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नानाप्रकारसंसारप्रकाशनविशारदः । क्रीडन्विचित्रैराकारैर्जयत्येको महेश्वरः || Only He solitary MahEsHvara is proficient in revealing(alternatively: bringing forth) the various forms of the world, playing(himself as) with diverse and extraordinary shapes. ~ HaracharitacintAmani

अज्ञान तिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन शलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥ I offer obeisance unto Śrī Gurū, who has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the collyrium of knowledge. Guru provides the light of knowledge that makes a disciple ‘see’ the Supreme Self. I bow to such Gurū. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 💫 🌺 Shubh Deepavali 🌺 ✨ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ @Kashmir_Shaivism @Kashmir_Shaiv_Darshan

🌺 अज्ञानतिमिरस्यैक - मौषधं संस्मृतिस्तव । भव तत्तत्प्रदानेन प्रसादः क्रियतां मयि ॥ O Lord Śiva, I can't see in an actual way. This is a disease of ignorance to see that, "I am one," "He is my enemy," "He is my friend," all of these things. What is not the disease ? To see everyone as your own Self. If you feel that, "All of the embodiment of this whole universe is my own Self," will you hate anybody ? You won't hate anybody. You will love everyone. And there is only one medicine of this disease, which You could bestow to me. O Lord Siva, give me that medicine of remembering You. Do this favor to me, O Lord Śiva. 🌺 सर्वमस्यपरमस्ति न किंचिद् वस्त्ववस्तु यदि वेति महत्या । प्रज्ञया व्यवसितोऽत्र यथैव त्वं तथैव भव सुप्रकटो मे ॥ O Śambho, You are everywhere. You are residing in each and every object. There is nothing existing except You. But why don't You appear like that to me? Theoretically, I understand it but it must appear to me practically. That is what I long for. 🌺 वचश्चेतश्च लार्यं च शरीरं मम यत्प्रभो । त्वत्प्रसादेन तदभूया- द्भवद्भावैकभूषणम् ॥ My speech, my mind, my actions, my body, Whatever these four I have got, O Prabho, - by Your grace, let these four aspects become the ornaments of Your nature. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🌺 ॥ शुभ दीपावली ॥ 🌺 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🌺 Shubh Deepavali 🌺 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

रामरामेति रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे । सहस्रनामतत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने ॥ २० प○पु○ हे प्रिये (पार्वती)! मैं आनंद लेता हूं राम नाम के रमण में। हे सुन्दर मुख वाली (पार्वती)! राम नाम श्री विष्णु के हजार नामों के बराबर है। Oh dear (Parvati)! I take pleasure in the joy of the name Rām. O one with beautiful face (Parvati)! The name of Ram is equal to the thousand names of Shri Vishnu. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🌺 ॥ शुभ विजयदशमी ॥ 🌺 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🌺 Shubh Vijayadaśami 🌺 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

🌺 विजयदशमी 🌺 🌺 Vijayadaśami 🌺 It is one of the most popular festivals which is very religiously celebrated pan India in general and even more specifically in the state of West Bengal. Vyasa says in śrīdevī bhagavata mahāpurāņa, 26.3-8: “O king! Hear about the vow of auspicious Navaratra. This has to be performed with loving devotion in the vernal season; but its special season is autumn. The two seasons - autuman and spring, are famous as the teeth of Yama, the God of Death; and these are the two seasons, very hard for the persons to cross over. Therefore every goodfaring man should everywhere perform this vow very carefully. O king! The people are very much afflicted with various terrible diseases in these two seasons autumn and spring and many lose their lives during these portions of the year. Therefore the wise should unquestionably worship with great devotion the Ćandika Devi in these auspicious months of Ćaitra and Aśvina." 🌺 Worshipping Devi Durga ensures vital passage through this period. There are seven demonic forms that Śri Durga Devi renders powerless: ○ Shumbh - Ego. ○ Nishumbha - Attachment. ○ Raktabeej - Desire. ○ Dhumralochan - Laziness. ○ Chand - anger. ○ Mund - Pride. ○ Sugriva - Hoarding. 🌺 Bhagavān Śrī Rāma is also believed to have observed this Śaradiya Navarātra upāsanā which eventually facilitated His successful victory over Rāvaņa on the following day viz. Daśama tithi – Tenth day, which is the day celebrated as Vijayadaśami – victorious tenth day. In fact, the whole festival is also called Daśaharā - defeat of ten. Esoterically, ten heads of Ravana symbolizes the ten threats to spiritual progress viz. ○ Raga - Passion ○ Garva - Pride ○ Āveśa - Anger ○ Lobha - Greed ○ Moha - Infatuation ○ Lolupā - Lust ○ Dveșa - Hatred ○ Mātsarya - Jealousy ○ Ātmavidhitsā - Selfishness ○ Vakrabhāva - Crookedness The chief deity in this festival is the Śrī Durgādevī, invincible goddess, the Holy Mother who is durgatim harati – destructress of distress. Navarātra vrata - nine nights vow, the transcendent whole is theologized as Śrī Durgādevī, invincible goddess. Navarātri upāsana - nine night contemplation represents a gradual soteriological journey of the soul from its mundane empirical state of consciousness to higher spiritual realms. It is like a staircase through which practitioner can potentially ascend to various effectual states of soul. 🌺 9 Mystical milestone ○ Viveka - Discrimination ○ Nirveda - Revulsion ○ Virakti - Indifference ○ Bhīti - Fear ○ Purpose ○ Dying period ○ Path of light period ○ Access into divine abode ○ Accomplishment Āyudha pājā - Instrument worship It is one of the main events which is part of the Navarātra pūjā. This event is celebrated on Navami tithi – ninth day encourages us to see the Omnipresent God in everything and everything in God. It reminds us to pay respects to every object/ instrument/ tool that we leverage in life. Every little thing in life is but a Divine Gift from the all merciful God. यदास्ति तत् सत्यम् यद् सत्यम् तत् ब्रह्म॥ Whatever exists is real and whatever is existent is Brahman (God). ○ Everything is derived from God, stays in God and finally returns back to God (God is the substratum or primary cause). ○ Everything is made of God (God is the material cause of everything). ○ Everything is made with God (God is the instrumental cause). ○ Everything is created by God (God is the efficient cause). Lets whole heartedly thank God. ❤️ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🌺 ॥ शुभ विजयदशमी ॥ 🌺 🌺  Shubh Vijayadaśami 🌺 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ©️ Shankar Santhamoorthy

