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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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Why maya (illusion) is actually svatantrya (freedom) in Kashmir Shaivism
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Why maya (illusion) is actually svatantrya (freedom) in Kashmir Shaivism kashmir shaivism maya svatantrya Jul 24, 2023

In this important excerpt from The Magical Jewel of Devotion in Kashmir Shaivism – Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa’s Stava Cintamani, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains why, in Kashmir Shaivism, māyā (illusion) is really svātantrya (freedom).

 

Audio 4 (45:26)

यस्याः प्राप्येत पर्यन्त-विशेषः कैर्मनोरथैः ।

मायामेकनिमेषेण मुष्णंस्तां पातु नः शिवः ॥७३॥

yasyāḥ prāpyeta paryanta-viśeṣaḥ kairmanorathaiḥ /

māyāmekanimeṣeṇa muṣṇaṁstāṁ pātu naḥ śivaḥ //73//

Let that Lord Śiva protect us (pātu naḥ śiva; na...

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