{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-vibrationless-vibration-john-hughes-9781548540340","title":"The Mystery of Vibrationless Vibration in Kashmir Shaivism: Vasugupta's Spanda Karika \u0026 Kshemaraja's Spanda Sandoha","description":"A central theme of the philosophy of Kashmir Shaivism is the highly esoteric principal known as spanda. Swami Lakshmanjoo tells us that the word spanda means established stable movement. That is, it is movementless-movement, vibrationless-vibration. It is this secret, mysterious and yet essential principle that Swami Lakshmanjoo clarifies and elucidates in his revelation of the two texts dealing specifically with this principle, the Spanda Karika and the Spanda Sandoha. The theory of spanda is not new. It was hidden in the body of the Tantras and extracted by Vasugupta, founder of the Shiva Sutras, and initiator of monistic Shaivism in the valley of Kashmir. Vasugupta composed the Spanda Karika, a text filled with the fundamental precepts (karikas) regarding spanda and the philosophy surrounding it. Kshemaraja, the chief disciple of the very important and central figure in the tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta, is the author of the second pivotal text regarding spanda, the Spanda Sandoha. This text is an extensive exposition (sandoha) on the first verse of the Spanda Karika.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hughes, Swami Lakshmanjoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154854034X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781548540340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.72d","brand":"John Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124847833343,"sku":"9781548540340","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1cadf654-dca1-4263-b9e4-b07fdb94986b.jpg?v=1687439173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-vibrationless-vibration-john-hughes-9781548540340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}