Kashmir Śaivism: The Central Philosophy of TantrismOn understand the Tantrism in light of the Tantrāloka of Abhinavagupta. |
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Introduction | 3 |
History of the Tantric Tradition | 13 |
The Tantric Denominations | 19 |
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ābhāsa Abhāsavāda Abhinavagupta Absolute accept action Advaita Vedānta Advaitin āgama ānanda āṇava āṇavopāya attainment avidyā becomes BH.G bimba bliss bondage Brahman Buddhism called Consciousness created Creation divine doer dream duality enjoyment evil existence external false freedom Gamesmaster Gītā guru higher experience IBID ideal ignorance illusion impurity Indian individual jñāna kāma Kashmir Saivism Kaula Kaula sādhanā knower knowledge kriyā Law of Karma liberation līlā limited logically Lord mahābhūta mala manifestation māyā means mind mokṣa morality non-dual object one's oneself pasu person philosophy position prakṛti pratibhā pratibimba pratyabhijñā projection pure rāga real nature Reality realization reflection sādhanā Saiva śakti sāktopāya Samkhya Sanskrit sciousness seers Self-realization sense Śiva soul spanda spiritual spontaneous activity stage sublimation suffering svātantrya Tantra Tantraloka Tantric tradition Tantrism theory thing thinking tion trans truth unity Upanisads upāyas Utpaladeva Varanasi Veda vimarśa world of appearance worship yoga yogins