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Los Shiva Sutras, otorgados por Dios al sabio Vasugupta para la elevación de la humanidad, es uno de los textos más importantes y reverenciados del shaivismo de Cachemira. Swami Lakshmanjoo ofrece al lector una visión penetrante del viaje glorioso del Despertar Supremo; el viaje desde la individualidad limitada hasta la unidad absoluta con Dios. Basando su interpretación en el comentario esotérico del principal discípulo de Abhinavagupta, Kshemaraja,...
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Tantrāloka is the voluminous masterwork of the 10th century philosopher-saint, Abhinavagupta. It is a veritable encyclopedia of non-dual Shaivism, a spiritual treasure trove containing a glorious synthesis of all the schools that make up Kashmir Shaivism.
This second volume includes chapters two and three, dealing with anupāya, the means (upāya) where there is nothing to be done for attaining oneness with Universal Being, and śāmbhavopāya,...
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This profound text is concerned with the philosophy and practice known as Kashmir Shaivism. On account of its size and scope it is a veritable encyclopedia of non-dual Shaivism.
Why was the Tantraloka written? In answer to this question Abhinavagupta tells us that, although in the schools of Kashmir Shaivism there are many wonderful and important ways and methods for attaining the supreme reality, yet in his time not even one was still existing. All...
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Este libro, Shaivismo de Cachemira: el Supremo secreto, por el gran santo filósofo del siglo XX Swami Lakshmanjoo, presenta un desarrollo sistemático de las enseñanzas tántricas de la antigua tradición del Shaivismo de Cachemira. Esta profunda tradición, por mucho tiempo mantenida en secreto, es tan rica y detallada en sus descripciones de lo que revela como el ascenso de la conciencia individual a la Conciencia universal de Dios, que ha sido...
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"The Magical Jewel of Devotion in Kashmir Shaivism -Stava Cintamani" as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, is a sublime and unique hymn addressed to 'Lord Shiva', whom the author, Bhatta Narayana, clearly holds as the Supreme Reality. Though these hymns are both practical and deeply philosophical, the constant theme that runs like a thread through the one hundred and twenty verses is that love and devotion towards Lord Shiva is everything.
That Bhatta...
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The chapters of this book, Kashmir Shaivism—The Secret Supreme, are based on the most essential teachings of Abhinvagupta's magnum opus Tantrāloka. Here, the twentieth century's great philosopher saint Swami Lakshmanjoo, presents a systematic unfolding of the Tantric teachings of the ancient tradition of Kashmir Shaivism. This profound tradition, long enshrouded in secrecy, is so rich and detailed in its descriptions of the ascent of individual...
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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...
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In this multimedia study set, Swami Lakshmanjoo, the fully realized philosopher saint of the long concealed and secret tradition known as Kashmir Shaivism, translates and illuminates Abhinavagupta's Paramarthasara. Originally a work of Patanjali, Abhinavagupta chose to revise and update this revered treatise in order to reveal the profundities of the Trika Shaivite doctrine. In the conclusion of the Paramarthasara Abhinavagupta tells us, "I have kept...
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