gatito Posted December 10, 2016 चैतन्यमात्मा ॥१॥caitanyamātmā ||1||Consciousness which is omniscient and omnipotent (caitanyam) (is) the Self or true nature of Reality (ātmā) ||1|| Vasugupta (860–925 AD) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gatito Posted January 10, 2020 However, as Shakti says in her conversation with Shiva (in the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra), there's no point in discussing this further because in order to acess fully this fundamental Truth (of Trika Shaivism) its philosophy/cosmology is a dead end as it does not cut the mustard (to paraphrase). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dwai Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) In the Śāmbhavopāya of the Shiva Sutras, the next sutra is -- jñānam bandhah Knowledge is a prison Wonder what that means Edited January 10, 2020 by dwai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
