Bhagavad Gita Tibetan Tantra Synthesis

Tantra is oft translated as a 'loom' or 'weave'. This perception of tantra is definitely highlighting the nature of bliss/enlightenment/bliss-void consciousness as inextricably interconnected with the very fabric of the cosmos/universe(s)/Creation. This definition further brings us to the Tibetan translation of tantra as 'rgyud' which can, in turn, be translated into English as 'the thread upon which beads are strung'.

Each bead is an experience - confined by time and space, senses and stimulus, objects and subjects. The chord represents the bliss-void consciousness that pierces all experience to the core. This tantric perception becomes alive when the third-eye burns all the layers of an experience to reveal the supreme irreducible substance/matter of a thought/experience = beholding the Dharmadhatu.

Etymologically there is a link between 'atomos' (Greek, Latin) and 'atma' (Sanskrit)...In the beginnings of Western scientific thinking it was believed that the 'atom' was indivisible, roughly the same definition the Greeks gave to their term; 'indivisible', 'uncuttable' and 'indestructible'. Actually, most descriptions of the Atma and Atomos are for the most part harmonious. Sri Krishna further demonstrates the link in ancient thought in the Gita when He says the Atma cannot be cut by a sword/blade. [It must be noted that terms in Sanskrit are not necessarily static and much depends upon context - therefore atma can be a king, the heart, the Supreme Witness, the Supreme Knower, the One Who Experiences, the soul/the Soul, the spirit/Spirit]...Sri Yoganandaji speaks of 'lifetrons' and He seems to point to another scientific discovery yet beyond the subatomic particle theory...which can also be seen as Shiva-Shakti...and critics say this is just putting a modern scientific gloss on ancient thought...however, ancient thought was always scientific...how else can there be a word for 'a thought, before a thought, before a thought, before a thought'?

"But know that on which this world is strung is imperishable."
-Sri Krishna (Bhagavad Gita 2:17)

"All is strung on Me as pearls are strung on a thread"
-Sri Krishna (Bhagavad Gita 7:7)

So, it is here that we see that the Supreme Tantra is actually being spoken of by Sri Krishna in the Gita. In various Tibetan thangka paintings showing the mandala of creation...the cosmogony...we sometimes see a fierce deity behind holding the wheel of creation...the mouth open displaying the sharp jagged teeth and tongue lashing like the flames of a sacred fire...This is the same fierce form of Sri Krishna as shown to Arjuna in the epiphany...Sri Krishna reveals Himself as 'Time grown old', 'Terrible Time', 'Powerful Time', 'Death' (11:30) - whatever translation, the sanskrit term 'kala' is used. The Kala Chakra Mandala and initiations within Tibetan Buddhism are extremely similar to the epiphany of Arjuna in the middle of the battle field...

Every opportunity is one in which we may practice self-realization...the Vajra-Intellect pierces through the polar opposites of pleasant and unpleasant circumstance to reveal the untarnished Truth...