In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras – The Supreme Awakening, third awakening verse 17, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the difference between water and snow.
Āgame api – in Tantra also it is said:
S.S. 3.17 (04:58)
jalaṁ himaṁ ca yo veda guruvaktrāgamātpriye /
nāstyeva tasya kartavyaṁ tasyāpaścimajanmatā //
“O dear Priye, O dear Pārvatī, the one who understands what reality lies in water and its coagulated formation, snow (this substance is the same, but the formation is sepa...
Swami Lakshmanjoo explains what happens when differentiated perception is totally destroyed, His spanda overflows and He creates this world again.
This is an excerpt from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara, The Essence of the Highest Reality, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Now also available as video on demand.
द्रष्टा श्रोता घ्राता
देहेन्द्रियवर्जितोऽप्यकर्तापि ।
सिद्धान्तागमतर्कां
श्चित्रानहमेव रचयामि ॥५०॥
draṣṭā śrotā ghrātā
dehendriya-varjito’py-akartāpi /
s...
This is a lecture of Swamiji given in Kashmiri translated into English. You can also listen and read more about the Systems and Schools of Shaivism by visiting this blog excerpt from the book Kashmir Shaivism, The Secret Supreme, Chapter 19, where Swamiji explains the four sub-systems of this philosophy in English.
Long after Sage Durvasa was first initiated into Shaivism by Lord Shiva on Mount Kailash, the Lord felt the need of explaining it in still greater detail in order to make it easily u...
A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principle known as spanda which means vibrationless/vibration or established stable movement. In Shaivism there are two texts that deal specifically with the spanda principal. The Spanda Karika (precise philosophical statements) on the Spanda theory and the Spanda Sandoha (exposition) of the spanda principle.
The theory of spanda was hidden in the body of the Tantras and was extracted by Vasugupta and given to us in th...
Kashmir Shaivism is known as the Pure Trika System. The word trika means “the threefold science of man and his world.”
"Trika system is meant for any human being, without the restriction of caste, creed or color." ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
In this excerpt from the book Kashmir Shaivism, The Secret Supreme, Chapter 19, Swamiji explains the four sub-systems of this philosophy.
The Schools of Kashmir Shaivism
Kashmir Shaivism is known as the Pure Trika System. The word trika means “the threefold scien...
