Daniel Odier

Daniel Odier began his studies with Kalu Rinpoche in 1968 and remained his disciple until his passing in 1989. In 2004 Odier received the Ch'an ordination in the Lin t'si and Caodong schools in China as well as permission to teach the Zhao Zhou Ch'an lineage in the West. He gives workshops in Europe, Canada, and the United States and is the author of Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love and many other books, including Yoga Spandakarika: The Sacred Texts at the Heart of Tantra. He lives in Switzerland.

Books By Daniel Odier

Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters

By Daniel Odier

Odier guides the reader through the specifics of the mental disciplines and visualizations that Buddhist and Taoist masters have used for ages in their quest for illumination. To devote oneself to meditation, in the sense understood by Buddhists and Taoists, is to realize the understanding of how every fiber of our being converges with all creation.

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Yoga Spandakarika

By Daniel Odier

The sacred dance of Yoga Spandakarika, Tandava, is extremely subtle and difficult. Once mastered, the yogi or yogini is able to manifest the dance of Shiva, a tradition visible in the statuary of Tantric temples in India and Tibet. Daniel Odier passes on these vanishing teachings as he received them from his Tibetan master, Kalu Rinpoche, and Kashmiri yogi Lalita Devi.

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Desire

By Daniel Odier

Nothing can match the explosive energy created in the body by pure desire. Exploring the subtle techniques of Tantra that enable the seeker to attain the triple mastery of the breath, thought, and the natural processes of the body, Desire reveals many of the secret practices that have been passed down in the major Tantric treatises.

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Tantric Quest

By Daniel Odier

The author tells of his search for spirituality and passion with a Tantric yogini who taught him the divine nature of love.

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Tantric Kali

By Daniel Odier

Daniel Odier presents the practices and rituals of Vamachara, commonly known as the Left-hand Path, or the Path of Shakti. This path allows the seeker to transcend obstacles to liberation through sexual union. Kali is absolute reality: manifested as woman intoxicated by desire, she frees the tantric practitioner from all desire except union with the divine.

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Crazy Wisdom of the Yogini

By Daniel Odier

An experiential journey through the secret teachings and self-realization practices of the Kashmiri yogini tradition

In 1975, Daniel Odier met Lalita Devi, a Tantric yogini who took him on a mystical journey to transcend the ego, recognize the true self, and rediscover the Divine nature of absolute love. Offering vivid, experiential descriptions of the sessions with his master, Odier shares the essential principles and spiritual teachings she imparted.

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The Royal Path of Shakti

By Daniel Odier

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The first step-by-step guide to the techniques of Kaula Tantra, the practical yogini path to enlightenment

Written in the 8th century by the sage Matsyendranatha, the Kaulajnananirnaya Tantra records the secret erotic and magical practices of the Yogini Kaula tradition. Presenting a complete translation of this sacred text, this book details Kaula Tantra practices as well as the secret principles, passed orally from teacher to student, that activate each technique.

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