The Shiva Sutras (शिव सूत्र) are a text of 16 aphorisms (sutras) attributed to Vasugupta (9th century Kashmir), who is said to have discovered them on a mountain in Kashmir. They form the foundation of Kashmir Shaivism (also called Spanda Shaivism or Pratyabhijna school), a philosophical tradition that teaches the identity of the individual soul (jiva) with Shiva (universal consciousness). The sutras are extremely concise — each word is a seed for vast meaning. They teach that the world is a pla
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