This course covers the verses of twelfth chapter of Abhinavagupta’s Tantrāloka .

For the background on this text and its relationship to the larger topic of Kashmir Shaivism, please see the Program Overview on this site.  You may also like to listen to the free course on Locating Trika, which provides historical overview.

Overview of Chapter Twelve: 

The Application of the Path of the Forces and the Rest (kalādyadhvādhvopayogaḥ)

The Cosmic Body
The Path is Both within the Parts of the Body and the Components of the Rite 2-3
The Contemplation of Nonduality (abhedabhāvanā) 4
View the Body as containing the Paths, the Abode of the pulse of Time and Space and All the Deities 5-6
The Body and Every Component of the Rite is full of all things and all the Deities. Offering to them is True Inner Worship, Meditation and Libation 7-11
The Observance of the Pure Vow of Equality 12-13
Worship and the rest neither Enjoined nor Prohibited 14-16ab
Consumption of the Sacrificial Substance Wherever the Mind is Propitious 16cd-18ab
The Reduction of Doubt (kampahrāsa)
The Consumption of Kaula Sacrificial Substances 18cd-25