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This is an excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita audio recordings from the unpublished archives of the Lakshmanjoo Academy, Chapter 18, verse 37.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

DVD 3.1 (1:00:58)
यशचातमरतिरेव सयादातमतृपतशच मानवः ।
आतमनयेव च सनतुषटसतसय कारयं न विदयते ॥॥
yascatmaratireva syadatmatrptasca manavah /
atmanyeva ca santustastasya karyam na vidyate //17//
And that person who is, on the contrary, atma ratireva, who is focused in his...
There are three types of spiritual joy (sukha) in Kashmir Shaivism: sattvic sukha, rajas sukha, and tamas 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 sattvic [kind] and how this joy seems poisonous in the beginning.
Chapter 18 Part 2
SWAMIJI:
DVD 18b (00:01)
सुखं तविदानीं तरिविधं शृणु मे भरतरषभ ।
अभयासादरमते यतर दुःखानतं च नियचछति ॥॥
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Nobody has commentated upon this verse of the Bhagavad Gita [in this manner] other than Abhinavagupta.
DVD 3.1 (32:53)
देवानभावयतानेन ते देवा भावयनतु वः ।
परसपरं भावयनतः शरेयः परमवापसयथ ॥॥
devanbhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah /
parasparam bhavayantah sreyah paramava...
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.
DVD 13 (1:00:46)
समं सरवेषु भूतेषु तिषठनतं परमेशवरम ।
विनशयतसवविनशयनतं यः पशयति स पशयति ॥॥
samam sarvesu bhutesu tisthantam paramesvaram /
vinasyat-svavinasyantam yah pasyati sa pasyati //28//
And Paramesvarah...
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 various scriptures he had studied throughout his life. Each Sunday he would distribute one or two slokas to devotees, at the same time giving in brief their essential meaning. In all...
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).
Om. Om means:
antaralinatattvaugham cidanandaghanam mahat /
yattattvam saivadhamakhyam tadomityabhidhiyate //271
Antaralina tattvaugham, where all of these differentiated thirty-six elements and one...

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 Kashmir Shaivism. The Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism is available as online course or as hardcover and softcover book and ebook in our store.
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In this excerpt, from the weekly Sangha, Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Swamiji gives a unique and new explanation of a well-known verse from the Bhagavad Gita, calling for moderation in using the senses. Here, in this amendment of the verse, he explains how to put the Trick of Yoga in all Activities of your Life. The recording includes questions and answers and further discussion of the subject.
You are welcome to join us for the free weekly Sangha, Bhagavad Gita in the...