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	Non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir: Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Vasugupta awakened, remembered the dream and went to the place where the big stone was supposed to be.
		Vasugupta obtained a set of 77 aphorisms which were known as "The Aphorisms of Shivá -- Shivasuutra-s".
		Vasugupta taught those sacred aphorisms to his pupils: Kallata and the rest, who were fit for receiving Divine Grace.
	www.sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar /english/trika/trika1ingles.html (1989 words)

	shivaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Vasugupta formulated for the first time in writing the principles and main doctrines of this system.
		After Vasugupta, the esoteric literature of Kashmir Sivaism explosively blossomed and lasted for almost four centuries, during which it became very voluminous and it reached an exceptional philosophical depth.
		Vasugupta says that he found Siva Sutra written on a rock that miraculously came out of a lake.
	www.natha.fi /English/yoga/shivaism.htm (3076 words)

	Kashmir Saivism
		Upon awakening, Vasugupta rushed to the spot and found seventy-seven terse sutras etched in stone, which he named the Siva Sutras.
		Vasugupta expounded the Sutras to his followers, and gradually the philosophy spread.
		The Pratyabhijna Shastra's principle components are the Siva Drishti by Vasugupta's disciple, Somananda, and the Pratyabhijna Sutras by Somananda's pupil, Utpaladeva (ca 900-950).
	www.koausa.org /Shaivism/article2.html (1547 words)

	Voice of Jammu Kashmir
		Upon awakening, Vasugupta rushed to the spot and found seventy seven terse sutras etched in stone, which he named the Shiva-Sutras.
		Vasugupta expounded the sutras to his followers, and gradually the old and lost philosophy once again spread.
		In the case of Vasugupta's dream, the Shiva Sutras, discovered by him carved in the rock are still there even today, though difficult to decipher because of unfamiliarity with the old language.
	www.kashmir-information.com /VOJK/HinduismKashmir.html (2320 words)

	Shivasuutravimarshinii: Parte 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It were taught by Shivá to Vasugupta in a dream, according to Kallata (a disciple of Vasugupta himself).
		But, despite the different versions, the important fact is that the Shivasuutra-s were revealed to Vasugupta by a superior Reality, that is, they were not written by a human hand.
		Vasugupta also collected and compiled the 77 Shivasuutra-s in the form of the Spandakaarikaa-s or Spandasuutra-s.
	www.sanskrit-sanscrito.com.ar /english/trika/vimar1.html (3116 words)

	Vasugupta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vasugupta (860–925) was the author of the famous Shiva Sutras.
		One night Shiva appeared to Vasugupta in a dream and instructed him to go to a particular place called Harvan.
		Vasugupta also wrote the Spanda Karikas as a commentary on the Shiva Sutras.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vasugupta (208 words)

	* Vasugupta - (Yoga): Definition
		Vasugupta mentioned that he is not the author of Shiva-Sutra, but that he found it written on a rock that came out from the water and that went back into the water after he read and memorized the text.
		Siva Sutras(translated by Jaideva Singh), one of the main texts by Kashmir Shaiv Tantra written sometime in the 8th century by Vasugupta, hints at the Kundalini and Chakras (Energy centers).
		Sutra ("thread"): an aphoristic statement; a work consisting of aphoristic statements, such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutra or Vasugupta's Shiva-Sutra...
	en.mimi.hu /yoga/vasugupta.html (112 words)

	Daily Excelsior...Sunday Magazine
		The worship of Shiva and Shakti in Kashmir has ancient origin, but one of the greatest philosophers of Kashmir, Vasugupta, gave it a sound base in the 8th century AD when he composed the Shiva-sutras under devine revealation.
		Vasugupta, the percepter of Shiva-sutras is regarded as the father of Kashmir Shivism.
		From Kallata Bhatt this lore passed through a line of pupils to Baskara of 11th century AD Somanda another pupil of Vasugupta, is the founder of Pratyabijina branch, which through another line of pupils passed to Abhinav Gupta of 11th century.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /magazine/06sep17 (2628 words)

