Tripura Rahasya: The Secret of the Supreme GoddessSwami Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi A beautifully realized synthesis of the ancient tradition of Advaita Vedanta and Tantra. |
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abiding absence absolute Abstract Intelligence according appears Ashtavakra asked Asuras Avidya aware becomes bliss body Brahmâ Brahmin cause Chit Chyavana cognised consciousness contemplation continued creation Creator darkness Dattatreya deep sleep desire devotion Dhyana dispassion divine grace dream duality emancipation enjoyments eternal gained Guru happiness hearing Hemachuda Hemalekha holy ignorance illumination images insentient intellect Iswara jagat Janaka jivanmukta jnana jnani karma king knower Listen Lord Mahasena manifest Master Mâyâ mental mind mirror misery moksha nature ness nirvikalpa samâdhi non-dual non-self objects one's pandits Parasurâma perception perfect pleasure and pain prakrti prarabdha Prince pure intelligence Rama Ramana Maharshi Reality realization reflected remains sage sage's saint Sakti Samvarta satvic savikalpa scriptures Self-Realization senses shines Similarly Siva space subtle Supreme Supreme Intelligence tell things thought tion transcendental transcending Tripura Rahasya truth unbroken universe unmoded unreal vasanas Vijnana Vishnu void waking whereas wisdom wise worship yogis
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Page xvii - They dared not challenge hiiri afterwards. Their rancour, however, remained, and they could not resist their longing for revenge. They seized their opportunity when Parasurama was far away from the hermitage, attacked his saintly father and killed him. On the son's return, the mother narrated the unprovoked murder of the saint ; she also desired that her husband's body should be cremated on the banks of the Ganges and that she might as a Sati mount the funeral pyre. Parasurama vowed that he would...
Page xviii - Avadhuta named Samvarta, the brother of Brihaspati. Later he encountered Sri Dattatreya who instructed him in the Truth and so led him to salvation. Dattatreya There was once a dutiful wife whose husband was, however, a licentious wretch. This couple unwittingly disturbed Rishi Mandavya, who had been placed on a spear by a misguided king. The Rishi, who was in agony but not dying, cursed them, saving that the husband would die at sunrise and the wife be left a widow.