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What is Kashmir Shaivism?

Let's Talk Religion

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The Mirror of Consciousness

Kashmir Shaivites use the metaphor of a mirror to explain this, calling it the doctrine of Pratibimba Vada. The universe as we know it is like the reflection in a mirror, says Lakshman Jourites. In consciousness, you see only the reflected thing and not the object that is reflected,. That which is reflected is, in fact, Swatantria, Shiva, or Shiva's free will.

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