The Essence of the Tantra of the Ten Mahavidyas

The Mystery of Ten

There are clearly ten directions in the world. In the same way, the number ten is a symbol of the fully complete Brahman the Supreme Reality.

The beginning of any mystery happens with zero. Zero! That is to say, a number without beginning or end, which makes whatever it joins great and itself sets a sequence in motion... such is the nature of zero. After this, there are numbers from one, two, and three up to nine. Creation happens from zero itself. When there was nothing, there was zero. The meaning of this zero is not nothingness but completeness. From this, the vastness of nine numbers appears, which is from one to nine. This is the mystery of Ka, Cha, Ta, Pa, Ta, Ya, Ksha, Tra, and Jna the fundamental Sanskrit syllables because these are the primordial letters. Other words originate from these. There are nine clear openings in every human body, and the tenth opening is invisible because it is the zero-like vastness, from where the beginning of all feelings in the form of numbers happens. The zero is always active in the region of the head.

The First Vision of the Ten Mahavidyas

Goddess Parvati is considered the primordial Bhavani The Source of Existence. Her marriage ritual took place with the God of Gods, Mahadeva, according to her wish. Once, the father of Parvati, Daksha, performed a sacrifice in which he did not invite Shiva. When Parvati received the news of this sacrifice, she humbly requested Shiva to go there. He refused her. Understanding the desire of her lord not to go, Parvati asked for permission to go herself, but Shiva, mindful of Daksha's hostile behavior, refused her again. Seeing the repeated disregard for her words, Parvati said—