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	Trika Shaivism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Trika Shaivism incorporated Tantric and Buddhist influences and adopted a monistic metaphysical doctrine similar to Advaita Vedanta (nondualist).
		Abhinavagupta, the greatest thinker of the sect, considered the Malinivijayottara Tantra the fundamental scripture of the Trika and the essence of multi-branched Shaivism.
		Abhinavagupta was a profound influence on Shaivism in Kashmir.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/trika.html (1009 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kashmir Shaivism is a school of spiritual teaching and practice that arose during the eighth century in Kashmir, India.
		The fundamental statement of Kashmir Shaivism is expressed in its very first aphorism, which translates as both "The Self is Consciousness" and "The nature of reality is Consciousness" (Shiva Sutras I.I Chaitanyam Atma, Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta).
		The first fundamental work of Shaivism, traditionally attributed to Vasugupta, is the Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta, a collection of 77 elegant and precise aphorisms, completely unintelligible for the uninitiated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kashmir_Shaivism (1886 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kashmir Shaivism developed from about the ninth century CE and is based upon the revelation of texts called Tantras.
		Kashmir Shaivism relegated the dualistic Tantras of the Shaiva Siddhanta, whose doctrines and practices it assumes, to a lower level of revelation.
		The centre of Kashmir Shaivism was at Shrinagar in Kashmir and the Amarnath cave near Shrinagar, where there is a naturally occurring Shiva linga or symbol of the God, is a centre of pilgrimage for many Shaivas.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/kashmir.html (452 words)

	Heart of Hinduism: Shaivism
		Shaivism is the second largest religious community in cotemporary India.
		The roots of Shaivism are anchored in pre-historic India.
		Thereafter, Shaivism became the prominent religion of India, particularly in the South.
	hinduism.iskcon.com /tradition/1202.htm (392 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism Teachings
		Kashmir Shaivism proclaims that there are three means (upayas) for entering into the state of Universal God consciousness, i.e.
		In Shaivism there are three impurities (malas) which reside in the element of illusion or maya.
		Kashmir Shaivism is known as the pure Trika system, which means “the three-fold science of man and his world.” It is a system meant for any human being without restriction of cast, creed, color or gender.
	www.universalshaivafellowship.org /usf/teachings_01.html (1713 words)

	Category:Shaivism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main article for this category is Shaivism.
		Shaivism, also Saivism, is a branch of Hinduism whose followers worship Siva as the Supreme God.
		Many consider Shaivism to be the oldest branch of Hinduism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Shaivism (89 words)

	SivaSakti.COM - Kashmir Shaivism. Part 2
		Moreover, the Kashmir Shaivism can be understood only if one goes thoroughly through all its facets, because in truth it is said: "The mind is seen as a hierarchic (krama) family of agents (kula), which perceives spontaneously the true Self (pratyabhijna), with a creative power that can be perceived as pulsatory (spanda)".
		Kashmir Shaivism established as an important philosophical school due to the bright encyclopaedic works wrote by this great sage.
		The Kashmir Shaivism is not interested in worshipping a personal God, as it is attracted towards reaching the transcendental state of shivaic consciousness.
	sivasakti.com /articles/tantra/kashmiri-shaivism-art140.html (827 words)

	Introduction
		Ignorance, for Kashmir Shaivism, is not the absence of knowledge, rather it is said to be non-fullness of knowledge.
		Kashmir Shaivism holds that it is by the grace of God (Saktipata)--in the form of the grace of the master--that Lord Shiva is revealed.
		In Kashmir Shaivism there are three main places for concentration, between the eyebrows, the pit of the throat, and the heart.
	www.kashmirshaivism.org /introduction.html (5555 words)

	Shaivism & Kashmir's Doctrine of 'Recognition' (Pratyabhijna)
		Kashmir Shaivism and Its Three Divisions:Kashmir Shaivism on the whole, represents a particular religio- philosophical school of the valley.
		The Kashmir Shaivism as a whole, iocluding the faith and philosophy of the school, is presented in Trika Shastra.
		Trika Shastra, comprising the said three divisions of Kashmir Shaivism, represents, in its philosophical context, a concept of positivism in a theistic outlook in contradistinction to the absolute monism of Vedanta.
	www.kashmirherald.com /artsandculture/ShaivismAndKashmirDoctrineOfRecognition-prn.html (3402 words)