	Kashmir Shaivism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The origins of Kashmir Shaivism lay in the cremation ground traditions of Kapalika or skull-bearing ascetics who worshipped ferocious forms of Shiva, such as Bhairava, and the Goddess Kali.
		There is also an independent revelation in the Shiva Sutras and Spanda Karikas given to Vasugupta (c.875-c.925) The term 'Kashmir Shaivism' refers to a number of traditions, principally to the Trika ('Threefold') tradition which worshipped the Goddess in the three manifestations of Para, Apara and Parapara and whose root text is the Mallinivijayottara Tantra.
		The theological articulation of the tradition is known as the Recognition (Pratyabhijna) school and Abhinavagupta (c.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/kashmir.html (452 words)

	Jooga- ja Tantrakoulu NATHA - Kashmir Shivaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The first great initiate recorded in history of this extraordinary spiritual path was Vasugupta (end of VIII century — beginnning of IX century B.C.).
		After Vasugupta, the esoteric litterature of Kashmir Sivaism explosively blossomed and lasted for almost four centuries, during which it became very voluminous and it reached an exceptional philosophical depth.
		The first fundamental work of Sivaism, traditionally attributed to Vasugupta, is Siva Sutra, a collection of extremely elegant and precise aforisms, completely unintelligible for the uninitiate.
	www.natha.fi /shivaismi.htm (3109 words)

	Spandakarika
		Having been revealed at the beginning of the ninth century by Shiva to Vasugupta, or to say it more directly, having gushed forth like a spring from Vasugupta's own heart, it presents the essence of the tantras in fifty-two marvelously elliptical stanzas.
		It is also said that Vasugupta received them in a dream while meditating in a cave in Mount Kailash, the mythical home of the trident-bearing God who gave birth to the sacred River Ganges.
		In his commentary, Ksemaraja stresses the fact that the Song of the Sacred Tremor is a presentation of Mahamudra, which would go on to become famous through the Tibetan lineage of transmission, and which is the ultimate teaching of the Kagyu school.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/hinduism/spandakarikaR.htm (1891 words)

	KASHMIR SHAIVAISM
		Besides the words of Shiva, Shaivaism was stregnthened by Vasugupta and Somananda, considered as founders of advaita Shaivaism in Kashmir.Vasugupta described the doctrines as articles of faith and revelation.
		Somananda was the disciple of Vasugupta who as per a different verison received the sutras, as these exist today, directly from Lord Shiva in his dream.
		Somananda, another pupil of Vasugupta, provided reasoning in support of his teacher’s teaching laying the foundation of Trika, somewhere towards the end of 9th century AD.
	www.kashmirherald.com /featuredarticle/kashmirshaivaism.html (4899 words)

	SivaSakti.COM - Kashmir Shaivism. Part 1
		It is also said that Shiva himself felt the need to solve the conflictual interpretations of the sacred writings (agamas) and to cast away the dualist influence on the ancient monist doctrines.
		In the years 800, it is said that the great sage Vasugupta was living on the mountain Mahadeva, near Shrinagar.
		Then Vasugupta revealed the verses to his disciples and gradually the philosophy spread.
	sivasakti.com /articles/tantra/kashmiri-shaivism-art139.html (869 words)

	Kashmiri culture, religion, kashmiri taditions, india jammushmir.
		Vasugupta made the first book on Kashmira Thriga Saastra called Siva Soothram.
		It deals with Saakta (mode of worship of Goddess) practices, and different modes to reach the Ultimate.
		Vasugupta authored Spuntha Kaarigai or Spuntha Soothra, based on Siva Soothra.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/kashmirsaivism.htm (887 words)

	Amazon.com: Vasugupta: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Aphorisms of Siva: With a commentary by Bhaskaracarya by Vasugupta (Unknown Binding - 1991)
		Vasugupta (ninth century) Revitalized Kashmir Shaivism, giving it the form in...
		Vasugupta, The Stanzas on Vibration: The Spandakarika with Four Commentaries:...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&index=books&field-keywords=Vasugupta&page=1 (658 words)

