Materials for the contemplation of the Twelve Kālīs, the most important and most ‘secret’ doctrine of the Krama lineage, collated in one place (and translated) for the first time online. Part three of three.
The Twelve Kalis: Part Three
Vijñana-bhairava-tantra verses 7-16: Bhairava's Answer
The Nature of Reality
The Stages of Awakening
The Empowered Method (Tantrasaara Chapter Four, Part 1)
The Divine Method (Tantrasaara Chapter Three, Part 1)
The nature of awareness (Tantraloka 1 cont'd)
In this section of the text, Abhinava discusses the nature of Awareness as the ground of all being. He breaks down sentience & insentience, gradations of awareness, individuated awareness vs. overarching Awareness, what full realization entails, and refutes objective materialism, all in the course of just five Sanskrit verses!
