Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘Kaivalya Upanishad on Method of Meditationâ€� of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The ±«±è²¹²Ô¾±á¹£a»ås are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
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5.1. Kaivalya ±«±è²¹²Ô¾±á¹£a»å on Method of Meditation
In a secluded place, sitting in an easy posture, pure, with a neck, head, and body erect, living in the last of the orders of religious life, having controlled all the sense, saluting his own preceptor with reverence, meditating within the lotus of the heart (on Brahman), untainted, pure, clear and griefless. (Who is) unthinkable, unmanifest, of endless forms, the good, the peaceful, Immortal, the origin of the worlds, without beginning, middle, and end, the only one, all-pervading, Consciousness, and Bliss, the formless and the wonderful. Meditating on the highest Lord, allied to ±«³¾Äå, powerful, three-eyed, blue-necked, and tranquil, the holy man reaches Him who is the source of all, the witness of all and is beyond darkness (i.e. ´¡±¹¾±»å²âÄå).
[...] Kaivalya ±«±è²¹²Ô¾±á¹£a»å verse 8
He is µþ°ù²¹³ó³¾Äå, He is Åš¾±±¹²¹, He is Indra, He is the Immutable, the Supreme, the Self-luminous, He alone is ³Õ¾±á¹£á¹‡³Ü, He is ±Ê°ùÄåṇa, He is Time and Fire, He is the Moon.He alone is all that was, and all that will be, the Eternal; knowing Him, one transcends death; there is no other way to freedom.[1]
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[1]:
Ibid verse 4-9.