मिक आकांक्षाओं के लिए गहरी तरह से संवेदनशील थी।

सिद्धयोग और अकृत्रिमो योगः समुदायों में कई साल बिताने के बाद, गुरुजी ने आध्यात्मिक उन्नति की ओर एकाकी यात्रा पर निकलने का निर्णय लिया। तेरह साल तक, गुरुजी अपनी साधना में खो गए, गहराई से ध्यान किया और ट्रिका शैविस्म शास्त्रों के विभिन्न पहलुओं की जांच की, शारीरिक और मानसिक दोनों तरीकों से। इस समय, गुरुजी ने एक गहन आध्यात्मिक जागरण अनुभव किया था, जो उन्हें जन्म और मृत्यु के चक्रों से मुक्ति देने वाला था।

आध्यात्मिक मुक्ति प्राप्त करने के बाद से, गुरुजी ने अपने आप को अपने आध्यात्मिक यात्रियों के मार्गदर्शन में समर्पित कर दिया है और पिछले तेरह सालों से एक गुरु के रूप में सेवा की है। गुरुजी के उपदेशों में त्रिका शैवदर्शन के समर्पण की महत्वता और उस प्रणाली के सबसे महत्वपूर्ण शास्त्रों के अध्ययन को बढ़ावा दिया जाता है, और छात्रों को अपनी खोज में उत्तरों के लिए अपने अंदर देखने का प्रोत्साहन दिया जाता है। आध्यात्मिक मार्ग की विस्तृत अनुभव और गहन ज्ञान के माध्यम से, गुरुजी उन लोगों के लिए एक प्रकाश की तरह हो गए हैं जो अपनी आध्यात्मिक यात्रा में मार्गदर्शन और दिशा की तलाश में हैं। उनके उपदेश और मार्गदर्शन ने असंख्य व्यक्तियों को शांति, संतुष्टि और आध्यात्मिक पूर्ति प्राप्त करने में मदद की है, जो गुरुजी को योग और आध्यात्मिकता के विश्व में एक वास्तविक प्रेरणा और पूज्य आदर्श बनाता हैं।

1. Was I doing nothing again?: NO, I finished my translation of Chapter 13, Chapter 14 and Chapter 15 in Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra "in English".
2. The translation of Chapter 16 —dealing with the initiation of the absent one— in English already started!
3. Chapters 13, 14 and 15 (and Chapters 16-19 and 22 too) deal with ritualistic activities. Abhinavagupta is a big fan of rituals as he is predominantly a follower of the Kula school in Trika Shaivism. So, you find that half of his Tantrāloka is rituals, and half of his Tantrasāra (the summary of Tantrāloka) is also rituals, of course. I am predominantly a follower of the Spanda school in Trika Shaivism (the other two schools are Pratyabhijñā and Krama). Consequently, I am not interested at all in ritualistic activities. In my opinion, Knowledge is much more important than rituals. That is why in Parabhairavayoga (the Trika Shaivism-based Yoga I created), rituals occupy a minimal portion, if any. Anyway, here you have Abhinavagupta with his detailed descriptions of rituals for those of you who like them. To each their own!
4. Now, there is a controversy coming up in Chapter 14 when Abhinavagupta describes animal sacrifices. I am completely against the killing of animals in rituals, even if it is for their Liberation. It is a horrible thing indeed! Nonetheless, when you read that chapter, you should take into account the place and the time when Abhinavagupta wrote all that: Kashmir in the 12^th century.
5. Another important thing happened: The Kindle version of my brand-new book "Parabhairavayogābhyāsāḥ - Volume 1" (Practices in Parabhairavayoga - Volume 1 - Śāmbhavopāya) is now available. In this book I wrote in Sanskrit (there is a translation, obviously) a full study of the "highest level" of Self-realization according to Trika Shaivism. The printed version of the book will be available soon as well.
6. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own book: "Spirituality - Volume 1". I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the "Spirituality - Volume 1" playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 16 videos. Check it out! — Our satsaṅga-s are held every Saturday at 4 pm (Moscow time) and they last around two hours. Do you want to participate? Just two requirements: (1) Very fluent English, and (2) your Skype ID (click on CONTACT above, in the navigation bar, to send me an email with your Skype ID and a message describing who you are). Satsaṅga-s are, of course, for free.
7. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
8. Enjoy!

