In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, chapter 16, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains that there are two kinds of glories in Kashmir Shaivism, one is divine glory, one is not divine glory. Divine glory is godly behavior that is sentencing you in moksha, liberation. And not divine glory is demonic behavior that is entangling you in the wheel of repeated births and deaths.
“Now, Lord Siva (Lord Krsna) says that there are two kinds of glories: one is divine glory,...
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.
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मोकषसय नैव किंचिद
धामासति, न चापिगमनमनयतर ।
अजञानगरनथिभिदा
सवशकतयभिवयकतता मोकषः ॥॥
moksasya naiva kimcid
dhamasti, na capi-gamanam-anyatra /
ajñana-granthi-bhida
sva-sakty-abhivyaktata moks...
