Tantraloka The Light On And Of The Tantras Volume Six Volume Six Chapter Nine And Ten With The Commentary Called Viveka By Jayaratha Translated With Extensive Explanatory Notes Mark Dyczkowski by Mark Dyczkowski 9798389964495, 838996449X instant download after payment.

The Tantrāloka by Abhinavagupta (c. 975-1050) is undoubtably one of the world's great classics. Treating the whole range of early Śaiva Tantras as part of the Trika Śaivism Abhinavagupta systematically and extensively presents, he draws from all of them to enrich his marvelous and uniquely profound exposition. The result of decades of research, Dyczkowski provides along with his translation of the text and its commentary by Jayaratha, extensive explanatory notes drawn from a wide range of Sanskrit and other sources. These volumes are a must for anyone who is studying Tantra in general and, in particular, the Trika Śaivism of Kashmir.

Volume six comprises chapters nine and ten of the Tantrāloka. In chapter nine Abhinavagupta expounds in detail the thirty-six reality levels (tattva) as taught by Śaivasiddhānta, modified by Pratyabhijñā and completed by the Trika. This is the most complete exposition of this important subject found anywhere. In the following chapter, Abhinavagupta presents the seven levels of perceivers arranged in a hierarchy along the ladder of the reality levels. Rising from the fully conditioned perceiver to Śiva they traverse the states of consciousness in consonance with the cycles of perception that Abhinavagupta describes in depth.