8 min
Talk
How to Meditate in Kashmir Shaivism
Eight minutes of plain instruction, and the shortest way into his voice.
About the teacher
Swami Lakshman Joo
Kashmiri scholar and mystic (1907–1991), born Lakshman Raina in Srinagar and called Lakshmanjoo or Lal Sahib by his students. He is generally considered the last great living master of Trika, the non-dual Shaivism of Kashmir, and he taught the texts in his own house to the few who came, including the Western scholars who later carried them abroad.
Talks & videos
Watch.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
8 min
Talk
Meditation and the Stages of Yoga
The stages of practice as Trika sets them out, in his own words.
13 min
Talk
On Desire and Anger
Thirteen minutes on kama and krodha, and on why fighting them is not the way.
14 min
Talk
Real Devotion and Initiation
What bhakti and initiation actually mean in Trika, from an archive recording with English subtitles.
Path
The wider context.
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Everything is Shiva
Kashmir Shaivism
Non-dual tantric philosophy from medieval Kashmir, teaching that all experience is the self-expression of one conscious reality.
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