«That consciousness of samkara1 is (ever) victorious2 which in its wholeness is non-dual in reality though having an appearance of duality, from which the class of Rudra and ksetrajna3 springs and in which it comes to rest, which is the fundamental Reality (yat tattvam), from which bursts forth into view the universe, whose form is this universe, from whose unimpeded Free Will ever leaps forth his divine power which is a mass of bliss, bringing about the unsurpassed, immortal spanda4 principle (the primal creative pulsation).» — verso de apertura de la Vimarsini traducido por Singh: la plegaria a Samkara enuncia la no dualidad real bajo la apariencia de dualidad. La llamada de nota va pegada a la palabra en el impreso (*samkara1*, *victorious2*) y se conserva dentro de las comillas.
Trika
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«One can be aware of that only when one is completely free of aU thought-constructs (vikalponmukta-gocara). One can have an experience of that bliss in his own inmost self (when one is completely rid of the ego, and is established in piir{lahanta i.e. in the plenitude of the divine I-consciousness).» — la contraparte positiva del verso 15: de ese estado se es consciente solo al quedar libre de todo constructo de pensamiento, y su dicha se experimenta en el Ser más íntimo, desprendido el ego.
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
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For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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