A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word 'spanda' means established stable movement. That is, it is movementless-movement, vibrationless-vibration. It is this secret, mysterious and yet essential principle that Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies and elucidates in his revelation of the two texts dealing specifically with this principle, the Spanda Karika and the Spanda Sandoha. The theory of spanda is not new. It was hidden in the body of the Tantras and extracted by Vasugupta, founder of...
A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word '...
Hymns to Shiva: Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali Features/Benefits: - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali are profound outpourings of devotion for the passion of God consciousness. - In this translation by Master Yogi Swami Lakshmanjoo one can have a personal experience of devotional transcendence. The enchanting verses that comprise the Hymns to Shiva were born on Kashmir Valley's picturesque Dal Lake as an inspirational outpouring of devotion from the heart of the medieval Kashmiri spiritual master and mystic Utpaladeva. These...
Hymns to Shiva: Utpaladeva's Shivastotravali Features/Benefits: - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - Hymns to Shiva, Utpaladeva'...
Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - A collection of 77 aphorisms that form the foundation of Kashmir Shaivism. - The version herein contains the commentary of the 10th century philosopher and mystic Kshemeraja, and is revealed to us by the fully realized master Swami Lakshmanjoo. The Shiva Sutras, gifted by God to the sage Vasugupta for the upliftment of humanity, is one of Kashmir Shaivism's most important and revered texts. Swami Lakshmanjoo gives the reader a penetrating vision of the glorious journey of the Supreme Awakening; the...
Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - A collection of 77 aphorisms that form the foundation o...
Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme - Includes free downloadable audio of the original lectures. In 1971 John and Denise Hughes traveled to Kashmir, India to study Kashmir Shaivism under the world renowned Philosopher/Saint Swami Lakshmanjoo. This book is the result of the lectures he gave John and Denise when they asked him to teach them Kashmir Shaivism. - This is a definitive scholarly work on the philosophy and practice of Kashmir Shaivism by the self-realized master Swami Lakshmanjoo. This book, Kashmir Shaivism: the Secret Supreme, by the twentieth century's great philosopher saint...
Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme - Includes free downloadable audio of the original lectures. In 1971 John and Denise Hughes traveled to Kashmir, ...
Features/Benefits: - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - Bhagavad Gita means The Song of God. It is a 700-verse Hindu scripture from the epic Mahabharata. - This is one of the most important of all Hindu scriptures. - This translation, as seen through the lenses of Kashmir Shaivism by the great Master Swami Lakshmanjoo, teaches that we ourselves are warriors in a great battle for liberation. This treasure of knowledge was one of the last works by Swami Lakshmanjoo. He said, "It was a new revelation of the supreme secrets, hidden in the Kashmiri recension of the Bhagavad...
Features/Benefits: - Includes free downloadable audio of original lectures. - Bhagavad Gita means The Song of God. It is a 700-verse Hindu scripture f...
In the Vijnana Bhairava, Bhairavi (the Divine Mother) asks Lord Bhairava (God) to clear Her doubts about the essence of the path towards Self-realization. Compelled by Her sincerity and the simple yet penetrating insight of Her question, Bhairava explicitly reveals 112 contemplative techniques for entering into the state of God consciousness. In this multimedia study set, Swami Lakshmanjoo, an accomplished master of the Kashmir Shaiva school, not only translates the Sanskrit text into English but also lays bare the essential tricks involved in each of the contemplative techniques.
In the Vijnana Bhairava, Bhairavi (the Divine Mother) asks Lord Bhairava (God) to clear Her doubts about the essence of the path towards Self-realizat...
A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word spanda means established stable movement. That is, it is movementless-movement, vibrationless-vibration. It is this secret, mysterious and yet essential principle that Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies and elucidates in his revelation of the two texts dealing specifically with this principle, the Spanda Karika and the Spanda Sandoha. The theory of spanda is not new. It was hidden in the body of the Tantras and extracted by Vasugupta, founder of the Shiva...
A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word spand...
A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word 'spanda' means established stable movement. That is, it is movementless-movement, vibrationless-vibration. It is this secret, mysterious and yet essential principle that Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies and elucidates in his revelation of the two texts dealing specifically with this principle, the Spanda Karika and the Spanda Sandoha. The theory of spanda is not new. It was hidden in the body of the Tantras and extracted by Vasugupta, founder of the Shiva...
A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word 'span...
In this multimedia study set, Swami Lakshmanjoo, the fully realized philosopher saint of the long concealed and secret tradition known as Kashmir Shaivism, translates and illuminates Abhinavagupta's Paramarthasara. Originally a work of Patanjali, Abhinavagupta chose to revise and update this revered treatise in order to reveal the profundities of the Trika Shaivite doctrine. In the conclusion of the Paramarthasara Abhinavagupta tells us, "I have kept this Paramarthasara, in brief words, in one hundred verses. But although it is only one hundred verses in body, in the volume of knowledge it is...
In this multimedia study set, Swami Lakshmanjoo, the fully realized philosopher saint of the long concealed and secret tradition known as Kashmir Shai...
This profound text is concerned with the philosophy and practice known as Kashmir Shaivism. On account of its size and scope it is a veritable encyclopedia of non-dual Shaivism.
Why was the Tantraloka written? In answer to this question Abhinavagupta tells us that, although in the schools of Kashmir Shaivism there are many wonderful and important ways and methods for attaining the supreme reality, yet in his time not even one was still existing. All of those ways and methods were lost. It is for this reason that he was requested by his colleagues and disciples to create a text that...
This profound text is concerned with the philosophy and practice known as Kashmir Shaivism. On account of its size and scope it is a veritable ency...