The Trika Tradition Beyond Kashmir
The term "Kashmir Śaivism" has been a popular way of referring to the exegetical tradition of the Tantras developed in Kashmir, by...
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vimarshafoundation
- Sep 6, 2022
- 6 min
Kṣemarāja's Bhairāvanukaranastava
Mahāmaheśvarācārya Kṣemarāja's Bhairāvanukaranastava, or his prayers of worship to Lord Bhairava (mainly in his Svacchanda form),...
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vimarshafoundation
- Sep 1, 2022
- 16 min
The 5 Mahārtha Levels of Mastery
In what follows, we read Lilian Silburn describing the classification of five levels of Siddhas or perfected beings as comprehended in...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 29, 2022
- 9 min
Principles of Mahārtha philosophy
The central philosophy constitutive of the Sarvāmnāya Tantra, around which all other philosophies are subsumed, is the Mahārtha, coming...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 25, 2022
- 9 min
The Fusion of the Mystical and the Aesthetic in Tripurasundarī
Saundaryalaharī (SL), a devotional poem traditionally attributed to Śaṅkara, is one of the most revered and widely read texts with...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 22, 2022
- 7 min
The myth of Śiva and Pārvatī
A reading of the classiccal myth of the wedding of Śiva and Pārvatī from the outlook of contemporary global concerns over humanity's...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 18, 2022
- 15 min
Lord Amr̥teśa and the Tantric paradigms of healing and disease
A consideration of Tantric paradigms of healing and disease in the worship of Lord Amr̥teśa, according to Netra Tantra The highest goal...
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vimarshafoundation
- Aug 13, 2022
- 5 min
Siddhilakṣmī and Nepalese Sarvāmnāya Tantra
In what follows, we read an excerpt from an article by Śaivācārya Sthaneshwar Timalsina in which he describes features of the Tantric...
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vimarshafoundation
- Apr 11, 2022
- 12 min
Kuṇḍalinī Rise
(We bring to you this time a famous passage from Jñāneśvar's commentary on the Bhagavad Gīta chapter 6, verses 186-328, which contains...
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