yajvan
18 July 2011, 01:32 PM
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
I wrote on another post just recently,
The 20th kārikā of the vijñāna Bhairava suggests the following: śaivīmukham ihocyate. Śaivī is śakti or śrī devī + mukham is mukha - mouth, opening or aperature. And ucyate is moving, connected or joined.
So this is saying, śakti is the entrance, the suitable way to join with śiva. Or another way of viewing it is śrī devī (śakti) is the delightful (uc) entrance (mukha) to śiva. At that moment the bhāvanā¹of the sādhaka becomes one with śiva or as it says in the śloka, tadāsau ślivarūpī syāt.
Note that I mention 'one with śiva'. This requires some additional comment. When we say one with śiva or like śiva, this is a close proximity to the real meaning and intent.
If we study the pratyavbhijñāhṛdayaṁ authored by kṣemarāja-ji, a śiṣya of abhinavagupta, it reavals the truth of the matter.
First this word Pratyabhijñāhṛdayaṁ means the re-recognition of ones Self - in this word hṛdya is used as ~heart~ or the inner most , most dear, and hence the Self.
So when we say 'one is like or becomes', its real intention is the re-recognition of one's real status - that of śiva. I do not become something I already am is the premise here. What I am doing is re-membering who I am. This is the kaśmir śaivism truth and point of view on Reality itself.
Yet we find the same in vedānta - one who knows brahman becomes brahman. The same point of view is offered. That of becoming ... is actually realizing what one is to begin with. That is why this word pratyabhijñā¹ is so specific and applicable.
praṇām
bhāvanā - a creator, producer; causing to be , effecting , producing , displaying , manifesting
pratyabhijñā to come to one's self , recover consciousness ; recognition ; regaining knowledge
~~~~~~
namasté
I wrote on another post just recently,
The 20th kārikā of the vijñāna Bhairava suggests the following: śaivīmukham ihocyate. Śaivī is śakti or śrī devī + mukham is mukha - mouth, opening or aperature. And ucyate is moving, connected or joined.
So this is saying, śakti is the entrance, the suitable way to join with śiva. Or another way of viewing it is śrī devī (śakti) is the delightful (uc) entrance (mukha) to śiva. At that moment the bhāvanā¹of the sādhaka becomes one with śiva or as it says in the śloka, tadāsau ślivarūpī syāt.
Note that I mention 'one with śiva'. This requires some additional comment. When we say one with śiva or like śiva, this is a close proximity to the real meaning and intent.
If we study the pratyavbhijñāhṛdayaṁ authored by kṣemarāja-ji, a śiṣya of abhinavagupta, it reavals the truth of the matter.
First this word Pratyabhijñāhṛdayaṁ means the re-recognition of ones Self - in this word hṛdya is used as ~heart~ or the inner most , most dear, and hence the Self.
So when we say 'one is like or becomes', its real intention is the re-recognition of one's real status - that of śiva. I do not become something I already am is the premise here. What I am doing is re-membering who I am. This is the kaśmir śaivism truth and point of view on Reality itself.
Yet we find the same in vedānta - one who knows brahman becomes brahman. The same point of view is offered. That of becoming ... is actually realizing what one is to begin with. That is why this word pratyabhijñā¹ is so specific and applicable.
praṇām
bhāvanā - a creator, producer; causing to be , effecting , producing , displaying , manifesting
pratyabhijñā to come to one's self , recover consciousness ; recognition ; regaining knowledge