Locating Trika

Locating Trika within the broader Tantric corpus — by Dr. Mark Dyczkowski

This free course explores the development of the tantras and provides context for Abhinavagupta’s development of Anuttara Trika Kula. Dr. Mark Dyczkowski’s critical expositions will complement any introductory level text for a serious student.

Listen & watch

Unit 1 — Kashmir Shaivism and Earlier Traditions: an explorative talk on the relationship of Kashmir Shaivism to earlier and co-existent traditions (27 min)

Unit 2 — Devotion in Kashmir Shaivism: the nature of devotion in Kashmir Shaivism. A meditative talk, with readings from Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta (1 hr 28 min)

Unit 3 — Locating Abhinavagupta’s Anuttara Trika of the Tantrāloka within the broader Tantric and Trika corpus (5 min)

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Email support: If you have questions of a more personal or individualized nature, please email info@anuttaratrikakula.org, and we will respond to your question confidentially and appropriately. For more advanced intellectual or content-related matters, we will forward your question to Dr. Mark Dyczkowski to respond to you directly.

We hope you enjoy this course and that you will join us for more as we go forward.

OM SAUḤ PARĀYAI NAMAḤ