Upaya of Kula - [to Sharabhanga]

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Eventhough, when Abhinavagutpa comes to hierarchy of methods, he puts

kula-prakriya ABOVE tantra-prakriya. What he means by kula-prakriya is

described in 29th ahnika of his Tantraloka (and there is vama-ritual

depicted); while under definition of tantra-prakriya fall all other

three systems of KSh in whole - Pratyabhijna, Krama and Trika (that of

course have also have shivopaya incorporated into their body of

doctrine). Pratyabhijna is by definition pure shivopaya, but still

Abhinava sees it as being inferior to Kula .

 

Then, as i already told, union with woman in Kula-mata is not only

upaya! But it is natural expression of inner Samarasya realised.

If it was simply "one of many anavopayas", Tantras wouldn`t

overestimate this practice and put it at the heart of the Path in

whole. Kaula sees the perfect union as being BOTH inside and outside,

and not only inside as most other traditions. Kaula teaching just adds

that inner realisation is necessarily correlated with outer. Thus, it

is the union of man and woman that is the most perfect embodiment of

Shiva-Shakti-Yamala.

 

As Jnanarnava-tantra says: shivashaktisamAyogo yoga eva na saMshayaH..

(From the context it is obvious that by shiva-shakti in this verse man

and woman are meant ).

 

U may disagree of course - lastly U are not a follower of Kula-path.

There is no problem with this. What i say is reflecting law of Kula,

Kula-dharma. But this is not forced unto followers of any other ways.

 

Love is the law, love under will.

A.

 

, "Sarabhanga Giri"

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