Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c1989.
Call number
Commentary / Mulle
ISBN
0887067875 / 9780887067877
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Abhinavagupta
Description: This book explores one of the most explicit and sophisticated theoretical formulations of tantric yoga. It explains Abhinavagupta's teaching about the nature of ultimate reality, about the methods for experiencing this ultimate reality, and about the nature of the state of realization, a condition of embodied enlightenment. The author uncovers the conceptual matrix surrounding the practices of the Kaula lineage of Kashmir Shaivism.
The primary textual basis for the book is provided by Abhinavagupta's Paratrisika-laghuvrtti, a short meditation manual that centers on the symbolism of the Heart-mantra, SAUH. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction and Methodological Considerations
2. The Historical Context
3. The Symbol of the Heart in India Prior to Abhinavagupta
4. The Heart as Ultimate Reality
5. The Heart as Embodied Cosmos: Kula
6. The Heart: Vibration and Emissional Power
7. The Heart and Natural Metaphors
8. The Heart as Mantra
9. Conclusion: The Heart Attained
FY1990 /
Description: This book explores one of the most explicit and sophisticated theoretical formulations of tantric yoga. It explains Abhinavagupta's teaching about the nature of ultimate reality, about the methods for experiencing this ultimate reality, and about the nature of the state of realization, a condition of embodied enlightenment. The author uncovers the conceptual matrix surrounding the practices of the Kaula lineage of Kashmir Shaivism.
The primary textual basis for the book is provided by Abhinavagupta's Paratrisika-laghuvrtti, a short meditation manual that centers on the symbolism of the Heart-mantra, SAUH. -- from publisher
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction and Methodological Considerations
2. The Historical Context
3. The Symbol of the Heart in India Prior to Abhinavagupta
4. The Heart as Ultimate Reality
5. The Heart as Embodied Cosmos: Kula
6. The Heart: Vibration and Emissional Power
7. The Heart and Natural Metaphors
8. The Heart as Mantra
9. Conclusion: The Heart Attained
FY1990 /
Physical description
xii, 330 p.; 24 cm
Description
This book explores one of the most explicit and sophisticated theoretical formulations of tantric yoga. It explains Abhinavagupta's teaching about the nature of ultimate reality, about the methods for experiencing this ultimate reality, and about the nature of the state of realization, a condition of embodied enlightenment. The author uncovers the conceptual matrix surrounding the practices of the Kaula lineage of Kashmir Shaivism. The primary textual basis for the book is provided by Abhinavagupta's Paratrisika-laghuvrtti, a short meditation manual that centers on the symbolism of the Heart-mantra, SAUH.
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