In this excerpt from The Magical Jewel of Devotion in Kashmir Shaivism – Stava Cintamani Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the difference between knowledge and devotion as lights in the world, and reveals why one is more important to have than the other.
Audio 4 (16:34)
हृतोद्धततमस्तान्तिः प्लुष्टाशेषभवेन्धना ।
त्वद्बोधदीपिका मेऽस्तु नाथ त्वद्भक्तिदीपिका ॥५९॥
hṛtoddhatatamastāntiḥ pluṣṭāśeṣabhavendhanā /
tvadbodhadīpikā me’stu nātha tvadbhaktidīpikā //59//
There are two kinds of candles in
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In this section from the Light on the Tantra of Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta’s Tantraloka, Chapter One Swami Lakshmanjoo is explaining two different types of knowledge that are important in Kashmir Shaivism.
Intellectual knowledge is nourished by that pauruṣa jñāna and pauruṣa jñāna is nourished by that intellectual knowledge, side-by-side. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
Audio 2 – 13:11
अहमित्थमिदं वेद्मीत्येवमध्यवसायिनी।
षट्कञ्चुकाबिलाणूत्थप्रतिबिम्बनतो यदा॥३९॥
धीर्जायते तदा तादृग्ज्ञानमज्ञा
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Dhāraṇā 109
न मे बन्धो न मे मोक्षो
जीवस्यैता विभीषिकाः ।
प्रतिबिम्बमिदं बुद्धे-
र्जलेष्विव विवस्वतः ॥१३५॥
na me bandho na me mokṣo
jīvasyaitā vibhīṣikāḥ /365
pratibimbamidaṁ buddher-
jaleṣviva vivasvataḥ // 135 //
“Na me bandho, I have no bondage.” “Na me mokṣo, I am not liberated.” “I am neither bound nor liberated.” This liberation and bondage is just attributed to the jīva, the individual soul, and to him, these two perceptions (being in bondage and being liberated) are vibhīṣ...
In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras - The Supreme Awakening, third awakening, verse 29, Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies who is the one inserting knowledge in others.
In fact, only that person who has become just like Śiva,28 being always busy in his daily routine with internal recitation (ajapa) and ruling his own wheel of energies, can be helpful in illuminating others. He explains this in the next sūtra:
