This is part three of our series about ‘glamour of Lord Shiva’ in Kashmir Shaivism. We will learn how this relates to where the real Self is established in the following excerpts from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara, The Essence of the Highest Reality, followed by audio excerpts from the Svacchanda Tantra (Shiva Sutras) and Abhinavagupta’s Tantraloka. Each…
This is part two of excerpts on glamour. In this part you will be able to listen/watch and study excerpts from the “Special Verses on Practice“, the Bodhapañcadaśikā “Fifteen Verses of Wisdom”, the Magical Jewel of Devotion, the Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva’s Shivastotravali, the Spanda Sandoha, from “The Mystery of Vibrationless-Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism: Vasugupta’s…
“When Swamiji uses the word glamour he is referring to the beauty, shining, effulgence, brilliance, dazzle, illumination, luster, radiance and splendor of our Divine Nature or Self, the Bliss of Svātantrya Shakti.” ~Denise Hughes This is the first part in a series of excerpts on the subject of glamour. The excerpt below is from Chapter 2,…