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[29] [30] He also introduced Kashmir Shaivism to a wide audience of western meditators through his writings and lectures on the subject. [31] [32] The Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, a chapter from the Rudrayamala Tantra, was introduced to the West by Paul Reps, a student of Lakshman Joo, by including an English translation in his book Zen Flesh, Zen ...
Siddharameshwar was born in 1888 in the village Pathri, Solapur, India, making him one of the contemporaries of Sri Ramana Maharshi.Since childhood, he had been credited with a sharp intellect and a natural ability to learn and absorb knowledge; in 1906, in Karnataka, [web 3] he was initiated into Inchagiri by his guru Shri Bhausaheb Maharaj, who taught mantra meditation as the way to reach ...
Mark S. G. Dyczkowski (29 August 1951 – 2 February 2025) was an English Indologist, musician, and scholar of Tantra and Kashmir Shaivism. [1] He has published multiple translations and commentaries, most notably the 12-volume Manthanabhairava Tantra [2] and an 11-volume Tantrāloka including the commentary by Jayaratha.
The Kashmiri Shaivism is combination of Shaivism, Agama and Tantra. A number of commentaries were written by Vasugupta's contemporaries or successors. Most famous of them is Kshemaraja's Vimarshini (10th Century C.E.) which has been translated into English by Jaideva Singh and Swami Lakshman Joo.
Shaivism is a major tradition within Hinduism with a theology that is predominantly related to the Hindu god Shiva. Shaivism has many different sub-traditions with regional variations and differences in philosophy. [31] Shaivism has a vast literature with different philosophical schools ranging from nondualism, dualism, and mixed schools. [32]
The Kashmir Shaivism theory of creation affirms that the world was willed into existence by the sovereign force of Śiva. Thus, the world has no external causes outside Śiva's Svātantrya . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] This power creates multiplicity ( māyā ) from the original unity of the absolute, [ 18 ] [ 19 ] and as such, it exists inside and ...
1985 – Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme, edited by John Hughes (the essence of the first fifteen chapters of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka) 1986 – Hindi commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo on Abhinavagupta's Bhagavad Gitartha Samgraha; 1987 – Hindi translation of Panchastavi; Posthumously: 1992 – Self Realization in Kashmir Shaivism, Oral ...
Aham, a concept of Kashmir Shaivism, is defined as the supreme heart (hṛdayam), [1] transcendent Self, supreme I awareness [2] or infinite consciousness. [3] The space of Aham is where khecarī mudrā (free movement in the space of the heart) is realised. Khecarī mudrā is considered the supreme state of spiritual evolution.