Results for "Paramaśiva"

… treats the universe as a real, blissful self-projection of Paramaśiva — a single consciousness that contracts itself through thirty-six tattvas and is reversed by the descent of g …

Trika Śaivism's non-dualism is not the same as Advaita Vedānta. Where Advaita treats the world as illusion and the absolute as inactive, Trika treats the world as a real, blissful …

The *Trika* system of Kashmir, systematised by **Vasugupta** (c. 850 CE) and **Abhinavagupta** (c. 975–1025 CE), gives Śiva's non-duality its most rigorous philosophical form. Unli…

… nt — for the contracted soul to recognise its identity with Paramaśiva. This depends on **Śaktipāta**, the descent of divine grace, which is independent of human effort. Seekers pr …

A comparative study of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva — Vedic antecedents, Upanishadic identifications, Purāṇic narratives, and the non-dual paradigm of Kashmiri Trika Shaivism.

Systematised by Vasugupta and Abhinavagupta, Trika holds the universe as a voluntary manifestation of Paramāśiva. The 36 Tattvas trace the descent from Śiva-Śakti through the five …