1. Was I doing nothing?: NO, I finished my translation of Tantrasāra's Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 in English.
2. The translation of the monster Chapter 13 —dealing with initiation into discipline— in English already began!
3. My wife and collaborator, Natalia Ambikā, finished translating the Tantrasāra's Chapter 10 into Russian! Very good!
4. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own book: "Spirituality - Volume 1". I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the "Spirituality - Volume 1" playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 11 videos. Check it out! — Our satsaṅga-s are held every Saturday at 4 pm (Moscow time) and they last around two hours. Do you want to participate? Just two requirements: (1) Very fluent English, and (2) your Skype ID (click on CONTACT above, in the navigation bar, to send me an email with your Skype ID and a message describing who you are). Satsaṅga-s are, of course, for free.
5. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
6. Enjoy!

1. I finished my translation of Tantrasāra's Chapter 10 in English. A short chapter indeed, but complicated to translate.
2. The translation of Chapter 11 in English already started!
3. When I finish my English translation of Tantrasāra completely, I will add translations in Spanish.
4. My wife and collaborator finished translating the Meditation FAQ into Russian! Long FAQ really (and still in progress). Great effort!
5. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own book: "Spirituality - Volume 1". I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the "Spirituality - Volume 1" playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 10 videos. Check it out!
6. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
7. Enjoy!

1. I finished my translation of Tantrasāra's Chapter 9 in English. A long and complex chapter indeed. You can enjoy it!
2. Moving now to chapter 10 fast. I will be uploading updates in English soon. When I finish my English translation of Tantrasāra completely, I will add translations in Spanish.
3. My wife and collaborator finished translating into Russian the following chapter in Tantrasāra: Chapter 22. She also translated the Trika FAQ and the whole Website Tour. Thanks to her vigorous work, now Russia is "second" in 2022 regarding number of website visitors, only behind USA. Congratulations!
4. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own book: "Spirituality - Volume 1". I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the "Spirituality - Volume 1" playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 8 videos. Check it out!
5. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
6. Enjoy!

1. Massive update: I published 252 new pages (42 pages x 6 languages). Firstly, I mounted 54 pages (9 pages x 6 languages) containing the whole Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī (3983 aphorisms). Secondly, I mounted 198 pages (33 pages x 6 languages) containing the same scripture but with a rather complete explanation. Of course, I will be translating and explaining Aṣṭādhyāyī little by little over the months or years (especially because of the explanations, which will be huge sometimes), but now the whole framework to do so is completely ready.
2. Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī: I started in English with the Chapter 1. I will be updating it regularly.
3. I also continue with my work on Tantrasāra's Chapter 9 in English. I am updating it regularly too.
4. My wife and collaborator finished translating into Russian the following chapters in Tantrasāra: Chapter 6, chapter 7 and chapter 8. Fantastic!
5. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own book: "Spirituality - Volume 1". I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the "Spirituality - Volume 1" playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 3 videos. Check it out!
6. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
7. Enjoy!

1. Front page in Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī has been published! The whole scripture contains 8 chapters containing 351, 268, 631, 635, 564, 736, 438 and 369 aphorisms, respectively, totaling 3992. In turn, each of those chapters is divided into four subchapters. The writing style is, anyway, very concise. Why? Because those 3992 aphorisms were supposed to be memorized by apprentices of Sanskrit grammar. So, Pāṇini tried to write so briefly as possible in order to make memorization any simpler. Of course, that brevity made the aphorisms more cryptic!
2. In Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra: Chapter 7 and chapter 8 are fully available now in English (though no polishing so far). Chapter 9's English translation is in progress right now!
3. Translations to Spanish and other languages are in process.
4. My wife and collaborator, Natalia Ambikā, was translating hard again in Russian language!: Tantrasāra's chapter 4 and chapter 5. VERY WELL!
5. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own Trikamukhyamatāni (Main Tenets of Trika Shaivism). I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the Trikamukhyamatāni playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 19 videos, i.e. around 19 hours full of teachings. Check it out!
6. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
7. Enjoy!