	Non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir: Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Triká (Non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir) was born in Kashmir (IX A.D:), a northern province of India.
		This philosophy is denominated "Shaivism" because it pertains to Shivá (the Auspicious One), the Supreme Being.
		One interpretation states that Non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir is known as Triká or Threefold System because it analyzes the nature of Shivá, Shákti and Nára.
	www.sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar /english/trika/trika1ingles.html (1989 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism
		Shaivism is a nondual philosophy that recognizes and explains the universe as a manifestation of one divine, conscious energy.
		Utpaladeva was a philosopher of Kashmir Shaivism and an ecstatic devotee of Shiva.
		In Kashmir Shaivism, Spanda is the subtle vibration of the pure contemplation of one's own true nature as well as the supreme power of consciousness.
	www.bookstore.siddhayoga.org /Templates/frmTemplateM3.asp?SubFolderID=168&SearchYN=N (1095 words)

	Voice of Jammu Kashmir
		Shaivism, therefore, is as old as the mankind.
		Kashmir Shaivism provides an extremely rich and detailed understanding of the 'Cosmos', creation and the human psyche besides the most fascinating knowledge of Kundalini - the goal of self-realisation.
		Kashmir Shaivism is purely the pristine Sanatana Dharma of the Vedas.
	www.kashmir-information.com /VOJK/HinduismKashmir.html (2320 words)

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		Shaivism declares that there is nothing outside Shiva and, thus, recognizes the oneness of Pati-pau-pãša (God-ãtman-world).
		These are the elliptical stones of a special kind found in the bed of the river Narmadã, one of the seven sacred rivers in India.
		The major scriptures of Shaivism are Vedas, Shaiva Ãgamas and Shaiva Purãnas.
	www.hindubooks.org /bansi_pandit/hindu_dharma/ch07.htm (2442 words)

	SivaSakti.COM - History And Tradition In Shaivism
		Shaivism, tradition of the old dravidiens, has remained a folk tradition along the centuries.
		The shaivism teachings are the germs of the golden era of the humankind-to-be.
		The recent appearance of numerous texts of the Gnosis, which are very close in sense and meaning to the Shaivit conceptions and to the Gospels the Church declared apocryphal constitutes a fortunate prediction for the future.
	sivasakti.com /articles/tantra/kashmiri-shaivism-art133.html (730 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme
		He knew Kashmir Shaivism was a most precious jewel and that by God’s grace, those who desired to learn would be attracted to it.
		Ajnana (ignorance) is ignoring this nature and this is the cause of the samsara which carries one in the cycle of repeated births and deaths.
		In our Shaivism, it is said that when you go in search of a master so that you can be initiated, you should first seek that master who is full of both bauddha jnana and paurusha jnana.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~3859.aspx (971 words)

	The Texts of Kashmir Shaivism - Siddha Yoga Meditation
		One of the cornerstones of the Siddha Yoga tradition, Kashmir Shaivism is a branch of the Shaivite philosophical tradition that explains how the formless supreme principle, known as Shiva, manifests the universe.
		The Shiva Sutras are the scriptural authority for Kashmir Shaivism.
		One of the fundamental scriptures of Kashmir Shaivism, this ninth-century collection of 53 verses describes how the yogi who remains alert can perceive the divine vibration, or spanda, in all moments of daily life, thus regaining the vision of unity-consciousness.
	www.siddhayoga.org /teachings/scriptures/shaivism/shaivism.html (278 words)

	KashmirShaivism
		The first stream of modern Kashmir Shaivism, the scholarly, was established by Swami Lakshmanjoo (1907-1991) of Shrinigar, Kashmir.
		Abhinavagupta, the most famous sage-philosopher of Kashmir Shaivism, lived from the middle of the 10th century into the 11th.
		The Shiva School of Kashmir Shaivism uses the texts of the Shiva Sutras, the Spanda Karikas, the Pratyabhijnahrdayam, the Vijnanabhairava, and others, to tap into the sublime teachings of the tradition.
	www.shivayoga.org /html/kashmirshaivism1.html (668 words)

