Abhinavagupta’s hermeneutics of the absolute Anuttaraprakriya an interpretation of his Paratrisika Vivarana 1st Edition by Bettina Baumer ISBN 8124605726 9788124605721

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ISBN 10: 8124605726

ISBN 13: 9788124605721 

Author:  Bettina Baumer 

The Paratrishika Vivarana by the great Kashmiri philosopher and mystic Abhinavagupta is an extensive commentary on the Paratrishika Tantra, and it is one of the most profound texts, not only of non-dualist Kashmir Shaivism, but of Indian philosophy and mysticism in general. The present work attempts to make this difficult text accessible, by culling out the important themes and offering an interpretation. The main focus is on the understanding of the Absolute (Anuttara) and the ways to realize it. The central theme of mantra also leads to a mysticism of language with its philosophical implications. All these reflections and practices are inscribed in the theory that everything is related to the totality, every part contains the whole of reality (sarvam sarvatmakam). It is this holistic vision of Abhinavagupta, based on the Tantras, which makes this work so relevant in our times of fragmented aspects of life and knowledge in search of integration. No doubt, in the view of the Tantra and of Abhinavagupta, language and mantra provide the key. This fascinating book is an important contribution to studies and interpretations on Kashmir Shaivism, its spirituality

Table of contents: 

1. Foreword by André Padoux

2. Acknowledgements

3. Abbreviations

4. Introduction

5. The Entrance Gates: Mangalashlokas (Benedictory Verses)

6. The Supreme Dialogue

7. Anuttara: The Unsurpassable and its Meanings

8. Khecarisamata: Harmony with the Power of Consciousness Moving-in-the-Void

9. The Three Grammatical Persons and Trika

10. The Heart — the Resting Place of I-Consciousness

11. From the Absolute to Manifestation: Anuttara to Kaulikasgrshti

12. Levels of Manifestation: Emanation of Phonemes and Tattvas

13. The Core Mantra: Hridayabija, The Seed of the Heart

14. Transcending Ritual

15. Conclusion

16. Appendices

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