Abhinavagupta Quotes on Mind
Abhinavagupta was a Kashmiri philosopher, mystic, and aesthetician and the principal systematizer of the non-dual Trika tradition of Kashmir Shaivism. This page collects quotes attributed to Abhinavagupta on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Abhinavagupta:
“Consciousness alone is real; the world is its play.”
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Attributed to Abhinavagupta:
“Recognition of the Self is liberation.”
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Attributed to Abhinavagupta:
“Bliss is the inmost nature of consciousness.”
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Attributed to Abhinavagupta:
“Aesthetic experience reveals the structure of consciousness itself.”
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Attributed to Abhinavagupta:
“What is bound is bound only by ignorance of itself.”