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Essay name: Shaiva Tantra: A way of Self-awareness

Author: L. N. Sharma
Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University / Department of Philosophy and Religion

This essay studies Shaiva Tantra and Tantric philosophies which have evolved from ancient cultural practices and represents a way of Self-awareness. Saiva Tantra emphasizes the individual's journey to transcendence through inner and external sacrifices, integrating various traditions while aiming for an uncreated, harmonious state.

Chapter 17 - The importance of Rite in accomplishing the Path

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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ing "awareness" when the practitioner is found in his abysmal zones
of subconscious, i.e. in "trance". The ritual act envisages the same
unification when the waking state is predominant. The adept actualizes
during a devotional act his archetypal depths and his irrational
impulses, becoming aware of their objectivity. A ritual act is thus
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an objectification of one's own subconscious structures. This process
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makes the votary unify his reason and his irrationality on the lowest
level of manifestation which is the objective reality. At the same time
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himself is an absolute and unique demiurge. Consequently, the purpose of
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any rite is the identification between the votary and the devotional
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act. The rite is the geometrical point of one's own rationality and
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