	KASHMIR SHAIVISM. Learn More About Kashmir Shaivism And The Great Siddha Master Abhinavagupta. - Kashmir Shaivism ...
		It is 'the three-fold science of man and his world.' Kashmir Shaivism is a philosophy meant for any human being without restriction of caste, creed, color or gender.
		Shaivism is the oldest living faith in the world.
		The Advaita (non-dual) branch of Trika Shaivism (The Spanda School) existed starting in the early 9th century and flourished in a period from the 10th through the 13th centuries.
	www.suprememeditation.org /shaivism.html (1288 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Kashmir Shaivism In Laymen's Terms.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		You are right, I don't hold mainly to Kashmir Shaivism, only because my own Guru and my Guru's Guru were very integral in their understanding of the philosophies of India and supported their statements with both Advaita Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism, as well as Bhagavad Gita, and even quoting from mystics of entirely different traditions.
		Kashmir Shaivism gets way subtler than you just quoted from, did you take into context the view's and practices that were proposed in the other parts of the link assosiated with Kashmir Shaivism, or even Advaita Vedanta, for they are not different.
		Kashmir Shaivism is deeply steeped in direct experience and then revealed through words which point to the direct experience but don't perfectly define direct experience, as they can not.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=929 (6634 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism
		While expounding the relevance of Kashmir Shaivism our deepest gratitude goes to Lalleshwari (14th century saint poetess), whose teachings give a unique opportunity to have insight into this mystic philosophy.
		Kashmir Shaivism adopts a realistic and utilitarian attitude.
		The whole life of Lord Krishna as depicted in Mahabharata is a glowing example of practical Shaivism.
	www.angelfire.com /ma2/bharatanatyam/Shaivism.html (1661 words)

	MA95_Kashmir Shaivism
		This Trika philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism teaches us how this individual being, immersed in inferior energy, can be carried towards the Supreme, subjective energy of Lord Shiva through His cognitive, Intermediate energy.
		This thought of the Krama School of Shaivism was taught by Sri Erakanatha.
		This thought of Kashmir Shaivism so great, world affirming and universal that it has deeply impressed many western minds also, hoisting out as it does wonderful vision of this whole Universe as nothing but the Blissful energy of an all pervading consciousness—Lord Shiva.
	www.kashmirshaivism.org /ma95_kashmir_shaivism.html (969 words)

	Nityananda Institute - Spiritual Practice - Kashmir Shaivism
		Kashmir Shaivism is a general designation referring to the dualistic and nondualistic schools of thought that emerged in Kashmir, in northwest India.
		Kashmir Shaivism, a branch of Tantric Shaivism, arose from the experience of these dedicated Trika Yoga practitioners, who also happened to be skilled articulators of their experiences.
		That is why the iconography of Shaivism depicts the Absolute as the intimate embrace of two lovers, Shiva and Shakti.
	www.nityanandainstitute.org /kash.htm (567 words)

	RUDRAKSHA THERAPY - As used in SHAIVISM, devotees of LORD SHIVA
		Although Veera Shaivism is one of the older sects of this belief system along with Shaiva Siddhaanta, Shivaadvaita and Kashmir Shaivism it is one of the most dynamic of modern day Shaivite Schools.
		The earliest reference to Veera Shaivism is found in the ShivaAgamas and the adherents of this faith trace their beginnings back to the rishis of ancient times.
		Today Veera Shaivism is a vibrant compassionate faith that has been credited with championing the cause of the down trodden and rebelling against a powerful brahminical system which promoted social inequality through a caste system that branded a whole class of people as polluted.
	www.rudraksha-ratna.com /rudraksha_therapy3.html (495 words)

	Hinduism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The temple of Pashupatinath in Nepal is regarded as one of the most sacred places in Shaivism.
		The primary differences are between the sects of Vaishnavism, which conceives God as Viṣhṇu, and Shaivism, which conceives God as Shiva.
		Shaktism worships a female divinity or goddess, Devī, sometimes as the power of Shiva personified (in which case we could classify the approach as belonging to a subsect of Shaivism).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hinduism (7042 words)

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