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“कविता उन में विलीन हो रही है, वह कविता में और शेष है सिर्फ असीम अखंडित आनंद जो एक अखंड शून्य की भाँति अगणित भागों में खण्डित हो रहा, किन्तु प्रत्येक भाग वही पूर्ण शून्य है।”

PhilosophySpiritualityConsciousnessExistentialismMysticismMetaphysicsAdvaitaPoetic ProseIndian PhilosophyShunyata
Book:त्रिकूट: धर्म का चक्रव्यूह
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“As Hindu thought and metaphysical experiences evolved even further (as I said, the Hindu lineage is very long), the two previous focuses of exploration—nature and the individual—were combined. You could find the Eternal by either means, they discovered, and they combined the two in the form of a summary of all previous findings. This summary was called the Bhagavad Gita.”

Bhagavad GitaIndian PhilosophyUpanishad
Book:The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 101: a modern, practical guide, plain and simple.
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“The universe has been distinguished into seven different spheres: 7th Sphere, Satyaloka: The sphere of God, Sat - the only Real Substance in the universe. 6th Sphere, Tapoloka: Eternal Patience 5th Sphere, Janaloka: Sphere of spiritual reflection, wherein the idea of separate existence of Self originates. 4th Sphere, Maharloka: Sphere of the Atom, the beginning of the creation of Darkness, Maya. This, the connecting link, is the only way between spiritual and the material creation, and is called the Door. 3rd Sphere, Swarloka: Sphere of magnetic aura, the electricities. 2nd Sphere, Bhuvarloka: The sphere of electric attributes. It is conspicuous by the presence of the fine matters only. 1st Sphere, Bhuloka: The lowest sphere, the sphere of gross material creation, which is always visible to everyone.”

ExistenceYogaIndian PhilosophyYogisEnergetic EvolutionEnergies Of LifeYogi Wisdom
Book:The Holy Science
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“प्रवरा रूपी शक्ति आज कल्याण रूपी शिव को ढूँढ रही थी, जिसके संग से पूर्ण अर्द्धनारीश्वर सा चमत्कार प्रकट होने वाला था। वही अर्द्धनारीश्वर तत्त्व जिसके पूर्ण अभाव से पुरुष एक शक्तिशाली यंत्र मात्र बन जाता है और स्त्री मात्र एक सजीली वस्तु, पौरुष मात्र अहंकार बन जाता है और स्त्रीत्व मात्र प्रदर्शन। एक मानवीय स्वतंत्रता का दमन करने लगता है तथा दूसरे की स्वतंत्रता स्वच्छंदता में परिवर्तित होने लगती है। इसी तत्व के अभाव में रावण और सूर्पनखा का जन्म होता है। ये दोनों असंतुलित ऊर्जाएँ उन्मुक्ततता का रूप ले लेतीं हैं तथा इसके भी चरम से चमत्कार प्रकट होता है, विनाशकारी चमत्कार- शिव का प्रलयंकारी तांडव।”

DharmaIndian PhilosophyShiva ShaktiArdhanarishvaraMasculinity And FemininityBalance Of EnergiesCosmic DestructionRavana SymbolismTantra PhilosophyVedic Thought
Book:त्रिकूट: धर्म का चक्रव्यूह
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“Shankara’s views were gradually accepted, possibly because he presented brahman both as the cosmic principle and as a personal god (isvara), which added emphasis to the teaching of the later Upanisads and to that of Patañjali. Advaita Vedanta thus reinforced the teaching of the Bhagavadgitä and the concept of liberation (mukti) by grace (prasäda), faith (sraddha), and devotion (bhakti). It succeeded in reviving the ancient belief in the affinity of mankind with the world of nature. From being merely one of the darsanas, the Vedanta became an element that permeated all Hindu cults and dissolved sectarian distinctions. It gave to the Supreme Essence (paramätman), Vishnu and Shiva the common, all-inclusive designation, ‘Isvara’.”

HinduismVedantaVedanta ConceptsUpanishadsIndian PhilosophyShankara
Book:Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 BC - AD 1500
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“The ancient sages of Kashmir Shaivism did not look for the truth only in logic and intellectual speculation. They relied much more on their experiences during deep yogic states to guide them in understanding and clarifying age-old philosophical dilemmas. They discovered the Absolute within themselves and found that they were one with it. They studied the Self that lay beyond the mind and the ego, and found that It was divine, creative energy. God was not some distant ruler or some inert entity. These sages realized and recognized that He was within everything, was the vitality of life itself, and was always the one transcendent Reality as well. In this way Kashmir Shaivites taught the principle of theistic absolutism. For centuries Indian philosophers have been debating whether this world is real or an illusion. In the process of watching the unfolding of their own creative energy during meditation, the sages of Kashmir found the source of all creation, and witnessed how everything in this universe evolves from this one absolute Reality into manifestation which is also real. Because all creation exists within the Absolute, they established the principle of spiritual realism. — B. N. Pandit, Specific Principles of Kashmir Shaivism (3rd ed., 2008), p. x”

GodYogaMysticismNondualityKashmir ShaivismIndian PhilosophySpiritual RealismParadvaita
Book:Specific Principles of Kashmir Saivism [Hardcover] [Apr 01, 1998] Paṇḍita, BalajinnaÌ"tha
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