Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche<\/p>\n
Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra<\/strong> 116<\/strong><\/p>\n yatra yatra mano y\u0101ti b\u0101hye v\u0101bhyantare ‘pi v\u0101 <\/em>| \u201cWherever the mind is directed, whether outside or inside, there \u015aiva is found. Since he is all-pervasive, where could one go?\u201d<\/p>\n The \u015bloka<\/em> ends with a rhetorical question: \u201cwhere could one go\u201d (kva y\u0101syati<\/em>). The answer of course is \u2018nowhere\u2019, since \u015aiva is everywhere. Indeed, in the teaching of Kashmir Shaivism, \u015aiva acts in five ways, by emanation (s\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e6di<\/em>), maintenance (sthiti<\/em>), dissolution (samh\u0101ra<\/em>), concealment (tirodhana<\/em>) and grace (anugraha<\/em>). \u015aiva is therefore everything and everywhere. Because he pervades (vy\u0101pakatv\u0101t<\/em>) all, he is present (av\u0101sth\u0101<\/em>) in every place.<\/p>\n In the teaching of Kashmir Shaivism, \u015aiva is \u2018I am\u2019 (aham<\/em>). Therefore the state of \u015aiva is essentially personal. All is \u2018I am\u2019. \u015aiva does not say \u2018I am not\u2019. There is nowhere where he is not present, in the external world (b\u0101hye<\/em>) as in the internal forum (abhyantare<\/em>). He does not say that he is not in this chaos, in this turmoil, in this evil, in this injustice. He is every state and is found in every state, even in the wretchedness of our lives, or the evil that humans do to each other.<\/p>\n The mind (mano<\/em>) is powerful, and the more it focuses on an object the more that object is transformed and becomes the \u2018I\u2019, as Abhinavagupta teaches in his commentary on Paratrimsika<\/em> verses 3\u20134.[1]<\/a>\u00a0 The mind gradually evolves in itself and also changes the object on which the gaze is directed. By focusing the mind on every circumstance (yatra yatra<\/em>), that circumstance is turned to good. It is transformed by the power of the mind. This attentiveness is the grace of \u015aiva at work. Thus our pain is transformed when the mind is able to focus on it.<\/p>\n The mind that cannot focus because it is craving and confused does not perceive the reality of things and remains in its illusion.<\/p>\n The enlightenment that is wrought by the 112 methods of the Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava<\/em>–tantra<\/em> is to be able to see \u015aiva in every circumstance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/a> \u2018Person-to-Person: vivarana<\/em> of Abhinavagupta on Paratrimsika<\/em> verses Summary of discussion on Vijnana-bhairava-tantra made by Guru Yogi Matsyendranath and Rev. John Dupuche Vij\u00f1\u0101nabhairava-tantra 116 yatra yatra mano y\u0101ti b\u0101hye v\u0101bhyantare ‘pi v\u0101 | tatra tatra \u015biv\u0101v\u0101sth\u0101 vy\u0101pakatv\u0101t kva y\u0101syati || 116 || \u201cWherever the mind is directed, whether … Continue reading
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\n3\u20134.\u2019 In Indo-Iranian Journal<\/em> 44: 1-16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"