Here Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals that bondage and liberation are not separate from the reality of Lord Siva. And why this theory of Shaivism is misunderstood.
Bondage and Liberation are not separate from the reality of Lord Shiva. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo
एतौ बनधविमोकषौ च परमेशसवरूपतः ।
न भिदयेते न भेदो हि तततवतः परमेशवरे ॥
etau bandha-vimoksau ca paramesa-svarupatah /
na bhidyete na bhedo hi tattvatah paramesvare // 14 //
But in fact these two cycles of...
In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism Swami Lakshmanjoo elaborates on the question “What gives you liberation and what gives you enjoyment of the world”.
DVD 3.1 (26:07)
सहयजञाः परजाः सृषटवा पुरोवाच परजापतिः ।
अनेन परसविषयधवमेष वोऽसतविषटकामधुक ॥॥
sahayajñah prajah srstva purovaca prajapatih /
anena prasavisyadhvamesa vo‘stvistakamadhuk //10//
Prajāpati means Brahmā. It is translated by all commentators of the ...
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...
