In this excerpt from chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the three types of actions and three types of doers in Kashmir Shaivism. DVD 18a (50:06) नियतं सङ्गरहितमरागद्वेषतः कृतम् । अफलप्रेप्सुना कर्म यत्तत्सात्त्विकमुच्यते ॥२३॥ niyataṁ saṅgarahitamarāgadveṣataḥ kṛtam / aphalaprepsunā karma yattatsāttvikamucyate //23// Whatever the śāstras have [prescribed] . . ….
In this excerpt from the Stava Cintamani, by Bhaṭṭanārāyaṇa, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals why we need to develop sāttvaguṇa in Kashmir Shaivism. “The avenue for crossing the cycle of guṇa is through sāttvaguṇa. It is not through rajoguṇa, it is not through tamoguṇa.” ~Swami Lakshmanjoo St.Cin. CD 425 (43:55) triguṇatriparispanda-dvandvagrastaṁ jagattrayam / uddhartuṁ bhavato’nyasya kasya śaktiḥ kṛpātha…