The Stanzas on Vibration: The SpandaKārikā with Four Commentaries: The SpandaSaṃdoha by Kṣemarāja, The SpandaVṛttti by Kallatabhatta, The SpandaVivṛti ... series in the Shaiva Traditions of Kashmir) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 079141261X ISBN 13: 9780791412619

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Mark S. G. Dyczkowski took his first degree at Banaras Hindu University and then his doctorate at Oxford. He is presently associated with Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi. He is the author of The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrine and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism; The Canon of the Saivagama and the Kubjika: Tantras of the Western Kaula Tradition; and The Aphorisms of Shiva: The Shiva Sutra with a Commentary by Bhaskara, all published by SUNY Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079141261X
• ISBN 13: 9780791412619
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 427