By Swami Lakshmanjoo,John Howard Hughes
A critical subject matter of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the hugely esoteric vital referred to as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the note ‘spanda’ skill verified good stream. that's, it's movementless-movement, vibrationless-vibration. it truly is this mystery, mysterious and but crucial precept that Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies and elucidates in his revelation of the 2 texts dealing particularly with this precept, the Spanda Karika and the Spanda Sandoha.
the idea of spanda isn't really new. It was once hidden within the physique of the Tantras and extracted through Vasugupta, founding father of the Shiva Sutras, and initiator of monistic Shaivism within the valley of Kashmir. Vasugupta composed the Spanda Karika, a textual content choked with the fundamentalprecepts (karikas) relating to spanda and the philosophy surrounding it.
Kṣhemaraja, the manager disciple of the vitally important and significant determine within the culture of Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta, is the writer of the second one pivotal textual content concerning spanda, the Spanda Sandoha. this article is an intensive exposition (sandoha) at the first verse of the Spanda Karika.
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