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The Doctrine of Vibration

Author: Mark S. G. Dyczkowski

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9788120805965

Cutting across distinctions of schools and types, the author explains the central feature of Kashmir Saivism: the creative pulse of the all-pervasive Consciousness called Siva. This is also the central theme of the Hindu Tantras, and Dyczkowski provides new insight into the most literate and extensive interpretations of the Tantras. This book is significant from four points of view. First, it breaks new ground in Indian philosophy. According to the Spanda Doctrine, the self is not simply witnessing consciousness as maintained by Sankhya and Vedanta, but is an active force. Second, the ultimate reality is not simply a logical system of abstract categories, but is living, pulsating energy, the source of all manifestation. Third, the work elaborates the dynamic aspect of consciousness. It supplies an excellent introduction to the texts and scriptures of Kashmir Saivism. Fourth, it suggests a Yoga for the realization of self.

The Doctrine of Recognition

Author: Kṣemarāja

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780791401507

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"In this world there are some devoted people who are undeveloped in reflection and have not taken pains in studying difficult works, but who nevertheless aspire after the enlightenment that blossoms forth with the descent of Sakti. For their sake the doctrine of recognition is being explained briefly."--Kṣemarāja The word pratyabhijñā means recognition. All individuals are divine, but they have forgotten their real nature and are identified with their psycho-physical mechanisms. This teaching is meant to enable them to recognize their real nature. It offers the spiritual practice through which they can realize their true Selves. This book occupies the same place in Śaiva or Trika literature that Vedāntasāra does in Vedanta. It avoids all polemics and gives a succinct form for the main tenents of the Pratyabhijñā system.

The Stanzas on Vibration

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Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1992-09-30

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1438401752

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In his Doctrine of Vibration, the author presents a synthesis of Kashmir Shaivism—an overview with Spanda as the central theme. Spanda is the vibratory dynamism of the absolute consciousness. In this book the author focuses on the school of Kashmir Shaivism that presents this doctrine as its cardinal principle and whose literature consists essentially of the works translated here. In his Introduction and in his exposition of the four commentaries, the author shows both how the Spanda tradition contributes to the other schools of Kashmir Shaivism and how it is different from them. He presents for the first time a detailed treatment of this tradition and an analysis of its development. The aim is to offer a method that affords access by the general reader to the wonderful world of the Spanda Yogi through which she travels to the liberating realization of her authentic identity vibrant with the vitality of the universal pulse of Shiva.

The Triadic Heart of Śiva

Author: Paul E. Muller-Ortega

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2010-03-31

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1438413858

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This book explores one of the most explicit and sophisticated theoretical formulations of tantric yoga. It explains Abhinavagupta's teaching about the nature of ultimate reality, about the methods for experiencing this ultimate reality, and about the nature of the state of realization, a condition of embodied enlightenment. The author uncovers the conceptual matrix surrounding the practices of the Kaula lineage of Kashmir Shaivism. The primary textual basis for the book is provided by Abhinavagupta's Parātrīśikā-laghuvṛtti, a short meditation manual that centers on the symbolism of the Heart-mantra, SAUḤ.

The Aphorisms of Śiva

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Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1992-05-14

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1438401760

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The Shiva Sutra was revealed to Vasugupta by Shiva in order to counter the effects of dualism. This revelation initiated the hermeneutics of syntheses and exegesis climaxed by the great Abhinavagupta. The Shiva Sutra is the most important scripture in the Trika system of Kashmir Shaivism. As a book on yoga, it explains the nature and cause of bondage and the means to liberation from bondage. Bhāskara is in the direct lineage of Vasugupta. To Bhāskara's commentary, Mark Dyczkowski has added his translation of an anonymous commentary as an aid to understanding Bhāskara's interpretation. This anonymous writer also serves as a bridge between Kṣemarāja's and Bhāskara's commentaries, drawing from both. The commentary on each sutra is thus in three layers. Bhāskara's commentary is first, followed by the anonymous commentary, after which Dyczkowski adds his own exposition and compares Bhāskara and Kṣemarāja. Kṣemarāja's commentary, the Vimarsini, has been translated by Jaideva Singh and published by SUNY Press under the title Siva Sutra.

