Spanda Kārikā Archives - Lakshmanjoo Academy, Kashmir Shaivism

It is effort that, when it flows out in active consciousness, makes one’s universal consciousness shine instantaneously. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo

The importance of “active” effort in meditation according to Kashmir Shaivism

In this important excerpt from the Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening (verse 5 of the First Awakening), Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the importance of “active” effort, it is “That effort (the…

When He opens His eyes, it means He opens His nature. When He opens His nature, that is the destruction of the differentiated universe. When He closes His eyes, that means, when He ignores His nature, the universe appears into its being. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo

The treasure of all śāstras is existing in the first śloka of Spanda Kārikā

This is an excerpt from the Spanda Sandoha, an exposition of Kṣemarāja on the first verse of the Spanda Kārikā written by Vasuguptanātha, revealed to us by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Available…

“Jai Guru Dev!” means to subside the ego existing in all four states of being. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo

The real meaning of “Jai Guru Dev” in Kashmir Shaivism

A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principle known as spanda which means vibrationless/vibration or established stable movement. In our Shaivism there are two…

Who perceives this whole universe as one with God consciousness he is always filled with that supreme blissful state. ~Swami Lakshmanjoo

What do do when you have slipped from onepointed-ness

This is an excerpt from the “The Mystery of Vibrationless-Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism: Vasugupta’s Spanda Kārikā & Kṣemarāja’s Spanda Sandoha revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo, which addresses a down to earth…

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