1. In Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra: Chapter 5, chapter 6 and chapter 22 are available now in English (though no polishing so far). Chapter 7's English translation is in progress (it started today)!
2. Translations to Spanish and other languages are in process.
3. My wife and collaborator, Natalia Ambikā, was on a translation spree again!: Tantrasāra's chapter 1, chapter 2 and chapter 3, along with chapter 1 in Tantrāloka (fully translated into Russian language). EXCELLENT!
4. I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own Trikamukhyamatāni (Main Tenets of Trika Shaivism). I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the Trikamukhyamatāni playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 16 videos, i.e. around 16 hours full of teachings. Check it out!
5. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
6. Enjoy!

1. I published now the long fourth chapter in Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra. It deals with a person who has attained the enlightenment of his own mind. He stays completely absorbed in the pure thought. This is Śāktopāya (the means of Śakti). When he finally understands that his mind is just Śakti (the Power of the Great Lord), then he is promoted to the higher level (a.k.a. Śāmbhavopāya).
2. English speakers have also access to chapter 5 and chapter 22 (in progress both) in Tantrasāra, as well as the 8^th chapter in Tantrāloka. Translations to Spanish and other languages are in process.
3. My wife and collaborator, Natalia Ambikā, was on a translation spree!: Bodhapañcadaśikā, Trikamukhyamatāni, Kalpanāṣaṭkam and chapter 1 in Tantrāloka (the latter is work in progress yet). VERY WELL!
4. Moreover, I continue with my on-line satsaṅga-s every weekend. Now I am explaining my own Trikamukhyamatāni (Main Tenets of Trika Shaivism). I add a new ~1 hour video every week to the Trikamukhyamatāni playlist on my YouTube channel. So far the playlist contains 14 videos, i.e. around 14 hours full of teachings. Also, our collaborator, Ivan, has added "polished" subtitles in English in the first three videos there. Check it out!
5. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
6. Enjoy!

1. My wife, Natalia Ambikā, finished her translation into Russian up to the stanza 105 in Abhinavagupta's Paramārthasāra. With this, she has completely finished translating the venerable scripture from English into Russian. It has taken months of hard effort indeed. Far from taking a deserved rest, she is already working on her next translation. CONGRATULATIONS!
2. I published now the long third chapter in Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra. It deals with a person who has attained the dissolution of his own mind. He can stay at will with his mind completely arrested. This is Śāmbhavopāya (the means of Śambhu). Liberation is here practically on the palm of your hand.
3. I am already starting my translation of the "longer" fourth chapter. To translate Abhinavagupta's scriptures is always uphill. It is very heavy as the sage is extremely scholarly and... confusing too. And do not expect him to be didactic or something. If to read Abhinavagupta's stuff is already a hard task, you can imagine how hard is to translate his writings from Sanskrit. I do not wish this on anyone, really, and I am not joking. I have headaches many times because of him. Other symptoms that you are translating Abhinavagupta's stuff is that things begin to get broken around you (Tantrasāra was NO exception), and sometimes people die, or you experience some other mysterious mishaps happening exactly when you start to translate Abhinavagupta's writings. This is very normal and again I am not joking. That is why to deal with the energy contained in his books is a pain always. Kind of radioactivity. For all that, I am not certainly in love with translating his scriptures. I never revealed this before, but I am doing it right now. I only make this great effort now for the sake of my own disciples, as I said before in a previous news.
4. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
5. Enjoy!

1. As I promised, I started to publish my own writings in Sanskrit at "Scripture/Gurujī's writings" (check the accordion menu on the right, please). The first two writings I added are: Kalpanāṣaṭkam (Six stanzas about imagination) and Trikamukhyamatāni (Main tenets of Trika Shaivism). I am very happy with sharing my simple writings with the whole world!
2. My wife, Natalia Ambikā, finished her translation into Russian up to the stanza 99 in Abhinavagupta's Paramārthasāra. She is now very near the end of the scripture, which consists of 105 stanzas. Great job, as usual!
3. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
4. Enjoy!

