In this excerpt, Swamiji explains sāttvic (divine) sukha (joy) and explains how this appears as poisonous in the beginning and how to turn that into joy (in meditation).
This is an excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita audio recordings from the unpublished archives of the Lakshmanjoo Academy, Chapter 18, verse 37.
Sāttvic sukha – Divine way of Spiritual joy.
yattadātve viṣamiva pariṇāme’mṛitopamam /
tatsukhaṁ sāttvikaṁ vidyādātmabuddhiprasādajam // 37
Yattadātve, at the time of ...
In the latest Bhagavad Gita Sangha (#85 Chapter 14 verse 19-25) we learned from Swamiji about the gunas in Kashmir Shaivism versa traditional Vedic literature. A very important question came up: “How does sattvaguna binds the individual?” As we had just learned that sattvaguna is considered to be pure.
In this unpublished excerpt from an earlier audio recording of the Bhagavad Gita, Swamiji explains this in great detail. And ends with an important appeal!
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In this excerpt from The Light on Tantra in Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta’s Tantraloka, Volume One, Swami Lakshmanjoo reveals the nature of liberation (moksa).
B) The nature of Liberation – Moksa (31–35)
Now the thirty-first [sloka]:
Audio 2 – 0:02
सवतनतरातमातिरिकतसतु तुचछोऽतुचछोऽपि कशचन।
न मोकषो नाम तननासय पृथङनामापि गृहयते॥॥
svatantratmatiriktastu tuccho’tuccho’pi kascana /
na mokso nama tannasya prthannamapi grhyate //31//
Now, he...
This excerpt is a very important lecture on the qualification of Parabhairava, as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo in the Essence of the Supreme Reality: Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara verses 10-13.
In this excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, Swami Lakshmanjoo quotes Lord Shiva/Krishna saying: “I am the creator of everybody, I am the producer of everybody. This way, whoever knows Me, he is really a realized soul and he has got full faith in Me.”
Bhagavad Gita DVD 10 (05:55)
एतां विभूतिं योगं च मम यो वेतति तततवतः ।
सोऽविकमपेन योगेन युजयते नातर संशयः ॥॥
etāṁ vibhūtiṁ yogaṁ ca mama yo vetti tattvataḥ /
so’vikampena yogena yujyate nātra...
“Love and devotion for God arise from His Grace”.
~Swami Lakshmanjoo
Below is an extract from the Tantraloka 13th Ahnika revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo…
This is an unpublished text from the Archive of the Lakshmanjoo Academy)
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purane’pi ca tasyaiva
prasadadbhaktirisyate /
yaya yanti param siddhim
tadbhavagatamanasah // 285 //
In Purana also, in historical tantras also–tantras...
In this excerpt from the Shiva Sutras – The Supreme Awakening, third awakening verse 17, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the difference between water and snow.
Agame api – in Tantra also it is said:
S.S. 3.17 (04:58)
jalam himam ca yo veda guruvaktragamatpriye /
nastyeva tasya kartavyam tasyapascimajanmata //
“O dear Priye, O dear Parvati, the one who understands what reality lies in water and its coagulated formation, snow (this substance is the same, but the...
In this excerpt from the end of chapter 7 and the concluding verse of the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, Swami Lakshmanjoo explains the importance of meditation during your life in Kashmir Shaivism. We are presenting two translations by Swamiji, recorded at different times of his life. The first is a video recording made in Swamiji’s later years, and the second is an audio lecture recorded earlier.
DVD 7 (1:16:40)
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We have been studying some very interesting parts from Abhinavagupta’s Bhagavad Gita, in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo in our Weekly Sangha. This particular part from Chapter 13 (verses 27-28) is very reassuring in today’s turbulent times.
DVD 13 (59:30)
यावतकिञचितसंभवति सततवं सथावरजङगमम ।
कषेतरकषेतरजञसंयोगाततदविदधि भरतरषभ ॥॥
yavat-kiñcit-sambhavati sattvam sthavarajangamam /
ksetra-ksetrajña-samyogat-tad-viddhi...
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“He is the Light of all Darkness, all Ignorance of Light. All absence of Light and Presence of Light Have come out from that Light.” (Stava cintamani)
“Stava cintamani is the work of Bhattanarayana. Bhattanarayana is one of the most important Shaivite...
Swami Lakshmanjoo explains what happens when differentiated perception is totally destroyed, His spanda overflows and He creates this world again.
This is an excerpt from Abhinavagupta’s Paramarthasara, The Essence of the Highest Reality, by Swami Lakshmanjoo. Now also available as video on demand.
दरषटा शरोता घराता
देहेनदरियवरजितोऽपयकरतापि ।
सिदधानतागमतरकां
शचितरानहमेव रचयामि ॥॥
draṣṭā śrotā ghrātā
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This is an excerpt from the Shiva Sutras, The Supreme Awakening as revealed by Swami Lakshmanjoo.
The awareness of God consciousness should not only be infused in that state where one’s mind is established in one-pointedness, but it should also be infused in the establishment of his body,in his organic actions,and in the external objective world.
He should also find the state of turya in the...
