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Through 'not knowing' one is caught in the cycle of worldly existence (samsara) (Bodhapañcadaśikā v11)
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Through 'not knowing' one is caught in the cycle of worldly existence (samsara) (Bodhapañcadaśikā v11) bodhapanchadashika bodhapañcadaśikā saṁsāra yadetasya aparijñānam Dec 29, 2025

In this verse of the Bodhapañcadaśikā, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals a striking truth: it is through not knowing—not seeing the true nature of time or our own awareness—that we become entangled in saṁsāra. And even this confusion, he explains, is not a mistake but part of the divine freedom (svātantrya) of Lord Shiva. Continuing from the previous teaching on the illusion of time, Swamiji shows how ignorance itself is crafted by the divine play, and how, for those who remain unaware of their own unkn...

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Not knowing is saṁsāra (ignorance) (Bodhapañcadaśikā v11)
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Not knowing is saṁsāra (ignorance) (Bodhapañcadaśikā v11) bodhapañcadaśikā ignorance saṁsāra svatantrya Jul 15, 2024

This is the continuation of the Bodhapañcadaśikā by Abhinavagupta, who wrote the [15 verses of wisdom] ‘those dear devotees who are not intellectually inclined”. See previous verse 10 here.

 

यदेतस्यापरिज्ञानं तत्स्वातन्त्र्यं हि वर्णितम् ।

स एव खलु संसारो जडानां यो विभीषकः ॥११

 

yadetasyā-parijñānaṁ tat-svātantryaṁ hi varṇitam /

sa eva khalu saṁsāro jaḍānāṁ yo vibhīṣakaḥ  // 11 //

 

Yadetasya apari-jñānam, now if we don’t understand like this – that this is only a trick – there is no ti...

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