The mystery of vibrationless-vibration in Kashmir Shaivism : Vasugupta's Spanda Kārikā & Kṣemarāja's Spanda Sandoha

by Swami Lakshmanjoo

Other authorsJohn Hughes (Editor)

Paperback, 2016

Publication

Imprint: Culver City, California : Lakshmanjoo Academy, 2016. Context: Originally written in Sanskrit in the 11th century in Kashmir. Series: Lakshmanjoo Academy. Responsibility: revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo ; with original audio ; John Hughes, editor. Language: In English and Sanskrit. OCLC Number: 1030526886. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxii, 319 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Features: Includes appendix, bibliography, index.

Call number

GT-H-T / Spanda / Laksh

Barcode

BK-07950

ISBN

9780996636575

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Online Resource, The Great Traditions

CSS Library Notes

Named Person: Kṣemarāja : Ksemaraja .
Named Person: Vasugupta

Named Work: Spanda Karika : Vasugupta's Spanda Kārikā .
Named Work: Spanda Sandoha : Kṣemarāja's Spanda Sandoha .

Description: "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 Sutras, and initiator of monistic Shaivism in the valley of Kashmir. Vasugupta composed the Spanda Karika, a text filled with the fundamental precepts (karikas) regarding spanda and the philosophy surrounding it. Kshemaraja, the chief disciple of the very important and central figure in the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta, is the author of the second pivotal text regarding spanda, the Spanda Sandoha. This text is an extensive exposition (sandoha) on the first verse of the Spanda Karika"--Page 4 of cover.

Available Online: In addition to the print book in our collection, the publisher, Universal Shaiva Fellowship, has provided an online audio program that complements the book: https://www.universalshaivafellowship.org/Spanda

FY2018 /

Physical description

xxii, 319 p.; 23 cm

Description

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 Sutras, and initiator of monistic Shaivism in the valley of Kashmir. Vasugupta composed the Spanda Karika, a text filled with the fundamentalprecepts (karikas) regarding spanda and the philosophy surrounding it. Kṣhemaraja, the chief disciple of the very important and central figure in the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta, is the author of the second pivotal text regarding spanda, the Spanda Sandoha. This text is an extensive exposition (sandoha) on the first verse of the Spanda Karika.… (more)