[Advaita-l] Advaitic Paashupata Yoga - Linga Purana

[V Subrahmanian]

Here is the link to the original Linga Purana chapter:

लिङ्गपुराणम् - पूर्वभागः/अध्यायः ८६
https://sa.wikisource.org/s/4iy

A lot of teaching on Vairagya, dhyana, Jnana nishtha, nature of sense
organs, etc. can be seen here.

regards
subbu

On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In this chapter 86 of the Linga Purana, containing about 157 verses, there
> is a very detailed Adhyatma Advaita Sadhana. By reading the verses with or
> without English translation, one can quickly recognize innumerable
> Upanishadic passages annotated there: Mandukya, Mundaka, KaTha, Kaivalya,
> Narayana Suktam, Taittiriya, etc.
>
> The Pashupata Yoga itself, as a means to Moksha, is well taught in the
> Atharva Shiraa Upanishad.
>
> https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/atharvashira.html?lang=sa
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> The Advaitic purport is so explicit that one cannot miss appreciating it
> all through.
>
> https://archive.org/details/LingaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart1/page/n445/mode/2up
>
> What is striking is that this 'Tamasa' purana, which is claimed to lead
> one to hell, naraka, is not teaching adharma at all. Only if it teaches
> adharma can one say it will lead to hell. But a study of this chapter, as a
> sample, will reveal that the claim that it leads to naraka, hell, is
> falsified.
>
> The Atharva shira Upanishad in Linga Purana:
>
> https://www.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/2020-January/053796.html
>
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> Om Tat Sat
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