Swamiji describes how the actual state of God Concsiousness rises in meditation. This is an excerpt from the “Special Verses on Practice" now called The Wisdom of Kashmir Shaivism. He says, "They are for your daily recitation. Maybe sometime you will experience these stages.”
Special Verses-882 (04:30)
prakāśamāne paramārthabhānau
naśyatyavidyātimire samaste /
tadā budhā nirmaladṛiṣtayo’pi
kiñcit na paśyanti...
This is a continuation of the first part of the excerpt from the book Kashmir Shaivism, The Secret Supreme, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Chapter Six, The Theory of Speech: Vak. Swamiji answers the question of “what really happens when you speak.”
These three states of speech are, respectively, called subtlest, subtle, and gross.
- Gross speech is vaikhari vak,
- subtle speech is madhyama vak, and
- subtlest speech is pasyanti vak.
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This is an excerpt from the book Kashmir Shaivism, The Secret Supreme, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Chapter Six, The Theory of Speech: Vak, when the aspirant resides in the sambhava state, in complete universal I-ness (purnahanta).
When the aspirant resides in the sambhava state, in complete universal I-ness (purnahanta), he is traveling in the kingdom of vak, “speech.” Here, he resides in the principal and supreme speech, which is called ...
Dharana 23
तनूदेशे शूनयतैव
कषणमातरं विभावयेत ।
निरविकलपं निरविकलपो
निरविकलपसवरूपभाक ॥॥
tanudese sunyataiva
ksanamatram vibhavayet /
nirvikalpam nirvikalpo
nirvikalpasvarupabhak // 46 //
Actually samadhi is where there is no mind, when mind does not work. The functioning of mind is just to...
“You must understand, you’ll know that unperishable state of God consciousness is residing in each and every being. In that way, you won’t hate anybody. If you hate anybody, it means you don’t find the state of God consciousness in that person. If you ever found that the state of God consciousness is in that person, you’d never hate him.” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
A very important point of Kashmir Shaivism, a monistic school of thought, is exposed in this...
In this excerpt, from the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, Swamiji takes us to the heart of Utpaladeva, as the author gives Lord Shiva the choice to bless him now or have it done automatically because “I will be blessed because I am craving for that (blessing)!” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
Chapter 4 (13:07)
शिव शिव शमभो शङकर
शरणागतवतसलाशु कुरु करुणाम।
तव चरणकमलयुगल-
समरणपरसय हि समपदोऽदूरे ॥॥
siva siva sambho sankara
saranagatavatsalasu kuru karunam /
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In his revelation of the Vijnana Bhairava: The Manual for Self Realization verse 6 Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the difference between introverted and extroverted paths in Kashmir Shaivism, as well as the significance of sakala [differentiated] and niṣkala [undifferentiated], and aham and ma-ha-a.30
न हि वरणविभेदेन
देहभेदेन वा भवेत ।
परतवं, निषकलतवेन,
सकलतवे न भावयेत ॥॥
na hi varṇavibhedena
dehabhedena vā bhavet /
paratvaṁ, niṣkalatvena,
sakalatve na bhāvayet // 6 // ...
Excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, which we studied during our Weekly Sangha #76. In Chapter 12 verse 9, Krishna tells Arjuna, “If you cannot do that (devote everything to Me) if you have not that kind of strength… (to focus all of your might and all of your desires and all of your thoughts and ambitions and desires and cravings and longings towards Me, [asking], “how should I achieve that”.)”
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This week’s excerpt is from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara (The Essence of the Highest Reality).
Swami Lakshmanjoo chose to reveal the Paramarthasara because, as Abhinavagupta tells us, the Paramarthasara contains the complete essence of the teachings of Kashmir Shaivism. In this direct and clear-cut explanation, Swamiji reveals and clarifies the essential teachings of this profound philosophical and practical tradition.
Dharana 109
न मे बनधो न मे मोकषो
जीवसयैता विभीषिकाः ।
परतिबिमबमिदं बुदधे-
रजलेषविव विवसवतः ॥॥
na me bandho na me mokso
jivasyaita vibhisikah /365
pratibimbamidam buddher-
jalesviva vivasvatah // 135 //
“Na me bandho, I have no bondage.” “Na me mokso, I am not liberated.” “I am neither bound nor liberated.” This liberation and bondage is just attributed to the jiva, the individual soul, and to him, these two perceptions (being in bondage and...
This is an excerpt from devotional Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, Chapter 13 verse 5, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains what Utpaladeva (the author of the Shivastotravali) means when he says, “worshipping Your feet”.
Chapter 13 (10:07)
देवदेव भवददवयामृता-
खयातिसंहरण लबधजनमना ।
तदयथासथितपदारथसंविदा
मां कुरुषव चरणारचनोचितम ॥॥
devadeva bhavadadvayamrta-
khyatisamharana labdhajanmana /
tadyathasthitapadarthasamvida
mam kurusva carana...
. . . if his consciousness is established in the central vein in that force, which is the energy of life (pranan), then he remains always the same.
In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening, Third Awakening, verse 44 (Shiva sutras 3.44), Swami Lakshmanjoo explains that when consciousness is established in the center of that internal consciousness (antari samvit), and in the center of that central breath (madhyam prana), the yogi remains always the same.
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