Swami Lakshmanjoo explains what happens when differentiated perception is totally destroyed, His spanda overflows and He creates this world again. This is an 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 श्रोता घ्राता देहेन्द्रियवर्जितोऽप्यकर्तापि । सिद्धान्तागमतर्कां श्चित्रानहमेव रचयामि ॥५०॥ draṣṭā śrotā…
Swami Lakshmanjoo explains why the acting of a yogi is just like the acting of Shiva in this excerpt from the Mystery of Vibrationless-Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism – Spanda Kārikā & Spanda Sandoha. Audio 5 – 27:52 pramāpitaṁ ca etat pratyabhijñāyām [not recited] cidātmaiva hi devo’ntaḥ sthitamicchāvaśādbahiḥ / yogīva nirūpādānamarthajātaṁ prakāśayet198 //199 Just like…
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 now as complete set under the title The Mystery of Vibrationless-Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism: Vasugupta’s Spanda Kārikā & Kṣemarāja’s Spanda Sandoha – revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo). “He has given the indication…
This excerpt titled “When you rise along with thieves” is from the book The Mystery of Vibrationless-Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism: Vasugupta’s Spanda Kārikā & Kṣemarāja’s Spanda Sandoha – revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo). “Now, he explains in this next śloka that this elevated yogi does not get bondage, does not get bounded, entangled, by these three states: jāgrat [waking],…