This is part two of an earlier excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita audio recordings (compare to the later video recordings). Swamiji explains why this fourteen fold creation (of prakṛti) and puruṣa, is soaked with supreme consciousness.
“That person who understand this way–what is puruṣa, what is prakṛti, and what is all these three dishes [the three guṇas**], no matter if he becomes the enjoyer of these three dishes, he will never come in this world. He will never be entangled in this field of repe...
In this excerpt from the earlier Bhagavad Gita audio recordings (compare to the later video recordings), Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the importance of prakṛti (nature) in Kashmir Shaivism.
“Through prakṛti you’ll rise. It is prakṛti through which you will fall.” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte . . . (verse 22 Chapter 13)
prakṛtiriti kāryakāraṇabhave hetuḥ / (comm. verse 21)
Prakṛti is the cause of kārya and kāraṇa, cause and effect. The field of cause and effect is created...
There is only one difference between the one who is residing in the state of God Consciousness (Parabhairava state) and the other one who is residing in his limited cycle of being.
Here, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals the essence of Kashmir Shaivism while translating the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism.
DVD 3.2 (16:46)
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि भागशः ।
अहंकारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥२७॥
तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः ।
गुणा गुणार्थे वर्तन्ते इति मत्वा न ...
In this excerpt from chapter two of Abhinavagupta’s Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Swami Lakshmanjoo proclaims, “Parabhairava is everywhere. You can’t deny that you are Parabhairava and that Śaktipāta is everywhere. But only one fortunate person in a thousand million understands and realizes the [reality] of his nature–Parabhairava.”
Throughout this recension of Abhinavagupta’s Bhagavad Gita, Swamiji keeps reminding us that Lord Krishna is Parabhairava, universal God consciou...
![He showers grace to [both] worthy and non-worthy. Everybody has the right to occupy that great state of wealth, the Parabhairava state.](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/blogs/2147511598/images/e0d12a2-c0f1-75f-b5b-22c782faf83_greatStateOfWealth_cleanup.jpg)
In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism Swami Lakshmanjoo tells a beautiful story to illustrate “How He showers grace to [both] worthy and non-worthy. Everybody has the right to occupy that great state of wealth, the Parabhairava state.”
Now Arjuna puts question.
DVD 3.2 (24:44)
अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः ।
अनिच्छमानोऽपि बलादाक्रम्येव नियोजितः ॥३६॥
atha kena prayukto’yaṁ pāpaṁ carati pūruṣaḥ /
anicchamāno’pi balādākramyeva niyojitaḥ //36//
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Swami Lakshmanjooo explains the yoga of knowledge and action in this excerpt from Chapter Three, verse 5-9, of the Bhagavad Gita, in the light of Kashmir Shaivism.
When you do actions and remain in God consciousness, then that fruit will be, automatically, the knowledge of Parabhairava. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
DVD 3.1 (12:05)
Jñānaṁ kramaṇā rahitaṁ na bhavati, karma ca kauśalo-petaṁ jñānarahitaṁ na bhavati [comm.]. Jñāna cannot remain without actions, and actions ca...
Swami Lakshmanjoo explains how to raise the fire of Parabhairava knowledge in the teachings of Kashmir Shaivism . . . There is nothing purer than Parabhairava knowledge; there is no other element purer than this. This is the purest element.
“You have to work out with all your might.
Don’t think of any other thing to be done in this world.”
Because everybody has the right to become Parabhairava.
This is from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism (Chapter 4 verses 36 till the end ...
![You have to elevate yourself by yourself. There is no other element, which will help you to push up. You have to push [yourself up] with all of your might, because you have got that power, but that power you have ignored. Invoke that power within [yourself]! Find out that power that you have got!](https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/blogs/2147511598/images/a83b3a0-c7a5-a2b2-72e5-ca61e88ffb4_elevateYourself1_cleanup.jpg)
In this empowering excerpt, Swami Lakshmanjoo encourages us to find out that power within [ourselves].
“You have to elevate yourself by yourself. There is no other element, which will help you to push up. You have to push [yourself up] with all of your might, because you have got that power, but that power you have ignored. Invoke that power within [yourself]! Find out that power that you have got! You have to rise with your own might. You should not kick yourself in the depth of ignorance.”
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Excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, which we studied during our Weekly Sangha #76. In Chapter 12 verse 9, Krishna tells Arjuna, “If you cannot do that (devote everything to Me) if you have not that kind of strength… (to focus all of your might and all of your desires and all of your thoughts and ambitions and desires and cravings and longings towards Me, [asking], “how should I achieve that”.)”
DVD 12 (18:23)
अथावेशयितुं चित्तं न ...
This is an excerpt of the unpublished Bhagavad Gita, by Swami Lakshmanjoo, an audio recording by John Hughes in November 1978 in Kashmir…
dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre sarvakṣatrasamāgame /
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvata sañjaya //1//
O Sañjaya! In dharmakṣetra, in the field of purity and which was the field of kurukṣetra, in that kurukṣetra, sarvakṣatra-samāgame, where there was the union of all kṣatriyas, kṣatras not Kṣetras.
DEVOTEE: Warriors, kṣatriyas?
SWAMIJI: Kṣatriya means bent
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Swami Lakshmanjoo explains how one should act in this world so that impressions do not remain in one’s mind – Kashmir Shaivism
This is an excerpt from Chapter 3, Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Also, check out our free weekly sangha recordings of studying Abhinavagupta’s Bhagavad Gita.
Now, who is the best one? The best yogi is that person . . .
DVD 3.1 (18:09)
यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन ।
कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स
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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)
परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्यो व्यक्ताव्यक्तः सनातनः ।
यः स सर्वेषु भूतेषु नश्यत्सु न विनश्यति ॥२०॥
अव्यक्तोऽक्षर इत्युक्तस्तमाहुः परमां गतिम् ।
यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥२१॥
पुरुषः स परः पार्थ
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