1. ANOTHER SHORT NEWS!
2. As I promised, I am publishing now the famous Abhinavagupta's Bodhapañcadaśikā (Fifteen stanzas about Knowledge/Consciousness). This short scripture is a summary of Trika Shaivism. It is intended for all those people with weak intellects who cannot deal with massive treatises like Tantrāloka, Tantrasāra, Parātrīśikāvivaraṇa, etc. (written by Abhinavagupta too). Despite its brevity, Bodhapañcadaśikā is very famous in the Trika Shaivism community.
3. Now I will prepare the subsection for my own writings under "Scriptures" (check the menu on the right), as I promised too. At first, I will include a short poetry I composed many years ago.
4. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
5. Enjoy!

1. SHORT NEWS!
2. I published now the short second chapter in Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra. It deals with a person who attains Liberation instantly after hearing only once that "he is Śiva Himself" from his own Guru. This is Anupāya (devoid of means) as there is no means (practices) to achieve the final Goal of a human being.
3. I will publish another short but famous Abhinavagupta's scripture soon.
4. I am planning to add my own writings (scriptures?) to this website. As my "scriptures" are written in very simple Sanskrit are not on a par with the ones of Glorious Śiva, Majestic Abhinavagupta, Sublime Kṣemarāja and the rest of great Trika sages, and I cannot include them in the "धर्मग्रंथ/त्रिक धर्मग्रंथ" subsection together with those of the tremendous authors of yore. I am not so arrogant and crazy yet. Consequently, I will create a special subsection under the "धर्मग्रंथ" section called "Gurujī's writings" or something. This will enrich the website, I hope. Wish me luck!
5. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
6. Enjoy!

1. MANY GREAT NEWS!
2. Our Canadian collaborator, Marlon Melin, launched the 2022 version of his fantastic Sanskrit Editor. It is ready for you to download it, but before installing it remember to uninstall first the previous version of the Sanskrit Editor you might be using. Now his editor is fully functional in Windows 11! Many fixes and improvements have been made. Additionally, there is now support for more languages in the download file: English (default), Spanish, German, French, Hungarian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Tamil. It is very easy to change to your native language other than English (check the Help menu). If you think that a particular language pack is in need of a correction, you can send Marlon an email at with your correction. Sanskrit Editor (2022) is the software Gabriel Pradīpaka uses on this website. It is not only for Sanskrit scholars, anyway, but for any person who is searching a very handy tool like this one for all his Sanskrit needs.
3. I, Gabriel Pradīpaka, after a long time dedicated to writing my books, undertake now the translation of venerable Abhinavagupta's Tantrasāra (Essence of Tantra), a summary of voluminous Tantrāloka. I finished the first chapter dealing with an explanation of the different kinds of knowledge/consciousness. This chapter 1 is a good summarized version of the first chapter in Tantrāloka. I am making this great effort only for the sake of my own disciples. The rest of fit people in this irrelevant humankind will benefit from my effort anyway. Tantrasāra was written by request of Abhinavagupta's disciples, as they could not properly deal with extensive Tantrāloka. Abhinavagupta then composed a sizable summary of his Tantrāloka in the form of this Tantrasāra.
4. My wife finished her Russian translation up to the stanza 95 in Abhinavagupta's Paramārthasāra. Great effort, as always! She is very near the end of the scripture.
5. I will start to score websites in my Sanskrit Directory very soon! The greatest websites there will receive the maximum number of stars. If your website is included there, check the Sanskrit Directory regularly to see your score.
6. Also, I published in Amazon.com and other important bookstores my Spanish translation of the first volume of Abhinavagupta's Tantrāloka (Chapters 1, 2 and 3).
7. Although Amazon.com is the central headquarters for all my books, they are also available at: Barnes & Noble, Ebay, Booklooker, Betterworldbooks, MercadoLibre, and many more (search "gabriel pradiipaka" on all those websites).
8. Enjoy!