	Theosophical Society - Articles
		One night Vasugupta had a dream in which the Highest God, Shiva, came to him.
		Shiva told Vasugupta that ‘On yonder High Mountain, there is the esoteric doctrine under a big stone.
		Having obtained it, reveal it to those who are fit for grace.´ Vasugupta went up the mountain and found the work we now know as the Shiva Sutras.
	www.austheos.org.au /magazine/BParry-Mantra.htm (1869 words)

	THE DIVINE VIBRATION (SPANDANIRNAYA)
		It was in the 8th century that Vasugupta was born and studied the Saivagamas from the standpoint of the Idealistic Monism.
		The power of argumenting was so strong in the Buddhist philosophers that even he felt in a fix to meet them and come out triumphant in creedal controversies.
		Thus, receiving the hold command, Vasugupta hurried to the spot and great was his joy when he found them there.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDH045 (297 words)

	Vedamu.org - About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		They are believed to have been revealed to Vasugupta (8th century A D) who compiled them.
		It is believed that Vasugupta passed the Siva-sutras to his disciple Kallata who flourished in the reign of the king Avanti-varma of Kashmir.
		The Siva-sutras and Spandakarika of Vasugupta, the Pratyabhijna-sutras of Utpala, the Paramarthasara, the Prathyabhijnavimarsini and a host of other works of Abhinavagupta are considered responsible for promotion of Saivism in Kashmir, later known as Kashmir Saivism.
	www.vedamu.org /VedicLiterature/English/shiva-sutras/introduction.asp (942 words)

	Shiva Sutras: The Supreme Awakening
		This spiritual treasure, gifted by God to the sage Vasugupta for the upliftment of humankind, is considered to be one of Kashmir Shaivism’s most important scriptures.
		Here, Swami Lakshmanjoo gives the reader a penetrating vision of the glorious journey of the Supreme Awakening; the traveling from limited individuality to absolute oneness with God.
		If, through deep meditation, you examine the classes and activities of organs known as the organs of cognition and the organs of action, you will find in them the supreme independent state of God consciousness.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~7847.aspx (2325 words)

	Universe
		They were revealed to a sage named Vasugupta in a dream at the end of the 8
		It is believed that Vasugupta then wrote the Spanda Karikas (stanzas on vibration) “to elaborate on the principles laid down by the Shiva Sutras” (Singh xviii).
		The Shiva Sutras came into existence to counter the effects of dualism.
	www.zoerobin.com /ben/universe.html (3193 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Vasugupta deve ter estado frutíferamente ativo bem no final do séc VIII ou começo do século IX d.jc.
		Bháskara disse na parte introdutória de seu Várttika que Vasugupta ensinou os Síva-Sútras a Kallata que os ensinou a Pradyumnabhata, o filho do seu tio materno.
		Este foi o discípulo de Vasugupta e desenvolveu sua obra no séc.
	www.institutoshaivayoga.com.br /agama_sastra.htm (838 words)

	Kashmir Sentinel
		The most important of them all is the Doctrine of Recognition, which we now call as Kashmir's Shaivism.
		It was propounded by a eighth century Sage, Acharya Vasugupta and was later on further elucidated by Acharya Abhinavgupta.
		Kashmiri Pandits, the original inhabitants of the Kashmir valley, who are the descendants of those saints and sages who used to live once on the banks of the mythological river Saraswati, are the natural custodians of this Shaiva Philosophy which is deeply ingrained in their psyche.
	www.kashmirsentinel.com /dec2002/17.html (1679 words)

	Vitasta Annual Number: A Kashmir Sabha, Kolkata Publication
		His real name was Soma, deva being a mere suffix to the names of Brahmans, royalties and the like.
		Penzer shows that he must have composed his verses about A.D. 1070, or about two hundred and fifty years after Vasugupta introduced into Kashmir the Saiva form of the Hindu religion peculiar to Kashmir, which was subsequently spread widely by his pupil Kallata Bhattra.
		Later on, but still one hundred years before Somadeva, it was further spread by Bhaskara, and then in Somadeva' own time made popular by Abhinava Gupta, the great Saiva writer, and his pupils Kshemarja and Yogaraja.
	vitasta.org /1999/4a.html (1295 words)

