Teachings
15 teachings
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.
Abhinavagupta·Illumination of the Modes of Realization
That one's real nature is in truth Divine, which means that it is the nonconceptual, uncontracted Light of Consciousness made manifest.
Abhinavagupta·Illumination of the Modes of Realization
The whole network of methods could not reveal God. Can a pot illumine the thousand-rayed sun? Discerning the truth thusly, one with the highest insight can immerse into the state of the self-luminous Shiva in an instant.
Abhinavagupta·Illumination of Spontaneous Realization
This entire conditioned reality is simply a reflection in the space of Awareness.
Abhinavagupta·Illumination of the Divine Means
The entire world shines here within the Self, just as a complex creation appears in a single mirror. However, Awareness articulates and touches the universe of its experience in accordance with the flavor of its own self-awareness -- no mirror can do that.
Abhinavagupta·Illumination of the Divine Means
Because She projects and because She knows, and because She is the projected and the known, She is called Kali.
Abhinavagupta·Illumination of the Divine Means