12 Facts About Kashmir Shaivism

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Kashmir Shaivism or Trika Shaivism, is a nondualist tradition of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra which originated sometime after 850 CE.

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Kashmir Shaivism claimed to supersede Shaiva Siddhanta, a dualistic tradition which scholars consider normative tantric Shaivism.

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Main theologians of Trika Kashmir Shaivism are those of the Pratyabhijna school of Shaiva non-dual philosophy.

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Trika Kashmir Shaivism strongly influenced the Shakta tradition of Srividya, which was itself a very influential tradition on mainsteam Hinduism, especially in South India.

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5.

Kashmir Shaivism inspired a generation of scholars who made Kashmir Shaivism a legitimate field of inquiry within the academy.

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6.

Swami Muktananda, although not belonging to the direct lineage of Kashmir Shaivism, felt an affinity for the teachings, validated by his own direct experience.

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7.

Kashmir Shaivism encouraged Motilal Banarsidass to publish Jaideva Singh's translations of Shiva Sutras, Pratyabhijnahrdayam, Spanda Karikas and Vijnana Bhairava, all of which Singh studied in-depth with Lakshman Joo.

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8.

Kashmir Shaivism introduced Kashmir Shaivism to a wide audience of western meditators through his writings and lectures on the subject.

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Kashmir Shaivism attains an internalised vision of the reality, and compares it with his authoritative, scriptural knowledge of the highest level.

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10.

Philosophy of Trika Kashmir Shaivism is called Pratyabhijna and it is mainly a nondual idealistic and monistic theism.

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11.

An important element of Trika Kashmir Shaivism's theology is the use of several triads in its theological explanation of the Absolute reality.

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12.

In general, the whole written tradition of Kashmir Shaivism can be divided in three fundamental parts: Agama Sastra, Spanda Sastra and Pratyabhijna Sastra.

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