Spanda-Karikas Motilal Banarsidass neither this book nor the

neither this book nor the previous one would have been written

The Sgs is not just an object for study and comparison

Immediate Perception

The central aims of this book are to let those dealing with or surrounded by violence know that there is another way and to encourage them to try to live in accordance with that way ñ the way of nonviolence

Spanda-Karikas Motilal Banarsidass neither this book nor theThe Spandakarikas are a number of verses that serve as a sort of commentary on the Siva sutras. According to Saivagama, the divine consciousness is not simply cold, inert intellection. It is rather spanda, active, dynamic, throbbing with life, creative pulsation. In Siva sutras, it is the prakasa aspect of the divine that is emphasized in Spandakarikas, it is the vimarsa aspect that is emphasized. Together, these two books give us an integral view of