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PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Kashmir Shaivism KKaasshhmmiirr SShhaaiivviissmm First Edition, August 2002 KASHMIR NEWS NETWORK (KNN)) iii PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Kashmir Shaivism Contents page Contents......................................................................................................................................v 1 Introduction......................................................................................................................1-2 2 Shaivistic and Bhakti Roots of Kashmiri Religion............................................................2-3 3 Kashmir Saivism..............................................................................................................3-6 4 Kashmir Saivism and its Echoes in Kashmiri Poetry.........................................................4-9 5 Kashmir Shaivism..........................................................................................................5-13 5.1 Hymn to Shiva Shakti.............................................................................................5-13 5.2 The Chart of Cosmology according to Kashmir Shavism........................................5-14 6 Saivism in Prospect and Retrospect................................................................................6-16 7 Salient Features of Kashmir Monistic Shaivism..............................................................7-21 7.1 Shambhavopaya.....................................................................................................7-21 7.2 Shaktopaya.............................................................................................................7-23 7.3 Anvopaya...............................................................................................................7-23 8 Shaivism & Kashmir's Doctrine of 'Recognition' (Pratyabhijna).....................................8-26 8.1 Part I......................................................................................................................8-26 8.2 Part II.....................................................................................................................8-29 9 Fundamental Aspect of Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism.................................................9-33 10 Tantricism in Kashmir..............................................................................................10-39 10.1 Devi Rahasya.......................................................................................................10-41 10.2 Brhat Nila Tantra..................................................................................................10-42 10.3 Gandharvatantra...................................................................................................10-42 10.4 Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.......................................................................................10-42 10.5 Uddamareswara Tantra.........................................................................................10-43 10.6 Vamakeswari Mata Vivarana................................................................................10-43 10.7 Malini Vijaya Tantra............................................................................................10-43 10.8 Malini Vijaya Vartikam........................................................................................10-43 10.9 Netra Tantra.........................................................................................................10-43 10.10 Mrgendra Tantra...............................................................................................10-43 11 Kashmir Tantrism.....................................................................................................11-44 12 Kashmir Saivism......................................................................................................12-60 12.1 DIFFERENT NAMES OF THE SYSTEM...........................................................12-60 12.2 A SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY.............................................................................12-60 12.3 LITERATURE.....................................................................................................12-60 12.4 AGAMA-SASTRA..............................................................................................12-60 12.5 SPANDA-SASTRA.............................................................................................12-61 12.6 PRATYABHIJNA-SASTRA................................................................................12-61 12.7 WHAT IS SASTRA?............................................................................................12-61 12.8 METAPHYSICAL BACKGROUND...................................................................12-62 12.9 SAKTI AS THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSAL MANIFESTATION..................12-63 12.10 SIVA'S ANUTVA THROUGH SELF-LIMITATION......................................12-64 12.11 THE FIVE KANCUKAS AND THREE MALAS.............................................12-64 12.12 REMOVAL OF THE ANUTVA - ITS FIVE STAGES.....................................12-65 12.13 UNIVERSE AS SIVA'S KRIDA OR PLAY.....................................................12-67 KASHMIR NEWS NETWORK (KNN)) v PDF created with FinePrint pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com Kashmir Shaivism 12.14 BONDAGE AND LIBERATION.....................................................................12-67 12.15 THE FOUR UVAYAS.....................................................................................12-69 12.16 HARMONY IS THE WATCHWORD OF TRIKA...........................................12-70 13 Human Upliftment through Kashmir Shaivism.........................................................13-71 13.1 EVOLUTION OF INDIAN RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY....................................13-71 13.2 JARDUST AND VEDVYAS...............................................................................13-71 13.3 ANAL HAQ.........................................................................................................13-71 13.4 THE ALMIGHTY LORD - FROM WHOM EMANATES EVERYTHING AND WHO IS BEYOND ALL DIVERSITIES.........................................................................13-72 13.5 PARAM SHIVA AND HIS UNIVERSAL MANIFESTATION...........................13-72 13.6 MAYA AND FIVE KANCUKAS (COVERINGS)..............................................13-73 13.7 PURUSHA AND PRAKRITI...............................................................................13-73 13.8 BUDDHI, AHAMKARA AND MANAS.............................................................13-73 13.9 DOCTRINE OF THE FOUR STAGES IN THE MANIFESTATION OF SPEECH..13- 74 13.10 BONDAGE......................................................................................................13-74 13.11 THREE MALAS (IMPURITIES).....................................................................13-75 13.12 LIBERATION..................................................................................................13-75 13.13 SHAKTIPAT AND TRIKA YOGA..................................................................13-75 13.14 FOUR UPAYAS (MEANS).............................................................................13-76 13.15 DHYANA YOGA............................................................................................13-77 13.16 UCCARA YOGA.............................................................................................13-77 13.17 KARANA YOGA............................................................................................13-77 13.18 STHANA KALPANA......................................................................................13-77 13.19 VIGYAN BHAIRAV TANTRA.......................................................................13-77 13.20 SPECIAL FEATURES OF SAIVA YOGA......................................................13-77 13.21 DEVOTION FOR LORD.................................................................................13-78 13.22 SPECIFIC FEATURES OF KASHMIR SHAIVISM........................................13-78 13.23 LINGODDHARA - DIKSA..............................................................................13-78 13.24 DEFINITION...................................................................................................13-78 13.25 RELEVANCE OF KASHMIR SHAIVISM......................................................13-79 13.26 LALLESHWARI - HER SPIRITUAL GEMS...................................................13-79 13.27 CONCLUSION................................................................................................13-81 14 Kashmir Shaivism and our Times.............................................................................14-82 14.1 DEFINITION.......................................................................................................14-82 14.2 SPECIAL FEATURES OF SAIVA YOGA..........................................................14-82 14.3 RELEVANCE OF KASHMIR SHAIVISM..........................................................14-83 14.4 LALLESHWARI - HER SPIRITUAL GEMS......................................................14-83 14.5 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................14-83