A clear and unique explanation of the much-discussed term “maya” (illusion) in the light of Kashmir Shaivism as Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals to us how we have become limited being.
This is an excerpt from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara: The Essence of the Highest Reality.
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PS DVD 1 (00:55:10)
मायापरिगरहवशाद
बोधो मलिनः पुमान पशुरभवति ।
काल-कला-नियतिवशाद
रागाविदयावशेन संबदधः ॥॥
maya...
In this excerpt from the Essence of the Supreme Reality, Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara Swami Lakshmanjoo explains why in order to attain Moksha (Liberation) the starting point of the journey is the ending point.
PS DVD 3 (00:52:47)
मोकषसय नैव किंचिद
धामासति, न चापिगमनमनयतर ।
अजञानगरनथिभिदा
सवशकतयभिवयकतता मोकषः ॥॥
moksasya naiva kimcid
dhamasti, na capi-gamanam-anyatra /
ajñana-granthi-bhida
sva-sakty-abhivyaktata moks...
