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Description of Siva Sutra

ShivaSutras are believed to be a Rahasyagama Sastrasangraha or Sivopanisat Sangraha

a compendium containing secret doctrine revealed by Lord Shiva. It is stated that once

Srikanthanatha, an incarnation of Lord Shiva, appeared before sage Vasugupta in a dreamand directed him that the secret doctrines inscribed on a particular rock on the Mahadeva

mountain, about ! kms., a"ay from Srinagar, behind the famous #arvan garden, be

studied and taught to those "ho deserved such a favor. $n a"akening sage Vasuguptavisited the desired spot and the particular stone turned upside do"n by his mere touch. #e

found the Sutras engraved on the big rock "hich is still kno"n as %samkaropala%.

Sage Vasugupta the discoverer of ShivaSutras "as the guru of &allata. #e is believed to

have flourished in the beginning of the 'th century (.D. ( prolific "riter and learned

disciple of (charya (bhinavagupta, Sh. &semara)a, must have "ritten a lucid and

detailed e*position of each Sutras kno"n as Vimarsini, in the +th century (D he Sutrasare divided in three a"akenings dealing "ith the three means of liberation vi-.

Sambhava, Sakta and (nava upayas respectively. hus these ShivaSutras thro" a flood of light on the entire system of Shivayogasupreme identity of the individual self "ith the

divine.

It is pertinent to mention here that our beloved master Shri Ish"ara S"arupa S"ami

Lakshman)oo Mahara)a e*plained these Siva Sutras "ithout &semara)a%s commentary/

in four of his Sunday lectures in simple 0nglish some t"enty years (ppro*imately Mid'1+%s/ ago at his Ish"ara (shram situated in the vicinity of the famous Mughal garden,

 2ishat, Srinagar, &ashmir.

. 3aitanyamatma

. 4niversal 3onsciousness is one%s o"n nature.

It is not that that "hich "e think of as the 5I5

i.e the self6concept7ego/

is the universal consciousness but that the 4niveral 3onsciousness

is all that e*ists.

8. 9nanam :andhah

8. &no"ing the individual consciousness as one%s o"n natureand not kno"ing the 4niversal 3onsciousness as one%s

o"n nature, is bondage.

hinking the 5I5 is ones6self brings about limitation

the reali-ation 5I am the 4niversal 3onsciousness5 brings about freedom "hile alive )ivanmukti/.

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;. <onivargah &alasariram

;. Differentiated perception

and the field of individual activitiesare also bondage.

 2on recognition that perception itself 

causes the 4niverse to appear Diverse=is the cause of mental bondage.

>. 9nanadhisthanam matrka.>. his threefold bondage 6

is attributable to 6 and commanded by 6

the 4niversal Mother "hile she remains unkno"n.#ence the field of ignorance comes into e*istence

through her and not through any other agency.

hat 4niversal Mother is consciousness itself

he reali-ation consists in the reali-ation 6that consciousness transcends form

and the absence of form.

?. 4dyamao :hairava

?. o get rid of this triple bondage,

a sudden flash of transcendental consciousness

is identical "ith :hairava.

It is said that "ith the opening

of the thousand petalled lotus of consciousness

"ith reali-ation/ he truth is self6evident.

@. Sakticakrasandhane visvasambarah

@. Aith deep contemplation on the "heel of energies,

the "hole differentiated 4niverse comes to an end.

he "heel has many spokes 6

his "heel is the "eb of the perceptions 6ometimes called the "eb of karma.

#o"ever it is very difficult to get off that "heel=it is far easier to stand at the center of it 6

"atch the senses "heeling about 6

"atch the thoughts as they arise 6"atch the mind as it reports 6

"atch ho" perception arives in the mind 6

"atch ho" the mind modifies it 6"atch ho" reaction arises to perceptions call.

1. 9agratsvapna susuptabhede turyabhogasambhavah

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1. Such a <ogi, "ho has accomplished this stage, e*periences uriya

transcendental Bod3onsciousness/ in other three states also 6vi-. 9agrat "akefulness/, Svapna dream/ and Susapti deep sleep/.

Look about 6he sky 6

he room 6

he dream 6Reali-e the Void 6

It is only a void of definition 6

of concepts inability to e*press the nature of consciousness.

!. 9nanam 9agrat

!. 3ommon kno"ledge arising out of differentiation/ 6

constitutes 9agrat "akefulness/.

he deliberate thought that 6

a thing is that or this naming it/ 6

i.e. conceptuali-ing reality 6Boes to constitute the entire "aking state.

'. Svapna Vikalpah

'. Individual differentiated kno"ledgein the recess of one%s o"n mind is Svapna dream/.

Crom this reservoir of e*perience "e create the dream "orld by going into it.

In meditation visions are common,

 because the attention is turned in"ard.

+. (viveko mayasausuptam

+. Loss of discrimination in the field of una"areness

is Susapti deep sleep/

Ahen the Void is reali-ed,it is non6different from deep sleep

yet consciousness reigns.

(fter deep sleep, "e a"ake and remember "e slept deeply 6

thus some part of us "as conscious,

else rememberance "ould not be possible.

. ritayabhokta viresah

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. he one "ho has digested assimilated/ all these three states in Bod 3onsciousness,

urya/ is the Lord of heroes or master of his senses.

8. Vismayo yogabhumikah

8. he <ogic po"ers here in this state of being/ comprise indescribable astonishment"onder/.

;. ieeha saktir uma kamari;. Cor such a <ogi, any desire is identical "ith the Supreme 0nergy of Lord Siva and

hence his desire cannot be checked by any po"er.

>. Drsyam sariram>. Cor such a <ogi, even his o"n body becomes an e*traneous ob)ect or the totality of

e*traneous ob)ects is constitute/ his o"n 4niversal :ody.

?. #irdaye cittasanighattad drsyasvapadarsanam?. :y establishing one%s mind in the heart6the 4niversal 3onsciousness6the "hole "orld

of perception appears as one%s o"n nature

@. Suddhatattvasandhanad va apasusaktih

@. $r by establishing uninterrupted a"areness of ure Supreme 2ature, the energy ofShiva is e*perienced.

1. Vitarka atma)nanam

1. Cor such a reali-ed soul, any ordinary thought becomes the means of reali-ing one%so"n self.

!. Lokanandah Samadhisukham

!. #is being in the ecstatic state of Samadhi besto"s bliss and happiness to the "holehumanity or the totality of en)oyment in the universe constitutes or comprises/ his

ecstatic state of Samadhi.

'. Saktisandhane sarirotpattih

l'. :y putting concentrating/ one%s mind on 4niversal 0nergy, body internal or e*ternal,

is formed by his mere "ill. Such po"er is attainable by him in t"o other states also vi-.dream and deep sleep/.

8+. :hutasandhanabhutaprthaktvavisvasamghattah.

8+. Such a <ogi is capable of i/ helping humanity unbounded by space and time ii/

casting off his body for specified timeperiods, and iii/ manifesting his body at various places simultaneously, by remaining in Bod consciousness.

8. Suddhavidyodayaccakresatvasiddhih

8. Ahen such a yogi abstains from such po"ers, he attains lordship over the "heel of

4niversal 0nergies through the rise of ure kno"ledge.

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88. Mahahradanusandhanan mantraviryanubhavah

88. :y contemplating on Supreme $cean, Self e*perience of the 4niversalI occurs.