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Here’s a concise summary of Kashmiri Shaivism in bullet-point quote style, highlighting its core ideas, metaphysics, and practices:

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🌺 Kashmiri Shaivism – Key Teachings in Quote Style

• "All is Shiva — Pure Consciousness — vibrating as the universe."
  → The ultimate reality is Paramashiva, who manifests as everything, both still and dynamic.

• "The world is not illusion (Maya), but divine play (Lila)."
  → Unlike Advaita Vedanta, Kashmiri Shaivism affirms the reality of the world as Shiva’s joyful expression.

• "Consciousness is self-aware — it knows itself by manifesting everything."
  → Pratyabhijna ("recognition") is the path of realizing that you are already divine.

• "You are not separate from God — you have simply forgotten."
  → Liberation is not achieving something new, but remembering your true nature.

• "Shakti — the divine feminine — is the power of manifestation."
  → Shiva and Shakti are inseparable; consciousness (Shiva) expresses itself through energy (Shakti).

• "From unity comes diversity, through 36 tattvas (principles of reality)."
  → These range from the pure (consciousness) to the gross (material elements).

• "Spanda — the subtle vibration — is the pulse of divine creativity."
  → All movement in the universe is the throbbing of consciousness itself.

• "The guru awakens the inner Self — but the final recognition is your own."
  → While guidance is honored, realization comes from within.

• "True knowledge is not intellectual, but direct, experiential awareness."
  → Practices aim at direct insight, not belief or philosophy.

• "Every moment holds the potential for awakening."
  → Enlightenment can happen instantly, through grace and awareness.

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Would you like a visual chart, deeper explanation of tattvas, or related texts (like Abhinavagupta’s Tantraloka)?

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