Many are unable to plunge into the vast “Light on the Tantras”; therefore, may all listen to this work, “The Essence of the Tantras”, composed in straightforward language.

As an act of revering the Divine, may all contemplate this lotus of the heart of Abhinava Gupta, its blossom opened by the light falling from the rays of the sun; that is to say, its contraction has been forever banished by the wisdom descending from the feet of the illuminator, my guru Sambhunatha.