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Shaktipata (Sanskrit: शक्तिपात, romanized: śaktipāta)[1] or Shaktipat refers in Hinduism to the transmission (or conferring) of spiritual energy upon one person by another or directly from the deity. Shaktipata can be transmitted with a sacred word or mantra, or by a look, thought or touch – the last usually to the ajna chakra or agya chakra or third eye of the recipient.
Shaktipata is considered an act of grace (Anugraha) on the part of the guru or the divine. It cannot be imposed by force, nor can a receiver make it happen.[2] The very consciousness of the god or guru is held to enter into the Self of the disciple, constituting an initiation into the school or the spiritual family (kula) of the guru.[3] It is held that shaktipata can be transmitted in person or at a distance, through an object such as a flower or fruit.[4]
- ^ Maharaj, Ayon (2020-05-28). The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Vedanta. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-350-06325-9.
- ^ Abhinavagupta, The Kula Ritual, as Elaborated in Chapter 29 of the Tantrāloka, John R. Dupuche, page 154
- ^ Abhinavagupta: The Kula Ritual, as Elaborated in Chapter 29 of the Tantrāloka, John R. Dupuche, Page 131
- ^ Satyananda Saraswati, Kundalini Tantra, Yoga Publications Trust (1984), p. 46.