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"Love is the answer and the key" - in Kashmir Shaivism bhagavad gita bhakti devotion love para bhāva Feb 06, 2025

In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism Swami Lakshmanjoo makes clear that “Everybody can achieve Him with bhakti, devotion, love.” And he goes on to explain what love really is…

"Love is the answer and the key!" ~Swami Lakshmanjoo

DVD 8 (1:03:00)

परसतसमाततु भावोऽनयो वयकतावयकतः सनातनः 

यः स सरवेषु भूतेषु नशयतसु न विनशयति  ॥॥

अवयकतोऽकषर इतयुकतसतमाहुः परमां गतिम 

यं परापय न निवरतनते तदधाम परमं मम  ॥॥

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You must do this kind of practice for subsiding the power of ignorance, the power of illusion. Shiva Sutras 3.1
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You must do this kind of practice for subsiding the power of ignorance, the power of illusion. Shiva Sutras 3.1 ignorance imagination meditation power of illusion shiva sutras Feb 03, 2025

In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras  – The Supreme Awakening, third awakening, Verse 4) Swami Lakshmanjoo explains how “You must do this kind of practice for subsiding the power of ignorance, the power of illusion.”


 

atasca etatprasamaya

So etat prasamaya, for subsiding this limitation of life, limitation of being . . .

sarire samharah kalanam  // 4 //

You must make all the circles (kalas) in your body enter one into the other from gross to subtle.

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This is the essence of all mantras! (extract from Shiva Sutras 2.3) mantra rahasyam prabuddha yogi shiva sutras Jan 23, 2025

In this extract from the Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening, by Swami Lakshmanjoo, Swamiji explains how mantra (sound) is connected with kundalini. You can find some real gems here, we have highlighted a few in bold in the transcript below the video…

For such a great yogi the mantra, that supreme-I, universal-I (mantra is here universal-I, not individual-I), the splendor of that universal-I is explained in this next sutra, third.

विदयाशरीरसतता मनतररहसयम ॥॥

vidya-sarira-satta...

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Sattvic Sukha – the Poison that turns into Joy in Meditation
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Sattvic Sukha – the Poison that turns into Joy in Meditation bhagavad gita sāttvic yattadātve Dec 30, 2024

In this excerpt, Swamiji explains sāttvic (divine) sukha (joy) and explains how this appears as poisonous in the beginning and how to turn that into joy (in meditation).

This is an excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita audio recordings from the unpublished archives of the Lakshmanjoo Academy, Chapter 18, verse 37.

Sāttvic sukha – Divine way of Spiritual joy.

yattadātve viṣamiva pariṇāme’mṛitopamam  /
tatsukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ vidyādātmabuddhiprasādajam // 37

Yattadātve, at the time of ...

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How does Sattvaguna binds the individual in Kashmir Shaivism gunas kashmir shaivism sattvaguna Dec 23, 2024

In the latest Bhagavad Gita Sangha (#85 Chapter 14 verse 19-25) we learned from Swamiji about the gunas in Kashmir Shaivism versa traditional Vedic literature. A very important question came up: “How does sattvaguna binds the individual?” As we had just learned that sattvaguna is considered to be pure.

In this unpublished excerpt from an earlier audio recording of the Bhagavad Gita, Swamiji explains this in great detail. And ends with an important appeal!

 

 

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What is liberation in Kashmir Shaivism (Tantraloka)
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What is liberation in Kashmir Shaivism (Tantraloka) abhinavagupta’s tantraloka karmamala liberation malas mayiyamala mokṣa svatantrātma śloka Dec 09, 2024

In this excerpt from The Light on Tantra in Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta’s Tantraloka, Volume One, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals the nature of liberation (moksa).

 

B) The nature of Liberation – Moksa (31–35)

Now the thirty-first [sloka]:

Audio 2 – 0:02

सवतनतरातमातिरिकतसतु तुचछोऽतुचछोऽपि कशचन।
न मोकषो नाम तननासय पृथङनामापि गृहयते॥॥

svatantratmatiriktastu tuccho’tuccho’pi kascana /
na mokso nama tannasya prthannamapi grhyate //31//

Now, he...

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What are the qualifications of Parabhairava?
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What are the qualifications of Parabhairava? lord shiva para tattva parabhairava Dec 02, 2024

This excerpt is a very important lecture on the qualification of Parabhairava, as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo in the Essence of the Supreme Reality: Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara verses 10-13.

 
 
भारूपं परिपूरणं सवातमनि विशरानतितो महाननदम  ।
इचछासंवितकरणैर निरभरितम अननतशकतिपरिपूरणम  ॥॥
सरवविकलपविहीनं शुदधं शानतं लयोदयविहीनम  ।
यत परतततवं तसमिन विभाति षटतरिंशदातम जगत  ॥॥
 
bhārūpaṁ paripūrṇaṁ svātmani viśrāntito mahānandam /
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A special excerpt from Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka
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A special excerpt from Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka devotion kashmir shaivism love shaktipata [grace] tantrāloka Nov 25, 2024

“Love and devotion for God arise from His Grace”.
~Swami Lakshmanjoo

 

 

Below is an extract from the Tantraloka 13th Ahnika revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo…

This is an unpublished text from the Archive of the Lakshmanjoo Academy)
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 purane’pi ca tasyaiva

prasadadbhaktirisyate /

yaya yanti param siddhim

tadbhavagatamanasah // 285 //

In Purana also, in historical tantras also–tantras...

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Whoever knows Me, he is really a realized soul and he has got full faith in Me bhagavad gita sloka soul Nov 25, 2024

In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Lakshmanjoo quotes Lord Shiva/Krishna saying: “I am the creator of everybody, I am the producer of everybody. This way, whoever knows Me, he is really a realized soul and he has got full faith in Me.”

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Bhagavad Gita DVD 10 (05:55)

एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेतति तततवतः  ।

सोऽविकमपेन योगेन युजयते नातर संशयः  ॥॥

etāṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ /

so’vikampena yogena yujyate nātra...

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The difference between water and snow
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The difference between water and snow shiva sutras spanda Nov 18, 2024

In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras  – The Supreme Awakening, third awakening verse 17, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the difference between water and snow.

 

Agame api – in Tantra also it is said:

S.S. 3.17 (04:58)

jalam himam ca yo veda guruvaktragamatpriye /

nastyeva tasya kartavyam tasyapascimajanmata //

“O dear Priye, O dear Parvati, the one who understands what reality lies in water and its coagulated formation, snow (this substance is the same, but the...

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The importance of meditation during your life in Kashmir Shaivism bhagavad gītā kashmir shaivism meditation Nov 08, 2024

In this excerpt from the end of chapter 7 and the concluding verse of the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the importance of meditation during your life in Kashmir Shaivism. We are presenting two translations by Swamiji, recorded at different times of his life. The first is a video recording made in Swamiji’s later years, and the second is an audio lecture recorded earlier.


 Now 30th sloka. This is the ending sloka.

DVD 7 (1:16:40)

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Whatever happens in this world - He is never lost! bhagavad gita parabhairava puruṣa Nov 04, 2024

We have been studying some very interesting parts from Abhinavagupta’s Bhagavad Gita, in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo in our Weekly Sangha. This particular part from Chapter 13 (verses 27-28) is very reassuring in today’s turbulent times.

DVD 13 (59:30)

यावतकिञचितसंभवति सततवं सथावरजङगमम 

कषेतरकषेतरजञसंयोगाततदविदधि भरतरषभ  ॥॥

yavat-kiñcit-sambhavati sattvam sthavarajangamam  /

ksetra-ksetrajña-samyogat-tad-viddhi...

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