Prof. Alexis Sanderson - Śāktism among the Śaivas (part 2)

[@sherrysyed]

Thank you for doing this!

[@Dev-pe2sz]

Astonishing details….kudos to you…complexities are alluring.

[@paulgerstmayr1882]

Thank you for another wonderful recording :) Again, here are some rough markers, perhaps helpful: 0:00 intro 0:45 corrections and clarifications for previous lecture 07:40 Shaivism in Kashmir 07:47 term "Kashmir Shaivism" - misleading and reductionist 12:00 "exoteric" Kashmirian Saiddhantika tradition(s) 26:47 "mesoteric" Kashmirian non-Saiddhantika traditions of Svacchanda- and Amrteshvara-Bhairava 34:42 "esoteric" Shakta-Shaiva traditions proper, first: Kalikula, e.g. Jayadrathayamala 45:10 second: Krama 50:25 third: Trika 56:07 Abhinavagupta's exegetical project (Trika-Krama synthesis, Krama reading of Trika pantheon) - gnostic - ultimately anti-ritualistic - possibility of sudden enlightenment - figure of ascetic largely absent - aestheticized, rationalized - inclusivism, idea of successive initiations leading to Trika 1:03:35 "Shakta outreach"

[@saffiyehbrandhijaffer-mcne2800]

Thankyu for making this list.

[@sherrysyed]

Thank you, what a wonderful effort! I’m so grateful!

[@saffiyehbrandhijaffer-mcne2800]

I am curious to ask, is the Dr. Himself a practicing Shakta ( such as Sir John Woodruffe aka Arthur Avalon)?

[@vivekkatoor]

Not sure what the speaker actually wants to convey. Untouchables?? Really?

[@ghosthunter8664]

🙂💜