Śaiva Siddhānta: An Indian School of Mystical Thought : Presented as a System and Documented from the Original Tamil SourcesMotilal Banarsidass Publishe, 2000 - 410 pages The present book being an English translation of a German book entitled Der Saiva Siddhanta by H.W. Schomerus gives a full and documented account of this theistic movement then as now little known in the West. The book quickly became and still is the major reference work in this field in any European language. Schomerus cites siddhanta scriptures on each point. His book thus offers a systematic theology of the movement from its own basic texts many of which are not otherwise available in English. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
There are Several Substances | 29 |
The First Substance | 39 |
Gods Attributes | 48 |
Is God a Person? | 56 |
The Form of Śiva | 62 |
God is Advaitarelated to the World | 70 |
Śiva as Knower and Known | 77 |
Basic Nature of the Soul | 174 |
How the Soul relates to the other Substances? | 180 |
Matter in Charge | 191 |
Features of Sakala Avasthā | 194 |
The Course of Transmigration | 203 |
How the Soul exists during Sakala Avasthā? | 212 |
How the Soul can act? | 221 |
What the Soul does in Sakala Avasthā? | 233 |
The Third Substance Matter | 93 |
Āṇavamala | 95 |
Karmamala | 104 |
Māyāmala | 117 |
a Māyā the Worlds Material Cause | 118 |
b The Products of Māyā | 121 |
c Bodies composed from the Tattvas | 126 |
d How the World arises from Māyā? | 128 |
e Māyā fetters Souls | 139 |
f How Māyā and its Products exist? | 140 |
g An Assessment of Māyā Theory | 148 |
The Nature of the Soul | 163 |
How many Souls there are and what sorts? | 173 |
Stages on the Way to Salvation | 240 |
Saving the Soul from Matter | 247 |
What Suddha Avasthā is like? | 257 |
Release made Complete by the Sadguru | 262 |
b Why Siva has to appear as Sadguru? | 269 |
c Instruction by the Guru | 275 |
d The Gurus Way of Teaching | 283 |
Perfection | 341 |
Conclusion | 381 |
Tables | 389 |
Glossary | 397 |
| 407 | |
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