In this excerpt from the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, Swamiji Lakshmanjoo explains the sixth chapter, called “Clearance of the Path”, “Adhvavisphuraṇākhyaṁ ṣaṣṭham stotram, the sixth. Adhva visphuraṇākhyaṁ means, if I am treading on…
![Actually, in Shaivism, this is the fact that when God is perceived, [He] is perceived, not with the adoption of means. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo](https://www.lakshmanjooacademy.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/actually-480x480.png)
In this excerpt from the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, Chapter 12, Revealing the Secret – Rahasyanirdeśanāma dvādaśaṁ stotram, Swami Lakshmanjoo “reveals the secret” of Kashmir Shaivism. Actually, in Shaivism,…
This is a beautiful devotional excerpt from Chapter 1 of the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, highlighting the need to achieve God in the activity of the universe,…
Here Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals how to remain devoted amidst the turmoil and ups and downs of life. This translation is taken from Utpaladeva’s devotional text: Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali. “Let…