Kashmir Shaivism is the philosophical school of consciousness that arose in Kashmir about 1200 years ago. The notion of Kashmir Shaivism originated in 1913 with the publication of J.C. Chatterji's text of the same name. Before that point the same thoughts would have been labeled Shaiva Monism, or the generic form Trika. Kashmir Shaivism is a tantric system with emphasis in areas which Navjivan Rastogi describes in his foreword for Dynamic Stillness by Swami Chetanananda, "The logical structure of Kashmir Shaivism ...

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• Kashmir Shaivism - Siva the Great Initiator and Saviour
• Kashmir Shaivism - The Siva Sutra
• Kashmir Shaivism - Classification of the written tradition
• Kashmir Shaivism - Abhinavagupta the great initiate
• Kashmir Shaivism - Trika the concept of trinity
• Kashmir Shaivism - The Trika schools
• Kashmir Shaivism - History of Kashmir Shaivism
• Kashmir Shaivism - Shaivism in relation to other religions or spiritual paths
• Kashmir Shaivism - Possibilities of learning and practicing the Kashmir Shaivism today

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Kashmir Shaivism, Kashmir Shaivism - Siva the Great Initiator and Saviour, Kashmir Shaivism - The Siva Sutra, Kashmir Shaivism - Classification of the written tradition, Kashmir Shaivism - Abhinavagupta the great initiate, Kashmir Shaivism - Trika the concept of trinity, Kashmir Shaivism - The Trika schools, Kashmir Shaivism - History of Kashmir Shaivism, Kashmir Shaivism - Shaivism in relation to other religions or spiritual paths, Kashmir Shaivism - Possibilities of learning and practicing the Kashmir Shaivism today

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Kashmir shaivism:

A branch of the Shaivite philosophical tradition, propounded by Kashmiri sages, that explains how the formless supreme Principle, known as Shiva, manifests as the universe. Together with Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism provides the basic scriptural context for Siddha Yoga meditation.

(See also: Kashmir shaivism, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary, Siddha Yoga, Siddha Yoga Dictionary)

Lal Ded's Vaakhs and Kashmir Shaivism

Kashmir, often described as the abode of saints, has produced a number of spiritually evolved persons. Among them Lal Ded, better known as Lalla Yogeshwari, ranks as a great mystic poetess of the 14th century.

She was an ardent practitioner of Kashmir Shaivism which is also known as Trika Shastra founded by Vasu Gupta. Lal Ded took Shaktipat Diksha from her guru, Sri Neel Kanth.

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Trika is made up of several spiritual schools. 1. The oldest (historically speaking) of these schools is called Krama. In Sanskrit, ’krama’ means ’process’, ’order’ or ’succession’. The basic idea of this system is that the road to perfection has certain stages or steps. Each of these steps is governed by an aspect of the Divine. Therefore, God is actually present all the way, but each new step reveals a more profound face of Him. The Krama system is based upon the concept of Sakti as the Supreme Creative Energy ...

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Kashmir Shaivism, Kashmir Shaivism - Siva the Great Initiator and Saviour, Kashmir Shaivism - The Siva Sutra, Kashmir Shaivism - Classification of the written tradition, Kashmir Shaivism - Abhinavagupta the great initiate, Kashmir Shaivism - Trika the concept of trinity, Kashmir Shaivism - The Trika schools, Kashmir Shaivism - History of Kashmir Shaivism, Kashmir Shaivism - Shaivism in relation to other religions or spiritual paths, Kashmir Shaivism - Possibilities of learning and practicing the Kashmir Shaivism today

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Somananda was one of the great teachers of Kashmir Shaivism. He wrote the Shiva Drishti. Other related archivesKashmir Shaivism

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Bhagavan Nityananda (1885 – August 7, 1961) was an Indian guru of the Kashmir Shaivism faith. Nityananda was born in Quilandy (Pandalayini) Kerala, South India. See also. Muktananda Siddha Yoga ...

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Trika (a concept of Kashmir Shaivism) in Sanskrit means trinity. On the other hand, Trika has been the name by which Kashmir Shaivism has been known before year 1900, because the concept of trinity is manifested in many ways and on multiple levels throughout its whole philosophical system. Trika - Siva Sakti and Anu. According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, immanent in ...

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• Trika - Siva Sakti and Anu
• Trika - The Sakti trinity
• Trika - The trinity of energies of will knowledge and power
• Trika - The trinity of knowledge
• Trika - The three fundamental states of consciousness
• Trika - The three-fold spiritual path

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Utpaladeva (900 ?) was one of the great teachers of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism. Utpaladeva, an influential philosopher-theologian of the Pratyabhijna school of Shaiva thought composed the Ishvara-pratyabhijna-karika, or 'Verses on the Recognition of the Lord' Utpaladeva - External link. http://www.koausa.org/Saints/Utpaladeva/ ...

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• Utpaladeva - External link

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Turya, a concept in Kashmir Shaivism, meaning the fourth state of consciousness. The fourth fundamental state of consciousness (vritti) is the superconsciousness which is characteristic to Spiritual Illumination and divine ecstasy, Samadhi. It is called the fourth because it transcends the other three common states of consciousness: the waking state the dreaming sta ...

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The Gnostic term Barbelo refers to the first emanation of Bythos. She is variously referred to as Thought, Providence, Forethought, or Foreknowledge. In the Apocryphon of John, a tractate in the Nag Hammadi Library, Barbelo is described as "The first power, the glory, Barbelo, the perfect glory in the aions, the glory of the revelation." The Apocryphon of John continues: "This is the first thought, his image; she became the womb of everything, for it is she who is prior to them all, the Mother-Father, the fi ...

