In the Dharmasunya (1418) from the island of Java in what is now Indonesia, the terminology of the South Indian Saivite tradition is used to explain, in Old Javanese and Sanskrit, the ascent of the Kundalini through the chakras and nadis to the Sahastrara and the achievement of yoga.
Canto III, verses 3,5
There is a
river, ancient and remote [the Sushumna nadi], which penetrating through
the mountain’s centre, emerges at its summit;
On that summit
there is a pool, glittering like crystal, its pureness constantly radiating
forth;
Within it is the
nectar of immortality – he who finds it is able to achieve the highest bliss of
firm union,
The recognition
of concepts ceases and one experiences supreme pleasure, beyond the power of
words to describe. …
Lovely is this lake whose waters flow over a great waterfall, constantly tumbling downwards [the divine nectar];
A small part of
the river is borne along by the breath, sprinking on its way the agnimandala [located
between Agnya and Sahastrara];
That is the
reason for drops [of nectar] developing and multiplying in our hearts,
becoming manifold in our minds;
Hold firmly to
the means of union, let your powerful sense organs be subdued or eliminated.
Canto XVII, verse 1:
How blissful is the holy man who achieves holy union, all at once he’s calm, motionless, self-motivating, firm, without thoughts, a Perfect One, the sole Truth, excellent, without abode, his presence in all things cannot be discerned, for he who has already achieved his goal is regarded as the Ultimate with the Inconceivable and Immaterial One. Originally written on palm leaves in Java, with copies made also in Bali.
Source: Extracts from the translation by Geoffrey Forrester, The Dharmasunya (the philosophy of the void): an Old-Javanese treatise on yoga and liberation (Honours sub-thesis, Australian National University, Canberra, 1968)
Note: This text should not be confused with later Indonesian texts with the same or similar name.
Additional bibliography:
Aris Aryanto, et al. 'Social criticism in the text scripture of Dharmasonya' Komunitas 9(1) 2017:70-80
A.Aryanto, et al, 'Variants text Darmasonya' Proc. 2nd Int Conf of Arts Language and Culture
Bernard Arps, 'The power of the heart that blazes in the world: An Islamic theory of religions in early modern Java' Indonesia and the Malay World 47(139) 2019:308-334
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