[Fwd: Sabda - Bhartrihari]
ken knight
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Sun Jul 21 01:40:18 CDT 2002
--- "H.B.Dave" <hbd at DDIT.ERNET.IN> wrote:
Namaste,
You posted some detailed notes on the matrika which I
have only recently been able to access. Thank you for
these. I am summarising a book on Kashmiri Shaivism,
for my own research, by Lakshmana Joo and will put it
below in case anyone may be interested. I had sent
this privately to Shrinivas but it may be of interest
to others on this site; I hope that it is not out of
accord with the moderators though.
I have had to correct some of it as in the printing of
the book there is a major error in one section. I
have collated here the chapters on the Tattvas and the
matrika,
I hope that it is of use,
ken Knight
ps. I notice that my marking font for the Sanskrit is
not coming out well when copied here. The relevant
book is very cheap...'Kashmiri Shaivism: The Secret
Supreme' published by SUNY 1988. If anyone is
interested in picking this thread up and cannot make
sense of the transliteration I will be happy to answer
any query away from this site.
Sorry if it is too confusing.
Maatrrikaacakra : The theory of the alphabet
Lord SZiva, the reflector of this whole universe, is
full of five energies noted here with the letters from
the anuttara 'a' to the visarga 'hh':
cit szakti: the energy of consciousness
a
anaanda szakti: the energy of bliss
aa these are inseparable, unmanifest
icchaa szakti: the energy of will
i residing peacefully in its own nature
i remains residing in Its
own bliss but is
agitated will ( this is
not desire)
#jn[aana szakti: the energy of knowledge
u unmesza..the universal existence is about to
begin. There is
apprehension ( uunataa ) in
Lord SZiva's
consciousness that if movement
begins there will be a
loosening of 'my own
nature'
uu the apprehension (
uunataa ) that his cit szakti
may be decreased keeps
Lord SZiva at a
standstill
rri
rri the state wherein
Lord SZiva has rejected
lrri
the universe and is residing in his own
lrri nature.
These four vowels
are called amrita bija,
residing in his own
bliss. The state of
Lord SZiva which
these represent is
known as
anaasrszrita sziva
kriyaa szakti: the energy of action
e As cit szakti and anaanda szakti are at
rest there
ai can be no apprehension,
but in contact with
icchaa szakti e and ai
are produced. These are
asphutta kriyaa szakti,
not vivid
o cit szakti and
anaanda szakti in contact with
au jn[aana szakti they
produce o and
simultaneously
this contact produces au.
These are
sphuttatara kriyaa szakti (more
vivid) and
sphuttatama kriyaa szakti ( most
vivid). Although
this universe is
reflected in His
total energy it takes
place primarily in
the letter au.
Although the whole universe has been created He
remains unchanged, full of consciousness and bliss.
Nothing has happened; He is only residing in his own
point. This is represented by the anusvaara 'm'm .
The reflection of this universe is represented by the
visarga 'hh' which in devanaagari script takes the
form of the colon ':' and the two points represent the
sziva and szakti bindus.
The remainder of the alphabet is the szakti tattva
which is the reflection of the sziva tattva. All this
universe is a reflection of His svaatantrya. If this
universe is not created but a reflection how then is
each letter produced. In each of the five above
szaktis all five are present but only one dominates.
Hence there are 5x5=25 energies and these are the
first twenty five tattvas from prrithvi to purusxa.
As the creation is a reflection the letters appear 'in
reverse'. Hence:
mahaabhuutas
Produced by cit szakti and aananda szakti, which are
one, mixed with the five energies.
Letter
dominant szakti
nm aakaasza
(ether) cit szakti
gha vaayu (air)
anaanda szakti
ga agni (fire)
icchaa szakti
kha jala (water)
jn[aana szakti
ka prrithvi ((earth)
kriyaa szakti
tanmaatras
Produced by ichhaa szakti mixed with the five energies
n[aa szabda (sound)
cit szakti
jha sparsza (touch)
anaanda szakti
ja ruupa (form)
icchaa szakti
cha rasa (taste)
jn[aana szakti
ca gandha (smell)
kriyaa szakti
karmendriyas
produced by anaszrritasziva in conjunction with the
five energies
n-a vaak (speech)
cit szakti
d-ha paani (organ of action)
anaanda szakti
d-a paada (organ of
locomotion) icchaa szakti
t-ha paayu (organ
of excretion) jn[aana szakti
t-a upastha (organ
of sex) kriyaa szakti
jn[aanendriyas
produced by anaszrritasziva in conjunction with the
five energies
na szrotra (organ
of hearing) cit szakti
dha tvak (organ of
touch) anaanda szakti
da caks-u (organ
of sight) icchaa szakti
tha rasanaa ((organ
of taste) jn[aana szakti
ta ghraana (organ
of smell) kriyaa szakti
antah-karan-as
produced by jn[aana szakti in conjunction with the
five energies
ma purus-a (limited
self) cit szakti
bha prakriti (nature)
anaanda szakti
ba ahammkaara
(((egoity) icchaa szakti
pha buddhi
(intellect) jn[aana
szakti
pa manas (mind)
kriyaa szakti
sxat- kan[cukas
The six internal states of purus-a are reduced to four
by combining niyati with raaga and kaala with kalaa.
The resulting four limitations correspond with the
semi-vowels.
ya kaala with kalaa
limitations of time and creativity
ra vidya
limitation of knowledge
la niyati with raaga
limitations of space and attachment
va maayaa
self ignorance and objectivity
It cannot be said that these limitations are created
by the energies of Lord SZiva as they represent the
state of purus-a internally. They are called
antah-stha because they reside inside purus-a, one's
own limited self.
szuddha tattvas
Neither are these limitations created by the energies
of Lord SZiva but they are the swelling of the heat of
His own nature.
sza szuddhavidyaa
ahamm-aham / idamm- idamm
sxa iszvara
idamm - aham
sa sadaasziva
ahamm - idamm
ha szakti
ahamm
These four letters are called uusxma which means 'the
heat of His own nature. They are the expansion of the
state of unlimited Being and as such are attached to
the unlimited state of purus-a
which is the expansion of unlimited being.
The anusvaara 'mm' indicates that this whole
pratyaahaara, which is contained in the letters of 'a'
to 'ha', and which has produced the 118 worlds, the 36
elements and the 5 circles ( kalaas ) has in reality
created nothing.' The difference between szakti
pratyaahaara and SZiva pratyaahaara is that in the
former two szaktis combine together and create a world
of their own.
There are three visargas detailed in the system of the
maatrrikaacakra:
Szaambhava visarga: this exists at anaanda szakti
and is represented by the letter 'aa'. The mode of
this visarga is said
to be cittapralayaH which means the state where the
mind
does not function,
where only thoughtlessness exists. This is a
thoughtless
flow also known a
paravisarga, the supreme visarga concerened with
SZiva.
SZakta visarga: Also called the parapara visarga, the
middle visarga represented by the 'hh'
(visargahh) . Its mode is
cittasammbodha which indicates the state where
awareness is maintained in
one-pointedness.
AAn-ava visarga: Also known as aparavisargahh, the
lower visarga. It is attributed to the letter 'ha'
and is the visarga of the individual (narah-). The
mode of this visarga is cittaviszraantih- which is
where the mind rests, is stable, in concentration.
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