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• Barbelo - Relation to other systems of thought

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Abhinavagupta (fl. c. 975 - 1025) was one of India's great literary critics and philosophers. He was born in Kashmir and he wrote on Shaivism, aesthetics, music, and a variety of other subjects. His two famous commentaries on poetry, drama, and dance, the Locana on the Dhvanyaloka and the Abhinavabharati on the Natyasastra engage with almost every important aspect of Indian aesthetics. In their book Santarasa (published by Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, 1969) authors J.L. Masson and M.V. Patwardhan write about Abhinavagupta's major cont ...

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• Abhinavagupta - External link

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Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Shaivism (also spelled Saivism, IAST Śaivism; see Sanskrit for pronunciation) is a branch of Hinduism that worships Siva as the Supreme God. Followe ...

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• Shaivism - Philosophy and Worship
• Shaivism - History
• Shaivism - Features of Shaivism
• Shaivism - Within Hinduism
• Shaivism - Shaiva Upanishads

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Siddha Yoga is a spiritual group teaching traditional Hindu or yogic practices both in India and in the West. The group has an organizational foundation by the name of SYDA Foundation, founded by the second guru of the Siddha Yoga lineage, Swami Muktananda (1908 – 1982). The guru who is the latest in the lineage of teachers of Siddha yoga is a woman, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (June 24, 1955 – ). The group has its U.S. headquarters at a large country ashram called Shree Muktananda Ashram composed of two former resort hotels i ...

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• Siddha Yoga - History
• Siddha Yoga - Tenets
• Siddha Yoga - Practices
• Siddha Yoga - Criticism
• Siddha Yoga - Press articles - Favorable
• Siddha Yoga - Press articles - Critical

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Commonly known as Devi (goddess), Vaishnodevi (देवी, Devī in Hindi and Sanskrit) is the Divine Mother of Hinduism. Some of her other names include Jai Mata Di and Mata Rani. She is known as the goddess of strength, the female aspect of divinity, usually considered to have an equal role with the male aspect as energy or the driving force (Shakti), without which the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, is impotent. Vaishnodevi's main temple is situated in Jammu regio ...

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• Devi - Shakta
• Devi - Aspects

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Saiva Siddhanta is the oldest, most vigorous and extensively practiced Shaivaite Hindu school active today, encompassing millions of devotees, thousands of active temples and dozens of living monastic/ascetic traditions. Despite its popularity, Siddhanta’s past as an all-India denomination is relatively unknown and it is primarily identified with its South Indian, Tamil form. The term Saiva Siddhanta means “the final or established conclusions of Saivism.” It is the formalized theology of the divine revelations contained in the ...

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• Saiva Siddhanta - Gurus
• Saiva Siddhanta - Saints and Ascetics
• Saiva Siddhanta - Siddhas
• Saiva Siddhanta - Saiva Siddhanta Teachings
• Saiva Siddhanta - The Spread of Saiva Siddhanta
• Saiva Siddhanta - A New Siddhanta
• Saiva Siddhanta - A Dualistic Development
• Saiva Siddhanta - Saiva Siddhanta Today

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Panentheism (Greek words: pan=all, en=in and Theos=God; "God-in-all") is the view that God is immanent within all Creation or that God is the animating force behind the universe. Unlike pantheism, panentheism does not mean that the universe is all God or that God contains the universe inside Godself. In panentheism, God maintains a transcendent character, and is viewed as both the creator and the original source of universal morality. The term is closely associated with the Logos of Hellenistic philosophy in the works of Herakleitos, which per ...

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• Panentheism - Ancient Panentheism
• Panentheism - Panentheism in Christianity
• Panentheism - Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity
• Panentheism - Other Christian Panentheists
• Panentheism - Panentheism in Judaism
• Panentheism - Panentheism in Hinduism
• Panentheism - Panentheism in Ayyavazhi
• Panentheism - Opposing views

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According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, immanent in creation - Sakti The Spiritual Atom, the limited atom or individual - Anu Anu is a microcosm, a complete image, on a reduced scale, of the macrocosm, and in permanent resonance on multiple levels with the macrocosm (universe). The resonance (link) between the microcosm and the macrocosm is Sakti, the ...

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Trika, Trika - Siva Sakti and Anu, Trika - The Sakti trinity, Trika - The trinity of energies of will knowledge and power, Trika - The trinity of knowledge, Trika - The three fundamental states of consciousness, Trika - The three-fold spiritual path

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According to the Kashmir Shaivism there are three essential realities: The Supreme Transcendent - Siva The Supreme Creative Energy, immanent in creation - Sakti The Spiritual Atom, the limited atom or individual - Anu Anu is a microcosm, a complete image, on a reduced scale, of the macrocosm, and in permanent resonance on multiple levels with the macrocosm (universe). The resonance (link) between the microcosm and the macrocosm is Sakti, the ...

See also:

Trika, Trika - Siva, Sakti and Anu, Trika - The Sakti trinity, Trika - The trinity of energies of will, knowledge and power, Trika - The trinity of knowledge, Trika - The three fundamental states of consciousness, Trika - The three-fold spiritual path

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kashmiri shaivism:

Shaivite philosophy of medieval kashmir

(See also: kashmiri shaivism, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)