कुलं केचित्प्राहुर्वपुरकुलमन्ये तव बुधाः परे तत्सम्भेदं समभिदधते कौलमपरे । चतुर्णामप्येषामुपरि किमपि प्राहुरपरे महामाये! तत्त्वं तव कुथुममी निश्चिनुमहे ॥ O Thou Almighty weaver of Illusions, some there are who declare Thee to be of the nature of Kula (the manifested universe compounded of 36 Tattvas), some other wise ones consider Thee to be Akula (unmanifested i.e. beyond the objective world), still others proclaim Thee to be Kula-Akula (manifested and unmanifested) both, while some others believe Thee to be the Deity of Kaulas. But there are still others, (in wisdom), above these four categories, who hold Thee to be unique and indescribable. How then, (O Goddess) can we grasp Thy real nature with certainty? Shubha navarAtri

🌺 शैलपुत्री 🌺 (मूलाधारचक्र) ॥ ध्यानं ॥ वन्दे वाञ्च्छितलाभाय चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखराम् । वृषारूढां शूलधरां- शैलपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम् ॥ पूर्णेन्दुनिभाङ्गौरी मूलाधारस्थितां प्रथमदुर्गा त्रिनेत्राम् । पटाम्बरपरिधानां रत्नकिरीटां नानालङ्कारभूषिताम् ॥ प्रफुल्लवदनां पल्लवाधरां कान्तकपोलां तुङ्गकुचाम् । कमनीयां लावण्यस्नेहमुखी क्षीणमध्यां नितम्बनीम् ॥ ▬▬▬▬卐▬▬▬▬ ॥ स्तोत्रम् ॥ प्रथमदुर्गा त्वं हि भवसागरतारिणी । धन ऐश्वर्यदायिनी शैलपुत्री प्रणमाम्यम् ॥ त्रिलोकजननी त्वं हि परमानन्दप्रदायिनी । सौभाग्यारोग्यदायनी शैलपुत्री प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ चराचरेश्वरी त्वं हि महामोहविनाशिनी । भुक्तिमुक्तिदायनी शैलपुत्री प्रणमाम्यहम् ▬▬▬▬卐▬▬▬▬ ॥ कवचम् ॥ ओङ्कारः मे शिरः पातु मूलाधारनिवासिनी । ह्रीङ्कारः पातु ललाटे बीजरूपा महेश्वरी ॥ श्रीकारः पातु वदने लज्जारूपा महेश्वरी । हूङ्कारः पातु हृदये तारिणी शक्तिः स्वधृता ॥ फटकारः पातु सर्वाङ्गे सर्वसिद्धिफलप्रदा ॥ ▬▬▬▬卐▬▬▬▬

