The Triadic Heart of Śiva

Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta in the Non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir

Paul E. Muller-Ortega (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

342 Seiten

1988
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-88706-787-7 (ISBN)

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This book explores one of the most explicit and sophisticated theoretical formulations of tantric yoga. It explains Abhinavagupta's teaching about the nature of ultimate reality, about the methods for experiencing this ultimate reality, and about the nature of the state of realization, a condition of embodied enlightenment. The author uncovers the conceptual matrix surrounding the practices of the Kaula lineage of Kashmir Shaivism.

The primary textual basis for the book is provided by Abhinavagupta's Parātrīśikā-laghuvṛtti, a short meditation manual that centers on the symbolism of the Heart-mantra, SAUḤ.

Paul Eduardo Muller-Ortega is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. Introduction and Methodological Considerations

2. The Historical Context

3. The Symbol of the Heart in India Prior to Abhinavagupta

4. The Heart as Ultimate Reality

5. The Heart as Embodied Cosmos: Kula

6. The Heart: Vibration and Emissional Power

7. The Heart and Natural Metaphors

8. The Heart as Mantra

9. Conclusion: The Heart Attained

APPENDIX

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Reihe/Serie	SUNY series in the Shaiva Traditions of Kashmir
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-88706-787-5 / 0887067875
ISBN-13	978-0-88706-787-7 / 9780887067877
Zustand	Neuware