Swami Lakshmanjoo sheds light on Abhinavagupta’s commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, verses 4–9. Here, Krishna (Lord Shiva) reveals why He manifests His divine presence in the world:
"To protect those who are saints here, and to destroy those who are sinners; for that [reason], I appear from one yuga (age) to another yuga, from that yuga to another yuga, I appear again and again. To see that dharma, the ancient duty, is established properly in this world."
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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...
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Swami Lakshmanjoo compiled what he considered to be the most important verses from the various scriptures that he had studied throughout his life. Swamiji tells us: “They are for your daily recitation. Maybe sometime you will experience these stages.”
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All Categories 13th chapter 6th sloka abhinavagupta abhinavagupta’s bhagavad gita abhinavagupta’s bhairava stotra abhinavagupta’s paramarthasara abhinavagupta’s tantraloka abhyasa abhyāsa active effort active meditation adhvans advaita aghora aghora mantra ancient text ancient wisdom anger antar bahir antarālīna tattvaughaṁ anudghāṭitākāra anugrāhakam anupāya anuttara atyanta rocanaḥ awareness ātyaśata badhya bahurūpa-garbha stotra bhagavad gita bhagavad gītā bhagavad gītā bhairava bhairavi bhakti bhaktyā bhaṭṭa nārāyaṇa bhaṭṭa nārāyaṇa bindu bliss bodhapañcadaśikā bondage bondages boon-giving trees born anew brahma karma samādhi brahmānanda brahmā breath cid ghana cidānanda citi conciousness consciousness creative energy cycle daily recitation darkness and light dāhikā dāhikā śakti desire devas devi stotra devotion dharma dhāraṇā dhāraṇā 31 disciple divine glory dīkṣa dvaita vikalpe galite dvādaśānta elements energy energy and holder etat yonīni extroverted festival of devotion fife acts fifteen ślokas fire of consciousness five heads five senses five states of the mind fivefold contacts fullness gāyatrī mantra god consciousness god consciousness. good conciousness grace great liberation gunas guru hymns to shiva ignorance imagination initiation introverted itthaṁ jagadānanda japa jewel joy jñāni jñānendriyas karmamala karmayoga karuṇā kashmir kashmir shaivism katham kāma kāryatā knowledge krama krodha kshemaraja kula kundalini kṣemarāja’s spanda sandoha liberated liberation lord krishna lord krsna lord mahādeva lord shiva lord shiva and parvati lord śiva love madhyamā magical jewel of devotion maha shivaratri mahasamadhi mahānanda mala malas mana eva mantra mantra rahasyam masters mat citta maya mayiyamala māmanusmaran māyā vikṛtibhir means meditation meditation in action meditation practice mind moksha mokṣa monism mudra munir na ca matsthāni nectar nijānanda nirānanda niṣkala nṛtyā one being one-pointedness oral teaching pain para bhāva para prakāśa vapuṣaṁ para tattva parabhairava parabhairava state paramarthasara parānanda parātrīśikā vivarana paśya me yogam aiśvaram pathway pauruṣa jñāna pause-less effort perfect embrace power of illusion prabuddha yogi practical spirituality practice prakṛtis prakṛiti prakṛti prasādaṁ praṣṭrī prathamaḥ unmeṣa pratyabhijñā pravarteta vihāyānyan pravilaṅghya mohanīṁ māyām prayatna prāṇan prātibhā knowledge puruṣa puruṣa pūja rasa rājasic reality of self realization recitation recite rudra śāstras sacred shiva sutras sadāśiva sadhana sakala sakalam samadhi samādhi sambhava samavesa samiddha sangha sanskrit sarvakṣatrāṇāṁ sato vināśa sambandhāt sattvaguna satyuga sādhanās sāttvic saṁsāra second awakening secret supreme seven perceivers shaiva śāstras shaivite shaivite devotees shakti shaktipata shaktipata [grace] shaktopaya shavism shiva shiva sutra shiva sutra 1.1 shiva sutras shivastotravali sloka so ham soul spanda spanda karika spanda kārikā spanda kārikā & spanda sandoha spanda sandoha special verses on practice spiritual path stages of mind stages of yoga state of bhairava state of the jīva stava cintāmaṇi stava cintāmaṇi stavecintamanii sthitilayau suffering sukha sunday puja supreme conciousness supreme devi supreme divinity supreme medium grace [tivramadhyashaktipata] sūtra svacchanda bhairava svacchanda tantra svachandanatha svatantrātma svatantrya svātantrya of god swami lakshmanjoo swami vivekananda swamiji swamji sāttvic śāktopāya śloka śloka of śaṁbhu bhaṭṭārak tanmātras tantra tantraloka tantras tantrāloka tanū deśe tat prāsāda tattvas tattvas (elements) tāmasic the secret supreme the sixfold path of the universe third awakening thirty-six elements three states of awareness three states of subtle sound three upayas time trick of yoga trika triple awareness triśūla triśirobhairava tantra turya universe upaya upāyas uplifting utpaladeva utpaladeva’s utpaladeva’s shivastotravali vaicitrya vasugupta vedanta vedāntic devotees vedās vijnana bhairava vijnana bhairava tantra vijñānavādins voidness vyāsa wheel of energies wisdom in kashmir shaivism with spanish translation world mental health day worship yada ekatra saṁrūḍha yamas and niyamas yattadātve yattadātve yoga yoga in action yogi yogic exercises āhāra āhnika śaktis śiva sūtra vimarśinī ṣaḍadhvan
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