कान्तारमध्य- दृढलग्नतयाऽवसन्ना मग्नाश्च वारिधिजले रिपुभिष्च रुद्राः । यस्याः प्रपद्य चरणौ विपदस्तरन्ति सा मे सदाऽस्तु हृदि सर्व जगत्सावित्री ॥ दुर्गा○ चन्द्रिका○ "जो लोग घने जंगलों में रास्ता भूल गए हैं और इसलिए द्रवित हैं, जो गहरे समुद्र में फंस गए हैं और बाहर निकलने के लिए संघर्ष कर रहे हैं, जो शत्रुओं से आच्छादित हैं, वे देवी दुर्गा के चरणों में समर्पण करके अपने विघ्न दूर कर लेते हैं। यह देवी दुर्गा हर समय मेरे मनस और हृदय में रहती है।” "Those who have lost their way in the thick forests and so are distressed, those who are caught in the deep seas and are struggling to get out, those who are troubled by enemies, get their problems removed by surrendering to the feet of Durgā. She reside in my mind all the time." ▬▬▬▬▬卐▬▬▬▬ 🌺 ॥  शुभ नवरात्रि  ॥ 🌺 🌺  Shubh Navratri 🌺 ▬▬▬▬▬卐▬▬▬▬

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Bondage and Liberation Forgetting the real nature of the Self which consists in sāmānya spanda expressing itself in universal jñāna and kriya is bondage. Its real and complete reminiscence is liberation. As Abhinavagupta puts it: "मोक्षो हि नैवान्यः स्वरूपप्रथनं हि तत्" ( Tantra I, p. 192). Liberation is nothing else but the recognition of one's true nature.

Bondage and Liberation Forgetting the real nature of the Self which consists in sāmānya spanda expressing itself in universal jñāna and kriya is bondage. Its real and complete reminiscence is liberation. As Abhinavagupta puts it: "मोक्षो हि नैवान्यः स्वरूपप्रथनं हि तत्" ( Tantra I, p. 192). Liberation is nothing else but the recognition of one's true nature.

🌺 Namaskārtha Mantrah 🌺 Salutations again and again to the Paśupatī. May the ruler of all knowledge, controller of all created beings, the preserver of the Vedas and the one overlord of Hiranyagarbha, be benign to me. Sadaśivaśivom. May we realize the Supreme, for that, may we meditate upon Mahādeva and to that meditation may Rudra impel us. I offer my salutations to Lord Shiva who is the Lord of the Universe, who is the great God, who has three eyes, who is the annihilator of Tripura, who is the master of sacrificial fire of three kinds, who is the Rudra who consumes everything as the fire of kālagnī at the time of dissolution, whose throat is blue, who is the conqueror of death, who is the Lord of all, who is always auspicious. Salutations to Rudra who is the celebrated and is great God. Śhāntih Śhāntih Śhāntih 🔯

श्रीमुकुन्दपदाम्भोजमधुनः परमाद्भुतम्। यत्पायिनो न मुह्यन्ति मुह्यन्ति यदपायिनः ॥ श्रीमुकुन्द के चरण-कमलों का मद्य (शराब) बहुत ही अलौकिक है जिसको पीकर (भक्तजन) मोह में नहीं पड़ते हैं और जिसको (अभक्तजन या संसारी लोग) न पीकर ही मोह में पड़ जाते हैं । सारांश :- भगवान के यथार्थ स्वरूप का निरन्तर ध्यान करने से ही मनुष्य माया मोह से निवृति प्राप्त कर सकता है । ~ Mukunda māla.

अन्तर्देहे मया नित्यं त्वमात्मा च गवेषितः। न दृष्टस्त्वं नचैवात्मा यच्च दृष्टं त्वमेव तत् ॥ शरीर के अन्दर मैंने नित्य तुम स्वरूप आत्मा का गवेषण किया। न तुम दिखाई दिये और न आत्मा दिखायी दी, जो दिखायी दिया वह तुम्हीं हो ॥ Eternal you and the self are searched by me inside the body. Neither you were visible nor the self, what is visualized you are the same. II भवद्भक्तस्य सञ्जातभवद्रूपस्य मेऽधुना। त्वामात्मरूपं सम्प्रेक्ष्य तुभ्यं मह्यं नमो नमः ॥ आपका भक्त मैं, अब आपका स्वरूप होगया हूँ। तुमको आत्मस्वरूप (भलीभाँति) देखकर मैं तुमको और स्वयं को बारम्बार नमस्कार कर रहा हूँ ॥ I am your devotee and now I have become identical to you. Having realized you as myself there is salutation to you and me. ~ mahAmAhesHvarAcharya Abhinavagupta.

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प्रवर्तेतेश्वरात्सर्वं निवर्तेत तथेश्वरात् । ईश्वराधिष्ठितं सर्व जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्॥ महादेवात्परं नास्ति सत्यमेतन्न चान्यथा। सारा का सारा यह प्रपञ्च शिव से ही प्रवर्त्तित है। इसकी निवृत्ति अर्थात् इसका उपसंहार भी शिव में ही होता है । यह सब ईश्वर में ही अधिष्ठित है। स्थावर या जङ्गम यह सम्पूर्ण सचराचर जगत् उसी में अधिष्ठित है । देवाधिदेव महादेव से परे कोई भी तत्त्व नहीं है । इस कथन के रहस्य के अतिरिक्त कुछ भी नहीं है । यह सत्य वचन है। ~ श्री कण्ठीयसंहिता