Attachement is Confinement
‘ TOSS ATTACHMENT FOR BODY ASIDE,REALIZING I AM EVERYWHERE.ONE WHO IS EVERYWHERE IS JOYOUS. THINKING NO THINGWILL LIMITED-SELF UNLIMIT. -Vijnana Bhairava (Vigyan Bhairav Tantra) Don’t deceive yourself There is a deep attachment to the body – bound to be, it is natural. You have been…
The Advaita Philosophy Of Sri Sankara
Introduction The first systematic exponent of the Advaita is Gaudapada, who is the Parama-Guru (preceptor’s preceptor) of Sri Sankara. Govinda was the disciple of Gaudapada. He became the preceptor of Sankara. Gaudapada has given the central teaching of Advaita Vedanta in his celebrated Mandukya Karikas….
THE METAPHYSICAL BACKGROUND OF TRIKA PHILOSOPHY
The ultimate Reality is variously designated as Anuttara, Cit, Caitanya, Purna or Para Samvid, Siva, Paramasiva, Paramesvara, and Atman; that is, it is the Supreme, higher than which there is nothing, ineffable and indescribable, pure Consciousness, Self-consciousness, integral or supreme Experience, the benign One, the…
Kashmir Shaivism’s Fifteen Verses of Wisdom
Bodhapancadasika by Abhinavagupta, translated by Swami Lakshmanjoo with commentary 1. The brilliance of the One Being’s light does not vanish in external light or in darkness because all light and darkness resides in the supreme light of God Consciousness. com: Τhe light of a candle is…
Bhuta Shuddhi -Purification of the 5 elements and the Pancha Maha Bhuta Shiva Shrines
Bhuta shuddhi is an ancient Chakra Meditation of Yoga and Tantra practice through which the five elements (sanskrit ‘Pancha Bhutas’ are balanced and purified (sanskrit shuddhi -purification). There is much mystery surrounding the elemental energies. The siddhas discovered that knowledge of the hidden forces of nature,…
Paramārthasāra of Acharya Abhinavagupta “The Essence of the Teachings on the Highest Truth”
The first 50 verses – Abhinavagupta I take refuge in you alone, Sambhu, who are beyond maya, transcendent, without beginning, one, existent in all beings in myriad forms, refuge of all, and immanent in all animate and inanimate creation. ||1 Overwhelmed by the chain of…
The Way of Beauty: An introduction to the nature of perception
Seeming Duality Conventional thinking tells us that the experience of perception is divided into two essential ingredients: one, a subject that perceives, and two, an object that is perceived. This understanding is enshrined in the structure of language with phrases such as, ‘I see…
IGNORANCE AND BONDAGE – SAKTIPATA THE AWAKENING OF DIVINE POWER
The three malas (impurities) constitute our experience of bondage. From the non-dual standpoint, they are not truly stains or an actual substance (as the dualists believe), but simply ignorance, or rather limited perception, which Consciousness has to take in order to become a finite individual, and which…
The Law of Resonance YOGA and the Vibration of Divine Consciousness
For the western mind, the language of yoga and other spiritual paths is many times difficult to decipher: the symbols and metaphors are a jungle where mostly uninitiates are lost. The hidden key that opens all these secrets and lost meanings is Resonance. Resonance is very easy…
Kriya Shakti and the Surfacing of Accumulated Impressions
Why mental resolve is an obstacle to kriya. I don’t know why, but my mind was sad today. I was in no mood to talk to anyone or to listen to anyone. All I wanted to do was pull the blanket over my head and…
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