The Radiance Sutras is a lively version of a classic meditation text, the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, which describes 112 different doorways into meditation. The text appeared in Kashmir around 800 AD and is characterized by a wide-open embrace of all of human experience. It is addressed to people who live in the world and want to have rich inner and outer lives.

At once a beautiful love song and an encyclopedia of yogic techniques, the cherished text known as the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra shimmers with new effulgence in Lorin Roche's The Radiance Sutras. Lorin brings us his unique perspective on each of 112 Sanskrit teachings, along with his one-of-a-kind guidance in how to meditate with, embody, and practice them—what he describes as "answering the call of the sutras you love."

Taken as a whole, this teaching is startling in its breadth and the huge range of human experience that it encompasses. This is a book to savor one phrase at a time, over a period of days or years or a lifetime. With The Radiance Sutras, yoga and meditation students everywhere can nurture their own relationship with these living wisdom teachings.

Here is an invitation to experience directly the ecstatic depths of yoga as revealed by the divine partners Shiva and Shakti, through an intimate exploration of:

• The divinity that is permeating your body at this very moment

• The alchemical power of Sanskrit

• Yoga meditation—harmonizing all the elements and levels of your being

• The depths of your connection to the energies of life

In these live recordings, Lorin is chanting Sanskrit and guiding meditation practices for the select Sutras from The Radiance Sutras®. These are raw versions of the language of the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, letting the natural sounds inside the Sanskrit resonate, as you do when meditating on the mantric qualities of the text.

Lorin is reading them at Navaswan, the hour of renewal, which happens around 4 a.m. In these sessions, the Sanskrit and English is almost whispered.

Navaswan or Brahma Muhurta is the time before dawn when there is a sudden zing of life force. The silence begins to hum. It was in these predawn hours that I did most of the translating of the sutras. In Vedic timekeeping, Brahma Muhurta is recommended as a great time to practice yoga and meditation.

The Radiance Sutras® can be spoken in hundreds of different moods or Rasas. This one is Shanta Rasa – tender and soft.

Essays on Sanskrit, Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, The Radiance Sutras, and Intimacy With Life

Watch Dr. Lorin Roche and Dr. Deepak Chopra talk about the radiance sutras