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 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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Kashmir Shaivism inspired a generation of scholars who made Kashmir Shaivism a legitimate field of inquiry within the academy.
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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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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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Philosophy of Trika Kashmir Shaivism is called Pratyabhijna and it is mainly a nondual idealistic and monistic theism.
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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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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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