Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme

The chapters which comprise this book, Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme, are derived from the audio recordings of the lectures given by Swami Lakshmanjoo in 1971 to John and Denise Hughes in answer to their request to be taught Kashmir Shaivism. These teachings are based on Swami Lakshmanjoo's elevated spiritual state of enlightenment, the Kashmir Shaivite oral tradition and its sacred scriptures. In Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme, Swami Lakshmanjoo presents a systematic unfolding of the Tantric teachings of the ancient tradition of Kashmir Shaivism. He begins this monumental task by unfolding and guiding the reader through the labyrinth of monistic teachings of this profound tradition. This tradition, long enshrouded in secrecy, is so rich and detailed in its descriptions of what it reveals as the ascent of individual consciousness to universal God Consciousness that it has been characterized as a ‘mystical geography of awareness’. Throughout he emphasizes the importance of practically realizing the reality of these teachings. The material is neatly divided into nineteen chapters; the presentation is both systematic and cumulative in a style which is clear, concise, and compact.