āṅgīrasaśreṣṭha
If Veda is body, Siddhāntāgama is heart that pumps the blood of Paramārtha to it. Bhāradvāja who believes in Mūla-Śaiva-Śiddhānta; Ārṣeyāmnāyābhimānī
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A 3rd-century CE account of the Egyptian Priesthood and the lives of its priests by Porphyry in his Abstinence, Book 4 https://t.co/BLai2uuze5
Interestingly, in Āgama sources, as I just recalled after writing this tweet 👇🏾, the 4 yugas are seen as characteristics of the Buddhi. Can we make something of this? See next twee...
On a separate note, the historically characteristic indifference of Mūla-Śaiva-Siddhāntīs (Followers of Sadyojyotis, the 2 Bhaṭṭas, Aghoraśiva, etc) towards “historical occurrence”...
Bad take. Paurāṇika timescales or a literal understanding of Yugas are not the make-or-break issue you deem them to be. There is scope for interpretation. https://t.co/7xwRbfNCKc
“Society/Environment/Upbringing are the most important factors.” The more I see “real life”, the more I’m moved to understand that it is the Svabhāva, that your subtle body (mind+...
It’s a sheer joy to suddenly intuit solutions to difficult theological problems as you are going about your day with your worldly business & an even greater joy to find a basis for...
@satoverma @shardula23 @jaTAdhAr_I Ācārya-Abhiṣeka is found in the Īśvarasam̐hitā & comes right after the portion on Dīkṣā (which is allowed for all 4 Varṇas). Since the vidhi for...
@tractor_jeet Some Smārtas took up Śivadīkṣā and became Mahaśaivas too.
@tractor_jeet No, that is not the case. The Advaita-Maṭha-affiliation of Smārta Gṛhasthas is of recent provenance (500 years ago or less). Smārta stalwart Rāmasubba Śāstri was a S...
@anand_2000v @opinewise 1. Kaṇṇappa was not a priest; he simply worshiped a Liṅga that he saw as divine & worshiped it in the way he saw fit, with no understanding of what’s right...
Guess Śivālaya is fit to be compared with a Dravidianist goon’s abode in this perverse analogy. That’s fine though. Your analogy makes a different point for me. Our Pati gives sh...
@EPButler Mṛgendrāgama, Jñānapāda (AKA Vidyāpāda) 7.20 Grace for Dharmins (possessors of characteristics: both sentient & insentient existents) is verily the [Dharmins’] following...