The Stanzas on Vibration

Mark S. G. Dyczkowski

Description

In his Doctrine of Vibration, the author presents a synthesis of Kashmir Shaivism—an overview with Spanda as the central theme. Spanda is the vibratory dynamism of the absolute consciousness. In this book the author focuses on the school of Kashmir Shaivism that presents this doctrine as its cardinal principle and whose literature consists essentially of the works translated here.

In his Introduction and in his exposition of the four commentaries, the author shows both how the Spanda tradition contributes to the other schools of Kashmir Shaivism and how it is different from them. He presents for the first time a detailed treatment of this tradition and an analysis of its development. The aim is to offer a method that affords access by the general reader to the wonderful world of the Spanda Yogi through which she travels to the liberating realization of her authentic identity vibrant with the vitality of the universal pulse of Shiva.
Preface

Acknowledgments

The Stanzas on Vibration

List of Abbreviations

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1. General Background

Chapter 2. The Beginnings of Kashmir Saivism

Chapter 3. The Origin of the Aphorisms of Siva

Chapter 4. Basic Features of the Stanzas on Vibration

Chapter 5. The Authorship of the Stanzas on Vibration

Chapter 6. The Commentators on the Stanzas on Vibration

Kallatabhatta

Rajanaka Rama

Bhagavadutpala

Bhaskara

Ksemaraja

Other Commentators and Commentaries

Chapter 7. The Doctrine of Vibration and Recognition

Pratyabhijna in the Commentary by Bhagavatdutpala

Recognition and the Pulse of Consciousness

Self Awareness, Own Being and Egoity .

Chapter 8. Spanda, Krama and Sakti : The Vibration of Consciousness and Its Power

Part II Commentaries and Exposition

Chapter 9. The Essence of Vibration, the SpandaSamdoha , by Ksemaraja

Chapter 10. The Stanzas on Vibration with the Brief Explanation, the Spanda Vrtti , by Kallatabhatta and the Extended Explanation, the Spanda Vivrti , by Rajanaka Rama

The First Flow called The Instruction Concerning the Tenability of (the Self's) Independent Existence

Stanza One

Stanza Two

Stanza Three

Stanza Four

Stanza Five

Stanza Six and Seven

Stanza Eight

Stanza Nine

Stanza Ten

Stanza Eleven

Stanza Twelve

Stanza Thirteen

Stanza Fourteen

Stanza Fifteen

Stanza Sixteen

The Second Flow called The Direct Perception of One's Own Independent Nature

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Stanza Eighteen

Stanza Nineteen, Twenty, and Twenty-One

Stanza Twenty-Two

Stanza Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four

Stanza Twenty-Five

Stanza Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven

The Third Flow called The Tenability of the Power of One's Own Universal Nature

Stanza Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, and Thirty

The Fourth Flow called The Perception of Unity

Stanza Thirty-One

Stanza Thirty-Two

Stanza Thirty-Three and Thirty-Four

Stanza Thirty-Five

Stanza Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven

Stanza Thirty-Eight

Stanza Thirty-Nine

Stanza Forty

Stanza Forty-One

Stanza Forty-Two

Stanza Forty-Three

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Stanza Forty-Six

Stanza Forty-Seven

Stanza Forty-Eight

Stanza Forty-Nine and Fifty

Stanza Fifty-One

Stanza Fifty-Two

Condusion

Chapter 11. The Stanzas on Vibration with a Commentary called the Lamp of Spanda, the SpandaPradipika , by Bhagavadutpala

Introductory Verses

Stanza One

Stanza Two

Stanza Three

Stanza Four

Stanza Five

Stanza Six and Seven

Stanza Eight

Stanza Nine

Stanza Ten

Stanza Eleven

Stanza Twelve and Thirteen

Stanza Fourteen

Stanza Fifteen

Stanza Sixteen

Stanza Seventeen

Stanza Eighteen

Stanza Nineteen

Stanza Twenty

Stanza Twenty-One

Stanza Twenty-Two

Stanza Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, and Twenty-Five

Stanza Twenty-Six

Stanza Twenty-Seven

Stanza Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Nine

Stanza Thirty

Stanza Thirty-One

Stanza Thirty-Two

Stanza Thirty-Three and Thirty-Four

Stanza Thirty-Five

Stanza Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 30 septembre 1992
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438401751
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 117 Mo

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