A Jivan Mukta

Only two kinds of people attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning whose minds are not overcrowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying scriptures and sciences have come to realize that they know nothing. – Ramakrishna Paramhansa

Who attains self-knowledge? A Jivan Mukta. Continue reading

260 – Pashupata Tantra

Pashupata Tantra is the source of all tantric thoughts and philosophies. The kernel of Pashupata Tantra is that Shiva explains to Parvati that when a being is born through sexual union, it is bound and fettered. Its senses overtake it and it becomes deluded, infatuated and a creature of passions. It is weighed down by the ties of karma. Continue reading