Episode Synopsis "Ancient Knowledge (Kashmir Shaivism 2)"
The present podcast is about one of the fundamental text of the Spanda (vibration) school of Kashmir Shaivism. Vasugupta, the founder of the Spanda school, is said to have been directed by the Shiva in his dream about a message on the rock at the Mount Mahadeva in Kashmir. Vasugupta went to the mount and saw the Shiva Sutra inscribed on a rock. Based on the teachings of Vasugupta, Kallata Bhatt one of his foremost disciples wrote the Spandakarika or The Stanzas of the Tremor. The present text is based on this text of Bhattakalattacharya.