Swami Lakshmanjoo explains what happens in this world when differentiated perception is totally destroyed… and this whole universe gets diluted in Parabhairava… and His spanda overflows and He creates this world again. Excerpt from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara, The Essence of the Highest Reality, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Now also available as video on demand. Watch on YouTube द्रष्टा…
Today’s excerpt is from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara (The Essence of the Highest Reality) as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo. “He gives an example now [to illustrate] what is the difference between ignorance and knowledge; what is the difference between being posted in the Parabhairava state and being posted in the disgusted, trodden state of the jīva. He gives an…
The paradoxical way of the greatest svātantrya52 of Lord Śiva. A small but poignant excerpt from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara (The Essence of the Highest Reality, where Swami Lakshmanjoo explains how what ‘is’ becomes ‘is not’ and what ‘is not’ becomes ‘is’. The Supreme Universal Being, makes the impossible possible and the possible impossible PS DVD 1…
In this excerpt from the Essence of the Supreme Reality: Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara, Swami Lakshmanjoo reminds us that “No matter what happens, go on remembering God and He will carry you.” click to view on youtube PS DVD 5 (00:42:39) तस्मात् सन्मार्गेऽस्मिन् निरतो यः कश्चिदेति स शिवत्वम् । इति मत्वा परमार्थे यथातथापि प्रयतनीयम् ॥१०३॥ tasmāt sanmārge’smin…