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How a realized master should act (in Kashmir Shaivism)

How a realized master should act is revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo in this Kashmir Shaivism recension of Abhinavagupta's Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Chapter Three…     View on YouTube DVD 3.1 (1:00:58) यश्चात्मरतिरेव स्यादात्मतृप्तश्च मानवः  । आत्मन्येव च सन्तुष्टस्त...

The joy that seems poisonous in the beginning... is the real joy

There are three types of spiritual joy (sukha) in Kashmir Shaivism: sāttvic sukha, rājas sukha, and tāmas sukha. In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, by Swami Lakshmanjoo, chapter 18, verse 36-37, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains sukha of sāttvic [kind] and how ...

Why Abhinavagupta says Your Organs are Gods

In this Kashmiri recension of Chapter Three of the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism Swami Lakshmanjoo explains why your organs are gods and how you should worship them with delicious food, taste, sight, smell… etc.     Nobody has commentated upon this verse of the Bhagavad Gī...

He is never lost! - He is likely to become one with Parabhairava.

Here is a very uplifting excerpt from Abhinavagupta’s Bhagavad Gita, revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, which we discussed in our Weekly Sangha #81 Chapter 13, verse 25-29, where Swamiji explains how we are never lost. View on YouTube   DVD 13 (1:00:46) समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम्  ...

The stages of mind and the joy of an appeased mind

In this excerpt from the translation of chapter 6, verses 21 to 24, of Abhinavagupta’s commentary on the Bhagavad Gita Swamiji explains the stages of mind and the joy of an appeased mind in Kashmir Shaivism. In the summer of 1987 Swami Lakshmanjoo began compiling important verses from the variou...

YOU are Parabhairava

In this excerpt, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains why YOU are really Parabhairava (supreme state of God Consciousness). This is from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, chapter 8 revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo (also available as on-demand video and hardcover/paperback/ebook).   Oṁ. O...

How will people be initiated in Kashmir Shaivism

In 1990, while commenting on Abhinavagupta’s rendering of the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Lakshmanjoo made a statement regarding initiation. At that time he was asked how will people be initiated after he was gone from this world? "Through viewing this!" he replied, and he pointed at the camera. It is ...

In sensual pleasures, what should you do?

“This is my new commentary on this Bhagavad Gita.” Swami Lakshmanjoo exclaims as he tells us what we should do when eating and while experiencing śabda (sound), sparśa (touch), rupa (form) . . . all of the sensual pleasures. In sensual pleasures, what should you do? view on YouTube   DVD...

"This is my trick..." ~Swami Lakshmanjoo (Excerpt: Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism)

In this excerpt, Swami Lakshmanjoo exposes to us his trick and secret of Kashmir Shaivism, where “He [Krishna/Lord Shiva] puts forth the reality of His being in each and every object of this world”. This is from the 9th chapter verses 5-7 of the Weekly Sangha – Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashm...

A very different Meaning of Gāyatrī Mantra (in Kashmir Shaivism)

In this excerpt from The Magical Jewel of Devotion in Kashmir Shaivism – Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa’s Stava Cintamani, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the traditional Gāyatrī mantra very differently. Stava cintāmaṇi is the work of Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa. Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa is one of the most important Shaivite masters....


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