	Vitasta Annual Number: A Kashmir Sabha, Kolkata Publication
		Of the Spanda-Sastra, which only elaborated the principles of the Siva-Sutra, without, however, giving much logical reason in support of them, the first and foremost is the Spanda-Sutra or the Synuda-karikli, attributed to Vasugupta himself; and it is called a Sangraha-grantha of a compendium.
		Siddha Somananda, probably a pupil of Vasugupta, is credited with adopting the method of giving an elaborated treatment of his own views and refuting his opponents's doctrines, and is also praised as the founder of the logic of the system.
		On his work Siva-drsti, which is the foundation of this branch, the author vvrote a Vrtti, now lost, quotations from which are found in other works.
	vitasta.org /1999/4c.html (7517 words)

	Swami Chetanananda-Nityananda Institute-The Symphony of Life
		Its principal text, the Shiva Sutras, which will be discussed further below, was revealed and studied in Kashmir, hence "Kashmir Shaivism." The system is also known as Trika philosophy, because it is base on the threefold principles of God, soul and matter.
		According to legend, in the ninth century A.D., the great sage and saint Vasugupta was told by Lord Shiva in a dream to go to a certain rock and read the teachings carved on it.
		Vasugupta copied these teachings, studied them, wrote about them, and passed the teaching on to his disciples.
	www.chetanananda.com /symphonyoflife.htm (3450 words)

	Himalayan Institute Store - Finding the Hidden Self (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The origin of the Sutras is mysterious; legend has it that the sage Vasugupta discovered them engraved on a large stone tablet on Mount Kailas in Kasmir.
		Lord Siva, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, guided Vasugupta to the tablet in a dream, and the Siva Sutras are regarded by some as divine revelation.
		The Siva Sutras are unquestionably demanding, containing as they do an exposition of spiritual philosophy in a most compact form.
	himalayaninstitute.org /Shopping/pc-121-9-finding-the-hidden-self.aspx (532 words)

	Between Sringar and Benares: Kashmir's Contribution towards a Synthesis of Indian Culture
		Kallata (Vasugupta’s disciple) fotrmulates the “doctrine of Vibration” (spanda).
		Abhinava’s interiorization of ritualistic image-worship (linga = perfected body as abode of all the gods) is brought to the popular level through Kashmiri poetry by brahmin Lalla (14
		C.), disciple of Siddha Kânta belonging to the lineage of Vasugupta.
	www.svabhinava.org /abhinava/kashmir.html (2754 words)

	The Pratyabhijna Philosophy
		While drawing a line of the teachers the author has ably made use of genealogical tables and has presented the view point of each teacher on the Pratyabhijna.
		It was Somananda, the disciple of Vasugupta who formulated the Pratybhijna theory by studying deeply the Saiva Agamas.
		This way to moksa is believed to have been first noticed by Somananda who advocated a psychological cum spiritual method or attaining the state of Supreme Consciousness while keeping in view the difficulties of a common man in adopting the three upayas already prescribed by Vasugupta in his Siva Sutras.
	ignca.nic.in /nl002609.htm (1027 words)

	SivaSakti.COM - Introduction To Shaivism. Part 1
		The tradition of the Kashmir Shaivism was transmitted from master to disciple centuries in a row, according to the method named "from mouth to ear".
		The first fundamental work of Shaivism, attributed to Vasugupta, the first initiate of this spiritual path, who lived at the end of the VII-th century and the beginning of the IX-th century AD is named Shiva
		Pratyabhijna Shastra - contains metaphysical works, with a high spiritual level, and is the least accessible to the common reader.
	sivasakti.com /articles/tantra/kashmiri-shaivism-art131.html (593 words)

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