Mysticism in Shaivism and Christianity

Author: Bettina Bäumer

Publisher: D.K. Print World Limited

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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Setting Out A Spiritual Dialogue Between Saiva And Christian Mysticism, The Book Articulates World-Views Of The Mystical Traditions Of Saiva-Siddhanta, Kashmir Saivism, Meister Eckhart, Hadewijch, Julian Of Norwich, St. Ignatius Loyola And Of The Eastern Christianity.

A Journey in the World of Tantras

Author: Mark S. G. Dyczkowski

Publisher: Spotlight Poets

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788186569429

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The past thirty years have witnessed dramatic developmentsin the study of ¶gamic ’aivism in general. On the one handthere has been a substantial increase in the historical andanthropological data. On the other, access has been cleared tovast reserves of unedited and unpublished sources.This book is a collection of essays which document in theirown way the author s personal journey in these years throughparts of the ’aiva and, to some extent, the Vai !ava Tantras.This ground-breaking book includes the following chapters:Self-awareness, Own Being and Egoity; AbhÈvavÈda, theDoctrine of Non-being; The Sa`vitprakÈ a; The InnerPilgrimage of the Tantras; KubjikÈ, the Androgynous Goddess;The Cult of the Goddess KubjikÈ.Mark S.G. Dyczkowski is a renowned scholar in the fieldof Tantra. Living in India for over thirty years, he combines inhis books a Western academic base with deep Indian insight.

Rediscovering God with Transcendental Argument

Author: David Peter Lawrence

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2015-07-29

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1438410204

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Provides a comparative philosophical study of the thought of the two principle theorists of monistic Kashmiri Shaivism, Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta, and also formulates a conception of the nature of philosophy as a means of intercultural and interreligious dialogue.

The Mystery of Vibrationless-vibration in Kashmir Shaivism:

Author: Swami Lakshmanjoo

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-05-24

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781546933496

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A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word 'spanda' means established stable movement. That is, it is movementless-movement, vibrationless-vibration. It is this secret, mysterious and yet essential principle that Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies and elucidates in his revelation of the two texts dealing specifically with this principle, the Spanda Karika and the Spanda Sandoha. The theory of spanda is not new. It was hidden in the body of the Tantras and extracted by Vasugupta, founder of the Shiva Sutras, and initiator of monistic Shaivism in the valley of Kashmir. Vasugupta composed the Spanda Karika, a text filled with the fundamental precepts (karikas) regarding spanda and the philosophy surrounding it. Kshemaraja, the chief disciple of the very important and central figure in the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta, is the author of the second pivotal text regarding spanda, the Spanda Sandoha. This text is an extensive exposition (sandoha) on the first verse of the Spanda Karika.

Kundalini

Author: Lilian Silburn

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1988-10-18

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1438419996

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Kundalini's power lies dormant in humans until it is awakened. The awakened Kundalini expresses the primal divine impulse and ultimately joins the individual with the divine. The development of the book parallels the development of the Kundalini within. Part One exposes the awakening and unfolding of the Kundalini; Part Two describes the piercing of the energy centers and the stages of ascent through the body; and Part Three examines Kundalini's relation to sexual expression. The book provides a deep understanding of Tantra and of the underlying purpose of Tantracism. The author carefully considers the Caryakrama practices of sexual expression as a means of awakening and controlling Kundalini. Silburn draws together passages from the Trika, Krama, and Kaula systems ranging through Abhinavagupta and Lalla and provides both translation and commentary for them. Chapters on the Chakras, the Nadis, and on mantras further elucidate the topic and lead to a forceful conclusion: Kundalini is the source of ultimate human knowledge and power.