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judged consonant with his possibility of diminishing the
sciences,
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e power (sakti-
vicitrat膩). Diminishments of power are divided into two main categories:
superior (parama) and inferior (apara), which are in their turn, divided
into nine subspecies. All diminishments of power transcend the karmic
activity which operates in the may realm (TA, XIII, 254-257a). In the
foregoing pages the classification of diminishing powers into threefold
degrees was presented; violent, middle and weak. The violent-middle
diminishment of power bestows intuitive consciousness (pratibham, to a
master; thereby he will be called "instructed" (sista). The disciples
(sisya) must look for such a master (TA, XIII, 134a) instructed in all
who is named the "self-born" (svayambhu) because he has
grasped the true meaning of the scriptures by his intuition; this is
possible in so far as intuition is the main component of the scriptures.
Some texts uphold that such an intuitive master would be especially
Suitable for those aspiring to freedom. Disciples desiring propitiation
would have to be guided by masters who have passed through multifarious
rites of purification (samskrta) because fruition is produced by a
complex of causes (samagr墨). In a certain tradition, only the master
who was consacrated according to the rules (abhisikta) and who has
observed
the oatn of wisdom would be a preceptor worthy of being followed.
Abhinavagupta and his masters impart another
opinion. For their spiritual line the M膩lin墨vijayatantra is the foremost
guide concerning the tantric procedure. Here, the Saivite master must
first of all, know the particular reature of every category (MV, II,
Thereby it results that he will be continuously penetrated by Rudra's
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